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Award for Acoustic Wall Panels

Religious Product News magazine recognizes the AlphaSorb acoustical wall panels, by Acoustical Solutions, Inc., of Richmond Virginia, for their innovation and ability to help churches operate their facilities more effectively and efficiently

22 Dec 2008

Siemens Installs Turnkey Solar Plant on Roof of X-Ray Manufacturing Plant

Siemens Energy has installed a turnkey photovoltaic (PV) plant on the roof of the Siemens Healthcare x-ray systems manufacturing plant in Forchheim. After a planning and construction time of less than three months, the u...

22 Dec 2008

Fastest Elevators in Italy Ordered for Government Building

ThyssenKrupp Elevator has won a contract to supply exclusively 27 passenger elevators and five platform lifts for the new Lombardy regional government headquarters in Milan. Consisting of five sections, the complex wi...

21 Dec 2008

Geothermal Heating Used for Air Force Base

Geothermal heating has been used since the time of the Romans as a way of heating buildings, and now it has come to Minot Air Force Base

21 Dec 2008

New Cables, Lights and Fire Detection System for Edinburgh Cathedral

Pyrotenax mineral-insulated (Pyro MI) cables have been employed at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh in a programme of interior works which included the installation of new interior lighting, bespoke chandeliers and a fire detection system

21 Dec 2008

PPG Publishes Sustainable Building Products Brochure

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) has published EcoLogical Building Solutions, a new brochure highlighting its sustainable architectural glass, coatings and paint products. Featured products include: Solarban solar cont...

17 Dec 2008

Increasing Bridge Safety With Energy Harnessing Radios

If changing the batteries in the remote control or smoke detector seems like a chore, imagine having to change hundreds of batteries in sensors scattered across a busy bridge

17 Dec 2008

Concrete Buster Technology Awarded for Search and Rescue Missions

Move over, drills, saws, and jackhammers. Now there's something much faster for search-and-rescue missions. And, Homeland Security's new Concrete Buster just won a technology Best-of-the-Year Award from Popular Science

17 Dec 2008

BASF Construction Chemicals Acquires Concrete Admixture Company

BASF Construction Chemicals (China) Co., Ltd. announced that it has acquired the concrete admixture business of Kejie Admixture Science Technology Co

17 Dec 2008

Guidebook Shows Architects, Planners, Urban Designers and Developers how to Redesign and Redevelop Existing Suburbs

Guidebook shows how development in existing suburbs can absorb new growth and evolve in relation to changed demographic, technological, and economic condition

15 Dec 2008

Free Guide to Flooring Slip Tests Makes Flooring Safer

CERAM has published its free Guide to Slip Resistance Tests, which is available to download

14 Dec 2008

Laser Scanner Used to Evaluate Structural Integrity of Centuries Old Walls

Researchers from the University of Salamanca used a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) to evaluate the structural condition of the city walls of Ávila

14 Dec 2008

House Designers Have Launched ENERGY STAR Approved House Plans

The House Designers (THD) and ENERGY STAR have partnered to offer consumers an exclusive collection of Green House Plans. Their newly launched ENERGY STAR House Plan website, features green designs from The House Designe...

14 Dec 2008

New 'Weathertight Durable Roof Underlay' Roofing Material Launched

Techtex, the fastest growing privately-owned non woven textile company in the UK, has launched a new product called 'Weathertight Durable Roof Underlay.' Based in Manchester, in the UK Techtex has launched th...

14 Dec 2008

Construction Marketing Award for Glass Office Partitioning Specialist, Optima Systems

The advanced drywall and office partitioning supplier triumphed at the Construction Marketing Awards 2008, taking home the coveted prize for Best Use of a Website. Optima Systems beat off stiff competition from four o...

11 Dec 2008