7.16.10 | Green Bay, WI | KI hosted a “KI and Wine” event
for the Central Illinois City Center group of the Illinois IIDA Chapter. Held at the Mackinaw Valley Vineyards, Mackinaw, IL, guests enjoyed some wine tasting and the experience of KI furniture and Pallas Textiles in the misdst of the Illinois vineyards.
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7.15.10 | Toronto, Canada | Jeremy
Rifkin will be a keynote speaker at IIDEX & Green Building Festival. The world renown thought leader will speaker at the Direct Energy Centre, 100 Princes Blvd. Toronto, Canada, on September 23,
4:00-5:00 pm. The bestselling author of 18 books will lay out his vision
of the Third Industrial Revolution.
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7.15.10 | Washington, DC | The National
Council for Interior Design
Qualification, Inc. released the pass rates for the
spring
2010 examination. Since the spring administration was the first version
of the examination modified for updated content, NCIDQ set a new cut
score to comply with standards in the licensing and certification
examination industry. Beginning with the fall 2010
administration, NCIDQ will report the pass rates for first-time test
takers only.
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7.15.10 | Toronto, Canada | HOK joined with Ledcor
Renew and other key
partners to offer a complete suite of
services for green building solutions. Services include energy, water, waste, IAQ
and GHG assessment,
business plan and execution.
Arch & Design >>, Environment >>
7.14.10 | Washington, DC | The American
Society of Interior Designers recently co-sponsored a briefing on
Capitol Hill to educate members of congress about the challenges facing high performance buildings after
construction is complete.
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7.14.10 | Indianapolis, IN, Washington, DC, Grand Rapids, MI | The Interior Design Educators Council, the National Council for Interior
Design Qualification, and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation announced the winners of a video competition. The competition was created to raise awareness about the value of interior design.
- First place: Simon Chung, Hong
Kong Polytechnic University
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Second place: Erica Burgon and Kurt Leikis, Utah State University
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Third place: Ashley Coons and Kendra Ames, Utah State University
Awards >>, Prof. Assoc. >>