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Dow Expands Availability of POWERHOUSE Solar Shingles

The Dow Chemical Company today announced a major expansion of the DOW POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle availability, an award-winning residential roofing system that protects a home like a standard shingle but also has embedded solar cells to power it.

4 Dec 2012

Expo Build China to be Held from 1 to 3 April 2013 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre

China is the world's largest producer and consumer of building materials, as well as representing a new market for those who engage in sustainable building. The USD$1,700 billion construction market is forecast to grow at an 8.5% CAGR, or RMB 30 trillion, by 2020. The retrofitting market is expected to increase by more than 1,000%. All of the world can see the buying and consumption power of China's building and design market.

4 Dec 2012

New Avalon Isle Single-Family Model Home Opened in North Carolina

NVR, Inc., one of the nation's largest homebuilding and mortgage banking companies, announces the Grand Opening of its new Avalon Isle single-family model home at Abbington in Harrisburg, North Carolina.

3 Dec 2012

GE Lighting Helps Malaysian Hotel Chain to Implement Energy-Efficient Solutions

GE Lighting and the Tune Hotels chain, headquartered in Malaysia, are jointly exploring and implementing energy-efficient solutions across Tune's portfolio of hotels.

3 Dec 2012

ADAO Announces Keynote Speakers and Honorees for International Asbestos Awareness Conference

Today, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) announced its keynote speakers and honorees for the upcoming Ninth Annual International Asbestos Awareness Conference, titled The Asbestos Crisis: New Trends in Prevention and Treatment.

3 Dec 2012

Urban Land Institute Presents Global Award for Excellence to tvsdesign

tvsdesign was recently honored for the design and planning of the Levine Center for the Arts in Charlotte, NC when the project received the ULI's 2012 Global Award for Excellence. This international award is widely acknowledged as one of the industry's most prestigious recognitions.

3 Dec 2012

Market Databook on Brazilian Prefabricated Buildings Industry

Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Prefabricated Buildings in Brazil to 2016: Market Databook" report to their offering.

3 Dec 2012

Rikers Island Installs EverLast Induction Fixtures to Sustain Prison Operations

Rikers Island, one of the largest penitentiaries in the U.S., houses nearly 14,000 inmates, 7,000 guards on the 400-acre island, uses a substantial amount of energy to sustain its prison operations.

1 Dec 2012

Skanska Develops $50M Office and Retail Building in Seattle

Skanska USA Commercial Development invests USD 51 M, about SEK 372 M, in the project Stone34 in Seattle, USA. The building will be a mixed-use office and retail building.

1 Dec 2012

TRF Development Partners Selects Eco Red Shield Lumber Products for Preston Place Complex

Eco Building Products, Inc. announced today that one of the nation's largest non-profit building organizations on the east coast, TRF Development Partners, has selected Eco Building Products' flagship wood protection, Eco Red Shield, for use on Preston Place, a neighborhood of new, energy efficient, custom built townhomes for rent and for sale in Baltimore, Maryland.

1 Dec 2012

Researchers Design Complex Windows to Bring Natural Light Deep into Buildings

Through a research project designed at MIT and continued at EPFL, researchers have designed windows that can bring natural light deep into a building. This technology was recently integrated into six floors of an ultra-modern building in Tokyo.

1 Dec 2012

Research and Markets Adds Report on Chinese Commercial Concrete Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "China Commercial Concrete Industry Report, 2012-2015" report to their offering.

1 Dec 2012

Construction Commences on Tanger Outlets National Harbor

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. and Peterson Companies hosted an official Ground Breaking Ceremony today to announce that construction has commenced on Tanger Outlets National Harbor. The center is located at National Harbor, the Washington, DC area's premier waterfront resort destination which includes fine restaurants, distinctive retail, office and residences, and a number of world-class hotels including the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, the largest non-gaming hotel on the eastern seaboard. Developed by Peterson Companies, National Harbor comprises 350 acres of prime real estate along the scenic Potomac River in Prince George's County, Maryland.

30 Nov 2012

Sapia Builders Felicitated with HOBI Award for Best Residential Remodel

Sapia Builders was recently awarded the 2012 HOBI Award for Best Residential Remodel in the state of Connecticut in the $100k - $250k category for their 1954 Cape Renovation in Old Lyme, CT.

30 Nov 2012