8.24.10 | Buffalo Grove, IL | Convia (A Herman Miller Company) announced its partnership with the country’s largest lighting maintenance provider, Sylvania Lighting Services (SLS). The partnership will help Convia customers meet energy management goals by giving them access to Sylvania’s technicians nationwide for commissioning and maintenance services. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, as much as 20% of energy could be saved through continuous commissioning — the process of ensuring a building is performing as intended — yet studies show half of new buildings fail to realize their full energy savings potential. Convia technology helps buildings maintain aggressive energy management strategies — and adapt to the evolving needs of the people and organizations who occupy them — by integrating the control and metering of a space’s lighting, plug load and HVAC applications. “Ongoing commissioning of energy management strategies is vital for buildings to achieve long-term savings and optimal performance, and our customers have come to rely on Convia to help with this process,” said Randy Storch, president of Convia. “Now they’ll benefit from the added expertise of Sylvania’s highly trained technicians to ensure they are fully maximizing the use of our technology. Sylvania’s broad network of energy commissioning experts will allow for an on-the-ground resource for all of our customers regardless of locale.”
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8.24.10 | Milwaukee, WI | Full Spectrum of NY, LLC, the national market leader in the development of mixed use and mixed income green buildings in emerging urban markets, has joined the Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments (ASBE) as a partner. ASBE is a select group of international industry leaders who practice and are recognized for their commitment to sustainability.
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8.17.10 | Laguna Hills, CA | The Muller Company, a full service real estate company specializing in management, investment and development of commercial real estate in the western United States, announced today that the firm has just completed a $13.5 million refinance of Pinnacle Executive Centre, a 110,110-square-foot Class A office building located in San Diego County, and signed 11 leases and renewals totaling 84,864 square feet valued at approximately $16.9 million. Tom Mattinson of Quadrant Real Estate Advisors of Alpharetta, Georgia handled the refinance.
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8.17.10 | Jasper, IN | The Board of Directors of Kimball International, Inc. (NASDAQ: KBALB), has declared a quarterly dividend of 5 cents per share on Class B Common Stock and 4.5 cents per share on Class A Common Stock payable October 15, 2010, to Share Owners of record on September 24, 2010.
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8.18.10 | Washington, D.C. | The American Institute of Architects reported that the Architecture Billings Index rose almost two points in July to 47.9. This compares with June's score of 46.0, which was up only slightly from May's 45.8. it is still behind April's score of 48.4, which was the highest since early 2008. The new projects inquiry index dropped substantially from 57.7 in June to 53.1 in July. "Business conditions at design firms remain quite volatile," said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker. "While this recent uptick is encouraging, this state of the industry is likely to persist for a while as we continue to receive a mixed bag of feedback on the condition of the design market from improving to flat to being paralyzed by uncertainty." (Scores above and below “50” indicate whether there is contraction (below 50) or expansion (above 50) in the measured information in the previous month.) http://www.aia.org/press/AIAB085874
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8.5.10 | New York, NY | John Murphy has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering and program/construction management organization. In his new position, Mr. Murphy is responsible for the global financial and accounting operations of the firm.
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8.13.10 | Muscatine, IA | HNI Corp.'s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of 21.5 cents per share on its common stock. The dividend will be payable on Sep. 1, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Aug. 20.
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8.11.10 | EAST GREENVILLE, Pa. | Knoll, Inc. today announced that the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.02 per share payable September 30, 2010 to all shareholders of record on September 15, 2010.
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7.29.10 | Atlanta, GA | Interface, Inc. reported second-quarter FY10 sales of $211.3 million, a 7.2% increase over 2Q09. Orders were up 16% over last year, and operating income improved to $21.5 million compared with last year's 2Q operating income of $16.8 million. Net income was $7.6 million, or $0.12 per diluted share. The company's Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per share payable Aug. 27 to shareholders of record as of Aug. 13.
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