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Museum of Science and Industry 57th Street and Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60637 1 • Smart Home: Green + Wired msichicago.org Exhibit Resource Guide 2011-2012 Dear Friends, Michelle kaufmann’s The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago opened its doors in 1933. That same year, Chicago hosted a five eco-principles spectacular celebration of human innovation: The Century of Progress World’s Fair. I read about one exhibit from Michelle Kaufmann, architect of the Smart Home, identified five key principles that that fair that has always fascinated me. The “Homes of guide decisions regarding the home’s design, construction and day-to-day operation. Tomorrow” display unveiled visionary building methods These ideals, incorporated throughout the home, demonstrate sustainability and and technologies like prefabricated homes and solar- environmental conscientiousness in action: powered heating. 1. Smart Design Today, green practices lead modern industry. It is our Designed to “let the green in,” the home was built to human scale, using only what ongoing mission to provide our guests with information is needed, but remaining open and airy. High ceilings, warm materials, clean about these practices and relevant, hands-on experiences. lines and abundant light and breezes make the home feel even more spacious. A Students build model fuel cell cars in Museum learning full-home, automated smart technology system enables homeowners to control heat, window labs, and teachers learn how to present alternative energy coverings, lighting, and cameras, as well as track utility consumption in real-time. content in their classrooms. As a tribute to environmentally aware science education, it seems only fitting to showcase David Mosena scientific and industrial innovations, new materials and 2. Material Efficiency The Smart Home was prefabricated, built in modules off-site. Crafted in a Museum of Science technologies shaping the homes of our future. controlled indoor environment, the construction timeline was shortened and less and Industry energy and fewer resources were used versus the construction of a traditional When we decided to showcase the future of eco-friendly home. Materials used are renewable or recycled: bamboo flooring, Forest Stewardship architecture, only a real home demonstrating the cutting- Council (FSC) certified wood and recycled glass tiles are a few of the low-impact choices. edge in green technology and sustainable materials would do! We contacted architect Michelle Kaufmann, one of the country’s most innovative designers of sustainable green 3. Energy Efficiency homes, and All-American Homes®, an industry leader in Throughout the home, materials and technology help save energy. The green superior modular home construction, and we knew we had roof helps insulate, absorb rainwater and minimize runoff. Huge windows, the blueprint for an extraordinary exhibit experience: a real, sliding doors and sunshades help light, heat and cool the house. Solar rooftop fully functioning eco-home right here at the Museum. panels and a wind turbine generate much of the home’s electricity. ENERGY STAR appliances and an array of energy-efficient technologies help save energy as well. Since its opening in 2008, we have been honored to host more than 250,000 guests in the 2,500-square-foot Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibition, featuring recycled and 4. Water Efficiency Water is the Earth’s most precious resource, yet in traditional homes, more renewed materials and the latest in smart technology and than one-quarter of drinking water is used to flush toilets! Smart Home energy efficiency. This year, with the help of our friends features an array of water-efficient technologies and appliances, such as low- and Scout and Gizmodo, the Smart Home highlights new flow shower heads and dual-flush toilets that generally use less than a gallon of water green stories, current and future home technologies, and each flush. Rainwater and “grey water” (rinse water from the clothes washer, shower, etc.) eco-friendly products and furniture. You’re invited to tour are used in toilets and to water outdoor landscapes. the three-story home and journey through the Smart Park, which offers techniques for urban gardening, including water features and raised bed gardening. 5. Healthy Environment Healthy environments by using non-toxic materials: no- or low-volatile organic Welcome to Chicago’s Greenest Home. Welcome to living compounds (VOCs) paints; air filtration and purification systems; and spray-in green and living smart. foam insulation, which is more effective than fiberglass batting and minimizes mold. A healthy environment continues outside the home with water recycling systems, native plants that adapt to climate conditions, permeable paving materials and more.

