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Public Consultation Time for Eco-Towns Has Had Deadline Extended

Local residents are to be given more time to respond to the Government's second eco-towns public consultation after Housing Minister Margaret Beckett today extended the deadline for responses. The consultation on...

2 Mar 2009

Aluminum-Wood Folding Doors From LaCantina Doors Give You the Best of Both Worlds

LaCantina Doors is starting 2009 off with its most innovative door to date; the Aluminum-Wood system. Affectionately named by us as "Aliwood," this hybrid door combines the consistency and strength of aluminum ...

2 Mar 2009

Replace Your Halogen Lights With Green LED-MR16 Bulbs from GlacialLight

LED light manufacturer GlacialLight, a sub-division of the experienced technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc., is launching a brand new LED-MR16 light bulb

2 Mar 2009

Energy Efficiency Package for Centex Home Purchasers in St Louis

Centex Corporation today announced that construction is under way on Centex Energy Advantage homes across the St. Louis area. Collectively, Centex Energy Advantage homes now in progress are projected to avoid thousands o...

2 Mar 2009

Solar Hot Water Systems Being Protected by Nansulate Solar

Industrial Nanotech, Inc. (Pink Sheets:INTK - News), an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that the Company's "Nansulate Solar" is currently being specified on both solar panels and t...

2 Mar 2009

Rotobrush Now Offering Energy Efficiency Solutions

Rotobrush International LLC, a longstanding market leader in air duct cleaning, announces its new energy efficiency solutions offering

2 Mar 2009

New Cabling Solution Released for Solar Panel Arrays

Champlain Cable Corporation of Colchester, Vermont has entered the renewable energy industry with two new cable solutions for photovoltaic arrays. The Exar 150PV and the Exar 180PV are both UL rated photovoltaic wires an...

2 Mar 2009

Innovative Building Materials Use Leading to Sustainable Office Development

Niche developer WCR Group is building sustainable offices using the H+H Thin Joint system as a structural element to compliment its green-technology external treatments and services

2 Mar 2009

Toxic Chinese Made Drywall Material Has Been In US Houses Since 2001

Americas Watchdog has been leading the national and the state by state investigations of potentially toxic Chinese drywall since the beginning of the year. The Homeowners Consumer Center has discovered that the Chinese drywall was initially brought into the US in 2001

2 Mar 2009

Vise-Grip Used as Battlefield Surgery Tool for Emergency Spine Surgery

IRWIN Industrial Tools, announced that Dr. Bryan Fox was selected as the winner of the "Tell Us Your IRWIN VISE-GRIP Story" for using an IRWIN VISE-GRIP to perform spinal surgery during Operation Iraqi Freedom

2 Mar 2009

New Building Design Tested to Withstand Earthquake Simulation

Researchers at the University of Michigan simulated an off-the-charts earthquake in a laboratory to test their new technique for bracing high-rise concrete buildings. Their technique passed the test, withstanding more movement than an earthquake would typically demand

1 Mar 2009

New Method for Analyzing Corrosion of Concrete Reinforcement Bar

As the U.S. deals with decaying infrastructure, construction firms, state transportation agencies and others responsible for infrastructure safety are seeking ways to ensure they detect weakening concrete structures befo...

1 Mar 2009

Stop House Explosions With Handheld Gas Leak Detectors

For individuals responsible for finding gas leaks in structures such as plants, factories, office buildings, and homes, or leaks in equipment that store or use gas, Extech gas leak detectors may be one of the most important tools available

25 Feb 2009

Solar Control Glass from PPG Industries Hits Milestone

PPG Industries has shipped its 20-millionth square-foot of Solarban 70XL glass

25 Feb 2009

LiteLED Releases New LED Striplight

UK lighting manufacturer LiteLED has released the SL Series linear LED luminaire, a strip light that is smaller, longer lasting, and provides superior task efficiency compared to the neon or fluorescent lamps commonly us...

25 Feb 2009