Built on 6 acres of an 8-acre site in the southwest side of the Dallas Central Business District, magnificent new Omni Hotel has a very appealing and sophisticated persona. A contemporary reflective-glass exterior and rich native textures ...
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Whether you are a home owner or a trades person you will probably use lighting design at some point in your life.Lighting affects not only your visual abilities but also your mood,so why not do it right?For those of you interested in ...
In partnership with the World Green Building Council, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is enabling the development of more 'Green Buildings' by turning innovative and intelligent lighting solutions into people benefits in ...
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Researchers at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have proposed a new metric to help architects and builders more easily take advantage of the benefits of daylighting,from significant energy savings to the ...
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A serendipitous alignment of program, a compatible historic structure and creativity, have resulted in an environmentally sensitive, high-tech classroom building that is transforming the teaching and learning experience – along with ...
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OAKLAND PARK, Fla. - A new Ashley Furniture HomeStore by South Florida licensee City Furniture here is being built to achieve U.S. Green Building Council construction standards. The 25,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in early ...
New Buildings Institute(NBI)today announced the official release of one of the first LEED Automation tools available to LEED project teams.The COMNET Energy Modeling Portal is an online platform used to collect energy modeling simulation ...
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Phoenix schoolhouses will be LEED certified and feature Acuity Brands Smart+Simple Solutions for School Lighting As part of its initiative to promote and deliver high-performance school lighting,Acuity Brands,Inc(NYSE:AYI)continues its ...
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In response to concerns raised by members,core LEED users and stakeholders,and in an effort to provide the marketplace a view of the full LEED program experience prior to ballot,the U.S.Green Building Council(USGBC)announced that it will ...
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Goodman Building Supply,a hardware store with construction supplies that serves Marin and its nearby areas has declared the availability of the recent,energy-efficient line of LED tube lighting. Matrix Lighting's VIRIBRIGHT series of T8 ...
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LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a tool for evaluating of green building. The objective is to effectively reduce the negative impact of the environment and occupants in the design. The objectives are to specify a ...
Cooper Lighting has supplied indoor and outdoor LED lighting for City Furniture's new 94,000-square-foot superstore delivering an energy reduction of 60% and LEED Silver compliance. Retailer City Furniture has opened a new 94,000-ft2 ...
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TORONTO, Oct. 5, 2011 -- As LEED 2012 considers lower standards, award winners push green envelope TORONTO, Oct. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) announced today at Greenbuild the best commercial and ...
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Despite the current economic crisis that plunges the construction business ever downward, the "green building" trend is taking off. Even when new construction projects are in a decline, there is increasing interest in green building methods ...
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As the construction industry recovers from the Great Recession, and more builders resume operations, many will discover a changed world. That's because while time may have slowed for builders in recent years, governmental, regulatory and ...
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