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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

Serious Materials Launches ThermaProof Energy-Saving Windows and Doors

Serious Materials today announced its new ThermaProof™ energy-saving windows. The new line of windows, for both commercial and residential construction, offer true, full-frame R-values of R-5 to R-11. These perform...

8 Oct 2008

Green Building Is Up While Rest of Building Market is Down

McGraw-Hill Construction, a part of The McGraw-Hill Companies, in partnership with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) National Green Building Program, today released the full update to its 2006 study with 2...

8 Oct 2008

New LED Smart Lighting Systems Can Also Transmit Wireless Computer Data

Researchers have developed efficient LED lights that also have data transmission capabilities built in

8 Oct 2008

State of the Art Green Design and Technology Incorporated into Building the Classroom of the Future

Architecture Involution LLC (Ai3) and Triumph Modular today announced the formal launch of the CASE 21 classroom solution -- a high-performance learning environment employing state-of-the-art green design, organizational...

8 Oct 2008

Saint-Gobain Launches New Range of Gap Fillers and Silico Sponge

The Composites Division of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation (SGPPL) showcased two of its newest offerings -- the ThermaCool(R) line of gap fillers, and the COHRlastic(R) R10400 M silicone sponge -- at the Na...

8 Oct 2008

Solyndra Announces Solar Panels for Commercial Rooftops

Solyndra, Inc. today announced a new solar photovoltaic (PV) system for the commercial rooftop market. Solyndra's PV system is designed to generate significantly more solar electricity on an annual basis from typical...

7 Oct 2008

Nakheel Tower in Dubai Set to Be World's Tallest Building at Over 1km High

Inspired by Islamic design and geometry, master developer Nakheel announced today that it is building Dubai's capital, Nakheel Harbour and Tower. At the core of the Nakheel Harbour & Tower development is a tower more than a kilometre high and the world's only inner city harbour.

7 Oct 2008

Pioneering Sustainable Development in Dubai

In a move that reflects the growing tide of environmental awareness around the world, leading regional developer, Tameer Holding, has announced the launch of its new, LEED-certified sustainable project in the heart of th...

7 Oct 2008

World's Largest LED Screen to Go On Outside of 33 Storey Dubai Building

Tameer Holding, has announced it will develop the world's largest LED screen and place it on the exterior of a building

7 Oct 2008

Latest Green Lighting Technologies on Display

A showcase of innovative and cost- effective "green" alternatives to traditional lighting is among the features in the latest edition of ElectricTV.net. A joint production of the National Electrical Contractors...

7 Oct 2008