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A fateful night in 2016 led to the start of a beautiful love story for Tiffany Brown and Wesley Ervin. While they thought they were simply enjoying Cinco de Mayo festivities with their friends, destiny had something else in mind. On their first date, the pair enjoyed dinner at Jacksons Bistro in SoHo, followed by a fun and laidback night of bowling and video games. It was a memorable night, and our companionship took off from there, says Wesley. As they say, the rest is history.

Fast forward to July 6, 2019, when Wesley executed a dreamy proposal. Following a date-night cooking class at the Grand Bohemian Hotel, Wesley guided his bride-to-be to the rooftop terrace where their friends and family awaited their arrival. As we were looking for a table, I noticed a private area with balloons. I then saw my fathers face, and I immediately knew what was about to happen, says Tiffany. I began to cry, Wes grabbed my hand, and he walked me over to the area. He handed me a bouquet of flowers, got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. It was perfect.

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Ervin!

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To kick off their wedding planning journey, Wesley and Tiffany turned to the planning extraordinaires at Valia Rose Events Joanna Sheppard and Jeneshia Abrams. [They] executed the vision with perfection. In the midst of a worldwide pandemic, they helped us reschedule an entire wedding that Im convinced turned out far better than what the original date wouldve been, says Tiffany. Their talent, vision, knowledge, patience and dedication to their clients is unmatched.

The grand, gorgeous wedding design was the culmination of Tiffanys impeccable style and the knowledge Joanna and Jeneshia brought to the table. Throughout the planning process, Tiffany only had four requests. I knew I wanted a venue with separate spaces for the ceremony and the reception, and a plated dinner was a must-have, explains Tiffany. It was also a must-have to have gorgeous flowers and a DJ that would make sure the reception felt like one big party for us and our guests. From every thoughtful, intentional detail to the explosion of colors and flowers seen throughout the wedding day, this Birmingham wedding was a timeless, awe-inspiring celebration fit for an equally incredible couple.

How stunning are these rings?!

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The grooms details were on point for a COVID wedding day.

Have you ever seen a more beautiful bridal party?

So many parts our day stand out, and there were so many special moments that we will truly never forget, says Tiffany of her wedding day.

Due to COVID-19, Wesley and Tiffany decided to postpone their May 16 wedding to July 24. It was important to us that our guests felt safe, and we felt like pushing the date back was the safest thing to do, says Tiffany. In addition to changing the date, the couple made the tough call to decrease their guest list by over 100 guests. To make their loved ones that couldnt attend still feel connected to their special day, the Ervins livestreamed their ceremony on their wedding website. Additionally, masks were required throughout the night, hand sanitizer was abundant and tables were spaced apart from one another. With help from their amazing vendor team, even these added precautions were carefully curated and fit right into a beautifully cohesive design.

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A welcome sign fit for 2020!

The Ervins took several safety precautions to ensure their family, friends and vendors stayed healthy.

Tiffany and Wesley had a heartfelt ceremony surrounded by their closest family and friends.

After a sentimental and emotional exchange of vows, guests were invited downstairs for dinner, dancing and lots of celebration. The reception was absolutely stunning and meant more to Tiffany and Wesley than they could have ever imagined. I think we can both agree that the reception was absolutely beautiful, and we had the time of our lives. We danced all night and celebrated with those that mean the most to us, says Tiffany. After so much stress due to COVID, the reception allowed us to take a sigh of relief, sit back and fully enjoy what the day meant for us. And celebrate they did! Friends and family enjoyed a beautiful night full of great music, amazing food and, of course, delicious cake.

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Guests were invited to unmask their seat at the reception with this creative seating chart.

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Created by Barbs Cakes, Tiffany and Wesleys cake looks almost too gorgeous to eat.

Sparks were flying literally and figuratively during the couples first dance.

No Southern wedding is complete without a vintage getaway car, and this red droptop Packard from Rob Conrads Classic Cars is absolute perfection.

Tiffanys best piece of wedding planning advice? It is an exciting time, but it can also be a stressful time, she says. Pray together, openly communicate, do what works best for you and your significant other, and cherish each moment.

Thankfully, in the year of cancellations and postponements, love is not canceled. Thanks for taking us through your gorgeous wedding day, Tiffany and Wesley! And thanks to Haley and Tony Minifield of YNOT iMages for the beautiful photos. Cheers to the newlyweds!

