Looking for ways to set your building apart? What if those enhancements could even save you money? Metal sunscreens not only add an element of design to any building facade, they also add many benefits to your building that may result in tremendous financial savings. They help reduce heat, glare and overall energy costs. They provide energy savings by minimizing direct solar gain through windows (requires less costly glazing) and reducing peak electricity demand. Studies also show that buildings utilizing these products increase worker productivity, lowers absenteeism and increases employee comfort. West Coast Metal Systems designs, fabricates, and ships quality horizontal and vertical metal sunscreens to anywhere in the western United States. We can also provide a variety of outrigger, blade, and attachment options for your unique aesthetic design. With in-house design and fabrication, we can produce custom products, at a fair price and deliver them in a fraction of the time of other fabricators.

Blades

Metal sunscreens are available with a variety of different blade options including flat, tube, ovals, round, square, crescent, tear-drop, perforated, rectangles, zee shape and “C” shape. Depending on the look and functionality you desire, West Coast Metal Systems can suggest a blade shape, size, and design appropriate for your project. With in-house design and fabrication, West Coast can create custom products at a fraction of the time and cost of other industry players.

Attachment Options

Metal sunscreens can attach to a variety of materials including wood structures, steel and masonry. Typical attachment options include expansion anchors through bolts, tapped and thread cutting fasteners as well as welded connections. West Coast Metal Systems will help you select the right attachment option for your sunscreen.

Fabrication Options

The metal sunscreen fabrication options at West Coast Metal Systems are virtually endless. West Coast can produce 12 inch to 10 foot cantilevers with rectangular and curved options in a wide variety of depths and sizes. From color and size to style and design, West Coast will provide you variety of fabrication options unmatched by anyone in the industry.

Design Customization

West Coasts metal sunscreens come with a variety of color and design customization options. West Coast can supply powder coating, kynar and anodize options to match whatever adjacent materials are required. West Coast Metal Systems provides limitless design customization options to meet all your sunscreen needs.

According to a 2007 D.O.E. Sun Control Study, Sunscreens can save up to 22% in total energy costs. Metal sunscreens make a functional and attractive addition to any building or residence and can save you money down the road. West Coast Metal Systems offers a wide range of horizontal and vertical sunscreens custom fitted for your design needs that can positively impact the energy efficiency and LEED classification of any building. West Coasts metal sunscreens are available in any size, color/finish blade, or mounting option. All sunscreens are fully customizable and engineered for each project. Since all sunscreens are designed and fabricated in house, West Coast Metal Systems offers the best lead times in the industry. No job is too large or too small. West Coast can cover all your metal sunscreen needs.

Architectural metal offers many benefits to your building and with so many quality products on the market, why not enhance its appearance for many years to come? West Coast Metal Systems is a one-stop shop for all your architectural metal needs. From rainscreen, flush caulk joint, dry seal, and composite metal panel infill systems to any type of sunscreen possible, West Coast Metal Systems can design, fabricate, and ship any product to your building, oftentimes at a fraction of the cost and time of other companies.

It can generally take an entire day to decorate a Christmas tree. If you follow our quick-start plan outlined below, however, it is quite possible to decorate the tree and still have some time left to spend with your family. Here are some time-saving tips you can easily adopt as you put up your Christmas tree decorations.

One of the key factors that will help you in decorating your tree very quickly is to use an artificial and not a live tree. Just for now, lets ignore the usual arguments about which tree looks better or which is more traditional. The fact is that with an artificial tree, you can string your Christmas lights together in such a way that when you disband the tree, you can still leave the lights on. This is really very important if you are using a lot of lights. With a fake tree, even if you are using a thousand Christmas lights, all you have to do is put the pieces together and plug in the lights. This is far easier than wrapping lights around a real tree.

Once you have set up your tree, you are ready to add your ornaments. Ornaments are generally categorized as “decorative” or “fillers”. A decorative ornament might be a collectible ornament like a Hllmrk ornament or it could simply be a hand painted ornament that your child made in kindergarten. Filler ornaments, on the other hand, are plain round balls that come in bright colors. Single colored and basic ornaments like apples (in miniature or regular sizes that may be used to complement other ornaments) will also fall under the filler group too.

The first ornaments that you should use on your tree are the decorative ornaments. You should use the decorative ornaments at the tips of your Christmas tree branches where they are likely to be more visible. You should then add some monochrome fillers to your tree. Monochrome fillers are solid colored balls that can provide your tree with some additional colors and depth. If you store your Christmas tree ornaments by type when you box them up, you will be able to decorate a lot more easily since you will not need to open all your boxes while you are decorating.

