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VAST Composite Permeable Pavers Win ED+C Readers' Choice Award

For the second year in a row, VAST Enterprises went home from Greenbuild with an ED+C Readers' Choice Award for Best Exterior Product/Design.

1 Dec 2010

DirtLogic, Mid Atlantic BX Partner to Serve Mid-Atlantic Commercial Construction Market

In a time of economic instability, current market conditions have created elevated competition for fewer projects in the construction industry. Contractors are searching for business development opportunities, resourc...

1 Dec 2010

Forza Signs Supply Agreement with Merry Home for 40,000 Building Panels

Forza Environmental Building Products, Inc. (OTCQB:GUGO) announces today an agreement for the sale of 40,000 of its Artzer Z-Panels™ to Merry Home, SA de CV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mytek International, Inc. M...

1 Dec 2010

GE Lighting Collaborates with East Cleveland City to Install LED Street Lights

The City of East Cleveland is decreasing energy costs by replacing 45 standard-technology municipal street lights with GE’s award-winning Evolve™ LED roadway street lights.

1 Dec 2010

NARI Names George Weissgerber of Case Design-Remodeling as Master Certified Remodeler

Case Design/Remodeling, Inc., a leading D.C. Metro area home improvement company, today announced that George Weissgerber, Senior Vice President and Director of Research and Development, has been named a Master Certified...

1 Dec 2010

Report Discusses the Reinforced Concrete Market in Russia

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Russian Market for Reinforced Concrete" report to their offering. Information about the market of reinforced concrete and its state in 2010. The purpo...

1 Dec 2010

New York City Awards Contract to Mulvihill ICS for Streetlight Installation in Staten Island

New York City’s ongoing attention to reducing energy costs continues with the installation of new, energy efficient streetlights. To complete this work in the Borough of Staten Island, the city’s Departme...

1 Dec 2010

Tianlanhengfeng Electrical Power, Far East Wind Power Partner to Build 300-MW Wind Farm

Far East Wind Power Corp. ("Far East" or the "Company") has entered into a binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Tianlanhengfeng Electrical Power Corporation of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia (the "Owner") in order to jointly develop and operate a wind farm project located in Wulatehou Qi, Inner Mongolia, China (the "Project").

1 Dec 2010

Acuity Brands Introduces Lithonia Lighting-Branded VT Volumetric Series Luminaires

Acuity Brands a market leader in innovative energy efficient lighting and control solutions, announces that it has made high-quality volumetric lighting even more cost effective with its introduction of the Lithonia Lighting® VT Volumetric Series luminaires.

1 Dec 2010

Jacobs Bags MLK Medical Center Renovation Contract

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that MLK Partners, a joint venture managed by Jacobs along with Jenkins/Gales & Martinez (JGM) and Jensen+Partners, received an award from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works to provide construction management services for the revitalization of the Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

1 Dec 2010

Wasco Introduces New Electrochromic Glazing for Windows

Wasco Skylight Products, Inc., one of the nation’s largest skylight manufacturers, announced today it has introduced a new glass into its portfolio of high performance glazings – one with the ability to respond to fluctuating sunlight and heat conditions by electronically changing its tint.

1 Dec 2010

Wihlborgs Mediacenter Awards Evolution Media City Construction Contract to Peab

Peab has been contracted to build Evolution Media City in Malmo. The client is Wihlborgs Mediacenter HB and the contract amounts to SEK 153 million.

1 Dec 2010

Research and Markets Offers New Report on French Construction Materials Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Future of the Construction Materials Market in France to 2015" report to their offering. The French construction materials market accounted for 48...

1 Dec 2010

SunPower Signs Agreement with NRG Solar to Develop Solar Power Plant in California

NRG Solar, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. and SunPower Corp. today announced groundbreaking agreements to begin construction next year of the 250-megawatt (MW) California Valley Solar Ranch in San Luis Obispo County.

1 Dec 2010

ASD Lusiona Solar, Fidelis Energy Partner to Develop Solar Farm in Spain

Fidelis Energy Inc. (PINKSHEETS: FDEI) today announced it has signed a definitive long-term agreement with ASD Lusiona Solar ("ALS") to develop approximately 1,500 acres of land for the design, construction and...

1 Dec 2010