Ceremony venue, reception venue & catering: Park Crest Event FacilityPlanner, linens & place settings: Valia Rose EventsPhotographer: YNOT iMagesVideography: AWyattProductionFlowers: Forever Wild Floral CompanyLighting & drapery: Design ProductionsMake-up artist: Sylvia Pro MakeupHair stylist: Plush by Elace MinnifieldTransportation: Rob Conrads Classic CarsEntertainment: B. Brian INCCake: Barbs CakesStationery: Shine Wedding InvitationsBridal salon: Bellas BridalGrooms attire: Miguel Wilson Collection

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Timo and Christina Luotonen started building their second house at retirement age. Now they share what they have learned from a project that many acquaintances have wondered about.

White the sturdy red exterior door of the stone house opens into the hallway, from where stairs lead upstairs to the spacious living room. Both the east and west walls of the house are bordered by a large balcony.

We are in Mankka, where Timo, 67, and Christina Luotonen, 69, the house project started in 2018 is nearing completion.

As the entrant steps onto either of the balconies, the eyes are nailed to the house next door. Luoto also feels like his own pockets: the couple built it and managed to live in it for 27 years.

They are often asked: why on earth do you start building a new house in retirement?

The couple has come across skeptics and wonderers many times over the years. Now the question is already a bit amusing.

Thought a new house was born five years ago. The old detached house, completed in 1988, had raised two daughters, but the large house with its yards began to feel laborious. The couple decided to put the house up for sale.

The detached house in Mankka was of interest to many, but there were 78 square meters of building rights left on the plot and an opportunity to take advantage of the old town plan opportunity in the above-ground basement. According to the couples estimates, they would have been sold in the store at a trail price.

Why the building right could not be exploited by themselves, they wonder.

This was done: a buyer was found for the old house, and Luotoet temporarily moved into a terraced house in Laajalahti. They then did the floor design of the new house using a program found online.

When the end result seemed as desired, a qualified architect was hired to help.

Timo Luotonen looks at an old checkered window, behind which he peeks at a teddy bear. Installing the window was a suggested insight from the city.Picture: Kimmo Penttinen

Decision to give up ready-made house packages gave the opportunity to fulfill their own wishes.

These include a Caribbean-inspired high-ceilinged living room ceiling and a sliding door-built pantry built into the kitchen. Loosets use the English name for the closet pantry.

You can conveniently hide the microwave and other small kitchen appliances here, as well as all dry food and canned food, says Timo Luotonen.

Above the pantry is a hundred-year-old checkered window to the attic. From there, the kitchen is guarded by a huge plush. It expects to be able to meet the couples Toronto-based daughters family, which grandparents last saw due to the pandemic at the turn of the year.

The idea of an attic space actually came from the citys building permit handlers vacation substitute. He suggested that the space above the pantry and bathroom could be used as storage space without being out of the living quarters.

Urakan at the beginning, the couple set goals for the project, such as a budget of 250,000 to 300,000 euros and a condition that the house be completed by the end of 2018.

Neither came true. The trip came to bends.

With the permit plans, we had to row and felt with the citys building authorities on both sides.

The contractors were able to start their work almost three months late. Then the summer vacation season began. Some of the contractors stayed on summer vacation, and renting an excavator in July, for example, proved difficult. In addition, the couple found that even though their second house was already under construction, many things had become complicated in 30 years.

At one time, there was a corresponding master on the construction site who was responsible for everything and made sure the building complied with the necessary regulations. In addition, there must now be separate people responsible for air conditioning, sewerage and electricity, says Timo Luotonen.

All of this has its advantages, Luotes thought: More is required of buildings and they make them safe and durable.

Timo and Christina Luotonen were amazed by the confusing pile of electrical wires waiting in the basement of the house when the electrical work had been installed.Picture: Kimmo Penttinen

Then the situation became even more complicated.

The bullets marveled at the electrical wiring pulled into some rooms, where the wires cruising over, under, and around each other resembled a tangled wire basket.

Looking at the installation commissioning inspection papers, Luotoet noticed that the report was signed by a person who had not been seen on site.

According to the credits, this is strange, as the building regulations oblige the person building the detached house to hire separate foremen to supervise the installation of water and sewerage works as well as heating and ventilation. Alongside this, checking the electrical work seemed like a sneak to them.

The creatively drawn electrical wires have amazed Luoto.Picture: Kimmo Penttinen

If there is a fault in the air conditioning installation, the air will stop. If a mistake is made in the drainage, the house will stink. If a fault is made in the electrical work, the fault can be life-threatening at worst.

Eventually, they asked another electrician to inspect the electrical installations.

Building blogs as they read, Luoto was excited about smart homes. Everyday life would be made easier if, for example, lighting and heating could be adjusted with a mobile phone. However, the electrical contractor forgot to install the right parts.

