Source: mother nature network By Bryan Nelson These green energy projects are high-risk, high-reward, and have the potential to change the energy landscape
Source: GlobeNewswire Glaston has closed a EUR 3.4 million deal with the Chinese company Jin Jing Group. Glaston has a long-term customer relationship with Jin Jing Group and this time the deal includes two Glaston CCS900™ double-chamber tempering furnaces, one Glaston FC500™ flat tempering furnace, one Glaston XtraEdge™ 2640-10 double-edging line and one real-time iLooK™ quality measurement system. The machines were included in Glaston’s Q1/2013 order book.The heat treatment lines and iLooK™ are manufactured in Tianjin, China and the pre-processing line in Bregnano, Italy. The machines will be delivered to the customer to Beijing, China during the third and fourth quarter of 2013.
Source: Fairfax Media A manufacturing company in Knoxfield has been told to clean up its act before November or face serious financial penalties.
The Environment Protection Authority inspected the Australian Glass factory in Rushdale Street last month. The EPA's southern metro manager Leigh Bryant said that following numerous reports of noise pollution in the area, the elevated noise levels were traced back to Australian Glass. Source: Viracon, Inc. Viracon, the nation’s leading single-source architectural glass fabricator, announces the latest coating in its wide array of products. A high-performance glass coating, VUE-30 offers architects and designers superior visible light transmittance relative to the solar heat gain performance.
Source: NAHB Sales of newly built, single-family homes rose 2.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000 units in April, according to newly released figures from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. The gain builds on a strong upward revision to sales numbers reported for the previous month.
AAMA Releases First North American Multipoint Locking Hardware Standard for Side-Hinged Doors5/25/2013
Source: AAMA The American Architectural Manufacturers Association recently published its first North America standard for multipoint locking hardware for side-hinged door systems. AAMA 909-13, Voluntary Specification for Cycle Performance and Testing of Side-Hinged Exterior Door Multipoint Locking Hardware, establishes a minimum performance requirement and test procedure to evaluate the durability of multipoint locking door hardware.
Source: Guardian Industries Guardian Industries now offers interior designers and architects a product solution that enables them to design with glass without sacrificing privacy: Guardian Reveal, the company’s newest interior glass innovation.
Source: Woodworking NETWORK By Andy Johnson Reduced U.S. hardwood sawmilling capacity is a major driver of the steady increases in hardwood lumber prices over the past year, and has only been compounded by a very wet spring and logger shortages.
During Disaster Safety and Mitigation Week (May 13-19) – which is part of National Building Safety Month – the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) is touting the importance of state enactment and enforcement of modern building codes.
Source: PR Newswire As Southeast Asia's building industry strives to meet the needs of its growing urban population, building owners are turning to green building as a solution. According to a study by McGraw-Hill Construction, green building activity is on the rise with 89 percent of Singapore building firms expecting more than 60 percent of their projects to be green by 2015. Carrier, the world's leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, convened thought leaders at its popular Distinguished Sustainability Lecture Series to support building owners and designers in Singapore and Thailand who are transforming the built environment. Carrier is a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp.
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