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Article: In search of a better rating system.(straight GREEN)
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- Walls & Ceilings
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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I gave a Green Specifications presentation recently in a new, LEED-certified college classroom building with state-of-the-art lighting controls and AV equipment. The audience and I spent several minutes trying to figure out how to kill the first bank of fluorescent lights so the screen could be seen more easily, but all we could do was switch the lights in the room completely on or completely off.
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Finally, someone suggested that we turn the lights off and draw a blind. Voila! Letting just the right amount of daylight into the space, lights off, provided the perfect balance required for viewing the screen and scribing notes. ...