7.20.09 | Ancaster, Canada | Cleanfield Energy will install ten 3.4kW Vertical Axis Wind Turbines on a new office building in Houston, TX. Gensler is the building's architect. As part of President Obama's renewable energy initiatives, small wind turbines are now eligible for a 30% uncapped investment tax credit or grant on the total installed cost of wind turbine systems. The installation highlights Cleanfield's ability to customize and integrate its technology into buildings such as those seeking LEED certification
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7.20.09 | Muscatine, IA | HNI Corp. will close its Louisburg, NC, factory to reduce costs. The plant, which employs 93 workers, will close by the end of the year and work will be moved to other locations. The closing will save an estimated $1.8 million a year starting next year.
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7.20.09 | Baltimore, MD | Polly Bartlett received LEED Accreditation from the USBGC. Ms. Bartlett, a designer with Rita St. Clair Associates, will enable the firm to expand its environmental services to clients. Ms. Bartlett is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and received her Masters in Fine Arts in Interior Design from George Washington University.
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7.20.09 | Yorkville, NY | Meyda Custom Lighting uncorked the Tuscan Vineyard Chandelier for residential, hospitality, retail or commercial application. The Antique Green-colored wine bottle serves as the hub accented with six arms with frosted candlelights. The fixture works well for illuminating dining tables, conference rooms, and retail displays. All of the hardware is hand finished in Black and custom etching is available on the wine bottle.
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'7.20.09 | Beijing, China | The Bird's Nest won the Royal Institute of British Architects' Lubetkin Prize. Site of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 summer Olympics, the national stadium designed by Herzog & de Meuron, with ArupSport, the China Architectural Design and research Group, Arup Hong Kong, and artist Ai Wei Wei, won for the most outstanding work of architecture outside the European Union by an RIBA member.
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7.17.09 | Seattle, WA | The IES 2009 Annual Conference will take place November 15-17, 2009, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel in Seattle, WA. During the conference, the Society will hold its annual meeting, present Society awards and host the Illumination awards showcasing lighting design projects from around the world.
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7.17.09 | Washington, DC |The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) honors industry leaders at their annual award event, Celebration, July 17, 2009, in Cincinnati. For full coverage and photos from the event, visit the new ASID blog, www.asidlive.com.
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7.17.09 | Los Angeles, CA | ASID/LA will host The Coming Out Party '09 on Thursday,
August 13, 2009. The event includes three separate branded events – “Educate,”
“VIP Reception” and “Celebrate”. The Coming Out Party begins at 5pm with "Educate" and will be held at the Allsteel
and Haworth Showrooms located at 8687 Melrose, Ave. B-241, West Hollywood, CA.
www.asidlacomingoutparty.org
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7.17.09 | Garden City, NY | WAC Lighting is sponsoring a Cornell University Team competing in The Solar Energy Decathlon, an international, interdisciplinary design-build competition hosted biennially by the U.S. Department of Energy for three weeks in October. The 2009 Cornell Solar Decathlon team includes more than 150 students from undergraduate and graduate colleges across campus, with support from Cornell faculty members, staff and alumni. Student members are attending five of Cornell's colleges including: the Colleges of Engineering, Architecture, Human Ecology, and Agricultural and Life Sciences, as well as the Johnson Graduate School of Management.
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7.17.09 | Garden City, NY | WAC Lighting released the new 25th Anniversary Catalog featuring 300 pages of accent, task, ambient and decorative lighting for the
industry. WAC Lighting's "Responsible Lighting" brand standard promotes the use
of the most energy efficient technology to develop sustainable lighting
while conserving our natural resources and protecting the environment.
It also implies that strong family values make good business values,
which can be applied to maintaining strong bonds to the community at
the local and global levels.
The catalog can be downloaded at www.waclighting.com
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7.17.09 | Los Angeles, CA | Julius Shulman, architectural photographer, died July 15 at his Los Angeles home at the age of 98. Mr. Shulman's roster of clients include: Rudolf M. Schindler, Gregory Ain, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles Eames, Raphael S. Soriano, John Lautner, Eero Saarinen, Albert Frey, Pierre Koenig, Harwell Harris and many others.
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7.17.09 | Norwalk, CT | EMCOR Group subsidiary, Dynalectric San Diego, received a contract for the installation of electrical systems for the Cricket Wireless corporate headquarters improvement in San Diego, CA. Dynalectric San Diego will be responsible for the installation of all the electrical systems associated with the Cricket Wireless six-story, 179,654 square foot improvement, consisting of meeting rooms, offices, gym, cafeteria, game, and open areas. Scope of work includes installing teledata, fire alarm and security systems, and installation of a satellite antenna park, as well as ongoing maintenance on an emergency back up generator and server suite with UPS back up.
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7.17.09 | Zeeland, MI | Jeff Vredevoogd of Herman Miller's Education Solutions team will present the results of a recent survey conducted by Herman Miller and the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) at the 2009 SCUP conference in Portland, OR, July 18-22, 2009. The survey found that the most important measure of an effective learning space, according to 41% of respondents, is its range of flexibility or the number and types of learning activities that can occur within the space.
7.17.09 | Kalamazoo, MI | Janis Etzcorn, Marketing Manager for Landscape Forms, earned LEED Accredited Professional credentials. Ms. Etzcorn has served in a marketing services capacity for 18 years at Landscape Forms and has played a major role in sustainability initiatives within the company.
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7.17.09 | Houston, TX | The IFMA Foundation announced its 2009-2010 executive committee and board of trustees, which began their terms earlier this month. Pat. W. Turnbull, MA, LEED AP, president of Kayhan International, has been named the new foundation chair, succeeding Melissa Van Hagan, CFM, CFMJ.Members of the IFMA Foundation board of trustees serve a two-year term and are tasked with managing the foundation and guiding it in its efforts to serve the facility management profession through education, research and scholarships.
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7.17.09 | New York, NY | Humanscale has sold one million Freedom chairs by designer Niels Diffrient. The Freedom chair prioritizes simplicity over the ever-growing number of manual controls seen on other high-end task chairs. At the time of Freedom’s launch, Humanscale was a $44 million company, considered a very small player in the contract furniture industry, and notably, one that had never before sold a chair. Behind eight-plus years of Freedom sales, however, Humanscale topped $200 million in 2008 and is recognized as a leader in office ergonomics.
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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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