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Big Switch Networks, the leading platform-independent Software-Defined Networking (SDN) vendor, announced the appointment of Rob Sherwood as the chair of the Open Networking Foundations (ONF) new Architecture & Framework Working Group (ArchWG). The ONF ArchWG will map out the scope of SDN in terms of architecture and framework for OpenFlow and other components. Robs appointment reinforces Big Switch Networks technical leadership in SDN, and underscores the joint commitment between Big Switch Networks, the ONF, and its member companies to deliver open, standards-based implementations of SDN and OpenFlow.

The ONF ArchWG is charged with defining and scoping the ONF's efforts around all aspects of SDN including terminology, motivations, use-cases, interfaces, and APIs along with their relation to the work of other standards bodies. The Northbound API (NBAPI) activity, starting with a comprehensive analysis of requirements and currently available solutions including data models, is an important component of the ArchWG and reflects a naturally high interest in the critical linking of an OpenFlow substrate with a rich, programmable control and services environment above. A new, focused activity in the ArchWG on Carrier Requirements will assure a strong voice from the service-provider community in the articulation of architectural elements and frameworks. As chair, Rob will be charged with leading all technical discussions, managing one of the ONFs most strategic working groups, under the direction of the Board of Directors.

The efforts of the Architecture and Framework Working Group are of central importance to all of ONFs work and to everyone interested in SDN, said Dan Pitt, executive director of the Open Networking Foundation. This working group will help us advance the adoption of SDN and the OpenFlow protocol, and the deep SDN expertise possessed by active ONF members will lead the industry to rapidly utilize the OpenFlow framework for implementation on hardware forwarding, hypervisor, and applications targets as well as the all-important provision of valuable services built on the OpenFlow foundation.

Rob Sherwood is Principal Architect at Big Switch Networks, where he developed and evangelized the emerging OpenFlow standard and network virtualization. He has been heavily involved in the standards development and evolution since OpenFlow 0.82 and was most recently vice-chair for the ONF Testing & Interoperability Working Group; he has also been recognized twice as an ONF Outstanding Technical Contributor. Rob prototyped the first OpenFlow-based network hypervisor, the FlowVisor, allowing production and experimental traffic to safely co-exist on the same physical network. Prior to that he was involved in various standards efforts, including the Peer-to-Peer IRTF group, and spent 15 years in networking as an administrator, researcher, and programmer. Rob is a frequent speaker on OpenFlow and open standards and recently presented at the Open Network Summit, NANOG, and numerous customer and partner events. He earned a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Dan Talayco, another Member of the Technical Staff at Big Switch Networks, serves as vice-chair of the ONFs Hybrid Programmable Forwarding Plane Working Group and was recognized as the Unsung SDN Hero by SDNCentral for his contributions to advance SDN.

The Architecture Working Group is the ONF's effort to take stock of all the various moving pieces that fall under the very broad umbrella of 'SDN' and group them together under a coherent framework and vocabulary. We believe this is the most important work within the ONF at this time and believe that under Robs technical leadership the ONF will quickly accelerate delivery of vendor-independent OpenFlow and SDN products and services, said Guido Appenzeller, CEO and co-founder of Big Switch Networks.

About Big Switch Networks

Big Switch Networks is theleading platform-independent Software-Defined Networking (SDN) vendor. The company's highly scalable Open SDNTMarchitecture leverages industry standards and open APIs that enable customers to deploy dynamic and flexible networking applications, including data center network virtualization. Big Switch Networks is backed by the largest SDN ecosystem of OpenFlow applications and physical and hypervisor switches. The companys commercial controller, network virtualization, and applications, which accelerate delivery of cloud services, are in customer trials today. Big Switch Networks was founded in 2010 by Guido Appenzeller and Kyle Forster. For more information, visit:

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NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --STV has acquired ARCHITECTURE/vbn (VBN), an award-winning architectural design firm based in Oakland, California. VBN will be integrated into STV's West Coast operations.

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"VBN's talented employees share our commitment to excellence," said Dominick M. Servedio, P.E., STV executive chairman. "We have known this firm for many years, and have always been impressed with their portfolio of work. I am excited to welcome VBN into STV's family."

