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First Net Zero Electric Energy Commercial Building in USA

Governor Jon S. Corzine and BPU President Jeanne M. Fox today recognized Ferriera Construction as the recipient of the 2007 New Jersey Clean Energy Leadership Award for Market Innovator for creating the nation's firs...

31 Oct 2007

Designing the Green Towns of the Future

Housing and Planning Minister Yvette Cooper today confirmed that an ideas competition would be run to develop and set the design standards for ten new eco-towns. She wants to engage the leading creative thinkers on archi...

31 Oct 2007

Housing Demand Expected to Turn Around in 2008

Though there appears to be no let-up to the current housing downswing, economists participating in the National Association of Home Builders Fall Construction Forecast Conference on Oct. 24 said they expect the industry ...

31 Oct 2007

Aggregate Demand for Construction Continues to Grow

The demand for aggregate in Scotland is forecast to grow by an average of 1.17% a year until 2018 with recycled and secondary aggregates taking a 20% market share by 2012, according to new research published by WRAP (Was...

31 Oct 2007

Insulated Render Transforms Previously Outdated, Cold and Damp Housing

Outdated, cold, damp housing stock throughout the UK is being given the insulated render treatment to transform it into warm, dry and visually appealing homes. Five such projects have been recognised by the Insulated Ren...

31 Oct 2007

Foamed Concrete With Recycled Raw Materials Just as Good as Regular Concrete

A new study published by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) provides further evidence that foamed concrete mixes using recycled and secondary aggregates offer comparable characteristics and levels of performan...

31 Oct 2007

American Clay Earth Plaster Introduces Recycling Program

Award-winning American Clay Enterprises returns to the Greenbuild International Expo to showcase its all-natural, eco-friendly earth plasters, and to announce the company's new recycling program. American Clay Earth ...

30 Oct 2007

BuildingAdvice System, Comfort and Energy Savings Diagnostics for Improved Building Performance

AirAdvice, Inc. has launched BuildingAdvice, the anticipated next generation in wireless building performance diagnostic systems. BuildingAdvice is a powerful, yet easy-to-use platform that offers a web-enabled system...

30 Oct 2007

Guide With Tips for Lifestyle Kitchen Design

Recognizing that every household has different needs when it comes to creating a kitchen, a leading cabinet company offers the new guide "6 Tips to Designing a Kitchen for Your Lifestyle." StarMark Cabinetry...

30 Oct 2007

Roofing Contractor Takes Roofing to the Next Nevel

Giovanni Rueda was tired of what he was seeing in the Atlanta roofing market. Roofs being half completed, properties being trashed, and consumers getting ripped off all led him to think about starting his own operation. ...

30 Oct 2007

Eco-Friendly BambooTimbre Products to be Cheaper Due to Lower Freight Costs

Maria Yee, Inc. will reduce its customers' shipping costs by 40 percent after the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) agreed to place the company's rapidly renewable BambooTimbre(TM) products in a ...

30 Oct 2007

Antimicrobial, Anti-fingerprint, Easy To Clean Coatings for Metal Surfaces

Due to fast-growing global demand for specially formulated coatings that provide antimicrobial, anti-fingerprint and easy-to-clean characteristics to enhance the performance, aesthetics and durability of metal products a...

30 Oct 2007

New Dealer for Crystal Cabinet Works Fine, Handcrafted Custom Designed Cabinetry

Case Handyman and Remodeling of Charlotte has become an authorized dealer for Crystal Cabinet Works, Inc. For over 55 years, Crystal Cabinet Works has been manufacturing fine, handcrafted custom-designed cabinetry. They ...

30 Oct 2007

Innovative Ice Storage System to Save School More Than $1million

When building a new facility for Hampshire High School's 2,500 students, administrators chose an innovative ice storage system in order to: Create high performance classrooms that optimize students' lear...

30 Oct 2007

Recovering Brownfield Sites Using Chemical Stabilization Procedures

A recent study in AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment covered a new way to clean up brownfield sites, which are abandoned industrial or commercial lands contaminated by low concentrations of hazardous waste or poll...

30 Oct 2007