David R. Mosena President and CEO Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Michelle Kaufmann Architect of the Smart Home 1 • Smart Home: Green + Wired michellekaufmann.comSmart Home: Green + Wired • 2 Garret Curtis Garret photo: pre- Go Green, SMART fabulous Save Green! REnovations ComEd offers customers many options to All American Homes® is an expert and help shrink their bills—and their After four years and more than half a industry leader in residential and commercial carbon footprints! million feet, the Smart Home enjoyed some modular (systems-built) construction. When R+R (Remodeling and Renovating). a home is built on site, architects, contractors • Sign up for ComEd’s Appliance The Museum is grateful to the following for and builders must contend with delays Recycling program. Old fridge in their generous support. because of weather, and wasted materials, the garage or basement? Get paid among other obstacles. Realizing that pre-built $25 to have it picked up. ComEd components made construction more efficient Doherty Design Group | will even ensure it’s recycled in an and affordable, pioneers in the home-building dohertydesigngroup.com | Provided environmentally-responsible way. industry followed the precedent of the oversight and brought together home • Use ComEd’s Home Energy Analysis automotive industry. Homes built in factories automation partners to make the Smart Tool for customized energy-saving tips instead of on site save time, energy and Home smarter than ever. for your home. materials. | allamericanhomes.com • Visit ComEd.com for more details about the programs mentioned above Goldberg General Construction What is a modular home? and to learn more tips, tricks, and tools | ggcinc.net | Provided labor and A modular home is comprised of complex to help go green and save green. management for the kitchen and master “modules,” built off-site in a climate- bathroom renovations, exterior Ipê controlled environment. These highly cleaning and oiling and transformed engineered components are built in a bookcases into open storage cases. factory and transported to the building site where they are set onto a permanent ENERGY A S Painting and Decorating | foundation. Like traditional homes, modular The Smart Home produces solar and wind aspaintingdecorating.com | Patched homes must pass the same code requirements. energy to help reduce its dependence on and painted the interior of the Smart Modular homes can be fully customized to fossil fuel power. When more energy is Home, floor-to-ceiling, with a fresh coat of meet the homeowner’s preferences and needs. produced than needed, it is sent to the Benjamin Moore’s No-VOC Natura paint. Museum’s main grid to be used to power Why choose prefab over site built? your favorite exhibits! The Fine Line | finelinetile.com | • Typical on-site construction jobs do not Oversaw the design and selection of have provisions for materials storage and Photovoltaic Film | Gift of: Uni-Solar eco-friendly materials to give our master most materials have to be cut to length | uni-solar.com | Thin photovoltaic film bathroom a fresh new look. in the field, so “cut offs” are often trashed. absorbs the sun’s power and transforms it Modular, factory construction saves time into usable energy. Geek Squad | geeksquad.com | and materials. Wood is delivered pre-cut Provided home automation and A/V for many components and computerized Wind Turbine | Gift of: Southwest installation services. saws do the rest. Cut offs from framing Windpower | skystreamenergy.com | are used for blocking or to heat the Harnesses the wind and turns it into factory or employees’ homes. Drywall, electric energy for the home. wiring, sawdust, vinyl and other scraps are also collected and recycled. • A home can be completed in several weeks in the factory, and finished on site in three- to-eight weeks. A site-built home of similar size could take four months or longer. • Modular homes are constructed from the inside out. That means electricians and plumbers have easy access into the walls during construction. • Homes built in the factory are not subject to Mother Nature’s whims. Production 3 • Smart Home: Green + Wired continues despite snow, rain, sleet and heat. Smart Home: Green + Wired • 4 gadgetry, see how many of the Rubik’s GADGETS Slide’s 10,000 puzzles you can unlock. The best technology doesn’t just simplify our by GIZMODO lives; it beautifies as well. Herman Miller’s Leaf Personal Light offers cutting-edge touch What makes a home smart? controls, while enhancing the home office Scout With a genius-level IQ, the home aesthetic with smooth, clean lines. And form automation system monitors and manages and function don’t balance any better than scoutchicago.com the energy consumption of every room from in Fiskars Cuts+More, a bottle-opening, hole- a single touch screen panel. It multitasks, piercing, box-shredding, Voltron of utility. acting as a media server that can dispatch TVs. Office furniture from Bodine Electric different songs throughout the house Lamps, lights, scissors—in the Smart Home, InteriorS Co. is transformed into bathroom vanities. simultaneously through booming speakers everything is familiar … but highly intelligent As well, an otherwise common steel dresser that disappear into the ceiling. and evolved. Even a simple drink of water in the taken from a motel on Chicago’s South Side kitchen achieves green nirvana with the Bamboo by Scout has been carefully stripped of 60-year-old A master organizer, it also functions as a Water Bottle: reusable, green, gorgeous. Likewise The Smart Home, redesigned by Chicago paint, revealing a very contemporary steel- digital dashboard— keeping your entire the OAT biodegradable shoes are the prettiest home interior store Scout and its owner grey finish. family’s