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How to Choose the Right Decorative Concrete Style for Your Home

The architectural style of your home will play a major role in everything from your decorating style, to your landscaping and decorative hardscaping decisions, including your patio, walkways, driveway and more. The Concr...

2 Nov 2007

OLED Lighting Discussed in New White Paper

NanoMarkets, an industry analyst firm based here has published a new white paper that discusses the market opportunities for OLED lighting. The paper was drawn from a report released in Q3 of 2007. The paper can be downl...

2 Nov 2007

Mortenson Construction to Power U.S. Offices With Wind Energy

Today Mortenson Construction announced it will purchase renewable energy credits (RECs) from clean, emission-free wind farms to power its U.S. offices. The RECs, purchased through Community Energy, Inc. correspond to 100...

2 Nov 2007

Reconfigurable Doormat Allows You to Make Personal Greeting to Your Guests

Designer Jeni Roger has released a door mat that allows you to display your own customisable message. The doormat comes with scrabble style letters that can be arranged into the message you want at your front door...

2 Nov 2007

Home Automation Enters New Phase With ZigBee

The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in consumer, commercial building and utility applications, today announced the completion and immediate free public availability of...

2 Nov 2007

Energy Efficiency Number One Priority for Green Buildings

A new survey conducted for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) confirms that a desire for greater energy efficiency drives consumers to choose a green-built home. "Green building is the home buyer&#3...

1 Nov 2007

Innovative Building Materials from Dow Mean Thirty Families Move into Energy Efficient Homes for the Holidays

The Dow Chemical Company is lending support to Habitat for Humanity’s 24th annual Jimmy Carter Work Project (JCWP), Oct. 28 – Nov. 2, 2007, in Los Angeles. During the weeklong project, thousands of volunteers...

1 Nov 2007

New Green Building, Biomass and Solar Facilities to Transform how NREL Uses Power

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman today participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a highly efficient and “green” Research Support Facility, and announced two major renewable power...

1 Nov 2007

PVC Ceiling Tiles Tackle Problem of Sick Building Syndrome

When construction over the last several decades resulted in buildings that are tightly sealed, it also resulted in a lack of adequate ventilation for acoustical ceiling tiles, leading to moisture buildup - the root cause...

1 Nov 2007

James Hardie to Suspend Fiber Cement Production at Pennsylvania Plant

James Hardie today announced plans to suspend production at its Blandon, Pennsylvania, plant in North America in response to the current US housing market conditions. James Hardie's CEO, Louis Gries, said: “...

1 Nov 2007

New UK and Singapore Offices for Alcoa Architectural Aluminum Products and Systems

Alcoa announced today the opening of two new offices in the United Kingdom and Singapore of its Alcoa Building and Construction Systems’ Kawneer business. Kawneer is the leading manufacturer of architectural alumin...

1 Nov 2007

Solar Decathlon Won By German Students

Around 30 students from the University of Technology in Darmstadt, Germany, led by professors Thomas Hartkopf (renewable energies) and Manfred Hegger (architecture), have won the one-week international “Solar Decat...

1 Nov 2007

New Green Building Regulations in the United Arab Emirates Provide Opportunities for Industrial Nanotech's Nansulate Coatings

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that new guidelines issued recently by the Dubai government will require all new construction in Dubai to comply with state-mandated...

1 Nov 2007

Free Safety Information on Digging, Trenching and Excavating at Diggingsafely.com

Midwest ENERGY Association (MEA) announces a new free excavation safety training website. The Federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) reports that excavation damage is a great concern in pi...

1 Nov 2007

Using Vinyl as a Sustainable Product, with Energy Savings and Cost Savings

Vinyl’s extensive energy-saving, environmental and cost-saving design contributions to green building will be on display next week at the three-day Greenbuild international conference and expo in Chicago. The ev...

1 Nov 2007