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Big Impact By BRE Green Building Guide

Since the launch of the revised and updated version of BRE's Green Guide in June 2008, it has become clear that it has made much more impact in the marketplace than its predecessors

2 Dec 2008

Building Operating Management Top Products Award Goes to Environmentally Friendly Glo Brite Eco Exit Safety Signs

Jessup Manufacturing Company's Glo Brite Eco Exit safety signs have received a 2009 Top Products Award from Building Operating Management magazine

2 Dec 2008

How Smart Homes Can be Sustainable Homes

Ibexcellence, an intelligent buildings network group run by BRE, has launched a report on how smart home technologies could help new dwellings meet the performance levels of the Code for Sustainable Homes

30 Nov 2008

China's Tallest Building Brings New Thinking to Tall Building Sustainability

Groundbreaking ceremonies held today mark the start of construction on Shanghai Tower

30 Nov 2008

Governor’s Award for Environmental and Economic Leadership in Sustainable Communities Goes to Treasure Island

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California EPA Recognize TI’s Green Building Features and Energy Conservation

27 Nov 2008

Asbestos Warnings for Tradespeople from Health and Safety Executive and Jewson

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Jewson, the UK's leading supplier of timber and building materials, have joined forces to help warn tradesmen of the dangers of asbestos

27 Nov 2008

Modular Homes Go Earth Friendly

NAHBGreen verification is now available for modular homes, bringing the green building certification process to the industry that produces a fifth of the nation's housing stock

26 Nov 2008

Young Tradespeople Made Aware of Asbestos Dangers

Trainee apprentices from around the West Midlands received a stark warning from the Health and Safety Executive that, once exposed to asbestos fibres in their lungs, they could die a premature death from mesothelioma unless they take necessary precautions in the workplace

26 Nov 2008

Biofuels Power Buys Old Houston Electricity Plant for Clean Energy Park

Biofuels Power Corporation (OTCBB:BFLS) announced today that it has agreed to purchase the site, infrastructure and equipment of the decommissioned H.O. Clarke Electric Generating Station in central Houston

25 Nov 2008

Waste Material from Power Plants Being Could be Environmentally Friendly Replacement for Concrete

Each year, coal-burning power plants, steel factories and similar facilities in the United States produce more than 125 million tons of waste, much of it fly ash and bottom ash left over from combustion. Mulalo Doyoyo has plans for that material

25 Nov 2008