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New York City's Largest Green Roof Completed

Turner Construction Company, the nation's largest green builder, has substantially completed New York City's largest green roof for the United States Postal Service

25 Aug 2009

ABB Solution to Integrate Wind Power into Mexican Electricity Grid and Improve Reliability

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order from Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to provide a Static VAr Compensator (SVC) solution to help strengthen the transmission grid in southern Mexico

25 Aug 2009

Law Firm Announces Chinese Drywall Litigation and Petitioning Homeowners with Chinese Drywall in Their Homes

A leading local and national law firm in the field of Chinese Drywall litigation, has announced that it will be pursuing claims against contracting companies that used Chinese Drywall in the construction of single and multi-family homes

25 Aug 2009

Neo Material Acquires Recycler, Recapture Materials

Neo Material Technologies and privately held Recapture Metals Limited of Peterborough, Ontario jointly announced the signing of agreements today whereby Neo will acquire 100% of all issued and outstanding shares of Recapture

24 Aug 2009

Researchers Develop Porous Materials For Storing Carbon Dioxide Exhaust Emissions

Efficient methods for the separation of this greenhouse gas from industrial exhaust are being sought. Korean researchers have now developed a porous material that can bind and store CO2 efficiently and highly selectively

24 Aug 2009

Desalination of Salt Water into Pure Water With Nanotechnology

A team of researchers from The Australian National University have discovered a way to remove salt from seawater using nanotubes made from boron and nitrogen atoms that will make the process up to five times faster

24 Aug 2009

Artificial Photosynthesis to be Boosted by KSU Grant

Kansas State University professor has a grant to study an area of physical chemistry that will provide more insight into the electronic structure and energy transfer processes in natural and artificial photosynthetic complexes

24 Aug 2009

Printed and Painted Solar Panels Could Soon Be Producing Super Cheap Electricity

Solar cells could soon be produced more cheaply using nanoparticle "inks" that allow them to be printed like newspaper or painted onto the sides of buildings or rooftops to absorb electricity-producing sunlight

24 Aug 2009

Seven Strategies For Making an Environmentally Friendly Concrete Countertop

Concrete-Countertops has put together a list of seven convenient strategies for making concrete countertops as eco-friendly as
possible

24 Aug 2009

Vetrazzo Recycled Glass Surface to be Sold Through SEN Design Group

Vetrazzo, makers of the original environmentally friendly Recycled Glass Surface, Vetrazzo, announces agreement to sell its material through SEN Design Group, a national organization of the country's finest kitchen and bath professionals dedicated to providing the best value in service and products to their customers

24 Aug 2009

Electric Vehicle Conversion Made Easy by New BookThat Shows How to Convert a Car to Run on Electricity

Gavin Shoebridge, the man behind www.evsecrets.com, destroys the myths and simplifies the process of converting a car to run on electricity with his new eBook and comprehensive video tutorials

24 Aug 2009

Structural Insulated Panels to be Used to Make Energy Efficient House in One Week

One lucky Washington-area family will soon be surprised by ABC's Emmy-award winning reality show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The program will air as a two-hour special featuring SIPA member Winter Panel as they help construct a new energy-efficient house with structural insulated panels (SIPs) for a deserving family in just one week

24 Aug 2009