8.20.10 | Toronto, ON | The Green Building Festival (GBF) will again its diverse and impactful green building conference to IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, on September 22-23. Highlights include:
Masdar Development – Climate Engineering for a Carbon-Neutral City
Stadthaus, Murray Grove : World’s Tallest Timber High-Rise
A River in the Desert: Saudi Arabia’s Wadi Hanifah Restoration Project
For more information, contact: Annette Borger, 416.988.7086, Annette@fantailinc.com
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8.17.10 | Marietta, GA | Mohawk is unveiling its first annual sustainability report, A Better World by Design, available exclusively online at www.mohawksustainability.com. The report details the company‘s focus on sustainable products, its people and practices which support the planet; and its virtual delivery highlights the company‘s goals of finding sustainable ways of sharing information. "For Mohawk Industries, sustainability isn’t a buzz word; it is a core value," said the company.
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8.20.10 | Dalton, GA | Shaw Industries Groupreleased its second annual corporate sustainability report t
itled, “Where Sustainability Is Personal.” The 2009 report focusing on the personal commitment to environmental and social responsibility by each Shaw associate. It also discloses key metrics for environment and social responsibility, and provides an inside look at Shaw’s continued drive towards Sustainability through Innovation” “the Shaw Green Edge.”
“Companies that willingly seek out and adopt new protocols for sustainable business today stand to make a difference now, and for generations to come,” said Shaw CEO Vance Bell. “We certainly believe private enterprise will be the driver of change in addressing the environmental and social challenges faced by today‘s world, and our 2009 report demonstrates our commitment to making sure our products and practices meet the highest standards for human and environmental health, safety and responsibility.”
Shaw‘s 2009 corporate sustainability report is available online and in print. To view the report or order a print copy, visit www.shawgreenedge.com.
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8.19.10 | Jasper, IN | Clients seeking office furnishings that contribute towards Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED(R)), have one more reason to take a closer look at Kimball(R) Office. Nearly all Kimball Office products are now finished with Pura(TM), the manufacturer’s proprietary, water-based, ultraviolet finish, which includes virtually no volatile organic compounds, and meets or exceeds indoor air quality standards provided by LEED and the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA).
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8.17.10 | Irving, Texas | School districts around the country looking to enhance their sustainability efforts now have a new role model in Texas. The Irving Independent School District (IISD) recently broke ground on a new “net zero” middle school — a building that will produce as much energy as it consumes — and selected technology from Convia, Inc./A Herman Miller Company to help reach optimal energy efficiency while also helping them maintain their “net zero” status. The Lady Bird Johnson Middle School, slated to open in the fall of 2011, will be the largest “net zero” middle school in the country at 150,000 square feet.
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8.19.10 | Green Bay, WI | KI recently earned GREENGUARD Children & Schools SM certification, which follows strict guidelines for acceptable indoor air quality levels, for all lobby and lounge seating collections produced at its High Point, North Carolina, manufacturing facility.
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8.17.10 | Santa Monica, CA | Santa Monica Place, a 1980 design by the renowned architect Frank Gehry, has been radically repositioned with a renovation that opens tomorrow, announced Dallas, Texas-based architecture firm Omniplan. Executive architect Omniplan revamped the mall in association with Jerde Partnership; the formerly enclosed structure is now an open-air building that is integrated into the surrounding urban environment.
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8.17.10 Toronto After a successful first year partnership with IIDEX/NeoCon Canada in 2009, the Green Building Festival (GBF) is again pleased to bring the most diverse and impactful green building conference in Canada with the most successful design expo. This year the line-up of
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8.6.10 | Grand Rapids, MI | Matt Robbins, Associate AIA, recently achieved LEED AP BD&C certification. Mr. Robbins is an American Seating Project Manager, and has worked for American Seating since 2006 where he manages the Sample Department as well as special pricing. He has led the LEED compliance aspect of key projects including those for Arizona State University, Yellowstone National Park, the University of Washington, the Wyoming National Guard and Saginaw Valley State University.
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8.13.10 | Oakland, CA | Friant and Associates is now MAS Certified Green for its best-selling Tiles and System2 panel systems. Friant, Oakland, CA, is a manufacturer of high-quality, low-cost office furniture systems. MAS Green Certified is a designation provided by independent testing laboratory MAS (Material Analytical Services), a leader in micro-analytical and environmental consulting services since 1987.
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8.13.10 | Salem, NJ | Mannington Mills is entering a Phase II expansion of the solar energy system at its New Jersey manufacturing facilities. More than two acres of solar photovoltaic panels are already installed on site, avoiding more than 217 metric tonnes (478,000 lbs) of CO2 greenhouse gases per year since operations began in late 2008. The existing system is already considered the largest in the flooring industry. The expansion, which will be completed this calendar year, will increase the size to almost one megawatt and extend the panels over a total of seven rooftops, occupying three and one-half acres of roof space.
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8.11.10 Holland, MI Haworth’s global headquarters and the San Francisco and New York City showrooms recently achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The headquarters also earned the US Environmental
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HOLLAND, MI – August 11, 2010 – Haworth’s global headquarters and the San Francisco and New York City showrooms recently achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The headquarters also earned the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR®.
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8.11.10 | Herman Miller, Inc., has made the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) list of the top fifty users of renewable electricity, of more than 1,200 organizations participating in the Green Power Partnership. This is Herman Miller's second consecutive inclusion among top green power partners, which includes organizations such as Intel Corporation, Whole Foods Market, Cisco Systems and others.
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