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The “Greenest Home in Chicago” is back with new gadgets and inventive ways to live green! The Smart Home (which I designed) is a fully functioning, eco-friendly home at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, is a must-see exhibit for anyone who wants their home, and life, to be smarter, more efficient and [...]
power without wires
One of my favorite new items incorporated into this year’s Smart Home: Green + Wired at the Museum of Science and Industry is the use of eCoupled’s intelligent wireless power. Through the use of near-field inductive coupling with an advaced intelligent control system, the countertop provides power safely, efficiently, and without wires. This is [...]
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Smart Home: Green + Wired [RE-OPENS THURSDAY]
Midwest Living interior designers take on “Chicago’s Greenest Home”
The Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit, a fully-functioning, eco-friendly home on the Museum’s grounds, will be transformed for 2010 by Midwest Living. The home will be redesigned to reflect the lifestyle of a couple looking to minimize home maintenance, maximize efficiency and settle in to a [...]
Presidio Habitats Project
With the beginning of spring, the hummingbirds are starting to come out. Kevin has a hummingbird feeder outside of our bedroom and we love watching them fly, flutter and hover. They are remarkable creatures. So when I was asked to submit a design for For-Site’s Presidio Habitats Project and was given a list of animals [...]
