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OASIS Blue to Bring Together a Variety of Open Standards Projects

The OASIS open standards consortium today announced the formation of a new Member Section, OASIS Blue, which will bring together a variety of open standards projects related to energy, intelligent buildings, and natural resources.

11 Mar 2010

Chugach Electric Association Tests Efficiency of On-Site Energy Monitors

Chugach Electric Association and Tendril, an energy management technology provider, have teamed up with 90 Chugach residential customers to determine whether on-site energy monitors help people lower their energy consump...

11 Mar 2010

New World Home and Hearst Magazines Jointly Launch Green Modular Homes

New World Home and Hearst Magazines announced today a partnership for the Country Living Collection of historically inspired "country" modular homes that feature USGBC LEED® certification.

11 Mar 2010

Bluebeam Unveils New, Updated Editing Software for Construction Professionals

In two weeks, construction professionals at Nordbygg will be blasting project documents to PDF with Bluebeam® Software’s newly updated PDF editor, Bluebeam® PDF Revu 8®. Bluebeam recently localized its ...

10 Mar 2010

AST Plans to Leverage Sales Growth with Strategic Acquisitions of Complementary Bearing Companies

AST® Bearings, LLC, a leading supplier of miniature bearings, precision ball bearings and related products, announced today that part of its continued growth strategy in 2010 is through the strategic acquisitions of other bearing supply companies.

10 Mar 2010

AEG Power Solutions Strengthens its Position with Majority Stake in Skytron Energy

AEG Power Solutions, a global player in industrial power electronics, strengthens its position as a solutions provider for megawatt utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) power plants with the purchase of a majority stake in sk...

10 Mar 2010

DGS Retail Expands U.S. Operations by Acquiring Payson Store Fixtures

Minneapolis based, Quazar Capital Corporation would like to announce that their client, Payson Store Fixtures, a division of SUPERVALU Inc. has been acquired by DGS Retail, headquartered in Boston, MA. Payson Store F...

10 Mar 2010

KB Home Offers Pre-Wire Option for Homebuyers Nationwide

KB Home, one of America’s premier homebuilders, today announced that it will begin offering an option to pre-wire its new Built to Order™ homes to accommodate charging stations for homeowners’ electric vehicles.

10 Mar 2010

Synthetic Grass Products to be Marketed as DuPont ForeverLawn Select Synthetic Grass

DuPont Landscape Systems, a premier global supplier of landscape materials, and ForeverLawn, Inc., the leading synthetic grass company, are working together to market an innovative line of natural-looking synthetic grass...

10 Mar 2010

RF Comsites Renamed as Integer Wireless

RF Comsites, a leading provider of complete in-building wireless systems, today announced it has changed its name to Integer Wireless. With experience in major markets across the United States that includes small, medium...

10 Mar 2010

Holy Cross Hospital Unveils Phase I Renovation of New Women's Health Facility

Holy Cross Hospital recently held a demolition event to celebrate the kickoff of construction on the new Dorothy Mangurian Comprehensive Women's Center at Holy Cross Healthplex, slated to open this fall.

10 Mar 2010

US Forest Service and CAL FIRE Use Vicom's Advanced Fire Detection System

Vicom Wireless, a pioneer in the use of video surveillance and microwave networks for fire suppression applications.

10 Mar 2010

Knovel's Engineering Design and Construction Essentials Increase Productivity and Efficiency

Knovel, a Web-based application integrating technical information with analytical and search tools, today announced the immediate availability of Engineering Design and Construction Essentials. Leveraging 10 years of exp...

10 Mar 2010

OSA Launches Professional Training Center in Toronto

Recognizing Canada's growing gap between solar energy capability and qualified rooftop installers, Ontario Solar Academy (OSA) recently launched a new center to provide professional training in the Greater Toronto Area.

10 Mar 2010

LAWA Honored for Use of Eco-Friendly Concrete in Parking Lot Construction

Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is the recipient of the Excellence in Concrete Award presented annually by the Southern California chapter of the American Concrete Institute in recognition of "excellence in enviro...

10 Mar 2010