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Guardian, Viracon debut high performance products at Greenbuild

November 20, 2008
During the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, Nov. 19-21, in Boston, Guardian Industries, Auburn Hills, Mich., and Viracon, Owatonna, Minn., announced expansions to their high performance glass offerings. Guardian announced its SunGuard CrystalGray, a combination of the company’s CrystalGray float glass with the latest SunGuard coatings. Architects and designers now have five new ...

LEED 2009 passes member ballot

November 19, 2008
New rating system resets the bar for green building performanceLEED 2009, the long-awaited update to the internationally recognized LEED green building certification program, has passed member ballot, and will be introduced in 2009 as the next major evolution of the existing LEED rating systems for commercial buildings. It includes a series of major technical advancements focused on improving ...

Will the economic downturn kill green building?

November 19, 2008
In a word, noLate last year, I began to get the sense that green building fatigue was setting in. On my end, I sighed when a press release announcing a new LEED building landed in my inbox; that fact, alone, no longer seemed like news. But all over the country, the housing bubble was beginning to burst. I wondered: Would green building survive?

Green building sector not growing fast enough to curb global warming

November 19, 2008
The fast growth of green buildings is having a demonstrable effect on saving energy, water, land, and materials, and in making more productive workplaces, but progress is insufficient to adequately curb global climate change, according to a new report.

Green building starts soar

November 19, 2008
The value of green building construction starts increased substantially between 2005 and 2008, according to a report released Nov. 19 by McGraw-Hill Construction.The report — based on data found in the McGraw-Hill Construction Network and released at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston — shows green starts totaled between $36 billion and $49 billion this year ...

Debating the green building premium

November 19, 2008
Building to “green” specifications costs less than you think, a new study reports. Above, the ultra-green design for the new San Francisco Public Utilities Commission building, a project that was put on hold earlier this year due to costs. (Image: KMD Architects)Building green costs an average of 2.5 percent more up front, a study sponsored by the US Green Building Council and other ...

Photo gallery: High-performance classroom of future opens with PPG glass, coatings, paint

November 19, 2008
Project debuts today at Greenbuild 2008Photo by Joe Renckly, courtesy of PPG Industries, Pittsburgh View the project photo gallery.Glass, coatings and paint products from PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, are part of a special demonstration project showcasing the “High Performance School of the Future, Today,” opening today at the 2008 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in ...

Green building conference hits Boston

November 19, 2008
Boston gets greener this week, as tens of thousands of construction and design experts hit town for conferences that showcase building techniques that are environmentally friendly.

It’s time to install technical barrier on glass imports

November 19, 2008
Vieglass has suggested that it would play the consultancy role in assessing and examining the quality of glass imports to Vietnam, to ensure that the imports can meet the standards set by Vietnam. The proposal has been made after people complained about the chaotic glass market and the confusion about the quality of glass products. Vietnam has imported 12 million sq m of equivalent glass in ...

Southeast Asian largest glass expo to kick off in Vietnam

November 19, 2008
Southeast Asia's largest glass exhibition, Glasstech Asia 2008, will open in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday, Vietnam News Agency reported on Tuesday.The three-day exhibition will bring together the world's latest technological innovations and market practices in glass materials, said organizers.Spreading over an area of 7,000 square meters, the exhibition will showcase ...
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