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White Paper Provides Energy Modelling Data for Architectural Glasses from PPG

PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) has published "Comparing the Energy and Environmental Performance of Neutral-Reflective Low-E Glasses," a white paper that summarizes an energy modeling study of four commonly specified neutral-reflective, low-emissivity (low-e) glasses, including SOLARBAN(R) R100 glass by PPG.

7 Jul 2011

Carbon Negative Green Construction Materials of Encos Draw Chinese Attention

Encos, a UK-based manufacturer of carbon negative green materials for use in the construction industry will participate in a meeting on sustainable building technologies being organized by the Beijing Commission sustainable development centre and Innovation China UK (ICUK) in China between 21 – 24 June.

17 Jun 2011

Hydro to Build Norway's First Energy Positive Commercial Building

The Powerhouse alliance, consisting of developers Entra Eiendom, construction group Skanska, architects Snøhetta, environmental group ZERO and aluminium company Hydro will build Norway’s first – and the world’s northern-most – energy-positive commercial building, in Trondheim.

5 Jun 2011

Energy Efficient Aluminium Building System Generates Excess Electricity

Measurements of the energy performance at Hydro’s aluminium building systems test center in Bellenberg, Germany, show that the building is generating 80 percent more electricity over the course of a year than it needs for its own consumption.

26 May 2011

North Dakota Renewable Energy Council Awards Grant for University Research

A research project known as “Biobased Non-Isocyanate Urethane Hybrid Resins for Pultrusion Composites” is in the process of bringing out green composite building products.

23 May 2011

Philips and Bayer MaterialScience Join Forces to Develop Sustainable Buildings

The Lighting Division of Philips GmbH has joined the EcoCommercial Building Program in Europe that was initiated by Bayer MaterialScience, one of the world’s leading polymers manufacturers. Through an interdisciplinary network of partners, this program offers decision-makers in the construction industry a comprehensive range of services and material solutions for building sustainable public and commercial buildings.

19 May 2011

Norway to get First Energy Positive Office Building

Entra Eiendom, Skanska, architects Snøhetta, the environmental organization ZERO, and the aluminium company Hydro are entering into an agreement to build Norway’s first energy-positive office building. The new alliance, Powerhouse, plans to present its first building project in the summer of 2011.

1 May 2011

Medtronic World Headquarters Receives Green Globes Continual Improvement of Existing Buildings Certificate

Medtronic, a Minneapolis, MN, headquartered medical technology company, has lately earned the Green Globes Continual Improvement of Existing Buildings (CIEB) certification for its sustainable practices and upkeep of the Green Building Initiative (GBI).

29 Apr 2011

Knight Management Center Aims to Receive LEED Platinum Certification

The Knight Management Center at the Stanford Graduate School of Business to be opened at the end of this month is anticipating attaining LEED platinum grading from the U.S. Green Building Council.

28 Apr 2011

DOW Associates with Oak Ridge National Lab and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to Introduce Energy-Efficient Cool Roofs

Dow Chemical declared that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will finance a part of an important lab research that is being conducted by Dow and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) of DOE under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA).

22 Apr 2011