Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 12/04/2007
Architects, designers and end users will now have one Standard to identify carpets that have a reduced environmental impact. The first multi-attribute American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-appr... |
Category: Product News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 12/04/2007
Surface IQ, from Carnegie is wallcovering technology built from the polymer up: eliminating the hazardous use of vinyl, chlorine, plasticizers, heavy metals, formaldehyde and dioxin. Using only... |
Category: Product News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 12/04/2007
Cali Bamboo has added paneling and wainscoting to its extensive line of environmentally friendly bamboo products for the home and garden. Also new from Cali Bamboo are marbled flooring and plywood... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 12/03/2007
It has been estimated that within the continental United States, there is a sizable resource of accessible geothermal energy -- about 3,000 times the current annual U.S. consumption.
Two important... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/28/2007
Sheikh Mohammed, Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, has mandated LEED standards beginning the first of next year (2008). This will cause a revolution among the world’s architects, contracto... |
Category: Article | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/26/2007
Professional Remodeler has released an article on how to select the right materials for a more sustainable home. The focus is identifying green finish materials. Topics discussed are Surface Dressing:... |
Category: Article | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/26/2007
The Public-Private Partnership for Advancing Housing Technology (PATH) has released a comprehensive list of ways that we can all conserve water in and around the home. The article includes simple... |
Category: Article | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/26/2007
The drought in the Southeastern United States means more than just brown lawns to the folks in Orme, Tennessee. Water flows from their taps for just three hours each evening. The mountain spring... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/26/2007
A newly incorporated entity has been established to administer credentialing programs related to green building practice and standards. The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), supported... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 11/26/2007
The International Organization for Standards (ISO) has issued a new standard designed to ensure the environmental friendliness of building construction materials.
ISO 21930:2007, Sustainability... |