messages, calendars and photos kicks a compost heap has ever seen. Larry Vodak, boasts an interior filled with together on one screen. But most of all, a unique objects that have been given second “Since Scout’s opening almost seven years Smart Home is one that you don’t have to And that’s just for the grownups. Take a life. As the Smart Home’s interior doesn’t ago, we have been singularly devoted to think about … walk over to the boy’s room and you’ll find rely on newly-made items, but rather vintage finding and refurbishing select pieces from science experiments masquerading as and “gently used” finds, the space that offices, schools, universities, courthouses and The Smartest Home on the Block toys, and toys imported from the future. was ultimately created is environmentally libraries—and then working on their scale, Because home automation takes care of The iPhone-powered AR.Drone is his friendly and full of character. Examples finish and functionality to give them new life keeping the Smart Home clean and green, own private Air Force, while the Celestron include University of Chicago laboratory in today’s homes,” said Larry Vodak, “The homeowners get plenty of time left to smart telescope can identify more than cabinets, circa the late 1940s, that have goal with the Smart Home is to add these enjoy its technological treats. 4,000 celestial bodies all on its own. been refurbished to serve as elegant and kind of special pieces and create a space that’s sophisticated kitchen cabinetry. A large more functional, more interesting and more The Cybertecture Mirror on the wall may About Technology Partner, Gizmodo utilitarian storage cabinet—that spent memorable— bringing together that unique be fog-resistant and waterproof, sure. But it Gizmodo is ecstatic to present the more than 50 years in a U.S. Post office in mix of items that bring a clean, timeless also adjusts the lighting for easy makeup evolution of the house as you know it, Springfield, Ill.—is used for a one-of-a-kind utility; an urban freshness; and as well as a application, keeps track of weight gain or taking the everyday items that we all take platform for the most modern of flat screen second-hand comfort and warmth.” loss, and connects to friends on Facebook. for granted and shining new (LED) light Snow White’s wicked witch never had it on them. That’s not just progress. That’s so good! And for a little bit of competitive smart. gizmodo.com

The magic of the home comes in the special Ted Harris Lamps | tedharrislamps. (left) (right) of Scout Gizmodo and courtesy photos: mix of old and new and in drawing inspiration com | Ted Harris offers unique lighting from others who share passion for soulful, gently fixtures that incorporate salvaged items; used items. A team of talented individuals and he has been featured in countless articles, businesses made the transformations in the publications and TV shows. home possible, and we thank “Team Scout” for their generosity and expertise. Oscar Isberian Rugs | isberian.com | Oscar Isberian’s rugs often surprise and Furniture Revival | inspire and always work brilliantly to chicagofurniturerevival.com | This company bring everything together in the smartly specializes in the restoration of wood tailored home. and metal furniture, and Scout uses them exclusively to make the Scout look come Comfort Upholstery | comfortupholstery. together. com | Offers a unique approach to classic mid-century, modern furniture design. Nicholas Moriarty Interiors | With two generations of experience, nm-interiors.com | This firm focuses on the Comfort Upholstery provides the best unique appeal of unlikely combinations fabrics and the smartest solutions to each to5 create• Smart interiors Home: that Green retain + Wireda warm and and every piece. Smart Home: Green + Wired • 6 livable aesthetic. Products throughout Smart Home Join us on a tour of the Smart Home. Highlighted are some of the products, materials, furnishings, appliances and technologies that made the exhibit possible. For additional products and resources visit msichicago.org/smarthome.

Home Renovations | Gift of: Goldberg Windows, Doors and Skylights | General Construction | ggcinc.net | All Designer Series and motorized skylights materials used in the renovations were | Gift of: Pella Windows and Doors, Inc. | sourced as sustainable and ecological to the pella.com | Energy-efficient window and environment, including recycled materials, motorized skylight placement optimizes low-VOC oils and natural materials. natural lighting and ventilation for the home, minimizing the need for artificial Sivoia QED Automated Shading light and air conditioning. Dual-panel, Low-E glass can save 10 to 25 percent of System| Gift of: Lutron | lutron.com heating and air conditioning from leaking. | Shade system automates a home’s window treatments, allowing one button to control every light and window Heated Radiant Subfloor | Gift of: treatment in a home. Warmboard Inc. | warmboard.com | The high-conductivity of Warmboard leads to lower water temperatures and heats Recessed LED Light Fixtures the room from the floor up; both lead to | Gift of: Progress® Lighting | greater energy efficiency. progresslighting.com| Energy-efficient LED which can last 30,000 to 50,000 hours, as compared to incandescent Home Insulation | Spray-in place bulbs’ 800 to 1,000. formula | Gift of: the Icynene Insulation System® | icynene.com | Reduces energy consumption by up to 50 percent, does Interior Paint | Benjamin Moore not off-gas and eliminates or reduces Natura™ Paint | Gift of: Benjamin other construction materials. Minimizes Moore | benjaminmoore.com/natura | mold, exceeds the American Lung Zero-VOC premium paint available in Association criteria for a healthy home. thousands of colors and exceeds LEED and Green Seal GS-11 standards. Stair Railing | Cable rail™ | Gift of: Feeney Architectural Products | Heating, Ventilation and Air feeneyarchitectural.com, cablerail.com Conditioning | QuietAir High Velocity Air Handler and Insulated Roof Sheathing | Gift of: Barrier Duct | Gift of: z Comfort Pro Systems | Technology Company | intlbarrier.com comfortprosystems.com | These systems use narrower ducts than traditional | Gift of: MuleHide forced-air systems, which makes the air Roof Membrane | mulehide.com | Light colored flow from vents faster and thus heats or membranes reflect sunlight and cool cools a room in less time. 7 • Smart Home: Green + Wired building Smartinterior Home: for energy Green savings.