Imagine street lighting with 360-degree video cameras, facial recognition and real-time notification to security and police dispatchers – all built discreetly into one streamlined, architecturally designed light post. Now add an LED ...
General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a new life: noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. The bottles - collected from five of its Michigan facilities - are also ...
Some News South Wales hospitals will soon have soft drinks removed from all vending machines. In a first time move, the decision was made by the Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) which operates health facilities in Wagga Wagga, ...
The Xiamen International Industrial Exposition (XMIE), also known as China Xiamen Machinery and Electronics Exhibition (CXMEE), exclusively authorized by China’s Ministry of Commerce, is jointly organized by the China Chamber ...
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In order to examine how the architectural community is evolving in regards to sustainable design practices, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) undertook an in-depth study of nearly 200 COTE Top ...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide over $90m grant to strengthen local and regional food systems and for specialty crop development. Specialty crops include fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, flowers and nursery crops. ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – has entered into a 150MW module supply agreement with Cypress Creek Renewables (CCR), which ...
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West Midlands-based company Furmanac is now officially a Zero To Landfill furniture manufacturer, having undergone a stringent process including a full audit trail. Purchasing director Harmz Pattar says: “At Furmanac, we are ...
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The Architecture Billings Index saw a dip into negative terrain for the first time in five months in January, but inched back up in February with a small increase in demand for design services. As a leading economic indicator of ...
Athletico Physical Therapy wraps up National Athletic Training Month (NATM), which ran through March, by demonstrate gratuity for athletic trainers. Athletico held fundraising events and public education programs with NATM to increase ...
An election promise made by Premier Mike Baird, the container deposit scheme will reward the public with 10c each container they return and recycle. Similar programs were established in South Australia and the Northern Territory in the ...
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Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery is planning to invest $85m to set up Eastern US brewery in the City of Roanoke, Virginia. The facility which has been named Brew 4, as it follows original Bend, Oregon public house (Brew 1), the brewery's ...
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In celebration of World Water Day, Bacardi has launched an in-house initiative to remove straws and stirrers in cocktails at company events. Starting in its North America regional headquarters office in Coral Gables, Fla., and its Bombay ...
Kickfurther, inventory and invoice financing crowd-funding platform that connects companies and backers seeking qualified short-term deal financing, has partnered with MM Local Foods, a natural and organic food company to finance their ...
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Reef announced a new humanitarian outreach known as "We Heart," an altruistic program to mesh with the travel ethos of the brand's motto, "Just Passing Through." "We Heart" highlights the brand’s existing culture of giving, an ...
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