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Fraunhofer-Led Team Chosen for Building America Program

The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (Fraunhofer CSE) today announced that it was selected to serve as a Research Team Leader for the Building America Program.

27 Jul 2010

Research Report on the U.S. Drywall and Insulation Contractors Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7dcce5/2010_u_s_drywall) has announced the addition of the "2010 U.S. Drywall & Insulation Contractors Industry Report" report to their offer...

27 Jul 2010

GE to Provide Funding for Finavera’s Peace Region Wind Projects

Finavera Renewables Inc. ('Finavera Renewables' or the 'Company') (TSX-V: FVR) is pleased to announce it has entered into a project development partnership with GE Energy, a business unit of GE. Under ...

27 Jul 2010

Sea Breeze Signs Collaborative Agreement for Knob Hill Wind Farm Project

Sea Breeze Power Corp. is pleased to announce that an agreement (the "Transaction Agreement") has been executed by Sea Breeze Energy Inc. ("Sea Breeze Energy" - a wholly owned subsidiary of Sea Breeze...

27 Jul 2010

Texas Tech and NIRE to Receive $8.4 Million Fund for Wind Projects

Texas Governor Rick Perry announced Texas Tech University and the National Institute for Renewable Energy (NIRE), a non-profit, public/private collaboration, will receive $8.4 million from the Texas Emerging Technology F...

27 Jul 2010

Irritrol Chosen as Preferred Partner by ValleyCrest Landscape

ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, the United States’ leading integrated landscape services firm, today announced that it has selected Irritrol’s Rain Master Central Control Systems as a preferred provider for smart, weather-based irrigation controllers.

27 Jul 2010

Walbridge Launches New Policy to Ensure Safety at Construction Sites

Walbridge, a construction industry leader in safety, launched a new policy today that prohibits talking, texting or using mobile devices while walking at all company projects. The restriction covers use of mobile pho...

27 Jul 2010

Commercial Awnings Help to Cut Building Energy Costs

Commercial building owners and operators have long embraced the aesthetic beauty and sheltering benefits of fabric awnings, but the energy saving potential is creating renewed interest.

27 Jul 2010

U.S. Navy Completes Installation of Retrofit LED Lamps

Lighting Science Group and the United States Navy have relit the streetscapes, parking lots and the residence quarters with state-of-the-art LED fixtures at two separate sites at the Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) California—Port Hueneme and Point Mugu—shaving close to $60,000 per year off the base's energy bill.

27 Jul 2010

Aconex to Support Expansion of Panama Canal

Aconex, the world's largest provider of project collaboration solutions to the construction and engineering industries, has been selected to service the US$3.2 billion Panama Canal Third Set of Locks Project.

27 Jul 2010

BAM to Construct Network Rail’s National Centre in Milton Keynes, UK

Network Rail has awarded the contract to build the company’s National Centre in Milton Keynes to BAM Construction.

26 Jul 2010

CCCC Second Harbor Awarded Zhujiang Bridge Construction Contract

On 22nd July 2010, CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won Zhujiang Bridge of Chaoyang, Liaoning province. The bidding price amounted to RMB129 million with construction period of 24 months. This bridge is 134...

26 Jul 2010

Norway-Based Architecture Firm Chosen for SFMOMA's Expansion Project

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has selected the architecture firm Snøhetta to be its partner in developing an expansion that enhances the museum's services to the community and its educational, social, and economic role in the city.

26 Jul 2010

Broward Center Installs Array Lighting R30 LED Light Bulbs

Nexxus Lighting, Inc. today announced that its Array™ Lighting R30 LED light bulbs have been installed throughout the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The Array lights replace incandescent bulbs at this world-class performing arts center that opened in 1991.

26 Jul 2010

Marriott Develops First Green Hotel Prototype Along with USGBC

The Courtyard Charleston/Summerville in South Carolina will be the first hotel built using Marriott International's green hotel prototype, in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

26 Jul 2010