Founded in 1958, VBN serves education, transportation, government and commercial clients, and has extensive experience in the design of transit facilities. They bring an established and highly-regarded presence in Northern California to STV. The firm is also a registered green business.

"STV and VBN have been working together to seamlessly integrate our corporate cultures," said Milo E. Riverso, Ph.D., P.E., CEO and president of STV. "This is a great match. VBN's excellent skill-set strengthens STV's services, so we can better serve our existing clients in the Western region."

VBN's work encompasses large- and small-scale projects, consisting of intermodal terminals, bus facilities, light rail, rail stations and transit centers. VBN's notable projects in these areas include the Millbrae Station for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System, the Transit Mall Station for Long Beach Transit; the Richmond Intermodal Station for the Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee; and multiple stations for the California High Speed Rail project, including three stations from Fresno to Bakersfield.

VBN also has a very strong educational portfolio. They provide full architecture, planning, and interior design services for educational clients such as community colleges and public and private universities. Recent assignments include Academic Joint Use Facility, City College of San Francisco; College of Marin, Indian Valley Academic Complex, Novato; and the Cesar E. Chavez Education & Early Childhood Education Center, Oakland.

Eli Naor, AIA, who was one of the principals at VBN, is joining STV at a vice president and will head the California Facilities group.

"This acquisition brings VBN's excellent reputation in our market areas in Northern California to STV," Naor said. "We will utilize our know-how and innovative skills to help STV further succeed in California and enhance its national presence."

Naor is a registered architect in California and Utah. He holds a Master of Architecture and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a member of numerous professional organizations.

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IRVINE, Calif., July 2, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, based in California, and Garbett Homes of Salt Lake City, UT, announce that Utah's first truly affordable solar-powered and geothermal homes, the Solaris Collection at Daybreak in South Jordan, UT, has earned the highly-coveted Gold Nugget Grand Award for the Residential Project of the Year in the detached product category. The award was presented by PCBC to Garbett Homes and KTGY at the awards ceremony on June 28, 2012, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco and sponsored by BUILDER magazine. The award competition, which is the oldest and most prestigious design awards in the nation, is open to builders, developers, architects and land planners with projects in the United States and all international countries.

Built by Garbett Homes and designed by KTGY, Solaris is located in the award-winning mixed-use, sustainable planned community of Daybreak in South Jordan, developed by Kennecott Land. Solaris offers high-density ENERGY STAR rated single-family homes for cost-conscious, eco-minded buyer, from the low $200,000s. Unique to this price-point, Garbett Homes includes solar PVT (Photovoltaic Thermal) panels, geothermal heating and cooling, and a super-tight energy-efficient building envelope with HERS ratings under 40 in a Climate Zone 5, which saves residents up to 70% on their monthly utility bills. The homes' eclectic, modern exteriors with fiber-cement siding are used in unique ways not seen before in this market and a vibrant color palette add to the overall unique appeal. Garbett Homes has sold over 80 Solaris homes in Daybreak and recently received 14 new lots, which the company has started to sell.

In addition to the Gold Nugget Grand Award, Solaris was also awarded a Gold Nugget Award of Merit in the category of Single Family Detached Home - 1,700 to 2,500 sq. ft. Recently, Solaris received a Merit Award in the 2012 Residential Architect Design Award competition.

Garbett Home's TerraSol in South Salt Lake, a pioneering 60-unit urban infill development near downtown Salt Lake City, designed by KTGY, received a Gold Nugget Award of Merit in two categories: Green Sustainable Residential Community and Single Family Detached Home - under 1,700 sq. ft. All homes at TerraSol are ENERGY STAR rated and include as standard either photovoltaic solar and solar hot water or geothermal heating and cooling. TerraSol broke ground in August and all 60 homes were sold by April, without Garbett Homes building any spec homes.

"Garbett has done what no other builder has done; they have completed the loop from inside to the outside," said KTGY's John Tully, a principal and a founding partner of the California-based architecture and planning firm. "We took leading-edge solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and geothermal technologies that have traditionally only been found in expensive custom-built homes and made it work for an affordable production home. Its cover - bold, modern exteriors - amplifies the technology inside, and the inside matches the outside. We are excited about this next generation of housing at both Solaris and TerraSol."

