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Lamina Lighting Introduces LED Replacement Lamp in a Range of Colours

Lamina Lighting Incorporated, the world leader in the development and manufacturer of high-power LED light engines, today announced immediate availability of their highly popular LED-based replacement lamp

25 Jun 2008

Saint Gobain to Build New Flat Glass Plant in India

To meet the increasing demand of its Indian customers, Saint-Gobain has announced plans to build a new flat glass plant in this country

25 Jun 2008

New DuPont Technical Center Partially Solar Powered

DuPont Microcircuit Materials, part of DuPont Electronic Technologies, recently celebrated the opening of a new technical center in Taoyuan, Taiwan. Powered in part by a 4.25 kilowatt solar panel, the center provides research, development and technical support for its customers in the photovoltaic (PV) solar energy industry who use DuPont Solamet thick film metallization pastes

25 Jun 2008

Australia Opens It's Doors to Sustainable Housing

As part of the 7th annual Sustainable House Day, homes across the country will open so others can learn and experience the benefits of all aspects of sustainable living. And what’s more, these houses appear normal ...

24 Jun 2008

NABCO Etched Glass Doors Add Impact and Elegance to Entranceways

NABCO Entrances is now offering custom etched glass on its Gyro Tech(r) Whisper Slider series of automatic doors. For this application, your logo or other message is sand blasted into the glass adding elegance to your en...

24 Jun 2008

Next Generation Prisons to Feature Anti-climb Rainwater Down Pipes, Fascias and Steel Ceilings

The prison crisis is creating an urgent demand to expand accommodation that is giving rise to innovations in building techniques. The Ministry of Justice, working with steel framed building specialist Britspace, has developed a speedily erected modular cell building that is fabricated off-site. Key components from Guttermaster include concealed gutters, deeply overhanging fascias to eaves and verges, heavy-duty steel ceilings and un-climbable rainwater down pipes

24 Jun 2008

Stirling Aiming to Become the UK's First Carbon Neutral City

Stirling is aiming to become the UK's first carbon neutral city thanks to £1.25m in funding from the Big Lottery Fund and the Scottish Government to the community led Going Carbon Neutral Stirling (GCNS) project

24 Jun 2008

UK Government Plans for Better Protecting Property from Flooding

Details of Government plans to assist individuals and businesses to better protect their property from the impacts of flooding have been outlined by the Environment Secretary today. Visiting a flood affected neighbour...

24 Jun 2008

Chinese Government to Sponsor a High Level Showcase for Green Building and Infrastructure Products

China Eco Expo, in partnership with China’s Ministry of Construction will present the International Green Building/Green Cities Expo in Beijing next Spring. The Expo will be the featured attraction of the 14th a...

24 Jun 2008

Clean Drinking Water For Every House in Indian Village

Through their Water for the World initiative Borouge and Borealis, leading providers of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, are helping the State of Maharashtra in India to supply drinking water 24 hours per day, seven days a week to the residents of Malkapur village, 400km south of Mumbai

24 Jun 2008

Solatube Tubular Daylighting Devices to Light Up Olympic Gymnastics

As China set out to create the first-ever "Green Olympics," designers turned to Solatube International Inc., the worldwide leading manufacturer and marketer of Tubular Daylighting Devices (TDDs) to provide natu...

23 Jun 2008

Lightweight Concrete Being Used for Green Roofs

Celcon aircrete, already known for helping to cut carbon emissions because of its excellent thermal insulation properties, is now being put to another green use

23 Jun 2008

Australian Push for Building Houses From Hemp

The Northen Star newspaper is reporting on Australian developments in building houses from ecologically sustainable hemp crops. They report that only need six to eight tonnes of hemp fibre is required to build a house. W...

23 Jun 2008

Expansion for Solarmatrix With Appointment of Midwest Window Film Distribution Partner

Solamatrix, Inc. is pleased to announce the expansion of their distribution network by signing Courage Distributing, LLC as the exclusive distributor for the Midwest region of the United States including Ohio, Indiana, I...

23 Jun 2008

Manufactured Homes From Ames Now Feature Ultimate Kitchens

The Ames Home Center has been in the manufactured home and construction business for 20 years, and was recently featured in the Kennebec Journal, the area daily newspaper, for its feature in the Maine Manufactured Housin...

23 Jun 2008