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Green Paint Primer

Natural Home and Garden Magazine have released a green paint primer as part of their current issue. The primer gives the details of common house paints and their environmental credentials. The primer can be downloaded fr...

23 Jun 2005

Innovative Design System Ties Personality And Preferences To Color Selection

What do the color of your eyes, love of the English countryside and smell of freshly peeled oranges have to do with the colors of your home? According to Pittsburgh Paints, everything. Pittsburgh Paints has introduced...

23 Jun 2005

Attention Focuses On Round Homes That Survive Hurricanes As The 2005 Hurricane Season Begins

A prefabricated round home that seems to be hurricane proof has received a great deal of attention recently because all of these homes in hurricane ravaged areas survive with either no damage or just minor cosmetic damag...

23 Jun 2005

Complete Your Home Carpentry Projects Like a Pro

This summer, why not finish all those projects you've been planning all year. A portable table saw will help you complete a wide range of indoor and outdoor carpentry projects - you can cut plywood for shelving or...

23 Jun 2005

Orbit Manufacturing Answers Your Top 10 Questions About Radiant Heat

Orbit Manufacturing, a leading provider of high-quality electric radiant heating solutions for residential and commercial applications, answers consumers' questions about radiant heating, which is used inside to warm...

23 Jun 2005

WeatherTRAK Selected For Southern Living 2005 Idea House

HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc., the leader in weather-based irrigation management, today announced that the WeatherTRAK(R) ET plus irrigation controller has been selected for the Southern Living 2005 Green Idea House in A...

23 Jun 2005

Business And Industry Groups Protest Legislation Banning Use Of Plastic Pipe

Business and industry groups as well as local government representatives from throughout New York State are vigorously protesting legislation that would ban the use of plastic pipe in commercial development. Similar legi...

23 Jun 2005

Throw Another Blanket On This Summer To Stay Cool And Save Money

Is your power bill soaring faster than the summer temperatures? The solution is simple -- throw on another blanket -- of PINK Fiberglas(R) insulation from Owens Corning. The same product that keeps you warm in the win...

23 Jun 2005

CPSC, DeWALT Announce Recall to Repair Air Compressors

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unles...

23 Jun 2005

Developing Green: The Case For Performance Buildings And Sustainable Development

It's not easy being green -- or is it? The Urban Land Institute explores how easy it actually is to build green. Green building has emerged as the next big trend in the real estate industry. This comprehensive ...

23 Jun 2005

York Contractors Warm The Heart And Cool The Facility

For the past seven years, it has been difficult to recruit volunteers for the Heart to Heart global distribution center in Olathe, Kan., because the building that houses the global humanitarian organization was too hot i...

23 Jun 2005

Eternit Slates Launch A Ventilation Trio

Eternit Building Materials has launched three new ventilation products in its fibre cement slates portfolio to help specifiers and contractors meet Building Regulations for roofspace ventilation. Approved Document F2 ...

23 Jun 2005

Eternit Sheeting Is Powerful At The Power Bowl

Players at one of the UK's most remote bowling alleys have a new venue that is weather and corrosion resistant as well as low maintenance, thanks to Eternit Building Materials. Eternit's fibre cement profiled ...

23 Jun 2005

Eternit Tiles Are Heads And Tails At Pondtail Close

Natural clay plain tiles from Eternit Building Materials have been used on the roofs and walls of a mixture of townhouses and apartments by the design-led developer Swan Hill Homes. Park View on Pondtail Close, Horsha...

23 Jun 2005

HomelandDefenseStocks.com Announces New Featured Profiled Company: Cyberlux Corporation Creators of Breakthrough Emergency Scenario Lighting Technology

www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com (HDS), an investor news portal for the Homeland Defense sector, reports that Cyberlux Corporation, a provider of energy-efficient and cost-effective lighting technology is a new featured pro...

23 Jun 2005