ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN & LIGHT, a segment of Architectural Design & Cabinet is a partner with the department of energy and the ENERGY STAR® campaign. This is only one small part of our commitment to the future.

We firmly believe that we need to improve the way we build. Home improvements are shortsighted and superficial if they fail to address and introduce a home to architectural principles, new and old.

Like:

• a homes orientation to the sun (daylight harvesting or daylighting)
• connection to community
• connection to environment
  
• energy management,
• water conservation
• air quality, and
• efficient and safe building materials and processes.

Homes of the past generation have taken resources from the community and the environment without much thought of where it comes from or the long-term cost or consequences. We have learned a good deal from our follies (lead-based paint, aluminum wiring, and asbestos for example). We yet have much to learn. We have built Homes that have relied on cheap energy and abundant natural resources to compensate for poor design. We now stand at the beginning of a new era.

Today we are experiencing an awakening, a recognition that we can be better stewards of our environment and that turning our back on community comes at a price.

Homes and their residents are an integral part of community. We have a civic and moral responsibility to consider the impact the physical environment we build (big or small) with our treasure (real or borrowed) has on our community and our posterity.

The real challenge and irony is...the cost of good design, design that thoughtfully considers a wide range of needs, and desires, and proposes time-proven as well as innovative solutions, is more expensive up-front and much less expensive over time, but we live in a world that is driven by nothing down today for products that will have diminishing benefits and higher costs tomorrow.

Architectural Design & Cabinet is suggesting that we be wise and thoughtful in our investments. If our homes are improved or purchased as a carnival event, fun and exciting without much care for tomorrow,  they will be gone or of little value tomorrow. We will have empty pockets instead of an estate. Save the carnival thinking for the carnival. 

 Recycle your CFL light Bulb with us!.

When you purchase your new Energy Star light bulbs through Architectural Design & Light, we will collect and recycle your old one. CFL,s contain a small amount of mercury and phosphorus that we ought to keep-out of our landfills. Recycle with us for a cleaner environment!

Yes, We are going Green!

We are an official partner, we have made it part of our mission to go green and met the qualifications!
 The U.S. Department of Energy and the EPA set out on a mission to help reduce energy consumption by setting higher standards for all kinds of products we use every day that consume energy and create greenhouse gases.

We are also an authorized dealer for Seagull Lighting, an Energy Star Partner of the Year for 4 years!  This company is leading the pack in producing Energy Star Qualified lighting fixtures. We have a great selection of fixtures that save you money and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

 
Contact us with all of your Energy Star questions!

Architectural Design & Light can offer all sorts of suggestions for incorporating Energy  efficient Lighting in your home.

Join us in helping to lessen our impact on the environment and save money!

Go Green Today! 

You can learn more about the Energy Star program at: 

www.energystar.gov