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Using Hemp as a House Building Material to Tackle Climate Change

Houses made of hemp, timber or straw could help combat climate change by reducing the carbon footprint of building construction

17 Sep 2008

ThermaRock Energy Saving Drywall Introduced by Serious Materials

Serious Materials today announced its new line of ThermaRock energy saving drywall that can give enrgy savings of 30 percent

16 Sep 2008

Alvarez Construction to Build Energy Efficient and Disaster Resistant SHIP Homes

Alternative Construction Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an exclusive supplier agreement with Alvarez Construction Group

15 Sep 2008

Green Building Council Grant to Examine The Effect of Lighting on Learning of School Students

The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has earned the notable distinction of receiving one of only 13 first-ever research grants awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The $250,000 grant will fund research for a project titled “Quantifying the Impact of Daylight and Electric Lighting on Student Alertness, Performance, and Well-being in K-12 Schools.”

15 Sep 2008

Owens Corning Releases Tool Kit to Promote Re-Insulation

Owens Corning, a world leader in building materials and glass fiber reinforcements, today launched a full set of business solutions to help its building materials customers easily, efficiently and profitably enter an emerging and growing market category -- re-insulation

11 Sep 2008

Solar Mirrors for Renewable Energy Industry Improved by Arch Aluminum and Glass

Arch Aluminum and Glass Co., Inc. has developed innovative new mirror manufacturing techniques to meet the demand for lower cost and more efficient concentrator photovoltaic units in the burgeoning renewable energy industry

11 Sep 2008

EPA Releases Tool To Help Americans Go Green At Work

EPA has revealed a new online tool to provide Americans with tips and information on how to save energy and protect the environment in the workplace

10 Sep 2008

National Green Building Conference Honors Green Builders and Architects

The NAHB's National Green Building Award for "Single Family Affordable Home of the Year" went to Green Builders, Inc. in Austin, Texas for its Sycamore model. Architect Donovan Davis of Danze & Davis Architects, Inc. and The House Designers, designed the award-winning house plan

9 Sep 2008

China to Face Decades of Flooding and Power Shortages After Earthquake

Up to 20 million people, thousands of whom are already displaced from their homes following the devastating Chinese earthquake, are at increased risk from flooding and major power shortages in the massive Sichuan Basin over the next few decades and possibly centuries

8 Sep 2008

Brookhaven Lab Buildings Achieve LEED Green Building Certification

Two buildings on the 5,300-acre site of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have each been awarded a LEED silver rating by the U.S. Green Building Council

7 Sep 2008