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New Minimum Design Standard For All New Public Buildings in the UK

Communities Secretary Hazel Blears and Culture Secretary Andy Burnham are today urging councils and developers to put good planning, local character and high quality design at the heart of development. A new cross-Go...

12 May 2009

Controlling a Smart Home With Your Thoughts

Light switches, TV remote controls and even house keys could become a thing of the past thanks to brain-computer interface (BCI) technology being developed in Europe that lets users perform everyday tasks with thoughts alone

11 May 2009

CEMEX Cuts Carbon Emissions and Makes Sustainability Progress

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) today announced that it continues to make substantial progress toward its goals as a sustainable building materials company with the achievement of three of its sustainability targets ahe...

11 May 2009

America's Greenest School Finalists Have Been Selected

America votes online for the nation's top singers and celebrity dancers, but now they can vote online to decide which school deserves the title of America's Greenest School

11 May 2009

Building Blanket To Protect Space Explorers From Radiation

A group of students at North Carolina State University has developed a "blanket" of sorts that covers lunar outposts - the astronauts' living quarters - to provide astronauts protection against radiation while also generating and storing power

11 May 2009

Energy Conversion Devices and Enfinity to Co-Develop of Solar Rooftop Projects Across the US and Europe

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (Nasdaq: ENER) and Enfinity, NV today announced plans to co-develop a portfolio of rooftop solar installations throughout the U.S., as well as in numerous European countries, includi...

11 May 2009

LED Lighting Competition Switched On

In the “LED - Emotionalize your light” competition of ideas from 8 May until 23 July entrants have the opportunity to create emotional lighting concepts and designs with LED technology and present them to the “light enthusiast” community

11 May 2009

Expert Says US School Buildings Should Get Green Renovation

Going green with new construction is a good idea, but what about renovating existing structures? Like, say, the 20 billion square feet of existing U.S. public schools, 40 percent of which have 15 million students in poor environmental conditions?

11 May 2009

New High Power SKILSAW Gives Professional Performance

SKIL Power Tools is proud to offer the next generation of SKILSAW with the new HD5687. This new circular saw takes its heritage from the Worm Drive SKILSAW and offers the ultimate combination of unmatched performance, lightweight design and unbeatable value and is designed to tackle any project on the jobsite

11 May 2009

Red Cross Help Build More Than 100,000 Houses One Year After the Sichuan Earthquake

One year after an 8.0 magnitude earthquake killed more than 69,000 people and destroyed an estimated 5 million houses in southwest China, communities are filled with the signs and sounds of recovery. The focus has shifted from putting up prefabricated, transitional shelters and distributing relief items to constructing more permanent, earthquake-resistant homes and helping people work through their emotional trauma

11 May 2009

Constructability of Structural Steel Buildings Design Guide Released

David Ruby, founder of the structural engineering firm Ruby + Associates, long considered a pioneer behind the concept of constructability, can now say that he literally wrote the book on the topic. The publication, Cons...

10 May 2009

Thermafiber Insolutions Introduced by Thermafiber

Thermafiber, Inc. officially announces the launch of Thermafiber Insolutions. Thermafiber Insolutions is a five-pronged approach to providing innovative insulation products and services to architects, specifiers, contrac...

10 May 2009

Wind Turbines Generating Electricity at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

Aircraft propellers aren’t the only things spinning at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). The Metropolitan Airports Commission has installed 10 wind-powered electricity generators and purchased an electric-powered utility vehicle for use at the airport

10 May 2009

New Gutter Guards From GutterBrush

GutterBrush Guys now offer a 3.25" diameter GutterBrush for small gutters and a 6.5" diameter for extra large gutters to help protect property from costly water damage

10 May 2009

One Hundred Construction Supply Companies Join WRAP to Halve Landfill Waste

In just six months, 100 leading organisations from across the construction supply chain have committed to WRAP's (Waste & Resources Action Programme) Halving Waste to Landfill voluntary agreement, indicating that...

6 May 2009