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Warren T. Jackson School Uses Marvair Scholar III Heat Pumps
By: David Shuford - Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Source: Marvair
Quick read article about Marvair Heat Pumps being used in a LEED certified school facility construction project.
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Valley View Schools Improve Efficiency
By: Keith Hobbs - Monday, November 23, 2009
Source: Schneider Electric
The Valley View Independent School District (VVISD) in Valley View, Texas, is implementing $1.2 million in facility enhancements designed to improve operations, comfort and efficiency at nine district buildings. Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, will complete the work as a performance contract with the district. Schneider Electric guarantees that VVISD will reduce its utility costs by more than $52,000 annually when the project is completed in June 2010.
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BaleHaus at Bath project will assess straw as a sustainable building material
By: University of Bath UK - Friday, November 20, 2009
Source: UniofBath
BaleHaus@Bath is part of a major new research project into how these renewable building materials can be used for homes of the future. Researchers from the University of Baths BRE Centre in Innovative Construction Materials, will be monitoring the house for a year for its insulating properties, humidity levels, air tightness and sound insulation qualities to assess the performance of straw and hemp as building materials.
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Boston Children's Hospital Partners With ARTSCAPE
By: David Hicks - Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
Boston Children’s Hospital has been partnering with Artscape Decorative Window films to provide colorful Disney Window Posters for many of their visiting patients since May 2009. The visitors can put the poster up in the hospital room for color and cheer. It is non adhesive, so most people take it with them when they leave the Hospital, and re-apply it when they get home. The posters come in four designs and give the room the excitement that goes along with Disney’s time honored history.
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Caroma Waterless Urinal Approved for City of Los Angeles
By: Cathy McFadden - Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Source: Caroma
The City of Los Angeles has approved the H2Zero™ waterless urinal by Caroma for use in all buildings. The H2Zero urinal utilizes breakthrough technology to use zero water for optimum performance and water conservation.
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The Winner of 2009 Open Architecture Challenge
By: Erin Whitt - Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Source: Modular Building Institute
Charlottesville, VA - Local architecture firm Perkins+Will recently partnered with DeKalb County Schools and won an international award in the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Best Re-locatable Classroom design. Perkins+Will worked with Druid Hills’ students and teachers to design a sustainable re-locatable classroom. Students in DeKalb County are now one step closer to getting a greener and healthier classroom space.
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GreenGov Challenge Seeks All Fed Employees Energy Ideas
By: GreenGov - Thursday, October 22, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
From October 19th through October 31st, the White House is calling on Federal employees and military personnel to take the GreenGov Challenge -- an online participatory program that challenges Federal employees and military personnel to take part in the Presidents Executive Order on Federal Sustainability by submitting their own clean energy ideas and voting on others.
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Concrete Industry Management (CIM) Program Seeks Donations for World of Concrete Auction
By: Amy Numbers - Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Source: Communications & ROI Specialist
The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program – a business intensive program that awards students with a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Concrete Industry Management – is seeking donations for their fifth annual auction to be held at the World of Concrete.
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Sustainable Satellite Clinic
By: Trish Martineck & Arlene Dales - Monday, September 21, 2009
Source: iGreenBuild.com
WISE, VA – To provide the best in quality dental care for rural residents, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) committed to build a new sustainable, satellite dental clinic in Wise, Va. The university selected HKS Architects to design the project in association with Wise-based, architect of record Thompson & Litton, Inc.
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