troffer

The word 'troffer' comes form the combination of the words trough and coffer.

The troffer is the most common type of light fixture for use in commercial office spaces, schools, and lab facilities.

Wallenda wore a microphone for the event which allowed Troffer to talk with him, while the public listened in, throughout the walk.

Troffer's brother Mike serves as chief engineer.

Wallenda's safety coordinator and father, Terry Troffer, said the training was primarily mental.

Wallenda's father, Terry Troffer, serves as his safety coordinator, having retired from acrobatics after 36 years in the business.

Wallenda completes a career best 2000 foot hirewire walk with his mother Delilah filling in for Troffer.

Before Troffer had even finished assembling it, Wallenda climbed up to the crossbar and did a somersault.

It's convincing himself that ... it's just a different location," Troffer explained.

Between the bike ride and Wallenda scheduled tightrope walk, Terry Troffer, who serves as safety coordinator, passes out from heat and stress.

For a coal-burning power plant with advanced antipollution equipment, the capacity needed to run a single standard troffer is estimated to cost about $320; to run the more efficient troffer, about $128.

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune described the pilot episode of Danger By Design as "a sometimes painfully candid look at the creative tensions - and the strong familial bond - between Wallenda and his dad, Terry Troffer."

After a planning session with his father Terry Troffer, uncle Mike Troffer, and a long-time friend of Wallenda's, the episode shows Wallenda training for high winds in the backyard using an overturned airboat.

Reducing Pollutants In areas where electricity is generated by oil-fueled power plants - the Northeast and Florida, for example - replacing a troffer that runs 12 hours a day, five days a week, with a model that uses 120 watts less would save more than half a barrel of oil a year.