7.20.09 | New York, NY | New York School of Interior Design (NYSID)
announced three new degree programs, expanding the college's educational offerings. The programs include an MFA in Interior Design, an MPS in Sustainable Interior Environments, and a BA in History of the Interior and Decorative Arts. www.nysid.edu
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7.16.09 | Grand Rapids, MI | Cumberland
Furniture introduced the Mulholland Guest Chair. Mulholland was designed Brian K. Graham of San Francisco, CA, as part of the Designers Speak series. It is constructed with stainless steel that is available
polished, brushed, or in statuary bronze. The base, which is constructed of maple solids
with double dowels and corner-blocked front legs and rails, is available in
Cumberland’s broad range of wood finish options, organized into palettes of
light, medium, and dark.
www.cumberlandfurniture.com.
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7.16.09 | Jasper, IN | Kimball Office has earned LEED-CI Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its San Francisco showroom at 330 Pine Street. Designed by Huntsman Architectural Group, the 5,000-sq. ft. facility reinforces the company's nearly half-century heritage of environmental stewardship. Overall, the showroom received 34 points from the USGBC, most notably for its water conservation, energy efficiency, environmentally responsible materials and indoor air quality.
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7.16.09 | Quebec, Canada | eHome, Victor Group's newest eco-friendly fabric collection, features a wide variety of colors and styles, all developed with recycled yarns. Part of the Eco Intelligence line, eHome fabrics contribute to LEED credits for recycled content.
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7.16.09 | West Chester, OH | The RTKL designed West Chester Medical Center, West Chester, OH, is complete. The firm used retail design principles to enhance customer service and wayfinding in the five-story, 162-bed, 385,000 sq.ft. facility. In addition to architectural design, RTKL provided comprehensive medical equipment planning through RTKL Healthcare Technologies.
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7.15.09 | New York, NY | The New York State Energy and Research Development Authority will present a working knowledge of its program on July 22, 12:00-2:00 pm. Allison Leighton from the NYSERDA will be at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NYC, to review the application process, incentive structure, timelines, past projects and what the design team can expect when working with NYSERDA and its partners.
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7.15.09 | Moonachie, NJ | BULBRITE debuted an energy efficient Halogen-Xenon BT-15 lamp, designed to produce the same light output while using less energy and cost. They can be used in nearly any retrofit or new construction installation where a standard A-bulb is used. The Halogen-Xenon BT-15 can be used in Recessed, Wall Mounts and Sconces, Outdoor and Security fixtures, Ceiling Mounts, Chandeliers, and Portables.
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7.15.09 | Oakland, CA | IBM topped the Green500 list as the leading provider of the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world. The company holds 18 out of 20 of the top spots, including the top
ranking for its BladeCenter QS22 Cluster at the University of Warsaw's
Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modeling. The Green500 is a twice-yearly ranking of the most energy-efficient HPCs
around the globe.
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7.15.09 | Washington, DC | AIA's semi-annual Consensus Construction Forecast survey anticipates a significant downturn in nonresidential construction activity through 2010. Nonresidential construction spending is expected to decrease by 16% in 2009 and drop by another almost 12% in 2010 in inflation adjusted terms. Commercial projects will see the most significant decrease in activity. In contrast, most institutional building categories are expected to see much more modest declines over this period.
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7.15.09 | Muscatine, IA | The HON Company sponsored its eighth annual City of Hope golf outing. HON reached a milestone of raising more than $1 million for the research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. HON is a member of the National Office Products Industry, an alliance of executives dedicated to supporting City of Hope, since 1983. Through annual funding campaigns, HON and NOPI have helped raise more than $62 million for City of Hope.
7.15.09 | Wilmington, DE | DuPont Building Innovations received the Green Approved Product Seal for National Green Building Certification for products from its Building Innovations portfolio. Awarded by the National Association of Home Builders, the third-party endorsement will enable builders to earn points toward certification to the National Green Building Standard.
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7.15.09 | Washington, DC | The USGBC invites its 78 chapters to participate in the 2009 Annual Awards of Excellence. The awards are presented to those chapters that excel in local green building outreach and provide top level educational programming to their communities. Chapters will be assessed in four categories: Advocacy, Education, Community Building, and Organizational Excellence. Application deadline is September 15, 2009.
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7.15.09 | Grand Rapids, MI | Details, a Steelcase company received a 2009 Green GOOD DESIGN Corporate Award for its Kast LED task light. Designed by Tom Newhouse, Kast has a sleek design with a quarter-shaped array of two five-watt LED clusters angled to deliver glare-free light projection. Kast uses over 80% recyclable aluminum and steel, is composed of 40% recycled material with 27% post-consumer recycled content, and comes in 100% solvent free powder coat finishes.
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7.15.09 | Brookings, SD | South Dakota State University is developing its first accredited program in architecture. The six-year architecture program that will confer a bachelor's degree in architectural studies after four years and a master's degree after the sixth year will accept its first students in the fall, 2010.
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7.15.09 | Minneapolis, MN | Brenda Lemmer was recognized as the "Volunteer of the Year" by the IIDA Northland Chapter. Ms. Lemmer is the Knoll Minneapolis A&D Manager and founder of M.A.D.E. (Mentoring A Designer to Evolve). She also is the Chairwoman of Public Relations for the IIDA Northland Chapter.
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7.15.09 | New
York, NY | Perkins Eastman announced its annual senior-level
promotions in several offices.
Promoted
to Principal
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7.14.09 | Los Angeles, CA | Bentley Prince Street, Inc. received a third-party verified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for its broadloom products. It is the first time a North American broadloom carpetproduct has received an EPD. An EPD is the only third-party verification system that takes intoaccount the complete life cycle assessment of a product’s environmentalimpact, encompassing raw materials, production, installation, use andend of use.
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7.14.09 | Los Angeles, CA | HOK, Los Angeles, and Parsons Brinckerhoff were selected to design phase one of the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center. The intermodal transportation hub (ARTIC) is a sustainable, transportation facility linking commuter and regional rail service as well as intercity bus, taxi and local transit. Future phases will expand the center to accommodate California high-speed rail and will serve as the terminus for the super-speed train between Las Vegas and Southern California. A LEED Platinum goal has been set for the hub, which is sceduled to break ground in 2010 and completed by mid-2013.
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7.14.09 | Jasper, IN | Kimball Office earned level certification for its entire product portfolio. A LEED-like program for the contract furniture market, level verifies conformance to BIFMA's e3 sustainability standard through a recognized third-party certifier. For Kimball Office, it is Scientific Certification Systems.
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7.14.09 | Houston, TX | IFMA announced the formation of its newest chapter, the Trinidad and Tobago Chapter of IFMA in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Tyrel Melville, manager of facilities maintenance at Delta Dynamics, will serve as the chapter president and Keith Spencer, CFM, general manager at Servus, will serve as the chapter vice president and Keith Spencer, general manager at Servus, will serve as the chapter vice president. Approximately 30 Trinidad and Tobago facility professionals are already members of the new chapter.
7.14.09 | San Jose, CA | Gensler celebrated
the opening of the first six gates of the Terminal B Concourse at Mineta San Jose International Airport. Gensler, in collaboration with Steinberg Architects, served as master design architect for the airport's $1.3 billion modernization program. Terminal B Concourse is designed to meet the U.S. Green Building
Council's LEED certification standards.
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