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Recycled Glass Kitchen and Bath Surfaces Now Available in Four New Colours

Vetrazzo, the original Recycled Glass Surface, unveils four gorgeous new earth-tone colors today that showcase the intersection of high design and respect for the environment

3 May 2009

Architectural Applications for Liquid and Powder Fluoropolymer Coatings Review Published by PPG Industries

PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has published Architectural Applications for Liquid and Powder Fluoropolymer Coatings: A Comparative Review, a white paper that examines a new generation of powder coatings for architectural me...

30 Apr 2009

Kohl Department Store Buildings Recognised For Environmental Features

Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE:KSS) announced today that 110 additional Kohl’s stores earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR label, a nationally recognized symbol fo...

29 Apr 2009

KONE Unveils New Elevator Interiors

KONE Inc. today showed off its award-winning architectural design flair, unveiling new elevator interior designs based on changing seasonal hues and colors of nature at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2009 Nat...

29 Apr 2009

The Future of Solar Technology in Buildings After Recession Will Be Fast and Strong Growth

The solar building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and the solar thermal heating systems (STS) markets have been hit hard by the current economic situation. However, as soon as the recession shows signs of recovery, both...

29 Apr 2009

Affordable Housing Developers Meet to Discuss Green Building

There are roughly 99 million occupied permanent housing units in the United States, of which nearly 6 million are federally assisted. As the Congress and Obama Administration begin to consider ground-breaking climate cha...

29 Apr 2009

Solar Power Tower Beings Operation

Following the conclusion of the successful three-day production and operational testing period, Abengoa Solar has begun commercial operation of the new PS20 solar power tower plant located at the Solúcar Platform, near Seville (Spain)

29 Apr 2009

Community Building To Be Ugraded With Renewable Energy Grants

Forty two community groups have benefited from £815k of funding for renewable energy technologies in the fourth round of the Community Sustainable Energy Programme capital grants scheme. Successful applications inc...

28 Apr 2009

Building Unions Encourage Clean Energy

America's Building Trades Unions have launched a major new paid media campaign to urge the U.S. Congress to enact a clean energy plan that will make America a global leader in energy, while also developing the domest...

28 Apr 2009

First Solar Photovoltaic Panels to be Used for Australia's Largest Solar Power Installation

First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced today that it will supply photovoltaic (PV) modules to Solar Shop Australia, Pty Ltd. (Solar Shop), for a 1 megawatt (MW) DC rooftop project. The solar power system, installed o...

28 Apr 2009

Anit-Reflective Glass Helping to Make Solar Cells More Efficient

Solarphire AR glass is formulated with a proprietary anti-reflective coating that facilitates the efficient conversion of solar light into energy

28 Apr 2009

Rockwool Rockfloor Insulation Contributes to Sustainable Construction Award

Rockwool’s Rockfloor mineral wool insulation helped Wolseley,
a leading supplier of construction products and materials, secure the Edie Award for Best Sustainable Construction Project

28 Apr 2009

Largest Solar Panel Installation at a United States Transit Facility Comes To Los Angeles

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today unveiled a groundbreaking energy efficiency and renewable power project with the installation of the nation's largest solar panel system at a transit facility. It is also the largest solar panel installation within the City of Los Angeles

28 Apr 2009

Cow Dung Building Bricks Win Global Social Venture Competition

Making high-quality bricks from abundantly available cow dung – instead of depleting scarce firewood and clay – earned the EcoFaeBrick team from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in Indonesia the $25,000 top prize at the tenth annual Global Social Venture Competition at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business this weekend

27 Apr 2009

Off Grid Living In a Sustainable Modern Yurt

Everett Boutilett and Louis Johnson always had the intention of building a small, energy efficient dwelling. Although their original plans were to build an earth sheltered home, a close friend convinced them that a yurt might be the way to go

27 Apr 2009