After you have added some ornaments to your tree, you should then add your garland too. The best way to do this is to start draping it from the top. If your tree is in a corner, your garland does not need to get to those parts that are not visible to others. You can therefore string your garland across the front of the tree and then loop it back. This will reduce the amount of time you may have to spend on decorating.

You can wrap a tree skirt around the stand, too. You should ensure that the skirt covers the power strips of your lights. Now that you are finished with your decorating, you can put your Christmas tree decoration boxes away.

Decorating your home can be an endless and exhausting process if you like to keep it trendy and interesting by using modern home accessories. Whether you want to decorate a whole house or only your living room, there are so many different types and themes pertaining to home accessories.

Here are some factors to consider while buying home accessories:

Designs: All types of modern designs in home accessories can glam up your room. You can design a Japanese style kitchen with lots of space for unique storage units. You can select lamps that are designed to add mood and ambience to your living room or bedroom. Whether you are buying personal accessories, kitchen or bathroom accessories, opt for modern designs. Choose colors that gel into the hues of your sofa, carpet and curtains. Look for innovative shapes of home accessories that are stylish and classy.

Ambience: Whatever you buy must blend in with the ambience of your home. You can select ambient lights or accent lights to add depth and character across various places in your home. Little knick knacks, photographs and even books can bring in a feel of comfort and ambience to a room.

Size: Decide the size of whatever home accessories you plan to buy, be it a desk lamp or curtains or storage units. Other factors to consider are whether the size can be altered at a later point or whether the height matches the area you plan to fit it into.

Finish: Getting the right finish is important when you are buying home accessories. You wouldnt want to buy cushions that are half-finished or storage units that havent got the final polished look.

Durability: Try to buy home accessories that are scratch-resistant. Accessories like candle holders, holiday ornaments, figurines or toys can get damaged easily if these are not child friendly. The outdoor accessories should be weather resistant and pet friendly.

Energy efficient: For your lighting requirements, you can consider design, form and function. In addition, it is important to ensure that energy efficiency is not compromised. The typical incandescent bulbs we use can be replaced with LED or CFL lighting fixtures. Pay special attention to home accessories that are energy efficient.

Recyclable materials: Try and buy home accessories like flower vases that are manufactured out of recycled materials.

At Emmo Home, you can find the best home furnishings and home accessories to suit your lifestyle preferences and changing requirements.

Ask any beer lover and you’ll learn that water is an essential ingredient of beer there’s simply no replacement for it. However, water is also one of the most important substances on the planet and finding ways to conserve water is vital. Many areas of the globe suffer from water shortages, and many companies have stepped up to help curb water waste.

Budweiser (through parent company InBev) has actually reduced the amount of water used in their brewing operations by 6%. This comes on the heels of last year’s announcement, in which the company stated that they had reduced water consumption by 8.5% – a total of 14.5% in just two years.

The company has announced their goal is a complete reduction of water use by 18.6% by 2012, and they certainly seem to be on track with this. That would put InBev at 3.5 hectoliters of water per hectoliter of beer production.

Many of the company’s breweries are already at their 2012 goal, or very close to it. InBev’s most efficient plant is located in Cartersville, Georgia, where the goal has already been met. Their brewery in Germany is also already operating at their 2012 efficiency rating, and their Chinese brewery is set to achieve that goal later in 2011.

Reducing water usage and waste during the brewing process requires that InBev take several steps. For instance, they have created awareness campaigns to help improve employee awareness of the global water situation, as well as investing in higher efficiency equipment, such as narrow-nozzle bottle washers, improved startup/shutdown procedures and several other key areas.

InBev’s water plan is only one part of their “Better World” campaign. This campaign is designed to reduce water consumption, reduce emissions and improve energy use by 10% in 2012. Carbon emissions are also slated to be reduced by 2012, and the company has stated that their goal is to have a 99% recycling rate throughout the entire company, as well.

While InBev is certainly not the only brewery in the world that has made a concerted effort to improve the planet and increase sustainability, they have been one of the most successful. One of their competitors, MillerCoors failed to meet their own water use goals, and other companies have only made a minimal effort here. Of course, InBev is not the “greenest” brewery in the world that title goes to several microbreweries, but they are one of the greenest major breweries and have set an example for the industry.

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