First time buyers could benefit if the Government and construction industry look to more innovative ways of producing affordable and sustainably produced and run homes, suggests a Loughborough University study.
An energy-efficient house which can send alerts if its residents are ill has been developed by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire.
The machine-room-less elevator "synergy" from ThyssenKrupp Elevator is a real space-saver. It can be integrated into any building design and gives architects greater creative freedom. It also sets environmental benchmarks. TÜV SÜD recently gave a "synergy" elevator in Köthen (Germany) an energy efficiency class "A" rating.
Bayer has opened its first emissions-neutral office building in Asia as part of its Group-wide sustainability program. Bayer MaterialScience’s new building in Greater Noida, near New Delhi, India, which draws 100 percent of its electricity from a photovoltaic plant, needs some 50 percent less power than comparable buildings in the region.
First Wind, an independent wind energy company based in North America, which solely concentrates on the development, ownership and operation of wind energy generating projects, declared that its headquarters at 179, Lincoln Street in Downtown Boston has received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) gold certification.
Hydro’s building systems brand Wicona won the first prize for best façade solution at the world’s biggest building exhibition, BAU 2011, in Munich, Germany.
ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, headquartered in Duisburg, Germany, a global technology leader in the manufacture of high quality flat rolled steel, has joined Bayer MaterialScience's EcoCommercial Building Program.
New guidance on the cost-effective design and construction of sustainable, low carbon supermarkets demonstrates how the operational carbon emissions of a typical supermarket building can meet the requirements of Part L 2010 without the need for renewable energy technologies.
Transparency for sustainability: At Bau 2011, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe will be presenting Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its steel construction elements. The EPDs cover the company’s full range of single-skin elements and sandwich panels for facades, roofs and walls.
Bayer MaterialScience AG and Asklepios Kliniken GmbH have set up a cooperation project to implement environmentally friendly solutions in hospitals and healthcare facilities. As part of this collaboration, the EcoCommercial Building Initiative established by Bayer MaterialScience will support the hospital operator’s "Green Hospital" program in achieving sustainable development in its healthcare facilities.
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