+ Wired • 8 Exterior Wrap | WallShield® | Gift of: Kitchen Sink and Karbon Faucet | Vapro Shield | vaproshield.com | The Gift of: Kohler | kohler.com. most weather-resistant rain screen on the market, which makes it best for reducing Built-In Wall Oven | Gift of: BSH Home the risk of mold, mildew and rot. FIRST Appliances Corporation | bosch-home.com/ Exterior Wood Siding | Gift of: Iron us | Speed convection saves 30 percent of Woods | ironwoods.com | FSC-certified cooking time. Ipê | Ipê wood is long-lasting and requires FLOOR minimal maintenance. KITCHEN Tabletop Composter | Gift of: NatureMill Light Switches and Outlets | Gift of: | naturemill.com | Recycles its weight in Exterior Cement Siding | Gift Trufig | danainnovations.com | Eliminates waste every 10 days, diverting more than two of: Cembonit | cbf11.com | Cement wall clutter by offering consistency of tons of waste from landfills over its life. is a “green” material, plus the color is color, design and finish. integrated into the material, rather than needing paint applied (long-lasting and Sonance Visual Performance DINING ROOM low-maintenance). Speakers | Gift of: Dana Innovations | Life Table | Scout Find | Created by danainnovations.com | Visual Performance Furniture Revival from salvaged planks. Fire Protection Sprinkler System Series speakers combine elegant, modern | Gift of: Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler style with outstanding audio performance. Steel Stools | Scout Find | Salvaged from Advisory Board | homefiresprinkler.org | a manufacturing plant in Minneapolis; Installed by: Great Lakes Plumbing and Elo Touch 19” Touch Panel | Gift stripped and buffed to the original steel. Heating. of: Best Buy | bestbuy.com | This compact touch monitor is “designed for touch” with Chandeliers | Loaned by: Ted Harris | Large Opening Glass Walls | Gift of: proven expertise and reliability built-in. tedharrislamps.com | Made from old CFL tubes. NanaWall® | nanawall.com | The weather- tight, energy-efficient system exceeds Steel Kitchen Cabinets | Scout Find | Vintage Trough | Scout Find | Filled industry standards for air infiltration, Science cabinets rescued from the University of with moss to create a natural centerpiece. water penetration, structural and thermal Chicago and refinished by Furniture Revival. performance and forced entry. Pocket Artwork by Michael Nicholson | Scout doors open up the walls, extending the Squak Mountain Stone Countertops Find | Repurposed bicycle tire inner tubes, sense of space. | Gift of: Green Home Chicago Design hand stretched into collectible works of art. Center | Color: Thunder | ghcdesigncenter. ® Stackable Axxis Laundry | Gift of: com | Made of mixed waste paper, recycled BSH Home Appliances Corporation | glass and low carbon cement. Over 50 LOUNGE bosch-home.com/us | Maximizes space percent post-consumer recycled content. Patchwork Kilim Rug | Scout Find | Oscar and can be installed anywhere since it Isberian rug made from antique Turkish kilims does not require any ducting or venting. Crestwood Kitchen Cabinets | Oak that have been cut into smaller pieces and veneer | Gift of: McNulty Design Group, stitched together into a contemporary rug. UV Stain for Exterior Ipê | Gift of: Inc. | mcnultydesign.net | Made from Mesmmers | messmers.com FSC-certified wood, no-VOC wood sealant Cabinet | Scout Find | Vintage piece with and formaldehyde-free particleboard an adjustable patina, rescued from a post Michael McGuire Artwork |Scout substrates. Painted with Natura paint. office in Springfield, IL. Find |Using one archival pen, the artist ® crosshatches landscapes, until the ink Integra Built-In Refrigerator | Gift Insignia 55” LED TV | Gift of: Best runs out. of: BSH Home Appliances Corporation Buy | bestbuy.com | Best Buy’s private label | bosch-home.com/us | ENERGY STAR brand, Insignia, offers amazing 1080p 120Hz Bamboo Flooring | SYNERGY rated with an energy mode and vacation performance and environmentally friendly Prefinished Strand Bamboo Flooring, mode to conserve energy. production practices. Color: Java | Gift of: Teragren® commercial and All Tile, Inc. | teragren. Induction Cooktop | Gift of: BSH Home Coffee Table | Scout Find | Designed and com | alltile.com | Highly-renewable Appliances Corporation | bosch-home.com/ crafted by Thomeworks, this table offers material that grows quickly, capable of us | Fast and efficient cooking technology. classical appeal with a modern twist and is growing more than 90 feet in just a year. tailored perfectly to the lounge space

