Residential

With the advent and ease of online shopping, many homeowners are purchasing their own products. But is a homeowner able to distinguish a safe product that is listed and labeled...

In April, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the launch of LEED v4.1 Residential , an updated rating system that combines the relevant aspects of four existing LEED rating...

Have you ever walked into a room in your home, noticed dark, shadowy spots, and wished there was an easy way to add lighting in the drywall ceiling? Or have...

In 1950s and 1960s homes, lighting fixtures were often installed in the center of the ceiling with a wall switch at the room’s entrance. This worked when general lighting was...

At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, incandescent lamps and lighting were the new technology, and everyone was converting from natural gas lighting to...