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  • Why Sustainability Matters

    Have you been waiting to take the next STEP in your green AV initiative? Pretty soon, you'll have the tools necessary to ensure your users have energy-efficient systems.

     
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    Q&A with Allen Weidman, InfoComm International

    Here's how important sustainbility if to InfoComm and the pro AV community: InfoComm recently hired a dedicated sustainability officer. Read about how he's approaching his job.

     
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    Next Steps in Green AV

    InfoComm's Sustainable Technology Environments Program is almost finished. Get the inside scoop from someone who is helping write the green AV rating system.

     
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    Building a New Market

    It's long been discussed: How can AV integrators extend their control systems expertise to entire buildings? These days, some firms are doing just that.

     
  • Control4 Partners with Cisco for Smart Grid

    Control4, which makes affordable IP-based control systems, has signed a strategic agreement with Cisco Systems to deliver network-enabled automation platforms for connected smart communities and home energy deployments, according to the company.

     
  • Casio Launches Higher Brightness Green Projectors

    Casio America said it is expanding its line of Green Slim projectors with four new models of increased brightness–the XJ-A255V, XJ-A250, XJ-A155V, and XJ-A150.

     
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    Enery Star Amps: Extron XPA 2002-70V, XPA 2003C-70V, and XPA 2004

    The new XPA 2002-70V, XPA 2003C-70V, and XPA 2004 power amplifiers from Extron are reportedly the first-available commercial amps to meet Energy Star 2.0 criteria.

     
  • The ceiling above the wooden ceiling was painted black. The desired projectors were only available in white. A custom vinyl detailing company applied black vinyl to the projectors, carefully leaving open all ventilation and control surfaces.

    Modeled to Perfection

    What better opportunity to incorporate the guidance of 3D modeling software into an AV design than when the client is Autodesk itself and the project is a new LEED Platinum corporate briefing center?

     
  • Inside InfoComm's Green AV Rating System

    Having struck out with the U.S. Green Building Council, the AV industry now aims to create its own LEED-type sustainability certification process, due out in January 2011. Here's what it entails.

     
  • Bank of Amercia, New York. AV consultant: CMS Audiovisual Consultants. AV integrator: AV Services. Architect/design firm: Gensler

    2010 Best Corporate AV Project

    The Bank of America building in New York was designed to earn LEED Platinum. As such, the AV designs from CMS Audiovisual Consultants had to be as green as possible.

     
  • InfoComm Goes Solo on Green Ratings

    Having met a roadblock in getting AV recognized by LEED, InfoComm is announcing work on its own sustainability rating system for AV and electronic systems.

     
  • Dreaming of a Green Christmas (in June)

    When is going green not what it's all cracked up to be? When it completely changes the way you work. Pro AV's resident consultant wants to do the right thing, but a few innovations would help.

     
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    Green Projector: Casio Green Slim Family

    The eight DLP-based Green Slim projectors are either WXGA or XGA and either 2,500 or 2,000 ANSI lumens. Each uses Casio?s new hybrid light source, which combines a laser, fluorescent element, and LED.

     
  • InfoComm 10 Las Vegas: New and Improved

    InfoComm 2010 is almost here. PRO AV previews 10 things you can do, see, or learn this year that you couldn't last year. Commercial 3D anyone?

     
  • AMX Partners for Green Building Management

    AMX has entered into partnerships with building management device manufacturer FieldServer Technologies, a subsidiary of Sierra Monitor Corp., and energy measurement company DENT Instruments. The strategic alliance is expected to allow AMX to offer networked, interactive control systems for...

     
  • LEED for Neighborhood Development Launched

    After a three-year pilot program, LEED-ND is officially launched, becoming the seventh LEED rating system from the U.S. Green Building Council.

     
  • The SAP Americas Headquarters Expansion building sits across from an existing three story office building. The two are connected by a narrow lobby covered by a green roof.

    SAP Americas Headquarters Expansion

    If, in this era of declining print subscriptions, executives at the Harvard Business Review want proof that their articles have a direct impact on business, they need look no further than the SAP Americas Headquarters Expansion.

     
  • Rivers Edge Architect Cube 3 Studio Lawrence Mass. Completion 2011. Brief Project includes a 238000s.f. ambulatory care center and a 125000s.f. medical office building phase 1 105 million remaining phases 63.7 million.

    Manchester, N.H.

    Fewer projects are under way in Manchester these days, but the city's focus on ensuring the economic viability of what gets built means fewer are in financial trouble.

     
  • Under Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, food and retail provider Areas USA is working with Zyscovich Architects to green seven turnpike service plazas to meet LEED Silver benchmarks.

    Going Sustainable on the Turnpike

    New plans are in the works to help Florida's service plazas go silver and green.

     
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    Green AV: From the Ground Up

    Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program published a new version of its requirements to include qualifications for gear such as audio DSPs and amplifiers.

     
 
 
 
 

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