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President Obama Called Upon to Become Invloved in Finding a Solution to the Toxic Chinese Drywall Problem

Americas Watchdog, and its Homeowners Consumer Center is calling on President Obama to get personally involved with finding a solution to the worst homeowner environmental disaster in US history, toxic chinese made drywall

13 Apr 2009

PolyOne Releases New Cables for Solar Panels

PolyOne Corporation, has added compounds for cables used in solar panels to its portfolio of sustainable solutions. The protective cable insulation and jacketing made from PolyOne's ECCOH compounds can be found in solar cells that convert sunlight into electricity

13 Apr 2009

Hemp Could Be the Building Material for Zero Carbon Houses in the Future

Hemp, a plant from the cannabis family, could be used to build carbon-neutral homes of the future to help combat climate change and boost the rural economy, say researchers at the University of Bath. A consortium, le...

9 Apr 2009

Low Emissions Powder Coat Finish Introduced for MDF Doors

Powder-coating pioneer Abcor Industries today announced the introduction of ResiliColor, an extremely low-emitting powder coating finish for medium density fiberboard (MDF) interior doors

8 Apr 2009

Course Started to Teach Building Industry Professionals About Environmentally Friendly Paints

Pat Coady is one of the many professionals at Painters USA, Inc. Pat has developed a program to instruct building owners and managers about green coatings. This course enables them to receive CPD's (Continuing Profession...

8 Apr 2009

Qnuru Launches Sustainable Solar Powered Landscape Lighting Range

Qnuru today launched a revolutionary line of solar powered, landscape lighting fixtures that efficiently capture the sun's energy within expressive forms that are manufactured with full lifecycle sustainability in mind

8 Apr 2009

ThyssenKrupp Installs World's Fastest Double Deck Elevator System

ThyssenKrupp Elevator has installed the world's fastest double-deck systems in the 492 meter Shanghai World Financial Center in China

8 Apr 2009

Bayer Comes Up With Way of Making Stronger Bathtubs

Hotel bathtubs need to be considerably more robust than their domestic equivalents. Constant use by a succession of hotel guests subjects them to particularly high stresses, including the use of heavy-duty detergents. Th...

8 Apr 2009

Engineers Develop Better Way For Spraying Concrete

WACKER application engineers wanted to reduce rebound during spraying concrete while also making the sprayed concrete water resistant. They developed polymeric additives for sprayed concrete for tunnel construction, making a major contribution toward building a new tunnel for the Stetten salt mine

8 Apr 2009

Refurbishment Begins on Healthcare Building

The Willmott Dixon Community Healthcare Campus brings together a set of initiatives that provide a glimpse of what the patient experience of local healthcare will be in the next twenty years when an older population puts...

7 Apr 2009

Small Increases in Lighting Efficiency Translate to Massive Drops in Energy Consumption

Roughly 20 percent of the electricity consumed worldwide is used in lighting. Though this consumption represents a large drain on resources, it also presents a tremendous opportunity for savings. Improving the efficiency of commercially available light bulbs could translate into dramatically lower energy usage

7 Apr 2009

More Efficient, Dimmable Compact Fluorescent Bulbs on the Horizon

Long touted as an energy-saving alternative for home lighting, compact fluorescent lightbulbs (CFLs) now have the potential to be even more efficient, as well as dimmable

7 Apr 2009

Solar Hot Water For Homes in Queensland, Australia

The Queensland Bligh Government has commenced its election commitment to provide 200,000 Queensland households with affordable solar hot water systems in a bid to radically cut household energy use and greenhouse gas emi...

7 Apr 2009

Treated Wood Decking Being Investigated After Failing on Exposure to the Elements

Americas Watchdog's Homeowners Consumer Center is launching a national investigation of all treated wood products used as decking material. According to the group, the treated wood decking material was not supposed to fail due to exposure to the elements, but some is

6 Apr 2009

Toxic Chinese Drywall Investigation Continues With Texas Discoveries

Americas Watchdog and its Homeowners Consumer Center have been advancing a nationwide and state by state of toxic Chinese drywall since the beginning of the year

6 Apr 2009