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KB Home Plans to Build 100 New Luxury Homes in Playa Vista

KB Home, one of the nation’s largest and most recognized homebuilders, today announced that it has purchased land from Brookfield Residential Properties Inc. in the master planned coastal community of Playa Vista. KB Home plans to construct more than 100 new luxury homes as part of Playa Vista’s exciting final phase of development. Well-familiar with this now-thriving community, KB Home has already enjoyed success with condominium homes in the first phase of development, including its award-winning LEED Platinum certified Primera Terra project which sold out earlier this year.

15 Dec 2012

Affiliates of Hyatt Hotels, Mori Building Agree to Open First Andaz Hotel in Japan

Hyatt Hotels Corporation and Mori Building Co., Ltd. announced today that their affiliates have signed an agreement to launch Andaz Tokyo, the first Andaz hotel in Japan. When it opens in the summer of 2014, Andaz Tokyo will join the brand’s growing portfolio of boutique-style hotels in gateway cities and resort destinations around the globe. Strengthening the Andaz presence in Asia, the new hotel will unite the brand’s creative community focus and refined yet casual atmosphere with the seamless and personalized service for which Japan is known.

15 Dec 2012

TDI's Oceano Warner Center Recognized with Best New Construction in Los Angeles Award

The California Apartment Association has recognized TDI's Oceano Warner Center community with its prestigious "Best New Construction in Los Angeles" Award. Oceano Warner Center was developed by a partnership between TDI, affiliates of Dune Real Estate Partners and Oceano Partners.

15 Dec 2012

Seesmart Announces Completion of LED Retrofitting of Regis High School

LED lighting manufacturer Seesmart Technologies, Inc. announced today the completion of an entire retrofitting of Regis High School, a tuition-free Jesuit college preparatory school for young men in the New York metropolitan area. The retrofit replaced more than 2,500 fluorescent lights throughout the school with high-efficiency, long-lasting Seesmart LED tube lights.

14 Dec 2012

AXION International Launches STRUXURE Construction and Equipment Mats

AXION International Holdings, Inc., a leader in recycled plastic and plastic composite technologies used to produce ECOTRAX™ rail ties and STRUXURE™ building products, announced today that it has launched a new product line, STRUXURE™ Construction and Equipment Mats. STRUXURE™ Construction Mats have been installed and in use by Northeast Remsco Construction, Inc. for the past two months under a joint testing agreement.

14 Dec 2012

PG+E Unveils Zero Net Energy Home Display and Modular Classroom

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today unveiled the utility's first zero net energy (ZNE) home display and modular classroom at its Energy Training Center in Stockton. The ZNE home display features best-in-class methods used by three residential zero net energy experts, while the ZNE modular classroom demonstrates zero net energy building techniques and design in practice.

14 Dec 2012

Global Strategic Business Report on Nonresidential Prefabricated Building Systems

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Nonresidential Prefabricated Building Systems - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering.

14 Dec 2012

New Ceram Film Documenting its Unique Capabilities in the Construction Industry

Ceram, the international materials technology company, has released a film which documents its unique position within the construction industry; an all encompassing testing and consultancy resource for the entire supply ...

From Lucideon 13 Dec 2012

Honda Earns LEED Gold Certification for Twelfth Green Building Facility, Releases Environmental Report

Honda today released its eighth annual report on the environmental impact of the company’s operations in the North America region (U.S., Canada and Mexico) and its ongoing efforts to minimize that impact by reducing waste, conserving resources, and improving energy efficiency.

13 Dec 2012

ChloroFill to Produce Building Panels with Chromatin Sorghum Biomass

ChloroFill LLC, a renewable, sorghum-based building material company, and Chromatin, Inc., an agricultural biotechnology company that is developing sorghum feedstocks for bio-industrial processes, today announced a collaboration to harvest Chromatin sorghum for the production of ChloroFill’s building products. Despite 2012’s record drought conditions, the partners successfully grew a high-yielding 2012 season crop, to be used in ChloroFill’s production process. This represents the first use of Chromatin’s proprietary sorghum for the manufacture of renewable building materials.

13 Dec 2012

Sustainable Landscape at UCSD Keeling Apartments Wins President’s Award

The Charles David Keeling apartments on the campus of the University of California, San Diego have won the 2012 President’s Award by the San Diego chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

13 Dec 2012

HOUZE Introduces Affordable, Zero-Energy Homes in the US

HOUZE® Advanced Building Science Inc., an innovative technology commercialization company integrating disruptive technologies into real estate developments and buildings, has announced the launch of the first-of-its-kind affordable, zero-energy homes in the United States.

13 Dec 2012

Sustain’ Magazine Awards Names Kebony as Finalist

Kebony AS, the ground-breaking Norwegian company offering a sustainable alternative to tropical hardwood, has been shortlisted in the Award for Technology category of the Sustain’ Magazine Awards 2013.

13 Dec 2012

New Solar-Powered, Energy Self-Sufficient, Remote-Controlled Roller Shutter

Bubendorff, the leading French manufacturer of electric window and door roller shutters, and CEA collaborated for five years to create the shutter of tomorrow. The first commercial success was achieved with the launch in 2012 of an energy self-sufficient, remote-controlled roller shutter.

13 Dec 2012

MAPIC Honors Macerich's Santa Monica Place with Best High Street Retail Development Award

Macerich announced today that its Santa Monica Place has been selected as the Best High Street Retail Development for this year's prestigious MAPIC Awards.

12 Dec 2012