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Shaw Enters into Agreement with U.S. General Services Administration for Building Energy Management Services

The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) today announced it has received a blanket purchase agreement for comprehensive professional energy services from the U.S. General Services Administration. Shaw will perform audits, rev...

19 Feb 2010

Office Depot Announces Energy Efficiency Results of its LEED Gold Certified Store in Texas

Results from Retailer’s First “Green” Store Surpass Expectations; Encourage Continued Investment in Energy Efficiency

19 Feb 2010

New Building Efficiency Advisory Service from Pike Research

Today Pike Research announced the launch of its new Building Efficiency Advisory Service. This subscription-based service is an independent and objective business information tool that provides clients with in-depth mark...

19 Feb 2010

Commercial LED Lighting Provider Opens New Store in Waco

LED Illumination Direct opens its one-of-a-kind, green showroom in the Waco area. This 2,500-square-foot showroom hosts LED Illumination Direct’s 200 different varieties of LED products. LED Illumination Direct&rsq...

19 Feb 2010

Study on Cement Engineering Enterprise SINOMA

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0688a2/company_study_of_s) has announced the addition of the "Company Study of SINOMA International Engineering, 2009" company profile to their o...

19 Feb 2010

Bluebeam Unveils New PDF Software for Sustainable Construction

Bluebeam® Software is taking its newly released PDF editor, Bluebeam PDF Revu® 8, on its first international tour. Bluebeam, the leading developer of PDF solutions for the design and construction industry, is exh...

19 Feb 2010

Polyaspartic Coatings Manufacturer Focuses on Global Growth

HP Spartacote, a leading manufacturer of patented polyaspartic coatings, announced today that it has aligned itself directly with the inventors and patent holders of its polyaspartic coating formulations in an effort to ...

19 Feb 2010

JZA+D Designs Waku Ghin Restaurant in Singapore

Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design LLC (JZA+D), a full-service, multi-disciplined architecture and design firm, is designing Waku Ghin, a modern, 8,000 square-foot restaurant at The Marina Bay Sands Resort and Casino in...

19 Feb 2010

WMECo to Develop Large-Scale Solar Energy Facilities in Pittsfield

Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) today announced its plan to develop the first of several large-scale solar energy facilities. The selected site on Silver Lake Boulevard combines two parcels of land o...

18 Feb 2010

New Jersey American Water to Develop New Water Treatment Facility in Millburn

New Jersey American Water will replace its 1920s-era Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant in Millburn Township, NJ and build a new, state-of-the-art facility on the same grounds. Groundbreaking is expected in early fall 201...

18 Feb 2010

Sherwin-Williams Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Arch's Industrial Wood Coatings Business

The Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE: SHW) announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Industrial Wood Coatings business of Arch Chemicals, Inc. ( ARJ). Headquartered in Pianoro, Italy, Arch Industria...

18 Feb 2010

Lab Tests Prove Opus Roof Blanket as Best Roofing Underlayment

A recent battery of tests performed by a nationally renowned third-party lab ranks Opus Roof Blanket's one-of-a-kind surface texture the very best in the roofing underlayment industry for walking surface traction. ...

18 Feb 2010

Moynihan Station Construction Project Receives $83 Million Fund from US Department of Transportation

After decades of planning and numerous delays caused by economic ups and downs, the vision of the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan is finally moving forward. The construction of Moynihan Station will provide the nece...

18 Feb 2010

Lockheed Martin's CLE Receives LEED Silver Certification

The Lockheed Martin Center for Leadership Excellence has earned the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® Silver certification. The USGBC's Green Building Rating System™, is an internationally accepted be...

18 Feb 2010

Frost and Sullivan Says that Energy-Efficient Luminaries Stimulate Growth in European Luminary Industry

The European luminaire market is long established and mature. However, recent developments have shaken the sedentary growth rate of the market, with a construction boom in early-2000s swiftly followed by a construction s...

18 Feb 2010