Fiber Optics Bring Sunlight Inside

Video: Fiber optics deliver sunlight to interior spaces.
January 27th, 2009 | James Bedell | Comments | Read More

LEDs promises made and (sometimes) kept

This past Friday a fixture manufacturer came into the office to show us the latest in their LED line. I won't name the manufacturer or the rep agency because it's unimportant. The following is the tale of a lighting designer that wants to be green and wants to think more sustainably about his projects,...
January 27th, 2009 | James Bedell | Comments | Read More

Episode 16 - This is the industry to be in!

With nothing short of excitement and energy, Vik Duggal and Mark Rabkin discuss why the real estate development and construction industry is the place to be!
January 26th, 2009 | Vik Duggal | Comments | Read More

Cree is launches a new LED Fixture

CREE launches an LED Downlight
January 23rd, 2009 | James Bedell | Comments | Read More

Dimming Fluorescent

So there I was in the office testing a new fixture. A linear fluorescent up light when someone walked by and noticed that there were two little remotes with dials hanging off one end of the fixture. They were dimmers, and he took great delight in dimming up and down the fluorescent tubes. He had never...
January 23rd, 2009 | James Bedell | Comments | Read More

Episode 15 - News from the REDC Industry

Vik scans the Internets for stories related to the industry. Links from today’s KCast: Free software that can save Energy & Money
January 23rd, 2009 | Vik Duggal | Comments | Read More

Testing…testing…is this thing on?

Hello konstructr-world! This is James Bedell. Some of you may have heard me on Episode 1 of the kcast. Well after a conversation between Vik and I that started on twitter, continued over a podcast and ended in a series of emails, I am the newest addition to the konstructr network with my very own blog...
January 22nd, 2009 | James Bedell | Comments | Read More

Episode 14 - Green Job defined

Vik gets an email from Greeprofs, finds articles from Fast Company and DJC Green Building Blog and discusses how you can define a green job today and how this definition will change. Links from today’s KCast: Fast Company article on 10 Best Green Jobs
January 22nd, 2009 | Vik Duggal | Comments | Read More

Episode 13 - Vik puts Cleveland on the map!

Vik chats with Robert Stockham of the Great Lakes Design Collaborative in Cleveland, Ohio about an amazing project in the real estate development and construction industry. Links from today’s KCast: Robert is on twitter The Great Lakes Design Collaborative theGLDC Blog
January 21st, 2009 | Vik Duggal | Comments | Read More

Episode 12 - First US LEED-related lawsuit

Vik sits down with a Roundtable to discuss Southern Builder vs. Shaw Development, the country’s first LEED-related lawsuit. Case: Shaw Development v. Southern Builders Publish at Scribd or explore others: Business & Legal [...]
January 20th, 2009 | Vik Duggal | Comments | Read More