"We have struck gold with fresh, modern, high-density single-family home designs from KTGY -- wrapped in a super-green solar and geothermal standard feature package and high tech interiors at an attainable price for first-time buyers, empty nesters and just about everyone in-between. We can't build these homes fast enough," said Garbett Homes Marketing Director Rene Oehlerking. "Our buyers are really looking for something different in a sea of uninspiring brown French Country stucco boxes built without any consideration of energy efficiency or renewable energy generation."

"When people buy from Garbett Homes, they're not only buying a home, they're also buying into a lifestyle choice that allows them more flexibility with their time," said Garbett Homes President Bryson Garbett. "They are within walking distance from essential amenities and recreational activities. Maintenance-free landscaped areas, where their children or grandchildren can play surround them, and they can relax. They enjoy the benefits of 'locking and leaving' their home while they go on vacation, and knowing their investment will be completely maintained in their absence. Our homebuyers love this kind of freedom."

"KTGY is committed to the understanding of the end-user and socio-economic trends and interpreting them through fresh, inventive design solutions that take advantage of their surroundings to create successful projects," Tully said. "Our designs are forward-thinking, yet grounded in the reality and viability of each specific project and each client's unique needs. We are thrilled that the Solaris Collection at Daybreak has been so well received in the marketplace and recognized as the Residential Project of the Year in the detached product category in the Gold Nugget Award program."

The oldest and largest program of its kind--now in its 49th year--the Gold Nugget Awards honor creative achievements in architectural design and land use planning for residential, commercial and industrial projects. Drawing more than 400 entries from the 14 western states and internationally, the Gold Nugget Awards program is the premier event of the annual PCBC, the nation's largest regional trade show and conference. See http://www.goldnuggetawards.com.

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RICHMOND, VA - Old Donation Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia has a large, beautiful fellowship hall that was rarely used after its construction in 1990. Strong echo and reverberation created by the low vaulted ceiling made large gatherings or musical performances loud and uncomfortable. Harold VanderWilt, the new Senior Warden for the grounds, decided something had to be done and contacted Acoustical Solutions, Inc. of Richmond, Virginia.

Fellowship halls are often used for services and gatherings where speech intelligibility is critical, as well as live and recorded musical performances. The irony of these rooms, like Old Donation's fellowship hall, is that their architectural design is often counterproductive to this purpose. High vaulted or cathedral ceilings and large, uncovered windows mimic the beautiful old churches that we know and love, but those buildings were made before AV equipment was available. When used with today's digital audio technology or applied to smaller rooms, these architectural elements create a very lengthy reverberation time. Reverberation time, or RT 60, is the amount of time it takes for sound waves to stop reflecting around a room and fade completely. The longer it takes for each sound to end, the harder it is to understand subsequent sounds as they build up, making it uncomfortably loud.

"We planned a lot of activities for children, but these groups would have to meet at another church, because of the background din", said VanderWilt ,"they absolutely could not be in here before the treatment". VanderWilt hired Acoustical Solutions, Inc. to custom make and install twenty four AlphaSorb(TM) Cloud Mount Panels which brought down reverberation and actually improved the look of the room.

"Acoustically, this room is exactly where we wanted to be. We were worried that the acoustical panels would diminish the architectural detail, but it looks great" said VanderWilt.

AlphaSorb(TM) Fabric Wrapped Cloud Panels answer your acoustical and aesthetic needs with their strong sound-absorbing performance, durability and elegant appearance. These hanging acoustical cloud panels are used for noise reduction and reverberation control and are available in a wide variety of sizes, shapes and colors. Standard or custom sizes go up to 4' x 10' in 1" or 2" thicknesses with various edge details. Standard color options are the Guilford fabric FR701, 2100 series line or SoundSuede fabric with designer selected fabric wrapped panels available upon request. The AlphaSorb(TM) Fabric Wrapped Cloud Panel is Class 1 fire-rated.