Another strange case was when Luoto found that the Plastic Covers of LED strips mounted on the ceiling of a living room more than five meters high began to fall. According to them, the contractor who installed the LEDs no longer responded to the contacts.

One of the bends is reminiscent of Timo Luotonens second knee, on which an artificial joint was installed last winter. The knee was already worn out, but the last rivet was when Luotonen was injured in an accident at a construction site.

One of the block walls built in violation of the contractors regulations collapsed while Luotonen was working on the site. He dodged narrowly, but hurt his knee badly.

Originally, the intention was to do as much as possible myself. It was made more difficult by the knee and it still hurts.

The new house of the credits is being built next to their old house.Picture: Kimmo Penttinen

House is due to be completed by the turn of the year. The final inspection is not expected until next summer.

A buyer candidate for the house has already appeared, but for now, the couple plans to live in the house themselves. If they sell the house, the couple estimates the sale price to cover the cost of the project well.

This is a good solution for investment, if you do it on a hobby basis, says Timo Luotonen.

But it would be easier to weave socks even if you want to see the trace of your work faster, Christina Luotonen answers with a smile.

Luotoet maintains a construction blog called Pension Pension Espoo on ET magazines website. ET and Helsingin Sanomat belong to the same Sanoma Group.

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Much of the time, the experience of looking at Vincent van Goghs The Starry Night, which hangs in pride of place at New Yorks Museum of Modern Art, involves squinting at it from afar while being jostled by school trips and tourists. Youd be lucky to glimpse the information label let alone tune in to the paintings mysterious mood.

A newfor Americasolution to this frustrating gallery experience is coming to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in June next year. The museum is permanently dedicating the entirety of its 30,000 square-foot fourth floor to immersive digital art exhibitions, of the sort that are increasingly popular in Europe and Asia, but still a rarity in the US.

The first show will be dedicated to van Gogh. Visitors will be engulfed in mesmerizing close-ups of the Dutch masters brushstrokes as 3,000 ultra-high-resolution moving images of his lushest paintings flood the floors, ceilings and walls. The effect is for visitors to feel like they are physically immersed in three-dimensional paintings. The experience will be multi-sensory, explains the director, Charles Venable, who is also CEO of the multi-disciplinary Newfields art site, home to the IMA.

This will be an entirely new experience for most Americans, he told Robb Report. As well as 30-foot tall images where you can see van Goghs individual brushstrokes, we are commissioning a music score, and considering aroma experimentation, so when you walk through a wheat-field painting you can smell the South of France. Were not just talking about putting someones work up on a monitor. One hundered fifty high-definition projectors will beam the images into the space, part of a major investment by Lilly Endowment, the philanthropic foundation created in 1937 by the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical business.

Experiential digital art shows have taken off as popular attractions overseas, notably in Tokyo, where an immersive museum by digital art collective teamLab became the worlds most visited single-artist museum last year, its 2.3 million visitor total exceeding that of the Picasso Museum in Barcelona or Amsterdams van Gogh Museum. TeamLabs work typically involves interactive technicolor displays of kinetic digital images, using LEDs, lasers and projections of original work mixed with details from traditional Japanese paintings. The trippy effect is part nightclub, part conceptual art installation, part childrens party.

The IMA digital galleries, known as The Lume, will be Americas first major gamble on electronic art by an established non-profit museum. I truly do not know of another US museum that is committing a permanent space in their main galleries to the future of digital art, said Venable. Most digital installations are short-lived and funded by private companies, he said. There have been some digital shows in the US in science museums and commercial spaces but generally they have been small and temporary.

This is expected to change as galleries capitalize on the new trend for experiential shows that appeal to younger audiences. A plan to establish a permanent teamLab base in Brooklyns Industry City fell through last year, but the group will exhibit at Superblue, a new commercial art center opening in December in Miami, with accompanying digital installations by James Turrell and Es Devlin.

The Lume will be operated by Grande Experiences, an Australian digital experience company which plans to open a second permanent branch in Melbourne next year, after a long Covid-related delay.

Venable strongly believes that the US, with its quite conservative museum system, needs to innovate to reach diverse audiences. The goal is to reach non-traditional museum goers, he said, pointing out that more than three-quarters of Americans do not visit art museums, and those who do are aging.

We very frequently hear that people dont come to museums with kids because they worry about them being loud, he said. Here, kids can run around and roll on the floor while parents take it all in from a beanbag with a glass of wine. Most galleries dont let you even bring in a bottle of water. Here youll be able to walk around with a van Gogh cocktail.

The choice to open with van Gogh is part of the business strategy, Venable said. Most digital art shows focus on new work, which is also the aim of the IMA. But for an investment of this scale to pay off in the Mid-West, The Lume needs a big-name opener. I am betting on going a bit traditional to start with and eventually growing an audience, Venable said. Eventually the IMA will become a center for commissioning digital art.

