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Lend Lease Invest in Developer of Wireless Lighting Control Solutions for Commercial Buildings

Lend Lease’s venture capital business, which is Australia’s leading dedicated cleantech investor, today announced further diversification of its portfolio with a A$9 million (US$8 million) investment in Daint...

8 Apr 2010

Direct LED Replacement T8 Fluorescent Tubes

Saving energy could hardly be easier – existing lighting installations with regular T8 36W fluorescent lamps and conventional control gear can now be switched to economical LED technology with OSRAM’s high-pe...

8 Apr 2010

Phantom Screens Brings New High Quality Retractable Door Screens for DIY Customers

Phantom Screens®, North America’s leading provider of retractable screen solutions, introduces three new do-it-yourself (DIY) retractable door screens to its line of retractable screen solutions. In 1992, P...

8 Apr 2010

HKSC to Build LEED Certified Roadside Service Centers Along Highways in Ontario

Host Kilmer Service Centers (HKSC), the partnership that has been selected to be the new developer and operator for Ontario’s 23 travel and service centers along Canada’s Highways 400 and 401, today promised Ontario’s travelers a line-up of modern LEED® Silver certified roadside centers that will change the driving experience in the province.

8 Apr 2010

Market Analysis of US Institutional Construction Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ff7bfc/usa_institutional) has announced the addition of the "USA Institutional Construction Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to their o...

8 Apr 2010

Jack Satter House Awarded Federal Stimulus Grant for Green Retrofit Program

Jack Satter House, a supportive housing community for 300 low-income seniors in Revere, Mass., has received a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of its new Green Retr...

8 Apr 2010

Comprehensive Report on China’s Cement and Plaster Manufacturing Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/7f5940/china_cement_and_p) has announced the addition of the "China cement and plaster product manufacturing industry, 2010" report to their offe...

8 Apr 2010

Suffolk to Build New Student Union Facility at Miami Dade College

Suffolk Construction Company, Inc., recently announced it was awarded the Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus Classroom/Student Union facility project. The new $25 million Classroom/Student Union facility will provide an a...

8 Apr 2010

PV Mounting Solutions Manufacturer Announces Production in Ontario

Unirac, Inc., North America’s leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting solutions, announced today they are currently manufacturing products in Ontario, Canada, which meet all Ontario Power Authority local-content requirements.

8 Apr 2010

TigerTurf’s Advanced Synthetic Turf System Installed in Cardinal Newman High School

Cardinal Newman High School, a respected Catholic college preparatory school in Santa Rosa, has been blessed with a new asset for its students and athletic program: ProTrophy Turf™, an advanced synthetic turf syste...

8 Apr 2010

ProCure to Build New Proton Therapy Center in New Jersey

Cancer survivors joined representatives from ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc., Princeton Radiation Oncology (PRO), and CentraState Healthcare System to break ground on the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Somerset – the first proton therapy center to be built in the state, located 40 miles from downtown Manhattan.

8 Apr 2010

CEMEX First to Provide Certified Carbon Labelled Cement

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX), announced today that its United Kingdom operation is the first cement company in the world to provide certified carbon labels for its cement using the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label, demonstrating the company’s commitment to reduce the environmental impact of its cement.

8 Apr 2010

Moretrench Selects Computer Guidance’s eCMS to Manage Projects

Computer Guidance Corporation, the leading developer of financial and project management software solutions for architecture, engineering and construction companies, today announced that Moretrench will be utilizing Computer Guidance’s Hosted eCMS construction management solution to address its financial and project management needs.

8 Apr 2010

Comcast's Sonoma County Operations Center Receives LEED Platinum Certification

Comcast's new zero-carbon Sonoma County Operations Center received the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification -- the top honor available -- from the U.S. Green Building Counc...

8 Apr 2010

A Comprehensive Guidebook for Optimizing Construction Productivity

With the recent push for "Green Industry," the public has heard about everything from making cars greener to cooking greener. But what about construction? To date, there has been very little mentioned regarding...

8 Apr 2010