Green construction news articles 
H+H Case Study: Celcon Blocks ideal for a fabric first approach
Housebuilder Cawrey Homes specified H+H Celcon Blocks rather than competing products for their new build development of energy efficient homes in Ratby. All thirty six of these homes meet level four of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Cawrey Homes focused on a ‘fabric first’ approach, therefore relying upon H+H Celcon Blocks to build as airtight and thermally efficient building envelope as possible. Cavity walls with traditional mortar using 3... [more]
ISG builds a £4 million library, health and children's centre in Pelsall
Construction work is now underway on ISG’s £4 million project to build a new library, health centre and children’s centre in Pelsall, West Midlands, following the earlier demolition of the existing library building by the contractor. In a complex programme involving phased relocation of community services, the library has now moved into temporary premises to allow demolition of the old library building and construction of a new facility to hou... [more]
Planet Positive Buildings: Cut carbon, save the Rainforest, engage local communities
Planet Positive launched their Building Certification programme at Deloitte on 28th November 2011 with over 100 invited guests from the built environment. Speakers at the launch included Paul King, UKGBC, Simon Cox, Prologis and Marco Marijewycz, Zero Carbon Hub who provided an insight into the regulatory drive to reduce whole-life carbon as well as the business case. The Planet Positive Building Certification for new buildings verifies embodi... [more]
Transformative High Performance, Ultra-Green Building and Construction Materials Technology from Solidia Technologies
At the GreenBuild show in Toronto, Canada, Solidia Technologies introduced, its breakthrough technology platform that enables production of next generation building and construction materials with outstanding physical properties, lower life-cycle cost and lowest environmental footprint. Solidia Technologies bases this innovation in Low Temperature Solidification, with which the morphology and chemistry can be controlled to engineer materials ... [more]
SAINSBURY LABORATORY chooses seamless acoustic ceiling
Stanton Williams Architects specified Sto Ltd’s seamless acoustic ceilings in the ‘street’ circulation area at the Sainsbury Laboratory research centre. The 11,000 sq.m Sainsbury Laboratory is situated in the University of Cambridge’s Botanic Garden. StoSilent Top was chosen to minimise noise levels. It helped to create the ideal environment for research and scientific advances. StoSilent Top achieves an average acoustic performance of 0.56 NR... [more]
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A leader in green
WENTWORTH — With its energy-efficient lighting and a dual-flush toilet system that reduces cold water usage by 88 percent in the bathrooms, the new Rockingham County Courthouse complex is being touted as one of the leaders in green construction along the East Coast. read more
Green Toys Extends Three Best-selling Categories at Toy Fair 2012 -- Vehicles, Play Food, and Preschool Building
MILL VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Toys Inc. will introduce an exciting assortment of US-Made, safe, earth-friendly fun at the American International Toy Fair in New York, February ...
Green economy lost jobs as recession raged
The green economy that California officials hoped would add jobs during the depths of the recent recession actually lost positions instead, according to a new report. And yet, California clean-tech companies still fared...
Green Plains Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2011 Financial Results
OMAHA, Neb. -- Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. announced today its financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2011. Net income attributable to Green Plains for the full ...
Carmel Valley school building a lesson in ecology
The new building is on the cutting edge of green construction, and sits in the Hilton Bialek Habitat, a 10-acre expanse of plains, woods, gardens and greenhouses owned by the Carmel Unified School District.
Volkswagen Chattanooga Becomes World's First LEED Platinum Automotive Manufacturing Plant with Design and Construction ...
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SSOE Group ( www.ssoe.com ), an international engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) firm, along with Vertegy, announce their involvement ...
Leading Business Intelligence on the Middle East & North Africa
JEDDAH - Against a backdrop of construction boom going in Saudi Arabia, and despite the high cost, there is a gradually rising shift toward the use of green building technology, a senior industry executive told the Saudi Gazette in an interview.
Rail 'advanced construction' given federal approval
The Federal Transit Administration has given the City and County of Honolulu the green light to proceed with advanced construction on rail.
Applications for "Green Up" program due February 13
Applications are now being accepted through Feb. 13 for Kansas City Kansas Community College’s new and innovative Construction Green Up training program. A comprehensive five-week, hands-on learning experience, the program will focus on deconstruction and other green construction clean-up skills with training offered free of charge to 22 unemployed or under-employed job seekers. The program is ...
Union members from OKC picket on-campus construction site
About a dozen protestors donning fluorescent green vests and white picket signs circled outside Headington Hall today to protest a company participating in on-campus construction.
