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Save Counter Space with Microwave Top Shelf

To support growing consumer demand, a new Web site at http://www.premiertopshelf.com now makes it easier to order the Microwave Top Shelf. The unique space-saving product from Peerless-Premier Appliance Company saves fou...

21 Jun 2007

Triodos Bank Take Major Stake In MCT Groundbreaking Tidal Technology Company

Renewable energy finance specialist, Triodos Bank, has taken a major stake in Marine Current Turbines (MCT), a groundbreaking tidal technology company. The Bank, who pioneered wind farm finance following the Chernoby...

21 Jun 2007

Wienerberger Signs Agreement to Acquire Clay Paver Specialist Korevaar

Wienerberger AG (Vienna, Austria) is continuing its expansion strategy in the Netherlands and also strengthening its position in the rapidly growing clay paver market with the acquisition of Korevaar. This Dutch building...

20 Jun 2007

Imerys Steps Up Development in French Clay Brick Market

Imerys (Paris, France) has announced its intention to invest €100 million by the end of 2011 in its clay brick production assets. This ambitious programme includes a production capacity extension for rectified b...

20 Jun 2007

Certain Home Shapes And Roofs Hold Up Best In Hurricane Says NJIT Professor

Certain home shapes and roof types can better resist high winds and hurricanes, according to a researcher at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Civil engineer Rima Taher, PhD, special lecturer in the New Jersey S...

20 Jun 2007

Housing Starts Fall 2.1 Percent In May

Housing starts fell 2.1 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.474 million units as the correction in the housing market continued, according to figures released by the Commerce Department today. Starts...

20 Jun 2007

Delivering Housing and Regeneration

New housing and regeneration body Communities England will boost housing supply across the country and help revitalise some of our most deprived towns and cities, Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly will say today. The ...

20 Jun 2007

Saving The Environment Through Low Energy Solar Kiln Drying

New environmentally friendly timber processes for delivering sustainable, technically superior and innovative timber products. Australian Choice Timber Supplies has by innovation and its major R&D programs taken ...

20 Jun 2007

Premium Soundproofing Materials on Sale

QUIET BARRIER™, a mass loaded vinyl barrier designed to reduce noise in residential, commercial and industrial settings, is now available through the Acoustics Division at AMI at the best price to date. Licensed contract...

20 Jun 2007

The Preserve at Rock Creek Offers Residents the Best of Both Worlds

The Preserve at Rock Creek, a 281-acre community with 200 acres permanently protected from development by a conservation easement, offers residents the best of both worlds: Attractive home sites surrounded by lush natura...

20 Jun 2007

Miliband Launches CO2 Calculator

An online calculator that enables people to work out their carbon footprint using government-recognised data and calculations was launched by Environment Secretary David Miliband at an eco-friendly internet cafe in Centr...

20 Jun 2007

Five RIBA Members Rewarded in Queen's Birthday Honours 2007

Four chartered members and one honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have been rewarded in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The following RIBA chartered members were rewarded: ...

20 Jun 2007

Revels Construction of SW Florida to Compare Results of Projectile Tests on Bradenton Job Site

Alternative Construction Company, Inc. announced today that its ACTech Panel System will be compared in a test of hurricane projectile strength against conventional building materials. Revels Construction of SW Florida w...

20 Jun 2007

Make Buildings Green With Wireless Sensor Network

Wireless sensor network (WSN) technology's clean and inexpensive system deployments will result in more buildings using less energy, needing less maintenance, and producing lower carbon emissions, according to ON Wor...

20 Jun 2007

Builder Confidence Slips Again in June

Ongoing concerns about subprime-related problems in the mortgage market and newfound concerns about rising prime mortgage rates caused builder confidence homes to decline two more points in June, according to the Nationa...

19 Jun 2007