Products: Green

Design Criteria for Windows and Doors - 4/14/2008 8:25:00 AM
Design Criteria for Windows and Doors

UFAD design guides for architects, contractors, and commissioning agents - 4/1/2008
Tate Access Floors offers a series of guides extracted from its experience working on underfloor air distribution projects to help ensure the successful design and construction of these systems. The three-part series includes guides for architects, contractors, and commissioning agents, offering tips, advice, and recommendations on designing, installing, inspecting, and testing UFAD systems.

Fiber Optic Skylight Illuminates Maryland's EnviroCenter - 4/1/2008
A pendant light fixture trained on the building's reception desk dims as clouds pass overhead, then brightens again in full sunlight—an effect that never fails to surprise visitors to the EnviroCenter building in Jessup, Md. “People are always very interested in where that light comes from,” says Stan Sersen, owner of the EnviroCenter and founder of ASG Inc.

Projects recognized for innovative PVC roof systems - 3/1/2008
St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, Calif., and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Ashburn, Va., are among 12 winning projects in Sika Sarnafil's 2007 Projects of the Year Competition. Garnering first place in the low-slope category, the St. John's Regional Medical Center project (above) involved re-roofing the facility's 170,000-sf roof with Sika Sarnafil's highly reflective, en...

Moisture Control: Envelope Strategies and Techniques for Protecting Building Value - 1/1/2008
Among all the challenges plaguing buildings in the U.S., moisture-related problems are at the top of the list, according to the authoritative Whole Building Design Guide. About 80% of all premature facility-wear expenditures stem from poor moisture control.

Mayors, manufacturers, and Wal-Mart join the Clinton Climate Initiative - 11/1/2007
The Clinton Climate Initiative has teamed up with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Wal-Mart, and 25 green product manufacturers to help further the goal of making green products more affordable and accessible to consumers in the U.S. Manufacturers including GE, 3M Company, and Siemens are now part of the CCI's purchasing consortium and will offer energy-efficient products to all 1,100 cities asso...

Performance rules in the roofing market - 11/1/2007
While environmental impact and wind-uplift issues are becoming more important factors in evaluating and specifying roof systems, AEC professionals are most concerned with a product's performance record, according to a recent survey of 332 BD+C readers. Ninety-five percent of survey respondents said product performance record deserves either a “high” or “very high” level...

Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Bill Providing for Higher Efficiency Toilets in California - 10/25/2007 8:09:00 AM
Governor Schwarzenegger recently signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) No. 715, supported by the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute (PMI), that encourages and provides for the gradual conversion to higher efficiency toilets and urinals in California.

No significant difference between green and non-green building costs - 9/1/2007
The cost to build green remains on par with standard construction costs, according to a study published in July by cost management consulting firm Davis Langdon. Conducted in 2006, the study, “The Cost of Green Revisited,” is an update to the firm's 2004 study that found that sustainable building was not necessarily more expensive than non-sustainable building.

The Green Scene: New Developments in LEED and Green Globes - 2/26/2007
The U.S. Green Building Council, which is holding its fifth Greenbuild this month in Denver, is prospering—6,925 member companies enrolled, dozens of highly motivated chapters throughout the country, 4,213 projects registered under its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating program, 622 projects certified, and 27,000+ LEED Accredited Professionals.