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7th Annual World Green Building Council International Congress, A Success

The 7th Annual World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) International Congress took place in Toronto, Ontariofrom July 8 toJuly 11, 2007. The event was a remarkable success. Over 100 delegates from all around the worl...

25 Jul 2007

Several Factors Reduce Builder Confidence in the US

A surplus of unsold homes on the market, combined with ongoing concerns in the subprime mortgage arena and affordability issues associated with tightened lending standards and higher interest rates, continues to take a s...

25 Jul 2007

Railway with Potential for Expansion A Must Says Department for Transport White Paper

A railway that will expand to carry at least 180 million more passengers is at the heart of the Department for Transport's rail White Paper, published today. Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly announced that capacity...

25 Jul 2007

Brown Pledges Two Million Houses in the Next Ten Years

The PM has said that many more people are to be helped on to the property ladder. Speaking during his regular Downing Street press conference, Mr Brown said that the Housing Minister, Yvette Cooper, would outline the ...

25 Jul 2007

Families and First Time Home Buyers to Benefit from UK's Affordable Housing Investment

Families and first-time buyers will benefit from major investment of £8 billion for affordable housing and ambitious new reforms to drive up the supply of both low cost and social homes, Housing Minister Yvette Coo...

25 Jul 2007

English Local Governments Search for Locations for 3 Million New Homes

Following the Prime Minister’s pledge to increase the number of new homes by three million by 2020, Department for Transport and Communities and Local Government have been working together to identify further surpl...

25 Jul 2007

UK Government to Invest 8 Billion Pounds on Affordable and Social Housing

The Government has today announced it will be investing £8 billion over the next three years in affordable and social housing, a 50% increase on current spending. With this funding the Housing Corporation will deli...

25 Jul 2007

The Burning Truth about Domestic Hot Water Systems

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is today issuing a safety alert aimed at homeowners, tenants, landlords and the plumbing industry following two strikingly similar fatal incidents in the last four years where a larg...

25 Jul 2007

Fungal Infections Research get State-of-the-Art Building at University of Hertfordshire

The new University of Hertfordshire Health Research Building which will officially open this week will research new ways of delivering drugs to combat fungal infections and nail disorders. The new four storey, buildin...

24 Jul 2007

State-of-the-Art Building for Older People with Dementia in UK Care Homes

The new University of Hertfordshire Health Research Building which will officially open this week will research the experience of older people with dementia in UK care homes. The new four storey building, situated on...

24 Jul 2007

Acuity Brands to Spin Off Lighting Products Business

Acuity Brands, Inc. today announced that the Company's Board of Directors has unanimously authorized management to pursue a plan to separate its lighting and specialty products businesses by spinning off the business...

24 Jul 2007

Electrochromic Smart Window Manufacturer Wins $16 Million Investment

SAGE Electrochromics, Inc., the only provider of commercially viable, energy-saving electrochromic smart window products for buildings, today announced that it has closed a $16 million Series B preferred round, with prov...

24 Jul 2007

Breakthrough on Solar Cell Efficiency

Using a novel technology that adds multiple innovations to a very high-performance crystalline silicon solar cell platform, a consortium led by the University of Delaware has achieved a record-breaking combined solar cel...

24 Jul 2007

Crystalline Concrete Waterproofing Products Used in New Brooklyn Development

Located on Smith Street in Brooklyn, NY and fittingly named "The Smith", this 13-story mixed use building is being developed by Boymelgreen. The project consists of 62,000-square-feet of residential space locat...

23 Jul 2007

Housing Corp Awarded Internationally Recognised Environmental Accreditation

Demonstrating its commitment to the environment, the Housing Corporation has been awarded the internationally recognised ISO14001 certificate. The prestigious award acknowledges the Housing Corporation's ability t...

23 Jul 2007