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National Green Building Conference Honors Green Builders and Architects

The NAHB's National Green Building Award for "Single Family Affordable Home of the Year" went to Green Builders, Inc. in Austin, Texas for its Sycamore model. Architect Donovan Davis of Danze & Davis Architects, Inc. and The House Designers, designed the award-winning house plan

9 Sep 2008

China to Face Decades of Flooding and Power Shortages After Earthquake

Up to 20 million people, thousands of whom are already displaced from their homes following the devastating Chinese earthquake, are at increased risk from flooding and major power shortages in the massive Sichuan Basin over the next few decades and possibly centuries

8 Sep 2008

Brookhaven Lab Buildings Achieve LEED Green Building Certification

Two buildings on the 5,300-acre site of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have each been awarded a LEED silver rating by the U.S. Green Building Council

7 Sep 2008

Sustainable Building Automation With Wireless Sensors from EnOcean

EnOcean, the inventor of self-powered wireless sensors and modules, has released 315 MHz versions of their ultra-low power radio modules. The development enables integrators to install wireless sensors networks into buildings using a frequency band that is far less crowded than the others available

2 Sep 2008

Environmentally Friendly Glo Brite Eco Exit Photoluminescent Signs Eliminate Radiation Risk From Tritium Glow in the Dark Signs

Jessup Manufacturing Company's Glo Brite Eco Exit photoluminescent sign line is increasingly being used by building owners as a safe, energy-efficient alternative to radioactive tritium technology

2 Sep 2008