Displaying digital versions of analog paintings in an engagingly immersive way could become a popular choice for museums, most of which, according to Venable, have already captured their best art in high-resolution photos, with extremely high captures of pixels that work in huge format projections. So all the digital curator has to do is negotiate rights usage. Valuable paintings need not be taken down and sent on touring exhibitions, with all the concomitant risk and expense.

As an institution, I could not afford to stage a big van Gogh show, said Venable. I cant bring Michelangelos Sistine ceiling to Indiana. But I can give you a better, close-up view of it than you would get from the floor of the Sistine Chapel.

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Protect the health of returning students and staff with these tips and lessons learned regarding HVAC strategies in higher education facilities.

In preparation for reopening higher education facilities, much of the scrutiny in preventing the spread of the coronavirus has fallen on housekeeping and sanitation. How many hand-sanitizing stations does a facility have? Where are they located? What is the new cleaning schedule? How do housekeeping personnel deal with high-touch surfaces?

Increasingly, however, maintenance and engineering managers are going beyond the human interaction aspect of transmitting COVID-19. As instructors and students return to the campus, they are looking more closely at components of HVAC systems that directly and indirectly affect their health and safety. How can HVAC systems prevent the spread of the coronavirus?

Components in the spotlight

It is easiest to view the transmission problems and solutions in the eyes of the occupants: Youre a student returning to school after a long summer. You walk into the classroom and eye the back of the room where you prefer to sit. You make your way to the second last row and take a seat on the aisle. You take a deep breath and start another semester.

Lets focus on that deep breath. As occupants begin filling classrooms, dormitories and conference rooms, the concentration of germs transmitted via the air can increase. As a result, managers need to make sure building HVAC systems and components provide the healthiest building air.

According to ASHRAEs most recent statement regarding the impact of HVAC equipment on the spread of the coronavirus, Ventilation and filtration provided by heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems can reduce the airborne concentration of SARS-CoV-2 and thus the risk of transmission through the air. Here are some components of HVAC systems that have impacts on reducing the spread of the coronavirus.

Filtration. The first and easiest upgrade to HVAC systems is ensuring airstreams use the proper filtration. ASHRAE has recommended upgrading systems with filter media with a filter with a MERV 13-16 rating.

Depending on the types of filters the systems had been using, technicians might need to make a few adjustments to keep the system working properly. If there is an added pressure drop due to the increased filtration, they need to make sure the fans are capable of overcoming this and adjust setpoints as needed. They also might need to adjust the filter-alarm differential- pressure setpoint to prevent nuisance alarms resulting from the added pressure drop.

It is also important to make sure filters are the correct size and are installed without gaps or breaks in the filter area. It is all too common to see air bypass filters through improper installation due to the installation of incorrectly sized filters or the pressure drop high enough that it buckles the filters and causes a break in the filter wall.

Ventilation. When it comes to providing healthy indoor air, the next upgrade to an existing system involves adjusting the outside air rate or volume for each system. ASHRAE suggests increasing outdoor air ventilation by disabling demand-controlled ventilation and opening outdoor air dampers to 100 percent as indoor and outdoor conditions permit.

This upgrade might involve adjusting the sequence of operation and controls programming for these units. Or if the sequence permits, technicians can make a few setpoint adjustments to an economizer mode of operation to allow the damper to open fully. Making the adjustments through the program or front end is always more appealing than overriding the dampers in the field.

Managers need to keep in mind that these units should be able to handle the heating and cooling loads with the added amount of unconditioned air, but technicians need to be sure to trend the temperature setpoints as a double check. As a simple last check, they need to make sure dampers actually open. Some older systems and dampers get used to being at a certain position and will not move if commanded to do so. This check is simple but critical.

Air changes. The third suggested upgrade to an existing system is reviewing the amount of air changes in each space. Air-change rates are typically designed for one to two air changes per hour (ACH) for a typical space. ASHRAE now recommends increasing these rates to four to eight times.

A quick calculation to find the current ACH for a space is: (room CFM x 60 minutes) / volume of the room in cubic feet = ACH. If technicians can make adjustments, they need to keep in mind this requires the system to be rebalanced with the updated airflows. Also, they need to further investigate to ensure the system can handle the added airflow for example, by targeting high-traffic areas or spaces with high turnover rates or multiple occupancies, such as conference rooms, if the system only has a small capacity for increased airflow.

