The banning of certain types of a common class of chemicals known as phthalates has reduced Americans' exposure to the chemicals' potential harms, a new study suggests. However, the researchers also found evidence of increased exposure to ...
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The banning of certain types of a common class of chemicals known as phthalates has reduced Americans' exposure to the chemicals' potential harms, a new study suggests. However, the researchers also found evidence of increased exposure to ...
Three tax incentives that have relevance to the door, window and skylight industry were among the 55 allowed to expire at the beginning of 2014, but the glass industry isn't ready to write them off just yet. Ben Gann, director of ...
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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. In December 2013, USGBC's Green Building ...
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FLSmidth has won a contract worth $94.9m with Qatari cement producer Al Khalij Cement to supply a complete cement production line for a plant in Umm Bab, approximately 100km east of Doha. The production line will be a duplicate of the ...
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Frank Polich/Bloomberg News Construction spending rose 1% in November to the highest pace in more than four years, the Commerce Department reported Jan. 2. The increase brought spending to an annual $934.4 billion annual rate, the ...
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Paul Gertner, president of Starborn Industries, a manufacturer and distributor of fastening products, was named '2013 Lumber Person of the Year' by the New York Long Island Lumber Association (NYLILA) last month. Gertner was selected in ...
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Construction waste management comprises of various ways to recycle and reuse the waste material that is left over at the construction sites. Some of this waste that is found is inorganic like it has paper, plastics and some of them are ...
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 ...
Led by a solid increase in both single-family and multifamily starts,nationwide housing production rose 22.7%to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.09 million in November,according to figures released by the U.S.Department of Housing and ...
Glass substrate processing firm G-Tech Optoelectronics is constructing a factory for making energy-saving glass building materials, with completion scheduled for March-April 2014 and production to kick off in the second quarter, according ...
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Producer Prices for the Industrial Sector for November National Bureau of Statistics of China In November 2013, Producer Price Index (PPI) for manufactured goods decreased 1.4 percent year-on-year, and remained at the same level (the ...
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New polymers could allow for self-healing materials, the University of Pittsburgh recently reported. Materials manufactured from the new composites can regenerate themselves when damaged. Results of the Pitt research were recently ...
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Beijing launched carbon emissions trading on Thursday, making it China's third market for carbon trading. An initial 490 companies, whose carbon emissions account for 40 percent of the city's total, have been included in the plan, ...
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A leaky metal roof at the U.S. Naval Academy’s McDonough Hall has been transformed into a glass roof delivering abundant daylight and energy savings into the historic building thanks to dynamic SageGlass® and its ability to tint ...
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