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Meritage Homes Awarded EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award

For the second consecutive year, Meritage Homes has been awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence Award for the Company's continued leadership in protecting our environment through superior energy efficiency.

3 Apr 2014

Inpro Launches Building Protection Forum

As a leader in manufacturing products that make buildings safer, healthier, and more sustainable, Inpro understands the challenges facing building stakeholders. From shrinking budgets to increasing accountability, these professionals—including architects, designers, contractors and owners—must continually adapt to an ever-changing world.

3 Apr 2014

Scatec Solar to Construct 8.58 MW BYD Solar-Electric Plant in Rwanda

BYD Company Ltd has just shipped Rwanda’s first photovoltaic solar energy system. The 8.58 Megawatt plant is expected to increase Rwanda’s total electrical generation by at least 8%, and it’s all renewable clean energy. The project is part of a plan to increase Rwanda’s renewable energy capacity by 500% in the immediate future.

3 Apr 2014

Trumark Homes to Celebrate Opening at Milpitas PACE Development

Trumark Homes will hold a grand opening on Saturday, April 5, at its new eight-acre PACE development, which offers 134 affordable, desirable homes for Silicon Valley's young professionals, couples and growing families.

3 Apr 2014

‘Signed the Steel’ Event Marks Construction Milestone for $71 million Pearland Medical Center

HCA Gulf Coast Division President, Maura Walsh; Pearland Medical Center CEO, Matt Dixon; Hospital Board of Trustees Chairman, Kevin Fuller; Hospital Chief of Staff, Earl Miller, M.D.; Pearland Mayor, Tom Reid; and Manvel Mayor, Delores Martin "Signed the Steel" on Wednesday, April 2 for the new $71 million Pearland Medical Center.

3 Apr 2014

Chevron Phillips Chemical Breaks Ground for USGC Petrochemicals Project

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Chevron Phillips Chemical) held a groundbreaking ceremony for its U.S. Gulf Coast (USGC) Petrochemicals Project at the Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas. The groundbreaking ceremony signifies the start of construction for the USGC project sparked by shale resource development.

3 Apr 2014

Forecast Report on Global Smart, Automated and Energy Efficient Homes and Buildings Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Smart Homes, Buildings (Energy Efficient, Automated) Market (Applications, Technologies, Products and End-User), Size, Share, Trends, Analysis, Research, Future Demand, Scope and Forecast to 2020" report to their offering.

2 Apr 2014

Ryland Homes Begins Next Phase of Construction at Brick Yard Station in Laurel

Ryland Homes is excited to announce the start of the next phase at Brick Yard Station in Laurel, MD. Along with a convenient new coffee house located onsite, homebuyers will soon see spacious, urban-inspired 2-car garage townhomes with rooftop decks and luxurious single-family homes.

2 Apr 2014

Synthetic Field to be Constructed on Vanier College Campus

On Monday March 31st, Vanier College's Board of Directors gave the green light for the construction of a synthetic field on its campus. Work is scheduled to begin this spring. The field, which will also be used by Saint-Laurent sports clubs, should be ready in October.

2 Apr 2014

Research Frontiers Honored with ‘Best Application of Energy Harvesting’ Award for SPD-SmartGlass Light Control Technology

Today, a panel of independent judges at the ID TechEx 2014 Energy Harvesting Europe conference awarded Research Frontiers (Nasdaq:REFR) and its patented SPD-SmartGlass light control technology the "Best Application of Energy Harvesting" award. This award was presented at the Energy Harvesting & Storage Europe 2014 conference in Berlin Germany being held April 1-2, 2014.

2 Apr 2014

Sandia Labs to Support 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge

Sandia National Laboratories will bring decades of experience solving problems with practical engineering and modeling complex systems to cities around the world under a new agreement to support the 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge, pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation.

2 Apr 2014

New Method Reduces Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions at Urban Multiuse Parking Garages

Researchers at the UPM have proposed better measures for greater efficiency at indoor parkings ventilation systems.

2 Apr 2014

Mazda Installs Mitsubishi Electric PV Modules for 317kW Solar Electric System at US R&D Center

State-of-the-art Mitsubishi Electric photovoltaic (PV) modules are now powering cutting-edge automotive research and development at Mazda North America’s Research & Development facility in Irvine, Calif. Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., a diversified global electronics manufacturer, celebrating 40 years in the solar business, supplied Mazda with 1222 PV modules for a 317kW solar electric system that is expected to deliver half of the facility’s power needs, while cutting its electric bill in half.

1 Apr 2014

Access Fixtures Offers 3000K LG LED Modules for Outdoor Lighting

Access Fixtures, a leader in commercial and sports lighting, now offers LG LED modules used in wall packs, bollard lights, and flood lights in 3000K. Until now, most LED outdoor lighting has used cool white or daylight lighting, a harsh bluish white light.

1 Apr 2014

Michael Baker Awarded CEI Services Contract for Greensboro Western Outer Loop Freeway

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded Michael Baker Engineering., Inc., a unit of Michael Baker International, a four-year, $8.0 million dollar contract to provide comprehensive construction engineering and inspection (CEI) services for the $122.8 million Greensboro Western Outer Loop.

1 Apr 2014