UV-C systems. Another upgrade recommendation includes installing UV-C systems to disinfect the conditioned building air. Managers have many types of these systems from which to select. In-duct systems are popular retrofit options if the correct materials and air characteristics are available in the existing system. The air velocity and temperature are key design factors.

Some UV-C systems integrate in air-handling units with options for placement either upstream and downstream of the cooling coils. Degradation can be a problem for retrofitting projects because many components, such as access door glass and filters, might not be UV-C resistant. ASHRAE has a list of material photo degradation types in standard ASHRAE RP1509.

Humidification. Studies show that air humidity levels influence the spread of airborne viruses, impact the severity of certain respiratory diseases and impact the life or activity of viruses. Low humidity levels increase the survival for viruses that cause respiratory infections, so it is imperative to keep space humidity levels to at least 40-60 percent RH for health, wellness and comfort.

Some humidification systems can be installed in a space and start adding moisture to rooms. Larger humidification systems can be incorporated into a facilitys HVAC system and can keep an entire building properly humidified.

Managers also must make key design considerations when implementing humidification systems in an existing or new building. If the system is installed in ductwork, managers need to ensure the system has minimum straight lengths of duct known as the wetting distance downstream of the humidifier. Room air conditioners might need to be more precisely measured, possibly adding a temperature compensation transmitter, because condensation could form on the inside of windows with the higher humidity levels.

As a cautionary item, managers should avoid the use of ceiling fans, personal fans and space heaters with internal fans. This equipment can push unfiltered air around the space, which is not ideal. Also, ASHRAE recommends running the systems for extended periods of time to keep the air moving in the buildings to provide the opportunity for more filtration.

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With the advancements of the Internet of Things and whole-home automation, it is surprising that easy management of energy storage systems isnt included in the equation. When a homeowner hooks up a battery, typically only a few circuits are rewired for energy backup. The bedroom lights may not get that emergency power, but at least the refrigerator and air conditioner are still running.

This tends to be the biggest education hurdle for installation companies explaining that the lithium batteries on the market cant actually provide whole-home backup. Morgan Brawner, VP of business development at SunPower by esaSolar, said this conversation is often challenging for the Central Florida installer. Many customers are interested in storage for hurricane-induced grid outages, and they believe one Tesla Powerwall will provide power for the whole home.

Energy storage is not a commodity that can just be quickly added as a line item and forgotten about, he said. It takes some real conversations about how much you can power with one battery. We use a final configuration document when we complete our engineering package that our customers sign that clearly states which circuits we are backing up to ensure there are no surprises on the day of installation.

New generation electrical panels and smart circuits can change that conversation. Instead of only backing up a few loads through a protected loads panel, smart circuits and energy management software allow for load toggling someone can stop supporting the air conditioner for a little while to instead turn on some lights.

A Lumin system with a Tesla Powerwall on a ReVision Energy installed project

That ability to choose or automate which circuits to support with energy storage is a major selling point of the hardware/software combo of Lumin. A physical box installed next to a homes electrical panel, Lumin allows for whole-home backup (on varying schedules) by making all circuits smart. Through an app, system owners can manage their energy usage and protect their batteries from prematurely running out of juice.

SunPower by esaSolar has installed Lumin on about one-quarter of its battery projects and expects that number to climb as the storage market continues to grow. Brawner described Lumin as a game changer for homeowners to better connect the monitoring experience with real-time usage behavior. Rather than just monitoring the battery, Lumin can actually manage use.

I think the future of PV and energy storage will involve a lot more innovations in smart energy management to provide better transparency to energy behavior trends and home energy use, he said.

Lumin launched in 2016 as a way to advance the adoption of green energy by improving the technology of tried-and-true breaker panels. Instead of replacing the homes breaker panel with a brand new configuration, Lumin is a simple add-on that works with any battery brand and electrical panel, said company co-founder and CCO Kevin OShea.

Replacing an existing breaker panel with an entirely new one is very costly in terms of time and labor before you even add on the cost of the product itself, he said. Our approach allows us to meet the market demand for smart and responsive load control without that large upfront cost.

Span Smart Panel

Another product in the nascent smart circuit market is Spans electrical panel. Unlike Lumin, the Span Smart Panel replaces the traditional circuit breaker panel to become the primary energy and control hub for a home. Instead of juggling the upkeep of two boxes, Span makes all circuits smart at their source.

Launched in select markets in 2019, Span provides smart customization for 32 circuits. When power goes out, the Span Smart Panel isolates the house and allows the customer to control important loads via a smartphone app. Span, which is led by executives and engineers previously with Tesla, Amazon and Sunrun, has established relationships with LG Chem and Panasonic, with the battery companies offering Span as a packaged deal. The panel is currently available in California and Hawaii, with new markets coming soon.