9 • Smart Home: Green + Wired Smart Home: Green + Wired • 10 Sofa | Scout Find | Mid-century sofa found at a Chicago antiques store. Comfort HOME AUTOMATION Upholstery turned this original three-seater AMX Home Automation | Gift into a more modern two seater. of: AMX | amx.com | AMX Solutions automate technologies enabling homeowners and businesses to reduce | Sofa Upholstery | Sofa Upholstery energy consumption. Caress/Noir, Brentano Green | Gift of: Brentano, Inc. | brentanofabrics.com | Environmentally friendly faux leather. Control Modules for AMX System | Gift of: Module Depot, Inc. | moduledepot. com | The parts behind your home. Rubik’s Slide™ | Gift of: Techno Source | technosourceusa.com | Combines simplicity and fun of casual games with GSLogic Home Automation fast-paced, brain-busting cubing. Software for AMX Systems | Gift of: GSLogic | gslogic.net | Controls and Tape Lamp | Loaned by: Transparent automates the home. House in collaboration with Andrei THEN - Corona Typewriter, ca 1900 Hakhovich | tapelamp.com | Hand- HomeWorks Lighting Control Innovations. . . NOW - Apple Wireless Keyboard | Gift assembled from micro-cassettes. System | Gift of: Lutron | lutron.com | THEN and now of: Best Buy | bestbuy.com | Features System provides convenient control of Bluetooth technology for wireless use up d°light Bubbles | Gift of: Diana Lin a home’s lighting and shades and can This year, the Smart Home showcases to 30 feet away from your Mac. TiVo Slide Designs | dianalindesigns.com | Intriguing be integrated with security systems, amazing historical discoveries and gadgets Remote | Gift of: TiVo Inc. | tivo.com | Puts LED light you won’t throw away. heating and cooling systems and more. from the Museum’s collection, paired with the full power of TiVo in the palm of their contemporary counterparts selected your hand. LIVING ROOM F2 v5 2 Zone Music Server | by Gizmodo. Compare and contrast old Loaned by: ReQuest | request.com | Scout Find | Vintage vs. new and see how early inventions made THEN - Polaroid Camera with Leather Knoll Chairs | Provides the ultimate audio video chairs, sourced locally. Upholstered in way for some of today’s most advanced Case, ca. 1970 experience. rubbRe™ | Gift of: Vulcana® | vulcana.net technologies. NOW - Eye-Fi Mobile X2 | Gift of: Eye-Fi | eye.fi | Memory card wirelessly uploads | Material made in the USA from recycled car tires, available in a variety of colors. Equipment Rack, Power THEN - Full Furniture Television Set, 1925 media to your computer, smartphone, Distribution and Accessories NOW - Boxee Box by D-Link | Gift of: tablet or favorite online site. Shaggy Wool Rug | Scout Find | Oscar | Gift of: Middle Atlantic Products | Boxee, Inc. | boxee.tv | Connect to your TV middleatlantic.com | Provides end-to- THEN - Brownie Camera, ca. 1920 Isberian rug made from reclaimed wool from and watch any TV show from the internet end solutions maximize the operation NOW - Canon Rebel T3i with 18-55mm vintage kilim rugs that have been unraveled or movies from subscription services and lifespan of many critical systems. Lens | Gift of: Best Buy | bestbuy.com | and rewoven in the Turkish countryside. THEN - “Call Me” Mantel Clock, ca. 1920 EOS Feature Guide with enhanced Quick Wire, Cables and Interconnects NOW - Klock-01 | Gift of: Areaware | area- Settings Screen for detailed descriptions Walnut Console | Scout Find | Found in an for Connection of System ware.com | Designed by Singgih Kartono of settings to make using this camera industrial firm, on the west side of Chicago, and made from sustainably harvested super easy. sanded down to the raw wood, and then Equipment | Gift of: Planet Waves/ wood. refinished and restored by Furniture Revival. PWCIS | pwcis.com | All connectors are THEN - Phonograph Recording in its reusable. THEN - Handheld Plastic A.M. Radio, Original Container, ca. 1895 Ted Harris Lamps | Scout Find | Metal ca. 1970 NOW - Western Digital 2TB Network Acer Aspire Revo | Gift of: Best Buy ™ globe stands repurposed into lamps. NOW - XMp3i Portable Radio | Loaned Drive | Gift of: Best Buy | bestbuy.com | | bestbuy.com |Desktop computer with by: SiriusXM Radio | siriusxm.com | Listen Share media with everyone on a wired or built-in wireless networking lets you Sonance Invisible Series Speakers | Gift at home or in your car with SiriusXM’s wireless network with this network drive; connect to the Internet without wires. of: Dana Innovations | danainnovations.com | most versatile radio. compatible with PC and Mac for wide- ranging use. Deliver on the long held desire that speakers Sony S580 Blu-ray Player | Gift THEN - Sony Walkman ca. 1988 be heard but not seen. Invisible Series of: Best Buy | bestbuy.com | Enjoy your NOW - MIXA – Digital Mix Tape | Gift of: THEN - Atari Gaming Station, ca. 1981 products can be used in standard sheetrock as favorite movies in high-definition with Beep Industries Ltd. | beephq.com | MIXA NOW - Nintendo 3DS | Gift of: Best Buy | well as textured and wallpaper surfaces. this Blu-ray Disc player is a USB tape and can be refilled and bestbuy.com | Vivid colors, brilliant action reused over and over. and 3D depth await you on the other side The Smart Home showcases how to simplify the total experience of your home, by seamlessly of the 3DS’ top screen. integrating efficient and elegant lighting control systems, audio and video distribution, and energy 11 • Smart Home: Green + Wired monitoring into a single intelligent system. Smart Home: Green + Wired • 12 -Tom Doherty, Principal, Doherty Design Group Cabinets | Scout Find | These two vanities BATHROOM 2 were originally part of one console, similar Shower and Floor Tiles | Squak to the one seen in the living room. Furniture Mountain Stone countertop slab, Revival repurposed the original piece to create Color: Natural | Gift of: Tiger Mountain two individual vanities, complete with an Innovations, Inc. | tmi-online.com | ebonized black lacquer finish. Handmade from recycled glass, paper and low-carbon cement. Toilet | Persuade | Gift of: Kohler | us.kohler.com | A two-button actuator Showertime | efergy.com | Allows user offers .8- or 1.6- gallon flush options for to decide amount of water to be used for light or bulk waste, saving as much as each shower and then alerts user once 6,000 – 25,000 gallons of water over limit has been reached. traditional 1.6- or 3.5- gallon toilets.

