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 | Green Tradeshow Booth Unveiled
Sherwin-Williams, a leading provider of green products in the coatings industry, unveiled an environmentally preferable tradeshow booth. The display, developed in collaboration with Opus Design, showcases the company’s green products and environmental initiatives through innovative construction.
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Local Non-Profit Formed to Fight Global Warming
A local Boston-area resident (and professional architect) has launched a new non-profit corporation, with the dual goals of helping to fight global warming and providing education on environmental issues. The organization is called "One Penny Per Mile, Inc." (OPPM) and, as the name suggests, has a unique formulation geared to help achieve these goals. OPPM will accept donations from automobile drivers at the rate of one penny for every mile driven. The donated funds will be used to develop new energy systems powered by renewable ‘green’ sources, such as the sun and wind.
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Seminar Series to Highlight Green Technologies
ISH North America 2008 (ISH NA) announced its efficient technologies and renewable energy-focused seminar track, structured to educate professionals on the growing use of green applications within their field.
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 | New Sustainability Analysis Dashboard
Mad*Pow Media Solutions announced its collaboration with Autodesk to demonstrate the company’s technology concept for a new sustainability analysis dashboard. In combination with the Revit platform for building information modeling (BIM), the new concept demonstrates how architects, engineers and designers could benefit from real-time graphical feedback about impact of design decisions on the potential LEED green building rating of a project.
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The Largest, Solar-Powered Rice Mill in the U.S.
Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. has provided more than 5,500 photovoltaic (PV) modules for a 1-megawatt solar electric system at Far West Rice Mills in Nelson, Calif. The system is expected to deliver 1,440,000 kWh a year — approximately 75 percent of the plant’s total energy needs. The multi-million dollar solar project, installed by Pacific Power Management of Auburn, Calif., qualifies for $1.8 million in rebates from Pacific Gas & Electric.
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Firm Launches Climate Change Practice
The climate change consulting practice has been added to Mazzetti’s already full range of client services, which includes mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and technology engineering design and consulting.
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 | Paragon Prairie Tower Wins 2008 Spectrum Award from Coverings
LATICRETE, a manufacturer of systems for the installation of ceramic tile and stone, provided a GREENGUARD-certified installation system for the 5,050 square feet of SICIS mosaic glass tiles installed by the Des Moines Marble & Mantel Company as the exterior façade of the 10 story Paragon Prairie Tower in Urbandale, Iowa. The LATICRETE System was supplied locally by Pete Bird at the Sunderland Brothers Company. At Coverings 2008, the Paragon Prairie Tower project took home a Spectrum Award in the category of Commerical – Mosaic/Glass Tile.
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American PolySteel Joins ARXX
With the addition of PolySteel, ARXX will be able to expand into new markets and provide an even greater range of high-quality insulating concrete form (ICF) solutions to the residential, commercial and institutional segments.
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 | Innovation Unveiled, Honored at Awards Ceremony
LIGHTFAIR International (LFI), an annual trade show and conference for architectural and commercial lighting held May 26 – 30, 2008, celebrated innovative product designs during the LFI Innovation Awards, which took place at the Las Vegas Convention Center in conjunction with the opening day of the show.
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Manufacturers Taking Pricing Action
Dow Building Solutions announced that due to continuing and unprecedented increases in energy, feedstocks, raw materials, and transportation costs, it would increase prices in the U.S. and Canada by up to an additional 10 percent for all product lines.
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 | Ground Broken for 50-Story Apartment High-Rise in Chicago’s Loop
Chicago-based Jupiter Realty Company has broken ground for its new 50-story, 389-unit rental apartment building at 215 W. Washington Street in downtown Chicago. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by a host of local dignitaries including Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
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 | Greenbuild365 Re-Launched
Visitors will find increased educational offerings, podcasts and expanded resources, along with year-round access to plenaries and master speaker presentations from USGBC’s Annual Greenbuild Conference & Expo.
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 | Online Community for Building Industry
Clear Seas Research has developed Building Materials Talk, an online research panel community for members of the following sectors: HVAC/R, Plumbing, Architecture & Design, Construction, Roofing, Surveying & Mapping, Geomatics, Security, and Site Preparation.
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 | Building Achieves “Double Platinum” Designation
The Christman Company announced that it has been awarded LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for The Christman Building, its recently rehabilitated national headquarters located in downtown Lansing, Mich.
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