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Swedish Pavillion at Expo 2010 to Use Energy Saving Steel

An energy-saving steel that can dissipate heat from solar radiation will enclose the buildings at the Swedish pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai next year

14 May 2009

Environmentally Friendly Composite Pavers Helping Landscapers and Home Owners

VAST Enterprises, has a solution for landscape contractors who are striving to differentiate themselves and achieve greater efficiency improvements. In today's tough economy, forward-looking contractors could take advantage of a premium (and green) product for hardscapes
that enables them to get excellent results with less labor

14 May 2009

Sustainable Building Students From UC Irvine Tour The Gatsby Hollywood

University of California, Irvine students enrolled in "Developing Green and Sustainable Communities" recently toured The Gatsby Hollywood - metro L.A.'s first all solar, Certified California Green, Smarthome community

12 May 2009

Call For American Schools to Get Green Renovation

Going green with new construction is a good idea, but what about renovating existing structures? Like, say, the 20 billion square feet of existing U.S. public schools, 40 percent of which have 15 million students in poor environmental conditions?

11 May 2009

Thermafiber Introduces Thermafiber Insolutions Innovative Insulation Products

Thermafiber, Inc. officially announces the launch of Thermafiber Insolutions. Thermafiber Insolutions is a five-pronged approach to providing innovative insulation products and services to architects, specifiers, contractors and building facade manufacturers

10 May 2009

Pinnacle Premium Sub-Flooring from Norbord Available With FSC or SFI Chain of Custody Certification

Norbord Inc today announced the launch of its new Pinnacle Premium sub-flooring. Pinnacle is the first premium sub-flooring available in North America to offer the choice of either Forest Stewardship Council or Sustainable Forestry Initiative Chain of Custody Certified Wood

6 May 2009

Energy Efficient, Sustainable Design for New SAP Building

A suburban office building with a grass roof, toilets that use rainwater for flushing and an air-conditioning system that makes its own ice for cooling? It's a reality at SAP AG's office expansion on its Newtown Square campus

6 May 2009

Climate Change Pollution Targets Set By Australian Government Rely on The Rest of the World Coming On Board

Australia has given a vital and strategic boost to international efforts for an effective global climate agreement by committing to reduce Australia’s carbon pollution 25% by 2020 if other countries join in, said the Southern Cross Climate Coalition of environment, union, welfare and research groups in a statement today

5 May 2009

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum to Showcase Environmentally Recognised Building Materials to American Architects

At the 2009 American Institute of Architects (AIA) convention, Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC - a leader in innovative building products and practices - will showcase the industry's only full portfolio of gypsum fiberglass mat products

4 May 2009

Sustainable Building Design WIth Advanced Architectural Glass and Metal Roof Coatings

PPG Industries offers architects a single, comprehensive resource for designing sustainable building envelopes through advanced architectural glasses and metal roof coatings

4 May 2009