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High Humidity Ventilation and Daylight Solutions from Solar Innovations

Solar Innovations, Inc. a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial skylight, greenhouses, conservatories, sunrooms, folding and sliding glass doors, walls, windows, and screens, provides options for daylighting and ventilation in high moisture areas.

6 May 2008

Builders to Have Environmental and Sustainable Practices Assessed for Green Ranking

The environmental and sustainable practices of the United States' largest publicly traded homebuilders will be ranked in a major new report to be released at 1:30 p.m. EDT on May 6, 2008 by the mutual fund company Ca...

6 May 2008

High Performance Polyurethane Backed Hospitality Carpet

Carpet in a hospitality setting is one of the building’s most important design elements. Besides adding to the overall style of the space, it can also add to the comfort of guests and the bottom line of facility ow...

5 May 2008

Recycled Plastic Bricks and Cement Free Polymer Concrete Building Materials

Recycling has been around for ages, but it wasn't until the 1970s that drop-off recycling centres emerged, and the late 1980s that doorstep collection began. While the existing recycling process is crucial to dealing...

5 May 2008

Eco House to be Drawcard Attraction at Grand Designs Live in London

Londoners will have another chance to learn how to make their homes greener as the London Development Agency’s eco-house will be one of the main attractions at this year’s Grand Designs Live at Excel. No 1...

5 May 2008

Eco Shower Fittings Save up to 75% of Water Normally Used When Showering

Mira Showers has launched a new range of Eco shower fittings which can save up to 75% of the water normally used when showering - so you can go green whilst keeping clean!

5 May 2008

Sashco Sealants Nominated for GREEN LOG Home and Lifestyle Awards

Sashco Sealants, a Colorado based manufacturer of coatings and sealants, has been nominated within the category of stains and finishes for the 2008 GREEN LOG Home & Lifestyle Awards. Sashco Sealants specializes in...

2 May 2008

New Website for Nanostructured Steel Company

The NanoSteel Company, a leader in nanostructured steel alloy surface technologies for industrial applications, announces the re-launch of its web site, http://www.nanosteelco.com/, which features a new design, easier na...

2 May 2008

DuPont Promotes Products at International Builders Show

At the recent International Builders Show (IBS) in Orlando, Florida, DuPont Building Innovations promoted new product launched to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Tom Schuler, vice president and general manager -- Building Innovations, met with David Rogers, deputy assistant secretary for energy efficiency at the DOE, to discuss DuPont's current and future offerings.

2 May 2008

Innovative Off Site Roofing System to be Used on New Campus Roof

Corus Kalzip has won a £500,000 contract to supply 4,925 sq. metres of Hi-Point – Corus’ innovative off-site roofing system – to provide new, state-of-the-art campus buildings for students attending Mid-Kent College in Medway, Gillingham

1 May 2008

Ideal Homes Eco-House Features Corus Superdeck and Trimapanel

Corus Panels and Profiles composite panel roofing and wall systems – Superdeck® and Trimapanel®– have contributed to the construction of the Ideal Homes Eco-House which formed the central attraction a...

1 May 2008

Corus and The London Festival of Architecture Announce Signature Pavillion Design Commission

Corus and The London Festival of Architecture have today announced the appointment of Tonkin Liu to design a signature pavilion that will be showcased at this year's festival (20 June – 20 July 2008). Taking...

1 May 2008

Shortlist Announced for 2008 Structural Steel Design Awards

Corus and the BCSA have today announced a shortlist of 24 projects for the 2008 Structural Steel Design Awards (SSDA). This year’s shortlisted projects come from around the UK and as far afield as Barbados, and ref...

1 May 2008

DuPont Exhibits Corian at Afribuild in South Africa

DuPont Africa recently participated in Afribuild -- one of the leading construction exhibitions for customers, planners, designers, architects, surveyors, geologists, builders, constructors and general contractors -- in Johannesburg, South Africa.

1 May 2008

Construction Report Says New Developments Lack Imagination and Needs the Creative, Lateral Thinking of Artists

Too much development today lacks imagination and needs the creative, lateral thinking of artists, according to a new report from CABE and Arts & Business. Artists & Places explores how involving artists in reg...

1 May 2008