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Kalzip Updates Website for Metal Building Envelope Clients

Kalzip has launched an upgraded, fully integrated single website, www.kalzip.com, to meet the latest requirements of its international customer base. The new site boasts superior product and technicalcontent together wit...

30 May 2008

LEED Certification for Boston Scientific Corporation Headquarters

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced it has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the renovation of its Endosurgery Headquarters loc...

30 May 2008

Carpet Technology from Dow Helping With Assisted Living Facilities

By the year 2020, approximately 12 million Americans will need long-term care, according to the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. With the rise in long-term care comes a demand for products and te...

30 May 2008

Citi Gets LEED Precertification for Retail Commercial Building Interior

As part of its commitment to address global climate change, Citi announced that it is the first company to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) pre-certification for a retail commercial interior p...

30 May 2008

Metabo's Four-Piece Cordless 18-volt Combination Kit to Include SBZ 18 Hammer Drill

Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, has upgraded its four-piece, 18-volt cordless combination kit to include the SBZ 18 hammer drill/driver featuring lithium ion technology and offering a lighter weight for greater comfort and increased productivity

29 May 2008

Saint-Gobain Extending Presence in Solar Mirrors Market

Through its subsidiary La Veneciana de Saint-Gobain, the Flat Glass Sector of Saint-Gobain has decided to extend its presence on the solar mirrors market. The plant extension at Covilis (Portugal) will enable the Group t...

29 May 2008

Window Manufacturers Sign Strategic Alliance

Strategic alliance signed for the distribution of window profile manufacturing lines in project markets

29 May 2008

National Association of Home Builders Earns ENERGY STAR Designation for National Housing Center

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has earned its fourth ENERGY STAR designation for the National Housing Center, the downtown Washington, D.C. office building that serves as the association's headquart...

29 May 2008

Engineers Working to Make Asphlat Roads Green and Eco Friendly

For those hoping to create a greener world, our country's millions of miles of asphalt roads may seem like an odd place to seek solutions. Yet, it's precisely because asphalt is so common that we have much to gain from making it more eco-friendly, says University of Wisconsin-Madison civil engineering professor Hussain Bahia

28 May 2008

Green Lease for Concrete Company

CEMEX Inc., the nation's largest cement and ready-mix company, announced today that it has signed a lease for its U.S. headquarters in a building that will be constructed as one of the few green buildings in Houston,...

28 May 2008

Underwear Building Goes Clean and Green With New Sustainability Certification

Hanesbrands Inc., a leading marketer of innerwear, outerwear and hosiery apparel, today announced that it has earned the U.S. Green Building Council's sustainability certification for its Bentonville, Ark., sales office

28 May 2008

Strongest Ever Protections for English World Heritage Sites

The English nation's most important historical landmarks are to receive greater protection than ever before, Communities Minister Baroness Andrews announced today. The Government is taking action to protect all 17...

28 May 2008

Sandia National Laboratories and Kirtland Air Force Base Set to Get Wind Farm

Sandia National Laboratories and Kirtland Air Force Base may soon share a wind farm that will provide as much as one-third of the electricity used by the two entities

27 May 2008

Largest Silicon Thin Film Solar Photovoltaic Modules

Signet Solar, a manufacturer of silicon thin film photovoltaic (PV) modules, today, announced the fabrication of the industry’s first ever Gen 8.5 (5.7 m2) silicon thin film solar PV module at its new factory near ...

27 May 2008

Siemens Synco System Has Web Server so HVAC Installations Can be Controlled and Monitored From Anywhere in the World

The communications control center of the Siemens Synco system for the automatic control of HVAC installations now features an integrated web server. This enables installations to be operated and monitored at any time and...

27 May 2008