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Do It Yourself Sustainable Spray Foam Insulation

SprayMax Industrial Coatings Inc. announces the launch of SoyThane, bio spray-in-place urethane foam made from regrowable or renewable alternative energy sources. The do-it-yourself spray foam insulation is the latest ad...

17 Jun 2008

ArcelorMittal to Buy Bayou Steel

ArcelorMittal, the world's largest and most global steel company, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Bayou Steel, a producer of structural steel products with facilities in LaPlace, Louisiana,...

17 Jun 2008

Skypoint Solar Launches Large Scale Solar Cell Manufacturing Plant

Today the launch of Skypoint Solar, Inc. was announced, a large-scale, solar panel manufacturing company, whose business model includes the creation of solar power parks for utility-scale electricity generation. The Comp...

16 Jun 2008

Atlanta Fence Company Provides Tips, Incentives and Design Guidance for Do It Yourself Fencers

In anticipation of expected growth in the DIY home improvement sector, metro Atlanta fence company, First Fence of Georgia, has enhanced its material sales programs by inventorying additional fence types and styles, incr...

16 Jun 2008

Going Green With Wood Floors

It seems that everywhere you turn these days, someone is claiming that their product is green. The problem is that many of these claims can be misleading, and environmentalists have coined a new term to describe this pro...

16 Jun 2008

Heat Resistant Paint Bringing Cooling Cost Savings of 20 Percent

Mayan Metzler and Yoel Piotraut, owners of MyHome LLC, have introduced two new products today as part of their ongoing efforts to make New Yorkers more energy efficient. The products, called CoolWall and SuperCote by TEX...

16 Jun 2008

Businesses Turning to Gazebos for Employee Break Areas as Smoking Bans Impact Workplaces

Workplaces nationwide are implementing smoke free policies in response to State and Local laws that prohibit smoking in the workplace. To help smoking employees cope with the changes, many businesses are installing gazeb...

16 Jun 2008

Green Building Trend Still Increasing

Green building continues to gain momentum as it demonstrates numerous opportunities to improve the impacts of buildings on the environment and health. To acknowledge this growing trend and EPA's expanded role in it, ...

16 Jun 2008

Strategy Released for Improving the Productivity, Efficiency and Sustainability of the UK Construction Sector

New targets to improve the productivity, efficiency and sustainability of the UK’s construction sector were unveiled by the Government and industry today. Business Minister Shriti Vadera launched the joint indus...

13 Jun 2008

ARXX and American PolySteel Merge to Expand and Provide Greater Range of Insulating Concrete Form Solutions to the Residential, Commercial and Institutional Building Markets

ARXX® Corporation, a leading provider of green building envelope solutions, announced today its merger with American PolySteel®, LLC. With the addition of PolySteel, ARXX will be able to expand into new marke...

13 Jun 2008

Hilton Hotel Makes History by Going Green

The Hilton Vancouver, Washington, one of America's first sustainably-designed hotels, makes history again this month as the first hotel in the world to earn both Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) a...

13 Jun 2008

Dow Take Over of Stevens Roofing Systems

Dow Building Solutions (DBS), a market-facing business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Stevens® Roofing Systems and Geomembrane Systems, a business of JPS ...

12 Jun 2008

Flexible Solar Cells Set to Change the Way Buildings Use and Distibute Energy

Sheila Kennedy, an expert in the integration of solar cell technology in architecture who is now at MIT, creates designs for flexible photovoltaic materials that may change the way buildings receive and distribute energy...

12 Jun 2008

Liberty Station Building Begun With Eyes on LEED Certification

The Corky McMillin Companies recently broke ground on a 104,397 square foot Class A office building in the 360-acre Liberty Station mixed-use development. The three-story structure is designed to achieve a Leadership in ...

12 Jun 2008

ISO 15392 2008 Standard Laid Down for Sustainability Principles for the Worldwide Building Construction Sector

The new standard establishes internationally recognized principles for sustainability in building construction. It thus provides a common basis for communication between stakeholders such as builders and architects, prod...

12 Jun 2008