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Building Industry Experts Team Up to Find Way To Fix Toxic Chinese Drywall Problem

One of the leading forensic experts on building envelope water intrusion and toxic mold, Spiderman Mulholland, is joining forces with a network of professionals to combat the Toxic Chinese Drywall issues facing the United States today

4 May 2009

Understanding Ocean Acidification Due to Increasing Carbon Dioxide

A student at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia is bringing understanding to the troubling problem of ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide

4 May 2009

Potentially Harmful Chemicals Found in Smoke From Forest Fires

Researchers have detected common plant toxins that affect human health and ecosystems in smoke from forest fires. The results from the new study also suggest that smoldering fires may produce more toxins than wildfires - a reason to keep human exposures to a minimum during controlled burns

4 May 2009

Arizona State University to Get New Energy Frontier Research Center

Arizona State University will be home to a new Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) announced by the White House in conjunction with a speech delivered by President Barack Obama

30 Apr 2009

Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corporation To Establish An Engineering Center in North Carolina

Toshiba Corporation today announced that Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corporation, a U.S.-based Toshiba Group company, will establish an engineering center in Charlotte, North Carolina

29 Apr 2009

High Performance Green Buildings Gain Recognition For Kohl

Kohl’s Department Stores (NYSE:KSS) announced today that 110 additional Kohl’s stores earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) ENERGY STAR label, a nationally recognized symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection

29 Apr 2009

Guilty Plea For Former Oklahoma Water Treatment Supervisor Who Falsified Drinking Water Safety Reports

Christopher Neil Gauntt, the former supervisor of the Fort Gibson Water Treatment Plant in Fort Gibson, Okla., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Muskogee, Okla., to falsifying a monthly operating report that certified the safety of drinking water from the facilit

29 Apr 2009

Siemens to Expand EcoFriendly Product Range

Siemens intends to rigorously expand its world-leading position as a supplier of ecofriendly products and solutions

29 Apr 2009

The Future of Solar Technology in Buildings Will Be Fast and Strong Growth After The Recession

The solar building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) and the solar thermal heating systems (STS) markets have been hit hard by the current economic situation. However, as soon as the recession shows signs of recovery, both sectors will start booming again

29 Apr 2009

Ethanol Biofuel Production Has Become a Drink Or Drive Issue

Federal requirements to increase the production of ethanol has developed into a “drink-or-drive issue” in the Midwest as a result of biofuel production’s impact on water supplies and water quality, says an environmental engineering researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology

29 Apr 2009