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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

Ferro Taking Action to Rationalize Manufacturing and Expenses Including Deleting Some Product Lines

Ferro Corporation announced today that it is taking additional actions to rationalize manufacturing and reduce expenses worldwide. Brazil Manufacturing Restructuring The Company announced it will discontinue manufa...

23 Jun 2008

Wavin Expects Plastic Pipe Market to Grow

Wavin N.V., Europe’s leading supplier of plastic pipe systems and solutions, expects revenues in the first half year of 2008 to grow approximately 1% to around EUR 835 million (H1 2007: EUR 824 million). On a like ...

23 Jun 2008

Norwegian National Opera Building Opened Including Massive LED Chandelier

The Norwegian National Opera was ceremoniously opened on the 12th of April 2008 after a five-year construction period. The highlight of the impressive structure is a huge chandelier - the largest in Norway. A total of 1,...

20 Jun 2008

2008 Green Log Environmental Award for Green Building Materials Goes to Durisol Building Systems

Durisol Building Systems was awarded the 2008 Green Log Award in recognition of the important role the Durisol Wall Form System can play in reducing waste and increasing energy efficiency when building homes and commercial buildings

19 Jun 2008

Civil Engineering Students Drawn to Concrete Canoe Competition

The National Concrete Canoe Competition tests competitors' knowledge and ingenuity as they work to overcome the challenge of building a canoe out of concrete that is able to both float and race

19 Jun 2008

What White and Second Generation Asian British Women Want in a Home

The focus in housing policy on increasing housing supply, improving existing neighbourhoods, managing community relations, and offering more consumer choice make it important to understand how people make decisions about...

19 Jun 2008

Green Log Home and Lifestyle Awards Announces Eco-Social Winners

Demonstrating the best ways to live green, a non-profit organization in Idaho believes it has found the award-winning formula to "building a healthier tomorrow one home at a time." Over the past five months,...

19 Jun 2008

Upnor Closes Divestment of Infrastructure Business

Uponor has today closed the deal, announced on 9 May 2008, concerning the divestment of its UK and Irish infrastructure business to 3i, Europe's leading mid-market private equity company, and funds managed by 3i. ...

19 Jun 2008

Making Solar Energy Cheaper and Easier to Install With IBM

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co and IBM are collaborating to establish new, low-cost methods for bringing the next generation of solar energy products to market -- products that will be more affordable and easier to install than tho...

18 Jun 2008

Study Shows the Relationship Between Broken Windows and Social Disorder

Recent article examines the relationships between visible disorder (broken windows, graffiti, trash, etc.), community attitudes and the role of the police in maintaining social order

18 Jun 2008