Self-sufficiency and control within the home are top of mind for many homeowners with power outage concerns now compounded by coronavirus shelter-in-place orders, said Span founder and CEO Arch Rao in a press release. Last fall, power outages affected millions in California, and shutoffs are starting again as utilities perform precautionary maintenance in fire-risk areas. We developed the Span smart panel to give homeowners greater energy independence in the face of these growing challenges. With Span, they have greater control over their home energy, especially when they need it most.

While its true that battery companies offer monitoring through their own apps, they dont give the user any control. A smart circuit setup can monitor charging levels while also providing load control. OShea said the Lumin system remains on watch mode to automatically govern loads. It makes sure the homes microgrid doesnt prematurely run out of backup power or exceed the batterys output rating something that many end-users dont give a second thought.

A Lumin installation with a SimpliPhi energy storage system by Sigora Solar

Imagine driving a car without a fuel gauge. Whats more, the car starts driving itself whenever the power goes out, regardless of how much gas is in the tank, OShea said. You just spent [upwards of] $20,000 on a battery backup system to make sure the car doesnt run out of gas. It really isnt acceptable to leave it up to chance whether or not that car runs out of gas, especially given that it starts itself and runs automatically when the power goes out.

OShea said its the responsibility of energy management technology like Lumins to protect customers from running out of gas unexpectedly or too quickly.

Both Lumin and Span have met the UL standard for energy management equipment (UL 916), while Span also passes UL 67 as a regular electrical panel. The next hurdle for these smart circuit companies is wider market adoption. Brawner with esaSolar thinks thats only a matter of time.

For PV monitoring, homeowners want to see insights on if their system is producing power and if there are any issues. After a few months, it becomes like watching paint dry. For storage, the monitoring applications are very much the same, Brawner said. That is the problem that Lumin solves. For a homeowner, the Lumin is providing real-time engaging information to bridge the gap between technical monitoring and home energy use.

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Top Players of Gutter and Roof Vacuum Cleaners Market are Studied: Applied Cleansing Solutions, Spinaclean, GCS Gutter Cleaning Systems, Gutter Pro Vac, Streamline

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Segmentation by Application: Commercial, Residential

Segmentation by Type: Vertical Vacuum Cleaners, Horizontal Vacuum Cleaners, Portable Vacuum Cleaners

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Regional Coverage: North America (United States, Canada and Mexico), Europe (Germany, France, UK, Russia and Italy), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia), South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia etc.), Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa)

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Market Overview: This is the first section of the report that includes an overview of the scope of products offered in the global Gutter and Roof Vacuum Cleaners market, segments by product and application, and market size.

Market Competition by Player: Here, the report shows how the competition in the global Gutter and Roof Vacuum Cleaners market is growing or decreasing based on deep analysis of market concentrate rate, competitive situations and trends, expansions, merger and acquisition deals, and other subjects. It also shows how different companies are progressing in the global Gutter and Roof Vacuum Cleaners market in terms of revenue, production, sales, and market share.

Company Profiles and Sales Data: This part of the report is very important as it gives statistical as well as other types of analysis of leading manufacturers in the global Gutter and Roof Vacuum Cleaners market. It assesses each and every player studied in the report on the basis of main business, gross margin, revenue, sales, price, competitors, manufacturing base, product specification, product application, and product category.

Market Status and Outlook by Region: The report studies the status and outlook of different regional markets such as Europe, North America, the MEA, Asia Pacific, and South America. All of the regional markets researched about in the report are examined based on price, gross margin, revenue, production, and sales. Here, the size and CAGR of the regional markets are also provided.

Market by Product: This section carefully analyzes all product segments of the global Gutter and Roof Vacuum Cleaners market.

Market by Application: Here, various application segments of the global Gutter and Roof Vacuum Cleaners market are taken into account for research study.

Market Forecast: It starts with revenue forecast and then continues with sales, sales growth rate, and revenue growth rate forecasts of the global Gutter and Roof Vacuum Cleaners market. The forecasts are also provided taking into consideration product, application, and regional segments of the global Gutter and Roof Vacuum Cleaners market.

Upstream Raw Materials: This section includes industrial chain analysis, manufacturing cost structure analysis, and key raw materials analysis of the global Gutter and Roof Vacuum Cleaners market.

Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors: Here, the research study digs deep into behavior and other factors of downstream customers, distributors, development trends of marketing channels, and marketing channels such as indirect marketing and direct marketing.

Research Findings and Conclusion: This section is solely dedicated to the conclusion and findings of the research study on the global Gutter and Roof Vacuum Cleaners market.

