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Corgan The First Architectural Firm in Texas Construct Own LEED Certified Building

Corgan Associates, Inc., one of the 10 largest U.S. based architectural firms focused exclusively on design, has been officially awarded LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its new he...

4 Jun 2008

Cabot Nanogel TLD201 Matting Agent for High Performance, Ultra-Low Gloss or Thermally Insulative Coatings

Cabot Corporation's Aerogel business will introduce Nanogel(R) aerogel TLD201, a new matting agent consisting of fine particle aerogel material, at the 2008 American Coatings Show, June 3-5, at the Charlotte Conventi...

3 Jun 2008

Folding Glass Wall Systems and Bi-Fold Doors Introduced by Solar Innovations

Solar Innovations, Inc., a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial greenhouses, conservatories, skylights, sunrooms, folding and sliding glass doors, walls, windows, and screens, introduces the addition of fold...

3 Jun 2008

The Science of Clean Technologies and Sustainability to be Showcased by the A to Z of CleanTech website, AZoCleanTech

AZoBuild has a new sister site in the AZoNetwork stable with the launch of AZoCleantech.com.AZoCleanTech.com is an online knowledge base to provide the global clean technology, science, design and engineering community with a continuously updating resource for all the information they need to make an informed decision on selecting a "Clean Technology" solution

2 Jun 2008

Award For Green Website

Greenworks, a sister company to Jewson, the UK's leading supplier of timber and building materials, has scooped a Bronze award for its B2B business website at the Horizon Interactive Awards 2008. The prestigious i...

2 Jun 2008

New Guide Ensures Sectional Overhead Doors are Fully Compliant With European Standards

A valuable guide to help specifiers choose sectional overhead doors that are fully compliant with the latest European product standards has been published by the Door and Hardware Federation (DHF). The guide, download...

2 Jun 2008

Manufacturing Agreement for Lightweight Retaining Wall System

Millenia Wall Solutions, developer of a revolutionary new retaining wall system, and Structural Plastics Group (SPG), a full-service molder of structural foam and injection molded plastic products, announced that they have entered into a manufacturing agreement

2 Jun 2008

Mitsubishi Electric Heating Division Picks Up Sustainability Award for Ecodan Low Carbon Heating Product

Mitsubishi Electric’s unique low carbon heating system has secured recognition for its carbon saving potential at the Environmental and Sustainability Awards 2008

2 Jun 2008

Solar Piling Light For Marine Market from American Solar

American Solar Products announces the introduction of their new Solar Piling Light for the marine market. Employing the latest in solar power technology, our Solar Piling Light offers marina and boat owners an attractive, cost effective lighting solution for their decorative lighting needs

2 Jun 2008

Samco Now Offering New Rollforming Products Including Roof Tile Rollforming Lines, Trapezoidal

Samco Machinery proudly adds new rollforming products after their alliance with Formia Technology Group, out of Jyvaskyla, Finland. Samco now offers advanced roof tile technology including Roof Tile Rollforming Lines, Tr...

2 Jun 2008

Watts Water Acquires Stainless Steel Drainage Company, Blumcher Metal

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. announced today that it completed the acquisition of Blücher Metal A/S in a share purchase transaction. Blücher Metal A/S is a leading provider of stainless steel drainage sys...

2 Jun 2008

Thin Film Solar Cells is a Booming Market Segment

Spectacular growth is seen in thin-film solar cellsthroughout the world. By 2010, its market share is expected to have grown to 20% from the present 8%. According to Martin Roscheisen, CEO of Nanosolar, ‘the fu...

2 Jun 2008

Celcon Thin Joint System Provides Major Savings on NHS Project

Contractor Balfour Beatty has made substantial savings on a £6.4m Child Development Centre in Hackney, East London by using the Celcon Thin-Joint System from H+H UK

30 May 2008

Construction Waste Savings for Builders

A new online resource developed by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) enables construction clients, designers and contractors to reduce waste to landfill by more accurately identifying where efforts should be ...

30 May 2008

New Manufacturing Process for Plastic Solar Panels from Bandera

Bandera Spa is an international leader, based in Italy, specialized in designing and manufacturing complete plastic extrusion lines. Bandera has created a Nanotechnology division with the goal to implement nanotechnol...

30 May 2008