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sunset green Home

GettinG Started
the coast — and we sought to bring the same quali-
While a ending last year’s International Builders’ ties indoors by layering lighting of various color

Show in Las Vegas to see the latest ground-break- temperatures and intensities,” Erle comments.
ing building products on the market, Erle “The clean lines and natural colors of the light-

approached Generation Brands’ President and ing choices remind us of the coastal environment
CSO Ma Vollmer to ask if Generation Brands around us from sea-inspired blown glass xtures

would be interested in participating in Sunset and dri wood-inspired wood trim to nishes in

Green Home.
gray, white, and beige reminiscent of the color
“I found the project compelling — not only variations found at the beach.”

because Kim and her family lost their home to
below: Tech Lighting’s Hurricane Sandy, but also because Kim aimed to LiGhtinG the Way
Topo ceiling xture is
featured in this si ing demonstrate to her neighbors how the community Guiding Erle in selecting the right xtures to

room, along with the rm’s can rebuild. As you know, the devastation there achieve the looks – and e ciency – she desired
Element recessed lighting was incredible and the surrounding homeowners was New York City-based lighting designer
with square trim.
needed – and many still need – examples of hope Shoshanna Segal, founder and principal of Lumi-
and resilience,” Vollmer states.
nous Flux, LLC. Erle chose most of the xtures
below rigHt: Feiss’ Khloe
pendant is illuminated To help achieve Platinum LEED status, Erle and herself, working in concert with the team from
with LEDs on the interior
her builders set the goal that “almost every light Generation Brands. For the interior, she speci-
of the xture. Many of in and outside the home be LED-centric, or at the ed Tech Lighting and Feiss products, while for
Erle’s visitors are im-
pressed by how beautiful very least, o er LED lamping,” she recounts.
outdoors she decided on LED xtures from B-K
“There’s a special quality to natural light along
Lighting and Teka Illumination.
LED lighting can be.

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