Appendix: This is the last section of the report that focuses on data sources, viz. primary and secondary sources, market breakdown and data triangulation, market size estimation, research programs and design, research approach and methodology, and the publishers disclaimer.

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Come spring 2021, New York City will have a new outdoor performance space, verdant garden and floating park on the Hudson River.

Little Island at Pier 55, which is part of Hudson River Park, is hard to missits giant piles rise up out of the river like ancient trees and its tulip pots curve up toward the sky. Despite the pandemic, the park is still on schedule to open next spring.

Conceived in 2012, the park is the project of billionaire Barry Diller and his wife Diane von Furstenberg. When unveiled at the Cooper Hewitt in 2015, the plan by English designer Thomas Heatherwick envisioned an undulating configuration created by a series of "pods"concrete pilings formed into tulip-shape supportsset at varying heights. The effect was meant to evoke a "leaf floating on water."

As is standard in NYC, however, the $250 million project was met with swift legal action: a lawsuit underwritten by real estate developer Douglas Durst for the City Club led to the cancellation of the park's building permit in 2017. Later that year,Andrew Cuomo brokered a deal between Douglas and Diller and construction resumed.

So with work coming along, the two-acre park has reached a milestone. Significant progress has been made in its landscaping, reps say. To celebrate, its landscape architect and a founding principal of landscape architecturefirm MNLA, Signe Nielsen, took us on a private walkthrough of the park to point out what people can expectwhen it opens this spring.

Overall, Little Island will be home to 35 species of trees, 65 species of shrubs, and 270 varieties of grasses, perennials, vines and bulbs. Essentially, it will be like going to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden where you dont have to be a horticulturist to enjoy being there, Nielsen said.

Nielsen has been practicing as a landscape architect and urban designer in New York since 1978, and MNLA has designed dozens of spaces in NYC including ones at Industry City, Hudson River Park, the Flatiron Plaza reconstruction, Piers 25 and 42, the Queens Museum and more.

Nielsen has seen the Little Island project through since its inception, first working on 3D models of the space, to now, when she can physically walk through the space. She says the landscaping is about half-way done, but already shes seeing it come to life before her.

I hope they feel its very beautiful...I hope theyll see something theyve never seen before, she told us.

Once visitors walk through the vaulted opening of Little Island, theyll walk into an open lawn and get a 360-degree view of the park, where theyll see a gradient of colors and plantings that change as the elevation changes, from shrubs and vines to 40-foot trees, Nielsen said.

Visitors can opt to walk up to Little Islands highest points via walkways, or they can do a bit of light scrambling up boulders, much like at The Hills on Governors Island. Along the way, Nielsen and her team have planted a variety of perennials and grasses, 70 percent of which are native to New York and many of which are pollinators to help the bee population thrive. Some plants were chosen to flop over the top of industrial sheet piles that divide the space into curvilinear paths and mimic the round shape of the huge piles holding up the park, creating a cascade of greenery. The overall effect is to have people feel engulfed in plants, said Nielsen.

Once at the top, parkgoers will get incredible views of Manhattan, the river and across to New Jersey.

Of course, being on the Hudson River means the parks plantings will be subjected to brutal high winds. Nielsen and MNLA have planned for that and are using evergreens to block winds and more hearty shrubs and plants that can withstand it. Even the soils makeup is made with erosion in mind, she said.

Despite the logistics, the landscape is full of thoughtful artistic decisions. In one area, for example, yellow and gold plants compliment purple and lavender ones and plants are repeated along the way to keep interest.

Whether you come in the evening for a show or walk its paths in the morning, Little Island offers something different depending on when youre there and will be beautiful to look at any time of day and even across the year, Nielsen said.

Youll see relationships between things you might not have seen in the morning that you see in the afternoon, she said.

There will also be three main lawns that visitors can sunbathe on (because lets face it, New Yorkers love to catch some rays), and a secret garden full of only white bloomsfrom birch trees and crepe myrtles to roses and anemones that you can get to by walking through an arched trellis.

Next to the secret garden, a small amphitheater called The Glade will host shows and other events with the river and neighboring pier as its backdrop. Similarly, the main amphitheater will hold bigger performances right on the water.

In fact, Little Island just finishedtaking applicationsfrom performers, artists, buskers, merrymakers, entertainers, troupes, bands and players of all disciplines to help shape its programming for spring 2021. Of course, the state of the world next could have a large impact on the exact types of events and performances that come to fruition.

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The National Science Foundation and now UW-Eau Claire is getting to the root of climate change through a transnational garden study on trees.

