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Boral Bricks to Report Greenhouse Gas Emissions as Founding Member of Climate Registry

Boral Bricks, a leading manufacturer and distributor of building and construction materials, has become a Founding Reporter of The Climate Registry

29 Jun 2008

Architcture 2030 Releases Guide to Meeting the 2030 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Through Building Code Changes

Architecture 2030 has released an unprecedented and much-anticipated guide for every city, county and state in the nation to swiftly meet their greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets through existing building codes

26 Jun 2008

GREENGUARD Certifications for Owens Corning Masonry Products

The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute has announced that Owens Corning Masonry Products is the first manufactured stone veneer maker to qualify for its GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified and the even more stringent GREENGUARD Children & Schools product emission standards

26 Jun 2008

Steelcase Gets Sustainability Award for Life Cycle Thinking

Steelcase, the global leader in the office furniture industry, has been awarded a British FISP (Furniture Industry Sustainability Programme) certificate in acknowledgment of its pioneering “Life Cycle Thinking” approach and sustainable manufacturing ethos

26 Jun 2008

Plantic Wins PACIA Sustainability Award for Biodegraable Packaging and Materials

Plantic Technologies Limited manufacturer of biodegradable packaging and materials, has been selected as the winner of this year’s PACIA Sustainability (Plastics) Award

24 Jun 2008

Pittsburgh Council Looking at Legislation to Reduce Carbon Emissions

A resolution being introduced in
City Council tomorrow is designed to generate a 20-percent reduction in
Pittsburgh's greenhouse gas emissions by 2023

24 Jun 2008

Stirling, Scotland Aims to be First Carbon Neutral City in the UK

Stirling is aiming to become the UK's first carbon neutral city thanks to £1.25m in funding from the Big Lottery Fund and the Scottish Government to the community led Going Carbon Neutral Stirling (GCNS) project

24 Jun 2008

OSRAM PURITEC Uses Ultraviolet Light to Purify Water

The PURITEC technology exhibited by OSRAM at the EXPO Zaragoza 2008 is an innovative disinfection method for the purification of water using ultraviolet light, in which a special immersion emitter is fitted into water containers such as freshwater tanks and cisterns

22 Jun 2008

Biotechnology is the Key to Sustainable Industries

Despite recent controversies over crop-based biofuels, biotechnology offers some of the best opportunities to create a more sustainable world, with applications as diverse as new sources of energy, new materials for industrial and consumer uses, and high quality agricultural products with better production economics

18 Jun 2008

Green Printing Technologies to be Showcased at the Sustainability in Printing Conference

RISO, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high speed color printers and duplicators, today announced that it will showcase its environmentally-friendly printing solutions at the upcoming Sustainability in Printing conference

17 Jun 2008