NASA Space-Flight Center Puts Home Planet First

Greenbelt, Md. — NASA broke ground on a $56 million eco-friendly Exploration Sciences Building at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center here.

The 265,500-square-foot research-laboratory and office building, which is registered for LEED Silver certification, will house personnel from the astrophysics and solar systems exploration divisions and the office of the directorate.

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Nonprofit Acquires 50,000 Acres With Bank Financing

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Bird Repeller

Bird-B-Gone introduces the Repeller, a solar-powered unit that uses continuous motion to prevent large birds from landing. The solar panel powers a brushless motor that stores energy.


Rotating rods mounted on top of the unit sweep birds off of streetlamps, balconies, AC units and other structures. The product features two adjustable arms that cover up to 5 feet in diameter by turning continuously at 30 RPMs. It can be mounted on flat or angles surfaces.

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Composite Decking

ChoiceDek Decking is composite decking made with a combination of recycled wood and polyethylene plastic. It features 30 percent post-consumer and 60 percent preconsumer recycled content. The product has a wood grain texture and the appearance of real wood.


The product features encapsulated wood fibers in polyethylene to increase its longevity. ChoiceDek is available in 12-foot, 16-foot and 20-foot lengths.

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Recycled Fiber

Foss Manufacturing Company introduces Ecospun polyester fiber made from 100 percent certified recycled plastic PET bottles. The fiber can be added to other textile products, including carpets, wall coverings, and furnishings and combined with the company’s Fosshield to create antimicrobial fabrics.

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Texas Medical Center Features State’s Largest Green Roof

WEBSTER, Texas — The Houston metropolitan land market and simple long-run economics pushed Jacob White Construction to develop the three-story East Medical Center project around environmentally sustainable technologies that may win LEED gold certification with the largest living roof in the state, according to officials.

But company president Jeff Mickler also sees the project, which features two 48,000-square-foot medical buildings, as a marketing tool that can differentiate Jacob White in the market.

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Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Ken Lewis (left) joins Don Kemp (center) and Art Harwood of the Redwood Forest Foundation at a San Francisco press conference to announce the transaction that will enable RFFI to purchase more than 50,000 acres of forest in Northern California to preserve redwood trees and local jobs.