The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its ranking of the top 10 countries for LEED® outside of the United States, demonstrating the global reach of the movement that is transforming the built environment into healthy, ...
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According to Statistics Canada, contractors took out $6.0 billion worth of building permits in March, down 3.0 percent from February. The March decline followed an 11.3 percent decrease the previous month. Construction intentions in the ...
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GIA announced the release of a comprehensive global report on Defoamers markets. Global market for Defoamers is forecast to reach $3.9 billion by 2020, driven by resurgence in demand from end-use markets, and stringent environmental ...
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Power management company Eaton today announced that more than 12,000 of the light-emitting diode (LED) luminaires from its Cooper Lighting Division have been listed on the DesignLights Consortium® (DLC) Qualified Product List (QPL). The ...
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Lucid, the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the National Wildlife Federation and the Alliance to Save Energy announce that more than 265,000 students at 109 colleges and universities across the U.S. and ...
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Between the federal government, BC provincial government and Port Metro Vancouver, they’ve put together $1.71 million to outfit the remainder of the Port’s container truck fleet with GPS technology. “GPS technology will ...
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Monterrey, Mexico-based PMP Grupo-Planeación, in partnership with India-based Preet Group-PG, announced plans this week to expand into the US and Canada, building mini-mills to process steel scrap. The announcement Monday at the ...
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American automaker General Motors has issued a recall on 59,628 units of Saturn Aura mid-sized cars in the US and Canada over a problem with the automatic transmission shifters. The recall affects certain 2007 and 2008 model Aura cars ...
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LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has introduced a series of LED T8 replacement tubes for commercial lighting users as a replacement for linear fluorescent tubes. Cree claims that the LED T8 Series is ...
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Trelleborg's new tire plant will supply ag tires to the original equipment and replacement markets in North America Trelleborg AB says it will build a $50 million radial agricultural tire plant in Spartanburg, S.C. Production is expected ...
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North American baking company Weston Foods, a subsidiary of George Weston, has completed the acquisition of Rubschlager Baking of Chicago, Illinois. Rubschlager, which focuses on a full range of authentic rye breads and a variety of ...
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Global pipe and tube producer Tenaris S.A. has announced its financial results for the first quarter this year, reporting a net profit of $428 million, up one percent year on year. During the given quarter, net sales decreased by four ...
Canada-based Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (Baffinland) has announced that it has received the final regulatory approval to begin the first phase of extraction of iron ore in the Mary River project. Baffinland, 50 percent owned by ...
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South Korea's state-owned Korea Gas Corp said Friday it had sold 5% of its stake in LNG Canada to Shell as part of efforts to reduce its debts. "Kogas' subsidiary Kogas Canada LNG Ltd. has transferred 5% of its stake in LNG Canada to ...
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People are forever complaining about how the digital world has robbed them of something or other. Peace. Anonymity. Freedom itself. I just see possibilities. So I've been keen to follow a new kind of connection made possible by the ...
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