Packaging firm Sonoco's rigid plastics facility in the US has secured LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification from the US Green Building Council. Located in the Beauty and Home Care Campus of New ...
Marlon Arias applauds the possible changes in federal guidelines that would make for greener construction and renovation. The owner of Trinity Glass Company in Springfield, Va., says he welcomes the chance to help lessen the environmental ...
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Clif Bar & Company, a US-based producer of organic foods and drinks, is set to construct a new bakery facility in Twin Falls, Idaho, with an initial investment of $90m. The plant will be built in an environmentally-friendly way by ...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH) has selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program. The AIA Healthcare Awards program showcases the best of healthcare ...
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The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $15,000 to the Air Force Museum Foundation for construction of a fourth major building at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, ...
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Shaw Industries Group Inc. — a Dalton, Ga.-based floor covering provider and subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. — announces its Reclaim to Energy (Re2E) facility in Dalton has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental ...
With the opening of an 81,400-square-foot student Center,the nation's first public four-year college founded in the 21st century recently made a transition from a commuter school to a more traditional campus community. Georgia Gwinnett ...
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The University of California at Berkeley’s (UC Berkeley’s) newly opened Energy Biosciences Building is the most energy efficient building on campus, thanks in part to window systems from Wausau Window and Wall Systems. The ...
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The New Central Library in downtown San Diego will have many stories to tell when it is completed in mid-2013. Not only from the books on the shelves, but from the old cars, worn out appliances and other pieces of scrap metal that were ...
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Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy welcomed its first freshman class. The new six-year program focuses on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to foster college and career readiness. Supporting this innovative learning model, ...
Local dignitaries held a special grand opening for the new 463,000 square foot Urban Outfitters,Inc.West Coast Internet Fulfillment Center facility in Reno,Nevada. Attendees of the event included Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval,US Senator ...
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The American Institute of Architects(AIA)Academy of Architecture for Health(AAH)has selected the recipients of the AIA National Healthcare Design Awards program.The AIA Healthcare Awards program showcases the best of healthcare building ...
City Creek Center,a newly completed LEED Silver project in the heart of Salt Lake City,is evocative of a European streetscape and features 200 custom LED hanging light fixtures,each containing three Cree XLamp XP-G LEDs.Designed by Mike ...
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Developed by the U.S.Green Building Council in 1998,the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED)initiative is a certification system using real,measurable steps which can be taken to ensure that a workplace is an environmentally ...
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FITCH swept the"triple crown"of store design competitions with a"hands-on,"LEED Silver showroom for San Diego-based Fixtures Living.The three competitions–the Retail Design Institute(RDI)International Store Awards,the Association for ...
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