About Acoustical Solutions, Inc.: Since 1989 Acoustical Solutions, Inc. has provided the detailed expertise needed to serve the noise control community. Acoustical Solutions, Inc. works with a wide variety of customers from commercial and residential development to worship facilities, recording studios and home theater designers. Acoustical Solutions, Inc. offers the industry's most comprehensive selection of noise control and soundproofing products, including a full line of indoor and outdoor industrial, commercial, environmental and architectural noise control products. For more information please visit http://www.AcousticalSolutions.com, call 1-800-782-5742, or see our media kit.

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TORONTO, June 28, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mr. Grove Bennett, President of Dynamic Fuel Systems Inc. (DYA.V) ("Dynamic" or the "Corporation"), is pleased to announce negotiations pertaining to a non exclusive Master Distributor Agreement with Contractor's Tank Inc. of California has culminated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.

Under the terms of the MOU and subject to the execution of a definitive Master Distribution Agreement, Contractor's Tank Inc. will obtain the rights to undertake final assembly, installation and support responsibilities for HydraGenTM. Contractor's Tank Inc will also be responsible for servicing resellers of the HydraGenTM.

Contractor's Tank Inc is a newly established entity under the ownership of Mr. Tom Pistacchio of Newport Beach, California and Mr. Dave Roach of Hanford, California. It occupies a 10,000 square foot facility in Madera, CA.

Mr. Pistacchio offers extensive industry knowledge, expertise and connections to the Dynamic's distribution channel. Prior to acquiring America's Trailer Company (see the link below) Mr. Pistacchio owned and operated 7 Kenworth Dealerships.

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Mr. Roach has extensive business experience having owned his own architectural services firm for 33 years prior to its sale. Mr. Roach now serves as the Chief Pilot for Sterling Executive Charter of Fresno, California.

"We are very pleased to have reached this stage of discussions," stated Mr. Jim Payne, CEO of Dynamic. The principles behind Contractor's Tank Inc. represent ideal distribution partners for Dynamic's products. They have immediate access to and fully understand the needs of the heavy duty trucking industry and our target customers.

"As a technology company, we recognize the need to develop distribution relationships with well respected industry players," adds Grove Bennett, President of Dynamic. This is representative of our new business model, that we believe, once fully developed will yield very positive results.

"I wish to extend to the Board and management of Dynamic Fuels our excitement at reaching this stage of the discussions towards becoming a Master Distributor for this exciting new product. During the past three years, we have worked closely with Dave Sikkema to put forward the HydraGen application and testing for the California Air Resource Board (CARB) exemption. As you know, that process was successful and Dynamic Fuels in now in possession of the CARB exemption. Our work in this regard has allowed us to become very knowledgeable with the HydraGen technology and we are truly believers in this product," states Mr. Dave Roach.

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Witty directs Susquehanna

James D. Witty

Susquehanna Bank has named James D. Witty as regional president for the Baltimore area and eastern Maryland. Witty will lead Susquehannas commercial and retail banking teams in Baltimore city and Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, Anne Arundel, Harford and Worcester counties. The bank operates 23 branches in the region. Witty worked most recently as senior vice president/commercial banking unit manager in Baltimore for PNC Bank. Before the PNC merger in 2007, Witty oversaw Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co.s Asset Based Lending Department. He has more than 24 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry. Witty has been active as a community volunteer throughout his career, and he serves on the board of trustees of The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and as a trustee, treasurer and member of the executive committee of The Irvine Nature Center.

James D. Witty

Education: Lehigh University.

Resides in: Reisterstown.

How do you see Susquehanna growing in this market? I believe all banking is local. Our approach is to keep decision-making based in the local market, while giving customers the benefit of the greater lending capacity and diverse financial expertise of a regional bank.

Recent vacation: Bermuda.

Favorite book: The Last Lecture (Randy Pausch).

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Huntington Bank has originated more than $1.5 billion in loans to businesses around Michigan in the first year of a four-year, $2 billion program, the banks Michigan leaders announced today. The loans have aided more than 2,500 Michigan businesses.

