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Harvard University Receives 50th LEED Certification from U.S. Green Building Council

Harvard University declared that it has earned its 50th LEED certification awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council. The landmark achievement comprises six platinum-level projects constituting over 1.5 million FT² of offices, classrooms, libraries, dormitories and labs.

3 Aug 2011

Myriad Media Forms Environmental Initiatives to Cut Down Carbon Footprint

Myriad Media, a company that assists clients to promote their products by utilizing Internet media, broadcast and DVD, declared that it has formulated a new environmental supervising facility to bring down the level of the carbon footprint.

26 Jul 2011

California Independent System Operator Gets LEED Platinum Certification for its Headquarters

California Independent System Operator (ISO) declared that its new Folsom headquarters has received the LEED Platinum Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council by meeting its set of strict energy efficiency norms.

15 Jul 2011

B2B Soft and CExchange Associate to Introduce Green Exchange Program

B2B Soft, a business-to-business software solution providing company that specializes in offering retail management services for the retail segment of wireless/cellular industry, has declared its partnership with CExchange, a Carrollton, Texas-based e-waste recycling company.

12 Jul 2011

3M Debut Their Latest Range of Energy Efficient Windows

3M today announced the U.S. debut of its Exterior Window Film Prestige Series, the latest offerings in the company’s portfolio of energy-conservation solutions. Available in three gradients to meet unique needs for both new buildings and retrofit projects, the films are applied on the outside of windows to reduce the risk of thermal stress, particularly on windows with multiple glass panels.

11 Jul 2011

White Paper Provides Energy Modelling Data for Architectural Glasses from PPG

PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has published "Comparing the Energy and Environmental Performance of Neutral-Reflective Low-E Glasses," a white paper that summarizes an energy modeling study of four commonly specified neutral-reflective, low-emissivity (low-e) glasses, including SOLARBAN(R) R100 glass by PPG.

7 Jul 2011

Carbon Negative Green Construction Materials of Encos Draw Chinese Attention

Encos, a UK-based manufacturer of carbon negative green materials for use in the construction industry will participate in a meeting on sustainable building technologies being organized by the Beijing Commission sustainable development centre and Innovation China UK (ICUK) in China between 21 – 24 June.

17 Jun 2011

Hydro to Build Norway's First Energy Positive Commercial Building

The Powerhouse alliance, consisting of developers Entra Eiendom, construction group Skanska, architects Snøhetta, environmental group ZERO and aluminium company Hydro will build Norway’s first – and the world’s northern-most – energy-positive commercial building, in Trondheim.

5 Jun 2011

Energy Efficient Aluminium Building System Generates Excess Electricity

Measurements of the energy performance at Hydro’s aluminium building systems test center in Bellenberg, Germany, show that the building is generating 80 percent more electricity over the course of a year than it needs for its own consumption.

26 May 2011

North Dakota Renewable Energy Council Awards Grant for University Research

A research project known as “Biobased Non-Isocyanate Urethane Hybrid Resins for Pultrusion Composites” is in the process of bringing out green composite building products.

23 May 2011