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Sustainability Checklist

The South East Development Agency (SEEDA) is working with its partners to make the South East of England a World Class region. They are doing this by promoting sustainable development by ensuring not only environmental i...

14 Aug 2003

Super Green School Building

The exclusive Peddie School in New Jersey is constructing a new science building that will not only feature state of the art educational facilities but the building itself will be at the forefront of environmental scienc...

14 Aug 2003

Waste Management Scheme For East London

Shanks Waste Services and the East London Waste Authority (ELWA) have announced a joint venture, to be known as “shanks. east london“, that is aiming for recycling targets of 33% by 2016 and to see landfill r...

12 Aug 2003

Worlds Largest Living Roof

The Ford Motor Company recently unveiled the world’s largest living roof at their truck plant in Dearborn, Michigan. The 10.4-acre roof is composed of a specially layered bed planted with sedum, a drought-resist...

12 Aug 2003

Big Changes at Spaceage

Conservatory specialist Spaceage has dumped the old traditional ways of builder’s merchants and given itself a major makeover. With an emphasis on changing completely from the days of a warehouse with a sales co...

12 Aug 2003

Online Roofing Installation Information

GAF Materials Corporation is the largest roofing manufacturer in North America with annual sales of over US$1.3billion. To help professional roofers and DIY installers to avoid common roofing mistakes, they have released...

12 Aug 2003

Sustainable, Environmentally Sound Bamboo Flooring

With massive market growth in the paste 12 months, bamboo flooring is becoming very big and for good reason. Not only is it beautiful and hardwearing, bamboo flooring is also environmentally-friendly and has a tensile st...

11 Aug 2003

Innovative Solutions Using LED Lighting

In conventional incandescent and halogen light bulbs as much as 90% of the energy used gets wasted. For solid state LED lighting more brightness is delivered per watt and pure colours can be generated that use far less e...

11 Aug 2003

Local Authority Contaminated Land Network Success

CIRIA has reported a large increase in the number of local authorities joining its Local Authority Contaminated Land network (LACL). Launched in 2002, LACL helps local authorities deal with new duties and responsibilitie...

8 Aug 2003

Environment Agency Report – Spotlight 2002 – Released

The Environment Agency has released it’s 5th annual report on business environmental performance. The report, Spotlight 2002, has highlighted waste management as a key trend that requires greater attention. Although t...

8 Aug 2003

Solar Solution For Membrane Roofs

Ovonic Solar, the world leader in thin-film amorphous silicon solar technology and GenFlex Roofing Systems, a supplier of single-ply roofing products and systems, have joined forces to introduce solar energy solution for...

7 Aug 2003

Australia’s Most Ecologically Sound Home

In a suburb of Newcastle a house is under construction that when completed will be the most eco friendly home in Australia. The owner is Bernard Hockings, a professional builder and environmental consultant to the Master...

7 Aug 2003

Four Years Of Continued Growth For Construction

The Federation of Master Builders' (FMB) 'State of Trade Survey' for the second quarter of 2003 has reported that the UK's small and medium-sized builders grew for the sixteenth successive quarter. Wor...

5 Aug 2003

Construction Waste Transformed Into Safety Products

Hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste are discarded by the construction industry annually. Europe’s leading manufacturer of road and construction site safety products, Oxford Plastic Systems, is leading the charge to...

5 Aug 2003

Summit Structures Relaunches Website

Tensioned fabric construction company, Summit Structures, have launched their completely redesigned website. After responding to client suggestions the site is now more user friendly and contains more information than pr...

4 Aug 2003