The early results of Huntingtons lending initiative and our partnership with the state are exceeding all expectations, said Mike Fezzey, president of Huntingtons Southeast Michigan region. Businesses around the state are encouraged by the availability of credit and the economic growth taking place here.

Huntingtons lending program is part of an $8 billion public-private initiative, announced in June 2011 by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as part of the states Pure Michigan Business Connect Program.

Huntington is committed to helping the state economy move forward, said Jim Dunlap, president of Huntingtons West Michigan region and regional and commercial banking director. We are pleased by the positive momentum we are seeing throughout Michigan.

We are delighted to partner alongside Gov. Snyder as we continue to invest in Michigan, Dunlap said. We look forward to continuing to support sustained economic growth in the state.

Examples of Michigan businesses, which have obtained loans through the program include:

Earlier this year, Huntington announced a partnership with Meijer that will increase the number of Huntington branches in the state to over 200a 65 percent increase. It will also add up to 500 jobs.

Huntington has also rolled out a $100 million affordable housing program aimed at helping Michigan residents. And last year, it opened a new branch in downtown Grand Rapids, two branches in downtown Detroit and one in Pontiac.

For more information on accessing lending through the Pure Michigan Business Connect Program, business leaders can call 1-888-509-1017, Monday-Friday from 7:30-6:30 p.m. and Sat. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or visit http://www.MichiganAdvantage.org/business-connect.

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The San Francisco Public Utilities Commissions new environmentally sustainable headquarters building at 525 Golden Gate Avenue, designed in joint venture by KMD Architects and Stevens Architects, provides a poster-child of sustainability innovation for urban office buildings, and reflects the mission of the PUC as a provider and manager of water and energy for San Francisco. All told, 525 Golden Gate in comparison to similarly-sized office buildings features 50% less of a carbon footprint, uses 32% less energy, and consumes 60% less water.

The 13-level, 277,511 gross-square-foot, $190 million SFPUC headquarters building is one of the greenest urban office buildings of its kind, bringing together in a modern, contextually-designed office tower some of the most innovative new technologies at the forefront of building design.

What better organization than a major municipal power and water agency to create one of the most advanced buildings in green design in the U.S., said David Hobstetter, Principal of KMD.

Our intent from the beginning was to create the most energy-efficient office building developed in an urban setting in the United States to date, said Ryan Stevens, KMDs Director of Design (not related to Stevens Architects). Many of these features are uncommon in buildings today, but will be commonplace in years to come.

Given the SFPUCs objective to create a physical demonstration of resource-conservation and sustainability, KMD set out to design a sleek, memorable structure that also responded to functional components inside and outside this next-step advancement of green design.

Among the SFPUC headquarters design and performance attributes are:

-- Design.

The buildings architecture tells two stories in response to the buildings mission and to its surroundings: On the south side, the design reflects an intent to complement the surrounding historic Civic Center setting including San Francisco City Hall and the Beaux-Arts character; on the north side which faces a more commercial office district, 525 Golden Gate has an elegant, modern design of a distinctive Class-A office highrise that responds to the natural forces at play, including the curved shape of the faade that focuses wind into the wind-turbine tower.

The KMD/Stevens team took a number of innovative turns in the design evolution of the building, including the wind-turbine tower. With the increased interest in incorporating wind-technology, the design team changed what had been a set of stacked conference rooms to become the housing for wind-turbines and also modified that north-side of the building to heighten the wind-turbine generation.

