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Green Builders' Homes Built to NAHB Green Building Standards

Green Builders, Inc., the leading large-scale community developer of green, sustainable homes in the Austin, Texas area, is pleased to announce each of its homes are built to the stringent Green Building standards set by...

14 Feb 2008

Environmental Concerns and Healthy Eating Set to Dominate Home Remodeling Key Trends in 2008

With the "green" movement leading the way, increasingly conscientious Americans also want to eat better, improve their home environment and escape to the great outdoors. Hundreds of new products highlighting th...

14 Feb 2008

Hampton Lake, Fraser Construction Honored by National Association of Homebuilders with 'Best in American Living Award'

Hampton Lake and Fraser Construction Company of Bluffton, SC received the 24th Annual "Best in American Living Award" (BALA) for the community's Lakeside Village. The BALA Awards (considered the "Os...

14 Feb 2008

New Range of Corian from Dupont Launched Allowing Builders to Create Stunning, Imaginative, Sensorial Environments

DuPont Corian launches the translucent Illumination Series. The Illumination Series, includes four new colors - Mint Ice, Strawberry Ice, Lime Ice and Glacier Ice.

14 Feb 2008

Space Shuttle Bed Brings Outer Space to Your Child's Bedroom

The shuttle is an incredible bunk bed, bed / loft or indoor playhouse. Consider your child's imagination after entering the cockpit through the side door or climbing up to the cargo bay on the attached ladder, for a day of adventure.

14 Feb 2008

Worker Death Prompts Call for Increased Trainee Supervision by Construction Companies

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today reminded companies to ensure that they pay attention to trainees' health and safety needs and that they are supervised properly. The warning came after three companies and ...

13 Feb 2008

Home Improvement Trends Switch to Value Adding and Monthly Savings

As the housing economy slows and energy costs accelerate, Americans are looking for home improvement projects that work to add value to their home and add to their monthly savings. In a national study conducted by Kelton...

13 Feb 2008

Refurbishment Sites Targeted by HSE in Bid to Stop Refurbishment Deaths

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) today warned the construction sector in Newcastle that they will be out in force carrying out spot checks on refurbishment projects to ensure that workers’ lives are not being ...

13 Feb 2008

Buildings Air Conditioned Using Nothing but Wind and Sun Combined with Great Design

A new approach to the cooling of buildings across the developing world that needs nothing but wind and sun to operate has been devised by engineers in India. Writing in the inaugural issue of Inderscience's Internati...

12 Feb 2008

Breakthrough in Solar Cell Efficiency

Semiconductor insights gained by engineering physics researchers at McMaster University for the telecommunications industry have led to a research breakthrough in the future development of high-efficiency solar cells. ...

12 Feb 2008

New Product for Repair and Sealing of Penetrations to a Certified Landfill Cap

AquaBlok Bentonite coated aggregate material maintains low permeability while providing ease of installation for vertical well casings and structural support as a pipe bedding for gas piping

12 Feb 2008

Energy Efficient Greener Heat Doormats Melt Snow and Ice for Safer Footing

Martinson-Nicholls' new Greener Heat™ doormats melt snow and ice at your door, on porches, decks, and around hot tubs. Measuring 36 x 39 inches, the heated doormat produces a 40 to 50 degree Fahrenheit rise in surface temperature over the ambient temperature, melting snow and ice 24/7.

12 Feb 2008

Tornado Protection Depends on Building Fasteners With Better Connected Homes Surviving Windstorms

The devastating tornadoes that recently stunned five states are a reminder of nature's power and unpredictability. But according to the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), houses in inland areas of the U...

12 Feb 2008

Delivering Real Improvements to People's Lives with New Deal for Communities

The UK Government's £2bn New Deal for Communities programme is delivering real improvements to people's lives, raising satisfaction, and bridging the gap between some our most deprived neighbourhoods and th...

12 Feb 2008

Dubai Palm With be Launched in Nov 2008 Along With Largest Beach Hotel Resort in Dubai The Atlantis

His highness sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum the ruler of Dubai Ordered Building Dubai palms to support the tourism industry increasing Dubai beaches by over 500 km doubling-up Dubai shoreline.

11 Feb 2008