SCS Global Services (SCS) has issued the first gold-level certification to Designtex, a Steelcase Company, under the factsm ecolabel developed by the Association for Contract Textiles (ACT). The certification recognizes Designtex's "Gold ...
Tags: SCS Global Services, Textile
That may look like regular glass in that giant window, but it isn't; It is a new way to make windows bigger than they should be and to waste more energy. ESG Thermic heated glass lets you "transform windows from the main source of heat loss ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Heated Glass
The global producer of glass fiber reinforcements, Owens Corning (OC - Snapshot Report), has joined with Taishan Fiberglass, a subsidiary of China National Materials Group, Sinoma, to promote the use of Alkali Resistant (AR) specialty ...
Tags: Glass, glass fiber, Construction
The major theme of the 2013 BEC Conference can be summed up in the title of its keynote presentation: Battle for the Wall. "Our true competitors are solid surface walls," said Scott Thomsen, president of the Global Flat Glass Group, ...
Tags: glaziers, glass industry, glass
Through 2017, a rebound in construction activity, combined with continuing consumer interest in environmentally friendly products, will propel US growth in green building materials demand 11 percent annually to $86.6 billion. US ...
Tags: LEED system, Building Materials Market, solar power products
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business will exhibit an expanded line of Durastar coil coatings and a new line of Duraform coil coatings in booth 629 at the 2013 Frame Building Expo in Memphis, Tennessee, Feb. 22-24. PPG ...
Tags: PPG Industries, industrial coatings business, Durastar coil coatings
C.R. Laurence has announced it has received International Code Council Evaluation Service certification (ICC-ES report ESR-3269) for its GRS Monolithic Tempered Glass Railing System. CRL says it is the first company to have been awarded ...
Tags: GRS, Railing System, ICC Certification
C.R. Laurence announces today that it has received International Code Council Evaluation Service certification (ICC-ES® Report ESR-3269) for its GRS Monolithic Tempered Glass Railing System. CRL is the first company to have been ...
Tags: CRL, GRS Glass Railing System, ICC ES Approved, glass railing system
The U.S. green building market continues to accelerate, according to McGraw-Hill Construction's 2013 Dodge Construction Green Outlook report. The value of green building has seen growth from $10 billion in 2005 to $78 billion in 2011. In ...
Tags: Green Building, green building market, Green Outlook report
The CodeMark Scheme is a building product certification scheme for Australia and New Zealand. The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) and New Zealand's Department of Building and Housing (DBH) manage the scheme in their respective ...
Tags: Code Mark, building product, certification
HomeSphere Inc., the premier technology-leveraged service provider to the residential construction industry, announced today that Heather Sharp Knutson has joined the company as Director of Marketing. Knutson brings more than 15 years of ...
Tags: construction industry, HomeSphere, marketing, marketing strategies
TECO is North America's value-added, truly independent third-party certification agency for building products. We certify all types of structural and non-structural panel products including: OSB, plywood, particleboard, and MDF panels ...
Tags: TECO, OSB, plywood, certification
Guardian Industries has launched a Spanish version of its global website,www.guardian.com, in addition to enhancing the site's navigational tools and content. According to Guardian officials, the improved navigation allows visitors ...
Tags: global website, navigational tools, navigational content
Bendheim Wall Systems, Inc. is launching a new continuing education program titled "Designing Safe and Sustainable Buildings with Channel Glass Wall Systems." The free, self-study online program qualifies for one AIA HSW/SD learning unit ...
Tags: building, glass wall, channel glass, specialty glass
One of the reasons the construction codes have held my interest for decades is that they always seem to present a new challenge.Just when we start to figure something out—whether it be compliance with the Americans with Disabilities ...
Tags: construction codes, AAMA, building green, Life Cycle