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RIB Software AG accomplished a Phase I deal foriTWO implementation in SOHO China, the No.1 commercial property developerin Beijing China in terms of sales turnover.SOHO China is one of the most prestigious property developers in China. Itowns many iconic landmarks in central Beijing, Shanghai, and Hainan. SOHOChina was listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in 2007, raisingproceeds of 1.9 billion USD. It is the largest commercial real estate IPOin Asia.Mrs. Zhang Xin, CEO of SOHO China, was named among the 'World's 100 MostPowerful Women' by Forbes Magazine in 2008 and was one of the Top 50 womenin World Business by Financial Times Newspaper in 2009 and 2010.'RIB is proud to have SOHO as one of our top Asian strategic partner.Together with SOHO China and its subsidiary (Shanghai Ding Ding), we aremaking a big step in supporting leading Asian developers to run the wholeconstruction process in BIM 5D. We are confident to continuously fulfillthe expectations from our partners, and to strengthen our market leaderrole in integrated 5D BIM solutions for construction.' Thomas Wolf,Chairman and CEO of RIB Software AG.The RIB GroupWith over 15,000 customers, the RIB Group is one of the leading providersof technical ERP software solutions for the construction industry. Foundedin 1961 and headquartered in Stuttgart, RIB has become a market leader inGermany. The world's largest construction companies, the public sector,architectural offices and engineering companies as well as key accounts inthe process industries all around the globe use RIB's software systems tooptimise their engineering and construction processes. RIB has its ownsales and service offices in EMEA, North America and APAC. Further detailsat: http://www.rib-software.com.End of Corporate News---------------------------------27.06.2012 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - acompany of EquityStory AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at http://www.dgap-medientreff.de and http://www.dgap.de---------------------------------Language: English Company: RIB Software AG Vaihinger Str. 151 70567 Stuttgart Germany Phone: +49 (0)711-7873-0 Fax: +49 (0)711-7873-311 E-mail: info@rib-software.com Internet: http://www.rib-software.com ISIN: DE000A0Z2XN6 WKN: A0Z2XN Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Dsseldorf, Hamburg, Mnchen, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------- 175632 27.06.2012

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FAIRFIELD, N.J., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Designed to provide high-performance, visually comfortable, high efficient ambient lighting for commercial and office environments, Amerlux introduces GRUV HE, an upgraded version of the popular recessed linear fluorescent lighting system featuring steel construction, superb aesthetics, lower costs and shorter lead times. Amerlux is an industry leader of task-specific, energy-efficient lighting solutions, an innovator of lighting solutions for retail, supermarket, commercial and hospitality markets and a recent recipient of Five Next Generation Luminaires Awards.

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"Achieving the same high level of aesthetics while reducing costs and lead times, GRUV HE offers the perfect combination of high performance, efficiency and steel construction in architectural recessed linear fixtures," said Chuck Campagna, CEO and President of Amerlux.

GRUV is perfect for a wide range of office, institutional and commercial applications including open office plans, private offices, conference areas, trading rooms, classrooms and individual workspaces. Available in 4-, 6- and 12-inch apertures, GRUV HE luminaires are offered for use in gypsum board, Armstrong TechZone, USG Logix, slot and t-grid ceilings and in both standard lengths as well as runs. Fixtures can be individual or continuous row-mounted using a drawer latching system that provides easy and precise joining of units for straight runs, wall runs with J channels, or in T or L shaped patterns (4" and 6" only).

With improved steel construction, the GRUV HE also features integral bend-out mounting tabs to lock on ceiling rid runners, sliding lamp trays that adjust light to the end of runs eliminating dead spots. An extruded aluminum trim for precision interfacing with most ceiling suspension systems, a flush lens and design details result in a clean ceiling alignment. High performance optics includes a formed reflector made from high reflectance materials applied to steel and an engineered lens that deliver maximum efficiency, excellent light transmission and light source concealment.

The GRUV HE 4", individual or continuous, features an extruded snap-in lens, T5/T5HO lamping in one- and two-lamp configurations with up to 75% efficiency and an LED option with 5W 400lm/ft or 10w 750lm/ft output with high efficacies in a range of color temperatures and standard 0-10v dimming.

The GRUV HE 6", individual or continuous, also features a snap-in lens, and along with T5/T5HO one- and two-lamp options, feature long life T8 one- and two-lamp options while achieving up to 79.7% efficiency. An optional integrated LED accent light is also available.

The new GRUV HE 12" offers individual one- and two-lamp configurations in T5/T5HO lamps and T8 with up to 80.5% efficiency. The 12-inch GRUV HE features a lift and shift lens that sits flush with the ceiling line and is perfect for TechZone 5'x 5' grid layouts and 30"x 30" ceiling grid tiles. Accessories include a variety of media such as a straight blade louver with acrylic overlay with 56.6% efficiency for the one-lamp configuration.

GRUV HE is UL- and cUL listed.

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