JANESVILLE, Wis. (WMTV) – More than 1.2 million lights glow during the Rotary Botanical Gardens 2022 Holiday Light Show in Janesville.

NBC15 Sports Director Mike Jacques helped kick off the holiday tradition by serving as the official lights ambassador for the show.

The display is celebrating its 26th year with themed light displays and family-friendly animations.

Attendees can stroll through the garden from Nov. 25-27, Dec. 1-4, Dec. 8-11, Dec. 15-23 and Dec. 26-30. Guests can wander through the twinkling displays from 4:30 pm to 9 pm

The Holiday Light Show at the Rotary Gardens in Janesville.
The Holiday Light Show at the Rotary Gardens in Janesville.(NBC15)

All tickets for the show must be purchased online. It costs $12 for those ages 13+ and $5 for children ages 3-12. It’s free for those ages 2 and under.

The show is held at the Rotary Botanical Gardens, located at 1455 Palmer Drive in Janesville.

Also starting Friday, those interested can

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After this journey with Epic Games, I started to create fewer ArchViz scenes and focus more on gaming and environments. It makes me tell a story in a cinematic way, creating my compositions and drawing on my photoreal and lighting experience.

Make your Archviz come to life with Reallusion ActorCore scanned people.

The difference from other scanned people is that this one is fully rigged for facial and body motion. For this scene, I wanted to create a sunset scenario with a house party going on. The house model is from Evermotion and was modified a bit before I imported it into Unreal Engine using Datasmith.

All interior furniture and props are modeled with 3ds Max and Quixel materials. Trees were created using Speedtree. The water reflections give the scene more realism using Lumen for GI, and Reflections helps achieve that also with Unreal Engine 5.

Populating your scenes using

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As the Garden City players were introduced for Friday’s Long Island Class II championship game, all of them knew they would be staring down the biggest challenge of their season: a Bellport team loaded with hard-hitting athletes, capable of game-changing plays and motivated to defeat a Trojans team that beat them for the 2021 title.

What they didn’t realize was that they also would need to overcome themselves. And they did that too.

Garden City turned the ball over four times, but senior Stevie Finnell and the Trojans’ defense never let that become the story. Finnell capped his high school football career with his finest game and the Trojans were exceptional in not allowing Bellport to cash in on a single miscue as Garden City rolled to a 28-0 victory at Hofstra’s Shuart Stadium.

Finnell gained 346 yards on 17 carries and scored all four Garden City touchdowns on huge

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National Adaptation Strategy

Earlier in May, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault announced that public consultation would begin on Canada’s first ever National Adaptation Strategy, which aims to “advance a shared vision for climate resilience in Canada.” Provinces like British Columbia are also doing important work on this front.

Federal and provincial governments could make the biggest impact by making a major investment in improving Canada’s existing housing stock. This could be accomplished by providing funding and incentives to renovate a third of our country’s buildings to net-zero emissions by 2030, and developing a plan for the remaining stock to meet a 100% net-zero target before 2050.

Replacing old furnaces with efficient heat pumps can both capture heat and provide cooling. Replacing windows, adding insulation and bringing in more fresh air also makes residents safer and more comfortable as we face increasingly frequent heat waves and

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Leafy vegetables at Ullr’s Garden appear black under LED lights due to most plants’ total absorption of blue and red-colored wavelengths. Butterhead lettuce varieties are sold from Ullr’s with their roots still attached. (Olivia Sun, The Colorado Sun via Report for America)

The lettuce is blooming nicely on the rollaway walls.

According to the farmer’s iPad, the calibrated nutrients are flowing smoothly and accurately through the tubes.

It’s 30 degrees outside, but there’s a tantalizing garden of tangy, restaurant-ready produce inside this cozy, pristine shipping container.

Somewhere behind and among the pawn shops and the gas stations and the used tire traders and the body shops along South Broadway, on a former used car lot on Acoma Street, a couple of snazzy high-tech containers are parked to start an urban farming revolution .

