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Bailout Bill Solar Tax Credits Applauded by Advanced Roofing

Advanced Roofing expects to grow the solar segment of its roofing business to match, in dollars earned, its roofing business. That scenario is even more likely after President Bush signed the Emergency Economic Stabiliza...

14 Oct 2008

World Toilet Summit and Expo to be Held in Macau

Health and sanitation experts from around the world are expected to discuss new ways to provide safe and hygienic toilets for the world's population at the ninth annual World Toilet Summit

14 Oct 2008

Pink Panther Says to Insulate and Save Energy

Armed with survey results revealing public misperceptions about energy use, The Pink Panther, Chief Energy Officer at Owens Corning, today broke his decades of silence to focus national attention on the massive amount of energy used to heat and cool buildings

13 Oct 2008

Innovation 2008 Conference Explores Progress in Race for High Tech and Cost Effective Zero Energy Buildings

Architectural Record welcomed a record number of 380 architects, engineers, scientists and students to Innovation 2008: The Net-Zero Energy Buildings Conference at the McGraw-Hill Headquarters in New York this week on Oc...

13 Oct 2008

Construction Begins on Binghamton University's New Engineering and Science Facility

Binghamton University, State University of New York, today launched construction of its new Engineering and Science building in a ceremony attended by elected officials, local leaders and University representatives. The facility will be located next to the Biotechnology Building, which is part of the University’s Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC)

13 Oct 2008

Compact Fluorescent Light Globes May Emit High Levels of UV Radiation

New research by the Health Protection Agency has shown that some energy saving compact fluorescent lights can emit ultraviolet radiation at levels that, under certain conditions of use, can result in exposures higher than guideline levels

13 Oct 2008

Homeowner Remodelling On the Decline

According to the Remodelormove.com fall 2008 Remodeling Sentiment Report, an online publication of ABCD Publishing LLC, the amount of equity homeowners have is influencing their remodeling plans. Homeowners participat...

13 Oct 2008

SafePath Products Leaves Footprint on the Green Building Industry

In the United States, construction accounts for 30% of raw material consumption, making the shift towards sustainable construction practices an exciting time in "green" building. Quite literally shaping the pat...

13 Oct 2008

Blocked Drain Hazard of Halloween and Pumpkin Pulp Disposal

Carving jack-o'-lanterns is a fun Halloween tradition, but pumpkin pulp is no treat for your plumbing. The trick to keeping drains unclogged is to avoid putting the pulp down the garbage disposal

13 Oct 2008

Arnold Schwarzenegger Dedicates Solar Power Array in Applied Materials Parking Lot

Today California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dedicated the 2 megawatt solar power system at the Applied Materials campus in Sunnyvale, California, one of the largest corporate solar power installations in the United States. The Governor praised Applied's work in the solar industry after viewing the extensive parking lot-based solar array as well as a demonstration of the company's thin film solar technology

10 Oct 2008

Rural Housing Shortages Tackled By New Plan

New powers to help keep homes affordable for communities in rural areas were set out today as Housing Minister Iain Wright launched two consultations. Under the proposed new powers, rural communities with severe housi...

9 Oct 2008

BRE Licences BBA To Provide Environmental Profiles Certification for Building Materials

BRE Global have signed a licence agreement with the British Board of Agrément (BBA) to provide Environmental Profiles certification for construction product manufacturers

9 Oct 2008

Nanotechnology Boost for Christmas Lights

Holiday Creations/Diogen Lighting, Inc. and Evident Technologies, Inc. today announced the signing of an exclusive licensing and purchase agreement to enable a new type of LED to be commercialized in the seasonal light s...

9 Oct 2008

Safer Buildings on the Way After World Trade Center Investigation

Future buildings—especially tall structures—should be increasingly resistant to fire, more easily evacuated in emergencies, and safer overall thanks to 23 major and far-reaching building and fire code changes...

8 Oct 2008

New Test Method for Fireproofing Material, the Baked Slug

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have developed a technique for measuring a key thermal property of fire-resistive materials at high temperatures

8 Oct 2008