The U.S.Green Building Council(USGBC)and the American Institute of Architects(AIA)this week commended the U.S.Conference of Mayors(USCM)for passing a slate of sustainability resolutions that renew its commitment to local green building and ...
Tags: USGBC, Green Building, AIA, USCM
The improbable story of a New York City data center saved by a fuel bucket brigade is not told with fondness, even if there is a sense of pride and humor in its retelling. Those involved recall the stink of diesel fuel in dark stairwells ...
Tags: Data Center, Fuel Bucket Brigade
On 4th June 2013, the European Commission imposed anti-dumping duties on PV products imported from China. The initial duty will be 11.8% on all Chinese solar products and will be effective for the period June 6 to August 6, 2013 and ...
Tags: Construction&Decoration, Solar, China
Photo courtesy of Heathrow Airport. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) 69th Annual General Meeting (AGM) overwhelmingly endorsed the resolution on “Implementation of the Aviation Carbon-Neutral Growth (CNG2020) ...
Hull City Council's Pryme Street car park is benefitting from the installation of 200 solar photovoltaic panels covering a surface area of 372 metre squared. It is projected that the 49kwh system will generate approximately 41,450 kwh a ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Construction
The Bader International Study Centre (Queen's University, Canada), located in Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, invited Greg to help launch their "Green Castle Initiative". This initiative commits the Bader International Study Centre to ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Pentair Ltd. announced that Amy Skoczlas Cole has joined the company as vice president of corporate citizenship. In this role, Skoczlas Cole will oversee the Pentair Foundation and drive key corporate citizenship and sustainability ...
Tags: Processing Machinery
A number of core issues for the Global Timber Forum (GTF) were identified at its first meeting on 22 and 23 May in Rome, the European Timber Federation reports. Industry and association representatives from around the globe are to share ...
Tags: Wood Industry, Timber
Launching on 12 June, the exclusive online campaign – ‘Together we’re making recycling count’ – will target Tesco Clubcard customers with an invitation to ‘pledge’ to recycle. In return for their ...
Environmental Protection Agency acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe joined U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (shown) on June 4 to announce the launch of a challenge that asks farmers, processors, manufacturers, retailers, ...
Tags: Packaging&Printing, EPA, USDA
Arkema will exhibit its Platamid high performance copolyamide hotmelt adhesives, new PVDF Kynar grades for the spinning of ultra-resistant fibers, and specific Kynar PVDF grades designed for nonwoven and textile coatings at the next edition ...
Tags: Arkema, Innovations
The May 31st 2013 deadline, which marked the registration of substances produced or imported in annual quantities of 100 to 1000 metric tons, represented a further major step for Arkema, as this involved 123 substances, namely one quarter ...
Tags: Textile
The proportion of UK electricity generated from gas fell to 16-year lows last year as cheaper coal prices spurred generators into increasing coal-fired power to its greatest share of the electricity mix since 1996, government data shows. ...
Tags: Gas-Fired Power, Chemicals
The European trade association for stee,l Apeal (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging), has released the latest steel recycling figures In 2011, 2.6 million tonnes of steel packaging were recycled to make new steel ...
Tags: Apeal, Steel Recycling, Packaging&Printing
Each year an estimated 100,000 people directly benefit from the time and expertise that Architecture for Humanity provides for community groups, aid organizations, housing developers, government agencies, corporate divisions, and ...