Countertop | Gift of: Terra Green Glass2 (Harmony) Countertops | Gift Ceramics | terragreenceramics.com | Made of: American Granite | glass2.com | Local with 55 percent recycled glass content and Vendor: The Fine Line | finelinetile.com | qualifies for LEED certification points. Fabrication and Installation: TTS Granite Inc. Konkreet Performer | Gift of: Konkreet | ttsgranite.com | 99 percent recycled glass, Labs | konkreetlabs.com | Unique iPad user and contains no resin, glue or chemicals. SECOND interface for professional music control in the MASTER Scratch and stain-resistant, bacteria-free, and studio and live on stage. BATHROOM tolerant of both cold and hot temperatures. Cybertecture Mirror | Loaned by: FLOOR Recon-Zeal Transcend | Loaned by: James Law Cybertecture (Mirror) Ltd. | Soladey J3X Ionic and Anti- Recon Instruments | reconinstruments. cybertecturemirror.com | With a touch, the com | World’s first GPS-enabled goggles Bacterial Toothbrush | Gift of: mirror elegantly displays and monitors the Euroviva Health Ltd. | soladey.com | Saves HOME OFFICE with head-mounted display. time, temperature, local traffic and news, Numbers LED Clock | Gift of: water and toothpaste and runs on free energy consumption and health data via a solar energy! Areaware | areaware.com | LED clock Fiskars Cuts+More™ Scissors | Gift of: wireless connection. requires minimal power. Fiskars | fiskars.com | Provides the power of multiple tools in the palm of your hands. Kendall Charcoal Paint | Gift of: MASTER BEDROOM Square Storage Unit | Scout Find | Heavy Benjamin Moore | benjaminmoore.com Slate Headboard | Scout Find | gauge iron with gorgeous shelves. This piece LED Pushpins | Loaned by: Dynamism | Zero-VOC premium paint available in Chalkboard found in an elementary nestles up against the wall, and serves as a | dynamism.com | An update on the office thousands of colors; exceeds LEED and school on the Southside of Chicago. counterpoint to the industrial work table. supply staple with a bright and colorful feature. Green Seal GS-11 standards. Night Stands | Scout Find | These night Blue Metal Bin | Scout Find | This Broccoli | Gift of: DreamsUSA Inc. | Crush Recycled Glass Tile | Gift of: stands came from an Art Deco antiques industrial bin has many cubbies that dreams6.com | Vibrant-colored sheets Fireclay Tile | fireclaytile.com | Local Vendor: dealership in central Ohio 20 years ago. They originally held nuts and screws. easily assemble into a business card The Fine Line | finelinetile.com | Recycled have been in a private residence, waiting and holder, inspired by broccoli. glass tile, fully created from pre-consumer ready to start their third life. Industrial Work Table | Scout waste glass, handmade in California. Find | From the industrial corridor on Sharpie® Liquid Pencil | Gift of: Steel Dresser | Scout Find | This the westside of Chicago, retrofitted the Sharpie® | Sharpie.com | Smooth like a Brick Flooring | Gift of: Eccologie steel dresser was originally used in the perfectly fit the alcove. pen, but erasable like a pencil. | eccologie.com | Local Vendor: The 1950s, designed and manufactured by Fine Line | finelinetile.com | Tiles Simmons. Furniture Revival stripped away EOps x Michael Young Noisezero i S3 Arctic | Gift of: Wicked Lasers | reclaimed from old factory demolitions. the years and old paint to reveal a very and ECO edition in-ear headphones wickedlasers.com | The first laser to have Characteristic colors of the Chicago region contemporary, sleek yet subtle, metal finish. with Remote and Mic for iPod, multiple operating modes and up to 1000 clay provide a rich pink-orange patina. mW of output. Wolf Gray Paint | Gift of: Benjamin | Gift of: EOps | iPhone and iPad Moore | benjaminmoore.com | Zero-VOC eopstech.com | World’s first eco-friendly Shower Head | Purist Ecofficient premium paint available in thousands of cornstarch bio-plastics earbuds with unique Herman Miller Leaf Lamp | Gift of: showerhead | Gift of: Kohler | us.kohler.com colors and exceeds LEED and Green Seal horn shaped chamber to optimize acoustics. fuseproject | fuseproject.com | LED task light | 30 percent reduction in water consumption GS-11 standards. that offers the user the choice of warm mood without sacrificing performance. light and cool work light. 13 • Smart Home: Green + Wired Smart Home: Green + Wired • 14 LightSleeper | Gift of: Quincom Limited Vintage Steelcase Storage Cabinet | lightsleeper.co.uk | Drug-free, non-invasive | Scout Find | The centerpiece of the sleeping aid that project a controlled light family science lab — formerly at the on the ceiling above your bed. University of Chicago.

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15 • Smart Home: Green + Wired Smart Home: Green + Wired • 16 The Original by Bamboo Bottle Starship Earth II | Gift of: Spherical Bakfiets Cargobike | Loaned Company | Loaned by: Bamboo Bottle Concepts | sphericalconcepts.com | 3-D by: Dutch Bike Co. Chicago | Company | bamboobottleco.com | Clean, star atlas helps you locate and identify dutchbikeco.com | Marine plywood safe and stylish bottle constructed from celestial objects from anywhere on Earth, cargo box on this bike means you don’t bamboo and glass. at any hour; any day. need a car.

