Sustainability News

RSS

CertainTeed Ceiling and Insulation Products Used In Comcast Center, United States' Tallest Green Office Building

Towering over the Philadelphia skyline at an amazing 58 stories (975 feet), the city's new Comcast Center is a high-performance sustainable building, with an abundance of features that will conserve energy and reduce impact on the environment

9 Feb 2009

2009 NextGen Home Showcases New Green Building Materials

New green building materials are currently on display at the 2009 NextGen Home in Las Vegas

5 Feb 2009

Finalists Named in CleanTech Business Innovations Awards

The Plastics Environmental Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) is pleased to announce the finalists for a competition at the Clean Technology Business Forum to be held during SPE's Global Plastics Environmental Conference

4 Feb 2009

Wal-Mart Starts Testing New PACCAR Hybrid Trucks

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced it will test a new type of heavy-duty commercial hybrid truck and a new type of alternatively fueled truck, developed by Bellevue, WA based PACCAR as a part of the company's efforts to build on its progress in developing a more sustainable trucking fleet

3 Feb 2009

Princeton University Takes on Energy Sustainability With Solar Power

A solar installation at the high-tech storage library on the Forrestal Campus is launching Princeton University into a new area of energy sustainability

3 Feb 2009

Whole Log Lumber Show How Beauty and Sustainability Go Hand-in-Hand

Sustainability isn't something that often gets associated with beauty. One North Carolina based company, Whole Log Lumber, is beginning to change that idea with their recycled lumber products

3 Feb 2009

BASF Research Units Increasing Production Efficiency and Sustainability

BASF's research units are its pulsating lifelines. The worldwide Verbund of creative thinkers is constantly producing new ideas and projects, driving forward the company even in economically difficult times

2 Feb 2009

PGI Increases Corporate Sustainability Program

PGI has announced it is strengthening its corporate sustainability program with a focused and expanded initiative in this area led by the company's first chief sustainability officer

2 Feb 2009

Hybrid Trucks and Alternative Fuels Being Tested by Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced it will test two new types of heavy-duty commercial hybrid trucks and two different alternatively fueled heavy duty trucks as a part of the company's efforts to build on its progress in developing a more sustainable trucking fleet

2 Feb 2009