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The Opus™ Roof Blanket is a synthetic roofing underlayment that offers an alternative to felt paper and plastic sheeting underlayiment under all types of steep-slope roofing materials. The product has a slip-resistant surface for high walking surface traction and is easy to chalk or mark. The non-glare surface stays cool to the touch even in direct sunlight. The material is lighter than felt and provides better coverage per roll: each 32-pound (14.5-kilogram) roll comprises eight squares. Warranty protects the roof deck up to 30 months uncovered against tearing, UV degradation, and moisture infiltration. From Propex Operating Company, LLC. |
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Movable walls from Modernfold provide both transparency and sound separation in a divided space, facilitating daylighting, interior openness, and design flexibility. A collaboration with Joel Berman Glass Studios will enable architects and designers to integrate a wide array of custom textures, colors, and resins into the glass partitions. The panels are four inches (100 millimeters) thick and easy to set up, with electronically controlled top and bottom seals and an electronically controlled final closure. |
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The String lighting fixture from Traxon Technologies is an LED unit designed for challenging architectural installations. The fixture consists of five elements, each comprising 32 individually controllable LEDs on a translucent cable, resulting in 160 pixels per String set. Compact and flexible, the unit can be placed on a wide variety of surfaces, allowing for direct-view monochromatic or multiple color lighting effects, even on three-dimensional objects. Allows for display of individual effects, graphics, and text elements, as well as low-to-medium-resolution video. Precise color effects from 16.7 million colors. Applicable for architectural, hospitality, retail, and entertainment applications. |
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MetalWorks Cool Color Shingles from TAMKO Building Products have high solar reflectance, and may help lower energy costs for residential and commercial buildings. The shingles have an initial solar reflectance of at least 25 percent, and a maintenance solar reflectance of at least 15 percent after three years of normal use. As Energy Star-qualified products, the shingles are eligible for application for the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) federal tax credits of 2009. The product line includes shingles that imitate the look of tile, slate, and wood. Listed for UL Class A fire resistance and Class 4 impact resistance. Fifty-year limited warranty. |
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Noon Design Studio has developed a method of natural dyeing that enables cost-efficient high-volume production runs. The palette is based on natural dye materials, such as madder root, pomegranate, walnuts, indigo, and cochineal insects. Hand-dyeing and careful mordanting produce even coverage of deep colors that are light-fast and wash-fast. Applies only to natural fibers, such as cotton, linen, wool, silk, rayon, and bamboo. Small batches of custom colors are also possible. |
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