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Winter Help is at Hand with Comparison Shopping for Snow Blowers

SnowBlowersDirect.com launched a new comparison tool to help shoppers compare snow blower features side-by-side. The online superstore carries dozens of snow blowers models. With so many options available, customers n...

10 Dec 2007

Waterproof Membranes Conference to Cover all Types of Membrane Material from Polymer Modified Bitumen to the Latest Thermoplastic Elastomers

Delegates to the AMI conference, Waterproof Membranes 2007, appreciated the range of discussion topics, covering all types of membrane material from polymer modified bitumen to the latest thermoplastic elastomers. There ...

10 Dec 2007

Adjustable Crescent Wrench Turns One Hundred

Cooper Hand Tools, a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd., is the manufacturer of the Crescent(R) brand of adjustable wrenches and other hand tools. The Company is celebrating the 100 year anniversary of both the Crescent...

7 Dec 2007

New Timer Allows Programming Lights Outside and In

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives (OLP), a world leader in outdoor residential lighting systems, has introduced a Lighting Control Automation or LCA timer using Universal Powerline Bus (UPB) technology that can be used to co...

7 Dec 2007

Health and Safety Myth of the Month Calendar

A great health and safety myths calendar 2008 has been released by HSE as a compilation of HSE's Myth of the Month cartoons. The amusing myth cartoons in the calendar highlight how ridiculous most of the so-called...

7 Dec 2007

Alcoa Foundation Helps Fund Brad Pitt's ''Make It Right'' Project to Build Green Affordable Housing in New Orleans

Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation have announced support for Brad Pitt’s “Make It Right” (MIR) project to build green affordable housing on a large scale to help victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Lo...

7 Dec 2007

Next Generation Foaming Agent from Dow Means Styrofoam Without Ozone and Greenhouse Problems

Dow Building Solutions announced today that it has developed a next-generation foaming agent technology that will allow it to manufacture STYROFOAM™ R5/inch insulation with a zero ozone-depletion factor and cut its...

7 Dec 2007

SSOE Research and White Paper Promotes Cross Industry Best Practices on Sustainability

SSOE, one of the nation’s largest architecture and engineering firms, recently conducted a national survey of companies regarding their sustainability goals and initiatives. In response to these survey findings, SS...

6 Dec 2007

Sustainable Living Eco-Hostel Designs and Models Unveiled

After receiving an Exclusive Right to Negotiate on three acres of the City's waterfront, The Humboldt Bay Center for Sustainable Living (HBCSL) is hosting a public unveiling of site and building designs for the water...

6 Dec 2007

Stained Concrete Flooring Being Searched Out for its Green Benefits and Design

ConcreteNetwork.com recorded over 3 million unique page views for stained concrete flooring information since January 2007. These statistics include a growing number of consumers researching the green benefits and design...

6 Dec 2007

Design and Build Engineering Services Firm WPCS Selected for World Trade Center Project

WPCS International Incorporated, a leader in design-build engineering services for specialty communication systems and wireless infrastructure, has announced that, through its Heinz Corporation subsidiary, it has been se...

6 Dec 2007

Nominations for 2008 America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places List Being Accepted by National Trust

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is accepting nominations for its 2008 America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list. The list is issued annually to raise awareness of historic sites at risk from negl...

6 Dec 2007

Green Energy Award Given for Thin Film Solar Electricity Generation

Applied Materials, Inc. today announced it was named Green Energy Innovator of the Year for its pioneering work on the Applied SunFab Thin Film Line, at a gala presenting the prestigious 9th Annual Platts Global Energy A...

5 Dec 2007

Rigid Polyurethane Foam Providing Highly Efficient Thermal Insulation for Cooling Pipes in Dubai Desert Shopping Mall

Construction projects in Dubai have been breaking records for years. New buildings are springing up against the backdrop of countless cranes. This rapid expansion of the infrastructure has fuelled an increased demand for...

5 Dec 2007

CAST Lighting 'Master Series' Landscape Lighting Transformers are Now Equipped with a New Soft Start Technology

CAST Lighting announced today the incorporation of soft-start technology into their professional line of 'Master Series'® landscape lighting transformers. The new exclusive patent-pending feature, No-Surge&tr...

5 Dec 2007