Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 08/04/2008
Basement foundation construction using insulated concrete form (ICF) technology represents a relatively recent innovation where thermal insulation, either EPS or XPS, is moulded to create formwork... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 08/01/2008
An innovative green technology demonstration project broke ground today at Bass Cove, just off of West Lake Sammamish Parkway in Bellevue, Washington. Shirey Contracting of Issaquah is building... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 08/01/2008
With billions of dollars of solar and wind power projects and thousands of green-collar jobs hanging in the balance, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday again failed to extend a key investment tax credit... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 08/01/2008
MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine. In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal,... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 08/01/2008
"For every new neighborhood built these days, there's a developer struggling to name its streets."
For more than two decades, Vanessa Parker and her daughter, Vickie, have had to reference... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 07/31/2008
Amvic responds to the growing needs of the commercial Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) market segment with the release of a T-block which will increase job-site efficiency and productivity, resulting... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 07/31/2008
What makes geothermal heat pumps such a good choice for residential heating and cooling is that they do not depend on outside air temperatures. The term geothermal literally means Earth/Ground... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 07/31/2008
The structure of the house now serves as amped-up insulation. Boyce holds up a sample of a structural insulated panel (known as SIP) used for framing instead of wood studs. One home renovation... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 07/31/2008
USA Gypsum Releases Granular Gypsum, a New Recycled Product USA Gypsum has released a new product, granular gypsum, which consists of 100% recycled drywall and is a soil conditioner for farm... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 07/30/2008
“Geothermal had always been the name for our earth-energy process, and it was confusing because everyone was expecting to see hot water coming out of the ground"
What it means. Earth energy... |