Accessibility Statement (WCAG 2.2 Level AA)
Creative Energy is committed to ensuring digital accessibility and physical showroom accessibility for people with disabilities. We continually improve the user experience for everyone and apply the relevant accessibility standards (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA).
On-Screen Accessibility Options Panel
Every page on creativeenergy.com includes an Accessibility Options button in the lower-left corner. Selecting this button (or activating it with your keyboard via Tab and Enter) opens a slide-out control panel with 10 display adjustments saved automatically on your device:
- Increase Text Size / Decrease Text Size: Adjusts body and heading typography proportionally without horizontal overflow.
- High Contrast: Applies a high-contrast dark background with high-visibility text, borders, and yellow interactive highlights.
- Grayscale & Invert Colors: Reduces color distraction or inverts page luminance while preserving natural product photography.
- Highlight Links: Underlines and highlights every navigation, content, and call-to-action link across the site.
- Readable Font: Switches all typography to a high-legibility system sans-serif stack (Verdana / Tahoma / Arial) with expanded line and word spacing.
- Pause Animations: Disables non-essential transitions and motion, supplementing system
prefers-reduced-motionpreferences. - Bigger Cursor: Enables a high-contrast oversized pointer cursor for easier visual tracking.
- Reset Settings: Restores default site styling and clears saved device display preferences at any time.
Core WCAG 2.2 AA Engineering Standards
- Keyboard & Screen Reader Navigation: Skip-to-main-content link, semantic HTML5 landmarks (
<header>,<nav>,<main>,<footer>),aria-current="page"indicators, focus trapping in dialogs, and keyboard-operable desktop and mobile submenus. - Focus Appearance & Target Size: High-contrast dual-ring
:focus-visibleindicators and minimum 44×44px touch targets on primary interactive controls. - Accessible Forms & Error Prevention: Programmatic
<label>associations,aria-describedbyhelper connections, explicit required field notations, and live status/error announcements using both icons and text. - Descriptive Media & Documentation: Meaningful alternative text on all product photography and clear PDF indicators on owner's manuals and spec sheets.
Need Assistance or Showroom Accommodations?
If you experience any difficulty accessing content on creativeenergy.com or need assistance comparing models, requesting a quote, or scheduling service, please call or text any of our Bay Area locations:
- San Rafael Showroom: (415) 472-7727 — 4100 Redwood Hwy., San Rafael, CA 94903
- San Mateo Showroom: (650) 574-7600 — 1917 S El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA 94403
- Concord Showroom: (925) 551-7100 — 1460 Concord Ave., Ste C, Concord, CA 94520
- Dublin Showroom: (925) 281-0095 — 6769 Dublin Blvd., Dublin, CA 94568
- Richmond Service Center: (510) 237-2300 — 3419 Regatta Blvd., Richmond, CA 94804