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For more information visit us on the web at web.extension.uiuc.edu/ Plants | Gift of: Burpee Home Gardens cook/urbanhort.html. | burpeehomegardens.com | Growing your own produce reduces your carbon footprint! Jacobs/Ryan Associates Overall Landscape Design | jacobsryan. com | With strong midwestern AsphaltEdge | Gift of: Permaloc sensibilities, Jacobs/Ryan has provided Corporation | permaloc.com | Permanent, thoughtful landscape architectural sustainable aluminum edgings made from consulting services for more than three recyclable aluminum. decades. Earthboxes | Gift of: The BIOTILE® Vertical Garden System Growing Connection and Earthbox | | Gift of: Sage Botanic Media/Biotile | thegrowingconnection.org | Maximizes landscaping sagebotanicmedia.com | 100 percent space and uses 60 percent less water. recyclable, water-efficient, energy-saving, Program links participants together via and vegetable garden habitat-providing, carbon-absorbing their website. vertical garden system that can be used From the ground up to the roof, Smart • Fresh vegetables and herbs are indoors or outdoors in warm and cold Cistern | Gift of: RainHarvest Systems Home’s landscape design demonstrates available during three seasons. climates. and Rotonics-Colorado | RainHarvest. an eco-friendly aesthetic with systems that • Organic mulch minimizes weed com | rotonics.com | Rainwater collection sustain and replenish the environment: invasion, converts moisture, reduces systems conserve water and reduce storm green roofs, Ipê decking, rain barrels, soil temperature fluctuations, Openlands Native Habitats water erosion. bioswales, porous paving and rain protects root systems and keeps Program | openlands.org | A Clean Air gardens. Prairie, dune and oak savannah vegetables clean. Counts partner. Bioswale and Rain Garden plantings recall our region’s past and • Yard and garden waste is Openlands is dedicated to preserving Creative Container Garden working gardens present food production. composted and added to the garden and enhancing public open space in Design Services, Seasonal The landscape is carefully designed and as a rich soil conditioner. northeastern Illinois. 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Saves energy and timbers and recycled metal. stormwater run-off. space by eliminating walkways reduces air and water pollution. • Permeable pavements, rain gardens between rows, avoid compaction and bioswales ease water run-off into and aid gardeners with physical Fiskars Tuscany Rain Barrel Porous Paver System | Gift of: ™ surrounding streams and lakes and disabilities. and DiverterPro | Gift of: Fiskars | Unilock| unilock.com | Installation Gift of: enable slow, healthy seepage into • Two hives house more than 60,000 fiskars.com | Designed to easily intergrate Clauss Brothers, Inc. | Prevents rain water the soil. bees at the height of the summer. into the home’s downspouts and collect run-off by allowing water to permeate • Rain barrels harvest rainwater to Bees help pollinate the plants and water for landscaping. between the pavers. irrigate plants, so we use less drinking- provide honey, a natural sweetener. quality water.

19 • Smart Home: Green + Wired Smart Home: Green + Wired • 20 Energy OUTDOOR ECO-TIPS Efficiency Learn ways to leave a smaller eco-footprint Unplug! Just keeping your cellphone, TV, and inside and outside your home. Visit DVD players plugged in wastes five percent msichicago.org/smarthome for more! LIVING of all the energy Americans use each year. The Smart Home’s outdoor living spaces are an important element in the home’s Smart For each degree you turn down your overall sustainable design. One of the thermostat in the winter, you save about Design one percent on what it costs to heat your keys to sustainable design is designing Place furniture near natural light sources— home and you trim your carbon emissions. to use less—less space, less energy, fewer working near the window means less need materials—and blurring the line between for electric lights. the indoors and outdoors helps do just Water that. Indoor and outdoor rooms open into In the summer, open windows for cross each other to create one big, connected breezes, and install window and ceiling Efficiency Turn off the water when you brush your teeth to living space. The roof decks maximize fans instead of cranking on the AC. In the save around four gallons each person, each time. all of the outdoor space the home has winter, change the direction of the ceiling to offer. Sustainable design isn’t just fans to bring the warm air down. about minimizing our impact on the Fix that leaky toilet or sink. You may be losing as much as 200 gallons a day. environment, it’s also about enjoying it. Run-off can carry toxic chemicals into nearby lakes, river, and streams. Use the dishwasher (8.7 gallons per load) Alfresco Grey Rectangular Table Encourage rain and snow water to seep instead of hand-washing (as much as 20 into the ground rather than wash away. and Dining Chairs with Graphite gallons). 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Compost fruit and veggie scraps, paper For the next paint job or home project, scraps, coffee and tea grounds, eggshells Cyl Outdoor Fireplace | Gift of: look for low- or no- VOC paints, thinners, and more. It’s easy, saves garbage from The Tile Gallery | tilegallerychicago. carpet adhesives, etc. com | Runs on environmentally friendly the landfill and helps your garden grow! denatured alcohol and is fully portable. Recycle hazardous waste and electronics Buy vintage/recycled clothing. Many appropriately. Check illinoisrecycles.org for designers are creating hot new fashions | Scout Find | more information. Wooden Planters with re-used and recycled materials. Rustic white-washed planters rescued Donate your gently used items. from a farm in Northern Indiana. Plant a tree. One mature tree cleans up after 13 cars! Use your library card. Imagine all the 1930’s Russell Woodard White books you can read for FREE! Save Take public transportation! 