Building News

RSS

Green Building Council Backs Obama on Saving the Environment

The U.S. Green Building Council was on hand today to lend its strong support to President Barack Obama's call for swift and decisive action on the economic recovery package that has been sent to Congress

29 Jan 2009

Dingle Finish Floor Coating With Environmentally Sound Monocoat Natural Oil Colors and Finishes Wood Floors

Monocoat is an all-natural finishing product for wood flooring containing no volatile organic compounds, and producing a durable, long-lasting finish in a single coat

28 Jan 2009

Craftsmanship Meets Technology With Motorized Mirror Hiding Television

Mantels of Yesteryear unveils a novel design, the Motorized Mirror - a historically accurate, remote control mirror which covers a spot on the mantel designed to house a television

28 Jan 2009

BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Arts Category Awarded to U.S. Architect Steven Holl

The Arts award in this inaugural edition of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards has gone to the U.S. architect Steven Holl. Born in Bremerton, Washington (WA) in 1947, he is known as “the most Europea...

28 Jan 2009

Dashwood House Gets Dali Lighting Controls with Latest Emergency Testing System

Simmtronic lighting controls have been installed as part of Land Securities' major renovation of the Dashwood House corporate office building in London

28 Jan 2009

NIST Develops New Method for Increasing the Service Life of Concrete

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are patenting a method that is expected to double the service life of concrete

27 Jan 2009

New Fire Retarding Building Materials Launched

A new technology for fire-retarding polyisocyanurate (PIR) sandwich panels will be launched by Huntsman at this year's UTECH Europe exhibition and conference

27 Jan 2009

Report Predicts Market for Composites in Asian Construction will be Worth $4.9 Billion by 2013

According to Lucintel, the Asian construction market for composite applications such as FRP doors, FRP windows, grating, fiberglass bath tubs, and others, is estimated to reach $4.9 billion in 2013. Lucintel, a leadi...

27 Jan 2009

Special Process Improves Mechanical, Thermaland Acoustic Properties of Foam for Building Materials

A special process will make it possible to improve the mechanical, thermal and acoustic properties of foams in the future. This will be of particular benefit to lightweight construction. Mother nature is a smart buil...

26 Jan 2009

Freedom Gray Gutters Offer Environmentally Friendly and Aesthtically Pleasing Gutter Choice

he Copper Gutter Shop, an online retainer and distributor of gutter, copper, and roofing products is now carrying Revere Freedom Gray gutters, downspouts and accessories

26 Jan 2009

Five Story Building Designed to Use Around the Same Energy as Two Houses

A five-storey office and research building for 220 people that requires scarcely more energy from external sources for heating and cooling than one or two single-family houses. Eawag’s Forum Chriesbach fits this...

26 Jan 2009

EchoPod Level Sensor Used for Monitoring Graywater System

Promoted on FOX News as the "Greenest House in the World," Florida's Showcase Green Envirohome (FSGE) has selected Flow Line Options EchoPod for its Graywater Reuse System

26 Jan 2009

Facelift for Mediaset Using Laminated DuPont Safety Glass

Milan-based Mediaset, Italy's foremost private media company, recently completed an important facelift to its headquarters, the dominating element of which is the impressive, ventilated curved facade with laminated safety glass using DuPont SentryGlas interlayer

26 Jan 2009

New Paint to Block Wireless Computer Networks and Provide Additional Electronic Security

Japanese researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed a paint that can block Wi-Fi signals and make computer networks more secure. A report in The New Scientist says that the paint contains aluminium-iron o...

26 Jan 2009

Homeowners Consumer Center Investigating the Use of Chinese Made Sheet Rock or Dry Wall

Americas Watchdog's Homeowners Consumer Center is launching a nationwide investigation into U.S. homebuilders using Chinese made sheet rock or dry wall in new home construction in 2005 and 2006. The group has numerou...

26 Jan 2009