Very soon Diva de Provencewill be making it’s new Diva 365 induction range available . The 36-inch stainless steel professional range is an industry first, combining an all-electric convection self-cleaning oven with a five burner induction cooktop.The five burner Diva Induction cooktop utilizes electromagnetic energy that heats only the cookware. The onyx vitroceramic glass surface remains cool to the touch providing easy clean up of spilled food that would typically burn on the surface of a regular cooktop. Also, Diva Induction Cooktops heat food faster, boiling water in half the time of the most powerful gas or electric burner, while the kitchen stays cool. This rapid heating process saves time and energy.Not all pots and pans will work for induction cooking. For your cookware to work on induction it requires a ferrous metal base or layer. This ferrous metal is necessary as it is the layer that will get hot when placed in the electromagnetic field. Generally speaking, most stainless steel cookware and cast iron cookware will work on induction cooktops. Copper, glass and aluminum cookware will not work on induction. To test your cookware to see if it will work on induction, try to stick a magnet to the base. If it sticks it will work.
Concrete Sinks
Gore Design Company uses nature as it’s inspiration for it’s Erosion countertops and sinks. The water from the faucet looks like it has worked away layers from the surface just as a river might cut through a canyon. Fortunately your sink won’t wear away.
Gore attributes being able to make their complex designs by working with glass-fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) with is lighter and better for casting complex shapes. Gore uses water-based sealers so there are no VOCs. Their pigments are also environmentally conscious by being free of heavy metals. By dry polishing their pieces Gore saves about 600 gallons of water per project. Their website proclaims they are “leading the concrete revolution, at the forefront of environmentally responsible design.”
Gore Design Co. also offers concrete classes. There are 4 classes scheduled for 2008. Gore Design Company’s workshop [only64] offers a rare opportunity to learn how to fabricate Glass-Fiber Reinforced Concrete. According to their website less than 1% of concrete fabricators know this method.
LG Surfacing now Greenguard Certified
LG Solid Source LLC. (LGSS), the North American sales and marketing arm for LG HI-MACS® Acrylic Solid Surface, LG HI-MACS Volcanics Collection®, LG HI-MACS Eden Collection®, and LG Viatera® Natural Quartz recently announced that these products are now GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified® for low- chemical emissions with and without LG Adhesive.
“The GREENGUARD certification is a testament to our ongoing commitment to provide environmentally-sensitive products that meet the demands of everyone from the designer to the installer. It also complements well our very popular LG Eden product line which has been independently certified by SCS certification to having at least 12 percent post-industrial recycled materials,” says Mike Tasch, product manager.
GE High Efficiency Incandescent Lamp
Edison’s invention may stay around a little longer now that GE has begun work on creating a high efficiency incandescent light bulb that will be as energy efficient as a compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) and deliver high-quality light output.
Over the last four years GE has invested over $200 million in the development of their high efficiency incandescent (HEI). GE has set a target for these new lamps at initial production to be nearly twice as efficient as current incandescents and deliver 30 Lumens per watt. Their later goal is for the HEI bulb to be four times as efficient and comparable to CFL bulbs.
In addition to desirable light quality, GE says the new HEI lamp will have instant-on convenience and be priced less than current CFLs. Don’t worry about waiting for the CFLs you just bought to burn out; these new HEI lamps won’t be on the market until 2010.