Green is becoming a crucial color in today's building designs – and in AV systems design as well. Sound Vision recently finished the design and installation of an innovative multi-room AV system at Judson University in Elgin, in a new academic building which is the only one of its kind in the United States. The building includes a thermal well which draws heat from the sun in the winter and coolness from below the ground in the summer to greatly reduce energy use. The AV system uses energy efficient projectors, amplifiers and other components to save power, plus automatic standby and shutdown of key components when not in use. Yet we were still able to provide some dazzling technology, including side-by-side projection, custom podiums and a networked control system for high-impact, but user-friendly communications. Learn more about Judson's 'green' academic building and its AV systems Do you or your people spend a lot of time supporting multiple AV systems like the ones at Judson University? If so, you really should look at the Resource Management Suite from AMX. "My customers love it," says Sound Vision's Tom Allison, CTS-S. "In a large building or on a campus it's a lot more effective to be able to touch an AV system from a desktop PC versus running all over the place." AMX Resource Management allows technicians to monitor and take over the operation of local AV systems to prevent problems and to help when a user does have an issue. The system also helps to minimize hardware problems by keeping track of lamp hours, filter hours and other maintenance items. It can put a stop to theft, help schedule classrooms and meeting rooms and help managers plan for better resource allocation as well. Read a complete explanation of AMX networked controls With all of the innovative technology installed in the Judson University Weber Center classrooms, design engineers at Sound Vision felt they needed to provide something more than a standard classroom lectern. The solution was a custom-built podium from Marshall Furniture. Marshall may be the only lectern maker who routinely puts its design engineers in contact with the end-user, sending drawings back and forth while they work together on a final design. At Judson the result was a small-footprint lectern with room for an equipment rack, iMac, touchpanel, gooseneck mic, document camera and two work surfaces. It's a beautiful piece of furniture as well. Read more about the Judson lectern design and how it was created If you're planning to install a large-screen display –anything from a flat panel monitor for your conference room to a projection system or even a videowall– there's an obvious question to ask: "How big should our screen or display be?" More often than not –especially with plasma and LCD displays– the question never gets answered properly. We know that because we've seen far too many displays installed where the screen was too small and text very difficult to read. There's a simple rule of thumb for sizing screens and displays, which derives from a more complex formula used in sizing videowalls. To learn more about sizing displays, read on

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