Ullr’s Garden, launched a few months ago by a couple of brothers who wanted to save the

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Guidelines for Window Design Standards

In today’s world, it’s crucial to take both the building requirements and design advice into account when choosing windows for your house. In most places, minimum levels for windows, doors, and skylights are required by building energy codes and standards. Windows were formerly seen to be a weak point in a house’s ability to protect its occupants from the elements. Today’s energy efficient windows are now a key component of design, offering several advantages.

 

Building Codes

The majority of places have building energy codes that require windows, doors, and skylights to meet minimum performance standards. The code standards, which normally apply to both replacement and new construction windows, must be followed by the builder, contractor, or homeowner. These specifications are subject to the building energy code of the relevant jurisdiction.

 

Considerations for Design

Both new and old homes’ energy use is impacted by new windows.

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A House, Coach House & Garden / Culligan Architects

A House, Coach House & Garden / Culligan Architects - Interior Photography, Windows, Facade, HandrailA House, Coach House & Garden / Culligan Architects - Exterior Photography, Garden, ForestA House, Coach House & Garden / Culligan Architects - Interior Photography, Sofa, Brick, BeamA House, Coach House & Garden / Culligan Architects - Interior Photography, Living Room, Windows, Wood, BeamA House, Coach House & Garden / Culligan Architects - More Images+26


  • areas Area of ​​this architecture project Areas :
    230 m²

  • year Completion year of this architecture project

    year :


    2019


  • Photographs

  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project

    Manufacturers : Fitzpatrick & Henry, ibstock, Ketley Brick, Matthew O’Malley, Stone Seals, Soren Rose Studio


  • Lead Architects :

    Damien Culligan Barch ARB MRIAI, Lee Culligan Dip Arch Barch

A House, Coach House & Garden / Culligan Architects - Exterior Photography, Windows
© Fionn McCann

Text description provided by the architects. A new build family house and an existing coach house are located within the garden, to the rear, of a listed house in Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland. The new build house is located between an existing 19th-century coach house building and a garden to the rear of a listed late Georgian house. The site prior to

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An increasing number of households and custom home builders are installing energy-efficient windows as our society grows more ecologically concerned. Energy-efficient windows reduce heat gain and loss by utilizing a variety of energy-saving technologies, which helps to manage a home’s internal temperature and increase energy efficiency. Homeowners benefit from a more comfortable living environment as a result, and they also increase the value of their property and recover up to 30% of their monthly energy costs.

Westeck exclusively offers some of the most energy-efficient replacement and new install windows available in the Pacific Northwest. To help you choose the best windows, this article will explain high performing energy-efficient windows.

FACT: Old style windows permit a large amount of heat transfer through a process known as window convection, old inefficient windows are primarily problematic. Without getting too technical, window convection cools the heated air in your home during the winter and

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Energy efficient windows are an important consideration for both new construction and existing homes. Heat gain and heat loss through windows are responsible for 25%–30% of residential heating and cooling energy use.

If you are selecting windows for new construction or to replace existing windows, it’s important to choose the most efficient windows that work best in your climate.

 

Replace Your Windows and the Selection Process

In addition to choosing the window type, you also need to consider design, energy use and labelling, warranties, and proper installation.

Ensure your windows are covered by  ENERGY STAR label when buying new windows. Then review ratings on the energy performance label from the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) to find the most efficient windows for your needs.

NFRC ratings are included on all ENERGY STAR certified windows and provide a reliable way to determine a window’s energy properties and compare products.

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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — It’s time for some holiday cheer.

The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is getting ready to illuminate the community, just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Garden officials say they have been working around the clock all year long to ready the grounds for the big reveal.

Dominion Energy GardenFest of Lights at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has been illuminating the community for 26 years. GardenFest started in 1995 and Dominion Energy became a sponsor in 1998. This year, more than a million lights decorate the 50-acre property.

Returning this year is a fan favorite, the model train exhibit at the Kelly education center, as well as Christmas trees decorated by Henrico County Public School students. The trees can be found in the Lora Robins Library. Botanical decorations are also in the Library Reading

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