July 8, 2010

Flooding in Green Bay was met with specific protocol for the first time Wednesday night, thanks to new technology, new quarters, and new federal rules.

Dockside Green , a 15-acre mixed use development in Victoria, British Columbia, looks like an example of the kind of building we need . The development has its own water recycling system, a heating plant that uses local wood waste to provide heat and hot water for the community, and rooftop wind turbines. And that’s just the beginning. In fact, it’s the highest scoring LEED Platinum project on …

Liberty Green, the mixed-income development east of downtown, opened its newest addition Thursday — a community center designed to meet the standards of the U.S. Green Building Council.

The new Engineering Building III on Centennial Campus features a “green roof,” which has benefits such as the natural absorption of heat and water by the grass and greenery growing on it.

An innovative new green brick is being used to build in the Tallahassee area.

The Gillard government is investigating allegations of kickbacks to staff at the Environment Department after damning reports into the $175 million green loan scheme that also found chaotic maladministration and repeated breaches of financial rules.

Fenton There will be a new industrial business on the block in the citys industrial park, in the former Lear Corporation building. McDunnough, Inc., a plastics recycling company, is moving from Whitmore Lake to Fenton.

Can promoting green initiatives and certifying the workplace as green increase productivity? And if so, what is the impact to the bottom line?

If going green is the future, it seems that the future has arrived. And it is here to stay.

A new study by the Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association (PPFA) entitled Green Building Technologies that Use Plastic Pipe and Tubing to Function, highlights the advantages of plastic pipe, tube and fittings in the residential and commercial application of the green building technologies and provides information that can assist in the evaluation, selection, design and implementation of these …