The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that 22 communities will receive technical assistance to pursue development strategies that support smart growth and sustainability goals and encourage local economic ...
Tags: housing, transportation, environmental protection, Construction
Axalta Coating Systems chairman and CEO, Charlie Shaver, presented insights into the strategic implications of private equity in the coatings industry value chain at a meeting of industry leaders attending the global Coatings Summit in ...
Tags: Coatings Industry, Construction
AkzoNobel has received the 2015 JEC Innovation Award for its patented cure system for bio fiber reinforced composites in the competition’s Resins category. The company will receive its award during the JEC Europe Composites Show in ...
vPersonalize Inc., a pioneer in full custom, design-your-own apparel, and accessories, has launched its next generation design software that provides advanced features for designers to visualize, produce, and deliver products on-demand to ...
Tags: 3D visualization, design software, Textile
The installed base for 'smart' street light luminaires is set to grow rapidly, with network controlled nodes set to rise from two million at present to 40 million by 2019, finds ABI Research. "Alongside the energy savings, lifespan, and ...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new GATEWAY report that summarizes the results of a survey regarding conversions to solid-state lighting in museums. The survey was sent to members of the museum community who had requested ...
Tags: correlated color temperature, LED installation, Lights
There is a wide gap between supply and demand of organic products in Europe, which seems to be growing by the day Experts warn tht this gap is further expected to widen due to new EU amendment, reports EurActive Germany. The market for ...
Tags: EU Regulation, Organic Farming
We live at a time when kitchens are given against centre stage within our homes. Something Alberto Sanchez and MUT team just love.. “Cooking is certainly a pleasure, a leisure activity, something you share with your family and friends ...
Tags: luxury kitchens, Furniture
Amazon, world’s leading online retailers, has announced that sellers on the website have sold a record-setting more than 2 billion items worldwide in 2014. A large number of sellers on Amazon have adopted the Fulfillment by Amazon ...
Tags: cross-border trade, easy returns, award-winning Amazon customer service
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the USA has developed nitride semiconductor solar cells with high quantum efficiency for short wavelengths (370-450nm) and concentrated photovoltaics at temperatures up to 400°C [Liang Zhao et al, ...
Tags: PV Performance, Electrical
Hot off the heels of the Razer Nabu – which technically only landed last month – comes a second wearable offering from the Razer – the Nabu X. Rather than being poised as the successor to the Nabu, the Nabu X is instead ...
Tags: Razer, CES, Consumer Electronics
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has replaced its foot, inch and yard measurement system with the metric system in textile trade, under the national system of measurement and calibration, according to the Emirates Authority for ...
Tags: Textile Trade, yard measurement, metric system, Textile
Often considered a throw-in, an afterthought, underlayment for new hard surface glue-down, nail-down and floating floors in residential and commercial installations is anything but. Underlayment that is well matched to the floor covering ...
Tags: Premium Underlayment, floors
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the first national regulations to provide for the safe disposal of coal combustion residuals (coal ash) from coal-fired power plants. The final rule establishes safeguards to ...
Tags: coal ash, ground water, Construction
On a global scale, Southeast Asia represents the fourth largest market for synthetic latex polymers, accounting for 8% of the global consumption, according to the recently published Synthetic Latex Polymers: Southeast Asia Market Analysis ...
Tags: synthetic latex, polymers