Specifically designed for students in kindergarten and primary grades, the Listening First Headsets from Califone International Inc. help students build critical speaking and listening skills. Available in blue, red and yellow, the adjustable headband allows for a personalized fit perfect for younger children and its ambient noise-reducing earcups lowers outside noise to help students remain focused.
With more than 25 years of service as a leading provider of unique and attractive interior partitions, Scranton Products’ Hiny Hinders brand come in a variety of colors, textures and are ADA-compliant. HDPE partitions never rust or delaminate and provide superior resistance to dents, scratches, graffiti, corrosion, mildew and moisture. The product is also easy to clean and easy to maintain, according to the company. The Hiny Hinders brand comes with a 25-year warranty.
The acoustical, thermal and moisture control performance of CertainTeed’s fiberglass duct liner is now available for spiral duct applications with the introduction of ToughGard Ultra Round Duct Liner. The liner has distinct advantages over double-wall construction duct liner that can contribute to time and cost savings for builders and contractors. ToughGard Ultra Round is a fiberglass duct liner overlaid with an extremely tough and durable fire-resistant black composite air stream surface, which is scored to allow for easy installation in spiral air ducts.
US Daylighting’s AeroGlass is an all-glass, highly insulating, translucent panel using aerogel technology to create a light-diffusing window, perfect for school facilities looking to be more energy-efficient. Translucent silica aerogel is the lightest and best insulating solid material known. With the inclusion of aerogel between glass panels, sunlight is naturally diffused, removing any interior hot spots or glare, eliminating the need for blinds or curtains and reducing the need for artificial lighting during the day.
American Seating will soon debut its Us chair family, a line of six freestanding and three fixed seating models suited for a range of college or university interior settings. Designed for a diversity of uses, the Us chairs adapt to small and large learning spaces, dining and sports facilities, lecture halls, common areas, dorm rooms and administrative offices, according to the company. American Seating offers a variety of different options to choose from, depending on the model.
The LiveRoof Hybrid Green Roof System, an eco-friendly roof layout, features a seamless vegetative surface rooted in a continuous layer of soil. Maximizing roof protection, energy savings, rooftop aesthetics and environmental benefits, the instant green roof requires trouble-free maintenance and is simple to install, according to the company. Licensed regional growers customize plant selection for every LiveRoof project, delivering vegetated modules with locally cultivated and full-grown plants, ready for the rigors of the rooftop.
The Haiku by Big Ass Fans is available in several optional finishes, including caramel bamboo, cocoa bamboo, white matrix composite and black matrix composite. The bamboo doesn’t feature typical fan blades, but rather moso bamboo, coated with a solvent-free finish to provide smooth airflow without rattling or wobbling. Its power is generated from a cool-running inverter, delivering up to 80 percent improvement in energy efficiency, according to the company. The Haiku features various control settings, including sleep, timer, reverse and variable speed settings.
The newest school product from Extron Electronics is the PlenumVault Systems, a family of complete, centralized audio/visual (AV) switching and control systems for classrooms equipped with a suspended ceiling. PlenumVault Systems are an easy-to-use, easy-to-install, economical classroom AV system that utilizes twisted pair technology for transmitting signals, according to the company. The product also includes network connectivity for web-based asset management monitoring and control.
VS LiteTables offer flexibility for multi-use spaces and agile classrooms. Their durable round aluminum inner and outer legs are designed for easy stacking and connections between tables, and the lightweight design allows for easy transport, according to the company. LiteTables allow users to arrange them in rows without gaps for multiple configurations — a range of tabletop sizes and shapes, including half circular, square, rectangular and trapazoid shapes are available for mixing and matching.
With its 600-pound holding force, the Securitron M380 is ideal for traffic control in interior access control applications where fail-safe locking operation and free egress are desired. The protective cover offers tamper-resistant protection to the lock, optional embedded CCTV camera and motion detector. The M380 offers the fastest, most secure installation of any bracket-mount magnetic lock, according to the company.
