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Construction Products Research - Saving Resources and Reducing Waste

Project launch at the Building Centre, London on 30th January 2006. A new DTI-funded project called BE AWARE - Built Environment Action on Waste Awareness and Resource Efficiency - aims to help construction product ma...

3 Jan 2006

2006 Greenbuild Call for Papers

November 15-17, 2006, Colorado Convention Center High performance takes on new meaning when Greenbuild comes to Denver. For three days, thousands of green building industry professionals will come together in the bea...

3 Jan 2006

Energy Surcharge For Brick Products

Baggeridge Brick has announced that it has come under extreme pressure as a business due to the extraordinary increases in gas prices since November. They now advise that as from Monday 9th January 2006 it will become ne...

3 Jan 2006

Green Building Breakthrough: Sustainable Buidlings On A Conventional Budget

Interface Engineering Inc.’s 48-page, full-color illustrated book Engineering A Sustainable World shares the principles and secrets behind its green building breakthrough. This complimentary document, offered as...

3 Jan 2006

Architects Call for Fifty Percent Reduction by 2010 of Fossil Fuel Used to Construct and Operate Buildings

Through its Board of Directors, The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has adopted position statements to promote sustainable design and resource conservation to achieve a minimum reduction of fifty percent of the cu...

3 Jan 2006

AIA Announces Recipients of Continuing Education Award for Excellence

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced today the recipients of the “Award for Excellence in Professional Continuing Education.” Cannon Design, from Grand Island, N.Y. was honored in the large...

3 Jan 2006

New Party Wall Design Successfully Tested by CERAM

CERAM has successfully tested a new party wall design for compliance with Part E of the Building Regulations for its client the Brick Development Association. Despite the long history of use of brickwork in party wal...

3 Jan 2006

Protection Against Harsh Sunlight Using BASF Polyurethane

South Africa's sun beats down mercilessly. On the Dark Continent, even topcoats used to protect metal surfaces are exposed to extreme climatic conditions. Here's the challenge: The intense direct sunlight dries o...

2 Jan 2006

Ground Broken At Site Of World's Tallest TV Tower

The ground breaking ceremony for what will be the world’s tallest TV tower has taken place in Guangzhou, South China. Information Based Architecture (IBA) and Arup worked collaboratively to win the commission fo...

2 Jan 2006

Deputy Prime Minister Announces Appointments To English Partnerships Board

The Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott has announced the appointment of three new members to the board of English Partnerships. John Parker, Richard Harrold and Geoffrey Wright bring a wealth of knowledge and experi...

2 Jan 2006

Milton Keynes Partnership Wins Government Approval For Infrastructure

The development of Milton Keynes has taken a major step forward with the Government’s approval of an innovative infrastructure tariff and the award of £24m for railway improvements under the ODPM’s Comm...

2 Jan 2006

Mark Cuban Invests In The Best Seat In The House - The Brondell SwashTM

Brondell Inc., developer of the Swash, a revolutionary high-tech toilet seat, announced it has secured $1.3 million of Series A financing from a group of investors including technology visionary Mark Cuban. Cuban joins B...

2 Jan 2006

UK Energy Bills Set To Soar

Energy economists are predicting the price of energy to soar in the UK during 2006 with anything from 10% to 25% price rises likely over the next 12 months. Individual consumer bills could rise by as much as £20...

2 Jan 2006

Arsenic from Treated Lumber Could Lead L:ong Term Environmental Problems

Arsenic from treated lumber used in decks, utility poles and fences will likely leach into the environment for decades to come, possibly threatening groundwater, according to two research papers published online Wednesda...

27 Dec 2005

Scientists Develop Textile Reinforced Concrete for Building Applications

Scientists at the Technische Universität Dresden/Germany have been developing an innovative composite material – “textile reinforced concrete“ – which is to serve for the structural reinforce...

21 Dec 2005