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LED Lighting Market Experiences Large Growth with LEDs Expected to be Common in Offices, Parking Garages and Residential Outdoor Applications by End 2008

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED solid-state lighting components, announces the results of an independent survey on the adoption, deployment and benefits of LED lighting. The survey, taken at the recent 2007 Hong Kong ...

1 Feb 2008

Larger More Efficient Solar Cells Made Possible with Radiant Heating Platens

Isopad has introduced new radiant heating platens which make it possible to produce larger more energy efficient phtovoltaics.

31 Jan 2008

Downward Trends in the Housing Market Backed Up by Falls in House Prices

House prices in England and Wales dropped by 0.4 per cent in December, taking the average price to £184,469, according to the latest figures from Land Registry. It is the first fall for England and Wales since A...

31 Jan 2008

Construction Professionals Go Back to School with Mass Education for Builders in Green Building Program

As members of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) prepare for the launch of the NAHB National Green Building Program, they're planning on getting educated - in droves. Those attending the Internationa...

31 Jan 2008

Speciality Windows Released by Solar Innovations

Solar Innovations, Inc., a custom manufacturer of residential and commercial folding and sliding glass doors, walls, windows, and screens, conservatories, greenhouses, and sunrooms, announces the release of two new speci...

31 Jan 2008

English House Condition Survey Released

The English House Condition Survey (EHCS) is a long standing survey (run since 1967) that monitors the changing condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. The 2006 English House Condition Survey Headline Repo...

31 Jan 2008

Solar Powered Home to be Built By Rice University with Government Backing from the Department of Energy

Rice University was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as one of 20 university-led teams to compete in the fourth Solar Decathlon, which will be held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in the fall of ...

30 Jan 2008

College of Architecture and Design Kicks Off Spring Semester Lecture Series

The College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has invited several nationally and internationally prominent architects, designers, historians and theorists to present their work as part...

30 Jan 2008

Web Site Helps Determine the Parking Garage You Should Build

Carl Walker Construction, experts in parking garage construction, repair, and waterproofing and design build, unveiled its completely new corporate website today. Designed as an information resource for current and poten...

30 Jan 2008

Green Mountain Energy Company's BeGreen Division Helps Clinton Presidential Center Achieve LEED Platinum Certification Through Renewable Energy Purchase

While the William J. Clinton Presidential Center has earned a reputation as the gold standard in environmentally friendly design, the Little Rock, Ark., structure has added a new designation -- the Platinum rating for it...

30 Jan 2008

Free Safety Workshop for Contractors

The Mid-Michigan Damage Prevention Association will host its third-annual Contractors' Workshop Tues., Feb. 5, at the Comfort Inn, 2424 S. Mission St., Mt. Pleasant. The half-day event will cover safety issues of ...

30 Jan 2008

Generating Electricity by Harnessing the Energy in Rain Drops

Here’s something residents of cloudy Northern Europe should appreciate: a way of using rain to generate power. Jean-Jacques Chaillout and colleagues at the atomic energy commission (cea) in Grenoble, France, hav...

30 Jan 2008

Green Inside, Intel Becomes Largest Purchaser of Green Power and Vows to Drive for Greater Efficiency While Spurring Growth in Renewable Market

Intel Corporation said today it will purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates as part of a multi-faceted approach to reduce its impact on the environment, making Intel the sin...

30 Jan 2008

Plasterboard Recycling Facility Gets Funding from WRAP

The allocation of nearly £65,000 of funding from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) to a Rotherham plasterboard recycling operation, will enable the major facility to process an additional 85,000 tonnes ...

29 Jan 2008

English Master Furniture Maker Takes His Craft to Japan

English Master Craftsman David Savage is invited by Kodansha Publishers to assist them in launch of their new book on the importance of hand skills to a modern world. When he is not jet setting you could join David at his Studios in Devon England on one week Masterclasses.

29 Jan 2008