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Extreme Makeover to Construct an Energy Efficient Home in Just One Week

One lucky Washington-area family will soon be surprised by ABC's Emmy-award winning reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The program will air as a two-hour special featuring SIPA member Winter Panel as they h...

24 Aug 2009

Green Homebuilder and Local University Team Up and Teach Sustainable Living

ABODE Builders, New England's premier green homebuilder, and Plymouth State University (PSU) recently joined forces to rehabilitate the University's Eco House, an on-campus building devoted to sustainable living....

20 Aug 2009

Siemens Offers Complete Cement Industry Solutions Through Their Sicement Product Family

The range of products and services for equipping cement works has been brought together on the “Sicement” solution platform. It includes power generation and distribution, drive technology, process control and instrumentation, data management, plant infrastructure and maintenance

20 Aug 2009

Forget Carbon Neutral Buildings, A Carbon Neutral City is On The Way

Masdar and BASF today announced a strategic partnership agreement for collaboration on the construction of Masdar City, the world’s first carbon-neutral and zero-waste city

20 Aug 2009

First Habitat for Humanity Home in Mississauga Built With the Help of DuPont

Mississauga’s first Habitat for Humanity home is getting some “neighborly” help through products and services from DuPont Canada

19 Aug 2009

VAST Composite Pavers Meet Government Standards for Recovered Content With 95 Percent Recycled Material

VAST Composite Pavers Have the Amount of Recycled Content the EPA Requires for Patio Blocks. Government Agencies that Buy VAST Comply with the Federal Mandate to Increase Purchases of Recycled-Content Products

19 Aug 2009

Energy Saving House Built at Mt Everest

China's People's Daily newspaper recently published pictures taken from the inauguration ceremony of the "Tibet Energy-saving house." The demo house was the outcome of the "DuPont Living Improvement Project" under "Mt. Everest Action," which leverages DuPont technologies to improve the living conditions of local residents in the Tibet high plains area

19 Aug 2009

PPG Improves Website Tools for Builders and Architects

PPG Industries has added three new architect specification tools to its PPG IdeaScapes Web site

18 Aug 2009

Energy Saving Building Materials Deal Signed Between Industrial Nanotech and Saudi Environmental Projects

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK), a global nanoscience solutions and research leader and member of the U.S. Greenbuilding Council and the American Solar Energy Society, today announced that the Company has si...

18 Aug 2009

Building Integrated Photovoltaics Market Report Released by NanoMarkets

NanoMarkets, the leading provider of industry analysis and market and technology research services for companies competing for or interested in thin film, organic and printable electronics related markets, today announce...

17 Aug 2009

Is White Really The Best Colour For A Roof?

Energy Efficiency proponents and regulators need to discard the outdated idea that white is the only color for a "cool" roof, and recognize that many of the newer high-reflectivity aluminum and colored roof coa...

17 Aug 2009

Australian Government Funding For Green Construction Project

A high-profile Bendigo project demonstrating innovative water and energy saving initiatives will receive $724,000 in Rudd Government funding

17 Aug 2009

Environmentally Friendly Labs Opened by CSIRO

A new building featuring state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly biotechnology research laboratories, was officially opened this morning at CSIRO Entomology’s site in Canberra by the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr

16 Aug 2009

Stain Removing Coating Allows Oily Mess to be Cleaned From Surfaces With Just Water

Cleaning oily smears from kitchen countertops, mirrors, garage floors and other surfaces with plain water may seem like pure fantasy. But scientists have developed a new coating for glass, plastics, and a range of other materials that would enable consumers to wipe away those pesky oils with plain water

16 Aug 2009

Building Energy Efficient Sewage Treatment Plants

High-rate digestion with microfiltration is state-of-the-art in large sewage plants. It effectively removes accumulated sludge and produces biogas to generate energy. A study now reveals that even small plants can benefit from this process

16 Aug 2009