Lutron Technology Company LLC

Lutron Electronics Company, Inc.

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Joseph Roy Parks

Brent Protzman

Michelle L Greene

Erica L Clymer

Jennifer Wong

Laura Marie Friedlander

Edward J Blair

John N Callen

Samuel F Chambers

Laura M Gabriel

Staci L Quirk

Andrew J Lawler

John H Bull

Stuart W Dejonge

A control system may include a direct-current (DC) power bus for charging (e.g., trickle charging) internal energy storage elements in control devices of the control system. For example, the control devices may be motorized window treatments configured to adjust a position of a covering material to control the amount of daylight entering a space. The system may include a DC power supply that may generate a DC voltage on the DC power bus. For example, the DC power bus may extend from the DC power supply around the perimeter of a floor of the building and may be connected to all of the motorized window treatments on the floor (e.g., in a daisy-chain configuration). Wiring the DC power bus in such a manner may dramatically reduce the installation labor and wiring costs of an installation, as well as decreasing the chance of a miswire.

Direct-current power distribution in a control system

A fabric selection tool provides an automated procedure for recommending and/or selecting a fabric for a window treatment to be installed in a building. The recommendation may be made to optimize the performance of the window treatment in which the fabric may be installed. The recommended fabric may be selected based on performance metrics associated with each fabric in an environment. The fabrics may be ranked based upon the performance metrics of one or more of the fabrics. One or more of the fabrics, and/or their corresponding ranks, may be displayed to a user for selection. The recommended fabrics may be determined based on combinations of fabrics that provide performance metrics for various fa&#xe7;ades of the building. Using the ranking system provided by the fabric selection tool, the user may obtain a fabric sample and/or order one or more of the recommended fabrics.

Selecting a window treatment fabric

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

Display screen or portion thereof with set of graphical user interfaces

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Joseph Roy Parks