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Energy Efficiency Tax Credit Available For Adding Home Insulation in 2009

Individuals who purchase and install products including home insulation, heating and cooling equipment, roofing, doors and energy efficient windows will be eligible for a US Government tax break

10 Mar 2009

KFC and Taco Bell Operate First Green Restaurant

Yum! Brands the world's largest restaurant company and parent of Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, has opened an environmentally-friendly KFC-Taco Bell restaurant in Northampton, Massachusetts

9 Mar 2009

'Frugal Green' is the New Era Says Green Building Consultant

Jerry Yudelson, one of the world's top green building consultants, proclaims that green building professionals can make sustainability pay its own way

5 Mar 2009

Low Fume and Low Odour Asphalt for Roofing Systems

Owens Corning, a global building materials and composite solutions leader, introduces enhancements for the application of durable built up roofing systems with new TruLo Max Lo Odor, Low-fuming Asphalt

5 Mar 2009

New Makrolon Thermal Insulation Introduced by Bayer

Building and saving the energy-conscious way with thermal insulation in winter and heat reduction in summer using the 5M Energy product range

5 Mar 2009

New York City's Greenest Residential Building Set To Open This Summer

The Green Envy Development Group announced today that The Silhouette residential project in Brooklyn will be completed by summer 2009

4 Mar 2009

Butte College Is Now The Largest Solar Campus in California

With national attention focused on renewable energy policies, Butte College cemented its leadership in use of solar power by unveiling three new solar projects which will help the college achieve its goal of becoming a carbon neutral campus by 2015

4 Mar 2009

Los Angeles Honored by U.S. EPA For Being Top in Energy Efficient Construction

The City of Los Angeles has the most Energy Star buildings – structures that use approximately one-third less energy – in the U.S., leading the way with 25 buildings completed as of 2008

3 Mar 2009

Sustainable Exterior Siding, EcoClad, Made from Recycled Paper

KlipTech, the sustainable surfaces company founded by PaperStone inventor Joel Klippert, introduces a revolutionary new exterior siding product for residential and commercial applications called EcoClad, made from FSC-certified recycled paper/wood fiber and bamboo fiber

2 Mar 2009

Natural Fuels Industries to Acquire Asian Biomass Fuel Production Facility To Make Green Energy

Natural Fuels Industries Company, Inc of Thailand has entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire a major manufacturing facility on the port of MAP Ta PHUT in Thailand to produce alternative - green energy

2 Mar 2009