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New Paint That Can Maintain and Clean Itself

Imagine the exterior of your house always looking good, without cleaning or giving it a new coat of paint. This is now possible with paint that can maintain itself and get rid of accumulated dirt on its own. A proces...

26 Nov 2008

Readily Available, Cheap Solar Cells You Can Hang Like a Poster On Your Wall

Currently, solar cells are difficult to handle, expensive to purchase and complicated to install. The hope is that consumers will one day be able to buy solar cells from their local hardware store and simply hang them li...

26 Nov 2008

Architects I.M. Pei and his Son Team Up to Create The Centurion

L.C. (Sandi) Pei, design partner of Pei Partnership Architects, is joined by his legendary father I.M. Pei, in designing their first ground-up residential condominium building, The Centurion. The Centurion by Pei Partner...

25 Nov 2008

Ease in Pressure on Construction Pricing

Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, today announced that the Fourth Quarter 2008 Turner Building Cost Index, which projects domestic commercial building construction costs, remains unch...

25 Nov 2008

High Strength, Low Weight Concrete Replacement Material Made from Waste Fly Ash

Each year, coal-burning power plants, steel factories and similar facilities in the United States produce more than 125 million tons of waste, much of it fly ash and bottom ash left over from combustion. Mulalo Doyoyo has plans for that material

25 Nov 2008

Ambitious Plan to Take Los Angeles Solar

Solar LA, the country’s largest solar power plan, has been unveiled which will jumpstart the green economy in Los Angeles with the installation of 1.3 gigawatts of solar power

25 Nov 2008

Hot Water Temperature Controllers Installed in Glasgow Schools

In a major schools investment programme, City Building (Glasgow) LLP is currently building 16 new primary schools in Glasgow and each is to have its hot water services supplied through a heat-traced single pipe system using Raychem HWAT self-regulating heating cables

25 Nov 2008

Building of the Future Opens to the Public

November 5, 2008 saw the inauguration of an unusual building, inHaus2. For about one-and-a-half years, this building has been the subject of research and development concerning intelligent construction, new materials and...

24 Nov 2008

Environmentally Friendly Construction Material, Sustainable Garden Roofs

Spanish research study has tested different combinations of supports and indigenous plants to determine which are the best for reducing energy consumption inside buildings. This type of roof is a "rurban", sust...

24 Nov 2008

Information Technology Building Goes Green

The Buck Institute for Age Research has received LEED® for Commercial Interiors Silver certification for a build out of new laboratory space, including an Innovation in Design Credit for Information Technology Infras...

24 Nov 2008

Nanoparticle Battered Polymers Can Be Used for Self Healing Paints and Packaging

Research chemists at the University of Warwick have devised an elegant process which simply and cheaply covers small particles of polymer with a layer of silica-based nanoparticles

24 Nov 2008

New Universal Wiring Bracket from Linear for Easy Wire Management and Installation

To help home theater installers and contractors tame central wiring systems, Linear LLC, a market leader in home technology solutions for security, communications, and entertainment for over four decades, has developed t...

24 Nov 2008

Packaging and Seals Company, Beldam Burgmann, Helps to Stop Forth Bridge Collapsing

Beldam Burgmann, the UK's leading packing and static seals specialist, has completed work on an innovative contract on the Forth Bridge, developing a bespoke sealing which will help protect the bridge's cable for many years to come

24 Nov 2008

Details Revealed of Ambitious Steam Autoclaving Plant at Derwenthaugh EcoParc

The Derwenthaugh EcoParc and its recycling plant will be one of the first of its type in the UK.

Autoclaving is now emerging as a main alternative to incineration for the treatment of waste. Glasgow City Council recently made a major announcement on its future waste strategy that will fully embrace this technology

24 Nov 2008