One year after opening a LEED gold certified distribution center in West Grove, PA, Dansko celebrated the first birthday of its innovative facility. Built by Pennsylvania-based construction company W.S. Cumby, the distribution center works ...
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Our products are at the heart of modern architecture, engineering and construction. They play a beneficial role in addressing some of the major environmental challenges of buildings, new and old. Architects increasingly seek to bring ...
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The movement for healthier, high-performing buildings has reached a new milestone, as the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) issued the 20,000th LEED certification for a commercial project. This month, USGBC’s Green Building ...
OSRAM SYLVANIA is introducing the OSRAM PrevaLED® CUBE LED light engine, which is ideal for use in downlight fixtures. The PrevaLED CUBE provides fixture manufacturers a flexible, cost-effective light engine that delivers high-quality ...
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Voltage optimisation has been delivering energy savings and cutting carbon emissions for a decade now.It is a proven and reliable technology,and one of only three technologies applicable for a new batch of carbon reduction funding,having ...
Shaw Industries recently joined the Make It Right Foundation to cut the ribbon on the Foundation's latest project, the Bancroft School Apartments in Kansas City's Manheim Park neighborhood for which Shaw donated flooring including its ...
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Winning Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservatory uses PPG glass PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) announced that its glass products helped the Center for Sustainable Landscapes at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in ...
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The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its third annual "Best of Green Schools" list, which recognizes top educational institutions, individuals and initiatives across the country for environmental ...
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A noteworthy tripartite initiative to stimulate technology start-ups by Sri Lankan university students and recent graduates gets underway in January 2014 with corporate sponsorship and participatory inputs from Brandix. Sri Lanka’s ...
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Coverings ETC's Bio-Luminum is now manufactured in the United States. Made from reclaimed aircraft parts, Bio-Luminum tiles provide a unique wall and flooring option that is 100% upcycled and 100% recyclable - and helps achieve LEED points. ...
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Milliken's Moment collection was recently named hospitality flooring winner for the Interior Design 2013 Best of Year Awards. The awards program honors outstanding products and projects within the architecture and design industry across ...
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Within the Hudson city limits on 40 acres of beautiful, wooded, triangular landscape lies River Crest Elementary. At 93,450 square feet, River Crest Elementary School is Hudson, Wisconsin's sixth elementary school with a capacity for 588 ...
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A new wool and rice straw blended upholstery fabric, which has been developed by a Wellington company, goes into commercial production next year with the potential to create significant demand for New Zealand crossbred wool, while helping ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released the third and final installment of its LEED in Motion report series: Impacts and Innovation. The report details key impact areas and results of the thousands of projects that are ...
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Guardian SunGuard Helps Valley View Middle School Exceed New Energy Codes - USGlass magazine announced that Guardian Industries has been named one of its 2013 Green Design Award Winners. Guardian’s winning project, Valley View Middle ...
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