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Get it in Writing

by Jim Hoodlebrink | Dec 11, 2015 | Draper Updates, Houses of Worship, International Update, Pro AV Integration, Solar Control & Window Shades

Get it in writing. How many times over the years have you heard this? Of course, nowadays, with all sorts of smart devices replacing the old paper and pen, it’s probably more accurate to say “document it.” Perhaps the wording has changed, but the truth behind it has...

Draper to the Rescue

by Jeff Miller | Nov 30, 2015 | Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades

I couldn’t help myself. I had to smile recently when Teri Boxell and Karen Reno, Draper’s window shade sales staffers assigned to work with Budget Blinds franchises, shared a story with us. It was a “Budget Blinds Commercial Services Franchise of the Week” story from...

Why Draper-Clint Childress

by Terry Coffey | Nov 18, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades

Since the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo (see our show preview here) is underway this week in Washington, DC, we thought this an appropriate time to make Clint Childress the subject of a Why Draper post. As a LEED®AP and Draper’s Solar Control...

Draper Introduces Topspin at Greenbuild 2015

by Chris Broome | Nov 13, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades

In a recent post on the Draper blog, it was pointed out that there is a certain irony in modern “green” architecture and design: In our attempts to use the positive aspects of natural daylight to make our buildings more sustainable and comfortable, the opposite...

CEDIA II: CEDIA Strikes Back

by Terry Coffey | Nov 9, 2015 | Draper Updates, Home Theatre, Screen Technology, Solar Control & Window Shades

A couple of weeks ago Residential Market Manager Amy Madden shared her thoughts on CEDIA 2015, and now it’s my turn! Before CEDIA even started, Amy and I were on hand for a three-day training class with Joel Silver, the co-founder of the Imaging Science Foundation....

Sustainable Cities of the Future

by Jeff Miller | Nov 2, 2015 | Architecture/Green Building, Draper Updates, Solar Control & Window Shades

If you’re like me, every time you head into a big downtown area you look up at all the tall buildings. I don’t know about you, but I’m drawn in particular to all the modern buildings with their glass facades glinting in the sun. Your first thought is probably...