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Safer by Design Guide Offers Recommendations on Plant Safety

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has refined its recommendations on plant safety into a best practice and hopes the voluntary code will not only help its members prevent accidents, but will also benefit constructio...

30 Sep 2009

Commercial Building Retrofit Initiative Summit Focused on Energy Efficiency

Greening Greater Toronto (GGT) convened today a meeting of Toronto's building owners, tenants and commercial real estate experts at the Commercial Building Retrofit Initiative Summit. The Initiative, one of four id...

30 Sep 2009

NABCEP Solar Installation Training in Phoenix

October 5-9 PV100: Solar Installation Training (Rio Salado) eRenewable Resource Group, in partnership with Rio Salado College, is offering the only ongoing NABCEP Solar Installation Training in Phoenix. This Rio Salad...

30 Sep 2009

Report Reveals an Increase in Remodeling Activity in Parts of America

- Recovery Spurred by Declining Costs and Stimulus Incentives - RemodelorMove.com's U.S. Remodeling Activity Report(TM), a sampling of remodeling permits in the U.S., was issued for the second quarter 2009 today, re...

30 Sep 2009

Design Research Exhibit Spotlights Didriks as Featured Retailer

Finnish home furnishings manufacturer, iittala, officially spotlighted Didriks as a featured retailer of the Design Research Exhibit in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Exhibit recreates entire store in its original flagsh...

30 Sep 2009

Concrete Pour at Haiyang Completed

Westinghouse Electric Company, its consortium team member The Shaw Group Inc., China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and Shandong Nuclear Power Company Ltd. today announced successful completion ...

30 Sep 2009

Research Paper on High-Load Thermoplastic Bridges

Paper by Rutgers University and U.S. Army Corp Describes Benefits of the Innovative Technology Used by Axion for 100% Recycled Plastic Bridges Axion International Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:AXIH), a next-generation technolo...

30 Sep 2009

AIU Provides Recycling Containers to Collect CFLs

Illinois consumers now have a convenient, no-cost way to safely dispose of used compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs, thanks to a partnership between the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO)...

30 Sep 2009

Residents Receive a Healthy Lifestyle at The Millennium

Residents at the Millennium at Metropolitan Park, a new high-rise luxury apartment building, will enjoy a comprehensive offering of healthy lifestyle features including a non-smoking policy, according to John Chappelear,...

30 Sep 2009

Equipment Industry Workers Launch Grass Root Campaign

Caravan of Heavy Construction Equipment Rolls Down Las Vegas Strip; culminates in Washington, DC Construction equipment workers and business leaders today launched Start Us Up USA!, a grassroots campaign during a rally ...

30 Sep 2009