Three plots with a total of 100 poplar trees were planted on Sept. 25 on Bollinger Fields at UW-Eau Claire. These planted tree gardens will be an addition to the current arboretum on campus and provide data for national climate change studies.

We are trying to understand using all the different genetic lines and different locations how these trees might adapt to climate change, Nora Mitchell, an assistant professor of biology at UW-Eau Claire, said.

The project was first brought to Eau Claire through North Dakota State Universitys partnership with the National Science Foundation, Mitchell said. Now, the biology and grounds services departments at UW-Eau Claire are working together on the Mini Poplar Gardens project.

Daria Hutchinson, landscape architect in the grounds services department, said her position allows her to help redesign the campus community through the context of their geographical landscapes.

These landscapes enable things like trees to adapt to climate change and mitigate its root causes, Hutchinson said. That is one of the main intents of this project, to look at what the adaptiveness of trees are in varied climates and how it will impact a landscape.

UW-Eau Claire is one of the 18 arboretums and universities across the United States that are providing research on the adaptation of tree species in climate to the NSF program and North Dakota State University.

The UW-Eau Claire arboretum was originally founded in 2017, which encompasses all trees on campus and in areas across Eau Claire, including Putnam Park. The arboretum is connected to various nationwide environmental programs: Tree Campus Higher Education and ArbNet.

Mitchell said the biology departments groundwork for the project is a common garden experiment, where those involved in the project will take different plant lineages and grow them in the same environment.

If you grow (plants) in different places, they will look different because of the way they respond to that individual environment, Mitchell said. Those differences are due to the environment they were raised in, not due to genetics. If we raise plants in the same location, then any differences we see we can infer are due to genetic differences.

Thu Nguyen, a third-year biology and pre-professional health student, said the gardens project has allowed her to incorporate knowledge from both of her educational pathways.

Nguyen first became involved in the poplar gardens through prior independent studies with Mitchell for her sunflower research lab this past summer.

I have a great love for plants, Nguyen said. Although I am a pre-med (student), I love the ecology side of biology as well. There are researches that show great correlation between environment (ecology) and human health.

Mitchell said there is a sense of power as students and faculty harness the understanding of their research together.

This (project) provides a really great opportunity for students to get involved in even more hands-on research and also see the collaborative nature of science, Mitchell said. We have multiple institutions across the United States working together. Here in Eau Claire, we have a collaboration between the arboretum, facilities, biology (department) and between different students.

On the day of planting earlier this fall, Nguyen said she enjoyed seeing the collaborative efforts of all areas across campus.

We had a lot of fun on the day of planting, Nguyen said. We received a whole lot of help from both faculty and student volunteers. Needless to say, I had a lot of fun and a great experience.

Hutchinson said the gardening project allows her to continue working with students on sustainability practices and initiatives taking place on campus.

I like getting information out to students, Hutchinson said. I dont know that they are always aware of what is going on, on campus and I think we could be better about getting that story (of climate change) out.

The five-year-long project is currently facilitated by student volunteers in the biology and facilities/grounds departments, Hutchinson said. In addition to scientific research, the project will also serve as this years Arbor Day campus-wide event in April.

Nguyen said she looks forward to seeing how the project will expand throughout the next five years as the trees continue to develop and more communities become involved in the research.

This project is on a national scale, Nguyen said. It is great to know that there are many (locations) across the country who are also doing what we do at Eau Claire. I would love to see the project go to its maximal growth.

To become involved in the project or volunteer with future examination of the poplar trees, contact Mitchell at [emailprotected].

Nelson can be reached at [emailprotected].

This map shows the locations of the poplar gardens participating in the climate change studies.

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Trees: a study on the root of climate change - UWEC Spectator

A dramatic but small new park is now open in northern College Park.

As a so-called pocket park, Hollywood Gateway Park is designed to make maximal use of its smaller size by adding greenery and space for residents to meet up.

Based on the theme of wind and weather, the centerpiece of the $1 million park at the corner of Baltimore Avenue and Edgewood Road is a two-story pavilion overlooking the park that makes extensive use of long rods of bamboo and provides seating for residents waiting for a bus, having lunch al fresco, or reading. On a breezy day, visitors can hearthe bamboo chiming in the wind.

The City of College Park together with landscape architect Floura Teeter, partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to make Hollywood Gateway Park a place that educates the public about the climate and how weather works.

To compensate for the sites slope, designers cut a rounded concrete walkway into the side of the park, added a long slide for kids and added native plants to stabilize the soil. Most of the park is far below the level of Route 1, reducing noise.

The park also features a green roof, a stone rill to channel rainwater and a rain garden to reduce runoff to the nearby street.

The land was previously the site of a single-family home that was demolished after the city acquired the land.

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