A unique facade and roofing sheet that reduces the need for artificial indoor cooling in hot climates by up to 15 percent covers the Swedish pavilion at the World Expo in Shanghai. The product, Prelaq Energy from the steelmaker SSAB, is an energy-saving steel that can dissipate heat from solar radiation.
Sandwich panels comprising two metal facings and a polyisocyanurate (PIR) rigid foam core have long been used for the efficient thermal insulation of large warehouses, cold stores and other industrial and administration buildings. Developers at Bayer MaterialScience have now come up with a new, more environmentally compatible PIR foam system with significantly enhanced fire behavior that has clear benefits over established system.
The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification for New Construction (NC) to a new headquarters building of Darden Restaurants in Orlando. The building has an office space of 469,000 sq. ft.
The planquadrat office of architects Herbert Elfers, Martin Geskes and Jörg Krämer is to become a new network member in Bayer MaterialScience's EcoCommercial Building program. The two parties recently signed an agreement to this effect. It is the first time that an architectural practice has committed itself to the global Premium program for energy-efficient and economic building that Bayer MaterialScience has developed for the planning and construction of commercial, industrial and office buildings, and operates jointly with its partners.
The GreenBuilding and GreenLight EU awards encourage the reduction of usage of energy by private and public organisations.
The Green Building Initiative (GBI) has received appreciation from the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) for successfully completing its American National Standard for Commercial Green Building.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded the LEED Existing Building (EB) Gold Certification to the Frito-Lay Topeka’s Kansas facility.
EcoBlu Products, Inc. (OTCBB:ECOB) announced today that it has shipped BLUWOOD™ chemistry to Pacific Cedar Supply of Buena Park, California. The chemistry is for use in Pacific Cedar Supply's approximately 1 million square foot production facility in China where they produce siding, shingles, fascia and various other wood products.
As buildings become increasingly sophisticated with innovative designs, shapes and sizes, they must also meet technical performance demands of withstanding every day environmental forces and natural or man-made disasters, as well as increasing needs for energy efficiency.
Hydro is coming closer to the building industry in Qatar with aluminium systems and services that support the nation's ambition to take leadership in the Arabian Gulf in energy-efficient commercial and residential buildings.
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