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For Carbon Footprint The example, traditional paints, stains, American Wind Energy (AWEA) environmental impact we have FSC Forest Stewardship Council is an and flooring release toxic chemicals | awea.org depending on the choices we make international not-for-profit organization long after they are installed. such as raw-material selection, energy that seeks to find solutions to problems The Green Power Network selection, transportation, etc. created by irresponsible forestry Organic Products that are | Eere.energy.gov/greenpower practices and to reward responsible commonly produced without the use forest management. CFL Compact fluorescent light bulb. of pesticides, herbicides and other Renewable Energy | Eco-tip: In CFL bulbs, gas inside the harmful chemicals. AccessRenewableenergyaccess.com bulb emits light when a chemical Greenhouse Effect Rise in reaction takes place. CFLs use 75 temperature that the Earth experiences Photovoltaic (PV) Cell or devices Chicago Department of the percent less energy than traditional because certain gases in the atmosphere that directly convert sunlight into Environment (incandescent) bulbs and CFLs last up trap energy from the sun. electricity. to 10 times longer. | cityofchicago.org/environment Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Gases Real-time Pricing A utility Chicago Center for Green Compost The act of recycling organic that trap heat in the atmosphere such as monitoring and billing structure materials for fertilizer. carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) whereby consumers are billed for Technology and nitrous oxide (N20). the power they use on hourly market cityofchicago.org/environment Cradle-to-Cradle A term used to prices. This structure enables describe a material or product that is Grey Water Post-bath or sink water consumers to use power during non- Eco-friendly recycled into a new or similar product at used to flush toilets and for landscape peak times to save money. ComEd the end of its intended life. watering. currently offers this program to Home Resources consumers. American Lung Association, Cradle-to-Grave A term used to LED Light emitting diode. Eco-tip: Health House | healthhouse.org describe a material or product that is Compared to traditional incandescent Renewable Energy Energy from dumped in a landfill or burned at the bulbs, LEDs are incredibly energy sources that regenerate or re-occur ENERGY STAR’s Home Energy end of its intended life. efficient and can last up to a million such as wind or sunlight. 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23 • Smart Home: Green + Wired Smart Home: Green + Wired • 24 Cedia | cedia.net Reading Green Partners Chicago Public Library | chipublib.org Michelle Kaufmann Healthy House Institute | hhinst.com Special Michelle Kaufmann is a nationally recognized leading architect specializing in ComEd | comed.com Shopping Green Watch your eco-footprint shrink at the thanks sustainable, innovative, and smart buildings. Smart Home’s Shop Earth (located in the to Smart Home Working under the belief that thoughtful, ENERGY STAR® | energystar.gov Henry Crown Space Center). sustainable homes should be accessible to more people, Kaufmann works with off-site sponsors construction technology and creative design Resale and Outlet Guide | processes. The goal in all of her work is to Gardening abstractpublishing.com/resale/ and partners make it easier for people to build beautifully A Taste of Gardening | northsuburbs.html green and live a more sustainable lifestyle. urbanext.uiuc.edu/tog Sponsors michellekaufmann.com Scout | Scoutchicago.com ComEd My First Garden | ComEd is uniquely positioned to Gizmodo urbanext.illinois.edu/firstgarden Green Depot | A local one-stop shop bring value to its customers and the Gizmodo.com is the authority on the for energy intelligent, environmentally communities it serves, particularly when technologies that change the way we live, Smart Home Garden Blog | Follow sensitive and healthy building materials it comes to saving energy and helping the work, love, play, think and feel. From the the development of the vegetable serving homeowners and the building and environment. ComEd has been committed humble tools in a mechanic’s belt, to the garden throughout the growing season design community. | greendepot.com to environmental stewardship, being a cellphones that we check Facebook on, to | web.extension.uiuc.edu/cook valuable energy information provider. the space shuttles and submarines we use Chicago’s Downtown Farmstand | to explore the unknown, Gizmodo’s core Container Gardening 66 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL | The utility’s energy efficiency and belief is that the mastery of technology | urbanext.uiuc.edu/container chicagofarmstand.com education programs are part of Exelon is at the core of the humankind’s 2020, the comprehensive corporate evolution—for better or worse. Since its Chicago Home Composting strategy of ComEd’s parent company, launch in 2002 the site has amassed over Recycling Exelon, to reduce, offset or displace more 6 million readers through its combination | urbanext.uiuc.edu/homecomposting illinoisrecycles.org and click on than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse of reporting, opinion and explanations of “E-cycling” for a list of collection sites gas emissions per year by 2020. In June how tech changes everything around us. The Green Gardener’s Guide by 2008, ComEd launched its Smart Ideas Joe Lamp’l earth911.org portfolio of energy efficiency offerings, University of Illinois Extension expected to save ComEd customers more The University of Illinois Extension Chicagorecycling.org than $155 million throughout the duration Horticulture, Environmental and Green Public of the programs. Smart Ideas includes Educator’s assisted the Museum in discounted CFL bulbs, weatherization transforming the Smart Home: Green + Transportation Water initiatives, energy efficiency curriculum Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) American Water Works Wired into an eco-friendly oasis. With the for teachers, environmentally responsible help of its Master Gardeners, University Trip Planner | transitchicago.com Association (AWWA) | awwa.org appliance recycling, and many more ways of Illinois Extension help guests create to help our customers reduce costs, save green spaces in their own lives. As the Metra | metrarail.com Environmental Protection Agency energy and help the environment. flagship outreach of University of Illinois at Office of Water | epa.gov/water Urbana-Champaign, U of I Extension offers ComEd also continues to take steps educational programs to residents of all of to reduce its own carbon footprint, Illinois’ 102 counties—and far beyond via its whether by operating the seventh largest award-winning Web site. Through learning fleet of green vehicles in the nation, partnerships like this, University of Illinois restoring Illinois’ prairies, or reducing the Extension helps people put knowledge environmental impact of ComEd facilities. to work. Its educational programs aim to make life better, healthier, safer and more Sponsored by: profitable for individuals and communities.

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