Aquatic Facility Targets LEED Silver
SAN MATEO, Calif. — An educational building that opens out to a competition swimming pool is not the typical layout a person might expect to find in a high school setting.
September 2010
SAN MATEO, Calif. — An educational building that opens out to a competition swimming pool is not the typical layout a person might expect to find in a high school setting.
Dual-Use Higher Ed. Facility Earns LEED Gold
Commercial Vacuum
Advance introduces its Adgility XP backpacks and Spectrum upright commercial vacuums, both of which are designed to reduce building contaminants and minimize environmental impact while cleaning, according to the company. The Carpet and Rug Institute, a nonprofit trade association, has awarded its seal of approval to Advance’s Adgility XPB model and Spectrum vacuums, both of which operate at sound levels less than 70 decibels.
Halogen-Free Cables
The new UL-rated Category 6 and 5e riser cables from General Cable do not contian halogens, including chlorine, fluorine, bromine and iodine, reducing the overall toxicity of the cable and resulting in a more environmentally friendly product. The riser cable may qualify for LEED credits, according to the manufacturer.
DOE Opens Net-Zero Office
Green Revolution plan agreed at Ghana meeting
A private sector-led drive to contribute to a ‘Green Revolution’ in Africa took a step forward last week with the agreement of a “very clear action plan” to draw the continent out of its food crises.
Green Roofs Continue to Flourish
A field of green atop a building or home — a relatively new concept in the building trades known as a vegetative, or green roof — is on the rise throughout the United States.
Vegetative roofs represent the best aspects of the green movement, partnering two unlikely elements — the utilitarian workhorse of a building, its roof, with an unexpected oasis of green that can be enjoyed even in the heart of a city.
Best of all, vegetative roofs have proven to be attractive and lifestyle enhancing and — when pro
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