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- Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement
- RESIDENTIAL CONCRETE MAGAZINE (7/1/2007)
- Permeable interlocking concrete pavements (PICPs) offer an environmentally friendly way of providing long-lasting beautiful walkways and driveways
- Technology Emerges and We Adapt
- CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION MAGAZINE (7/1/2007)
- The early adopters of any new technology are brave souls. Embracing change, they almost always are blazing new trails with its use. But it's usually the second wave of users who discover innovative ways of deploying a new technology.
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- BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (6/29/2007)
- Built-in Energy Efficiency: Developers Reach for Star Logos
- Record, The; Bergen County, N.J. (6/24/2007)
- A big, blue sign with the Energy Star logo like the one on new dishwashers stands prominently in front of the sales office at a new Montvale condo development.A 15 to 30 percent savings on annual energy bills, better insulation, fewer drafts and less dust are all benefits of increased efficiency in new homes built to comply with the state's Energy Star program.Since the New Jersey Energy Star Homes a voluntary rebate program to encourage energy efficient new construction began in 2001, about 30,000 new homes have been built to the standard.
- Americans Taking Some Action to Reduce Greenhouse Gases, but Don't Consider Their Homes a Major Source of Emissions
- PRNewswire (6/18/2007)
- BUFFALO, NY, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A new poll conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of Icynene has found nearly two-thirds (64%) of U.S. homeowners claim to have taken 'some' or 'a lot' of action to reduce greenhouse gases, yet only four percent believe their homes and offices contribute most to apparent increases in greenhouse gas emissions.The poll of more than 1,200 U.S. homeowners found nearly half (46%) admit they don't know much about environmental issues and the impact of greenhouse gas emissions and only 11% claim to have done 'a lot' to reduce emissions in their own homes.With the building sector accounting for almost half of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States (source: U.S. Green Building Council), learning from the poll suggests Americans could play a far greater role than they might think in reducing greenhouse gases at home.
- Eco-Friendly Homesellers Paying a Price ; Energy-Efficient Homes That Depart From Traditional Maine Styles Are Meeting Weak Demand From Homebuyers.
- Portland Press Herald (6/17/2007)
- An affordable home warmed by the sun. That should be an easy sell these days, but Win Reed has learned otherwise.A broker at CHR Realty in Bath, Reed listed an energy-efficient, three-bedroom house in rural Richmond last March.
- THOROUGHLY Modern ; New Mexico Houses With Clean, Uncluttered Lines Look Good in the Desert
- Albuquerque Journal (6/17/2007)
- Contemporary is the new word in home design, with a purely modern sensibility. "People are rethinking their lifestyles and realizing that they can do away with superfluous decoration and things that are associated with so-called traditional architecture and get something that better fits how they live," said Alexander Dzurec, principal of Autotroph, a Santa Fe architecture, planning and sustainable design consulting firm. Steel mesh and cobblestone columns at the Dwell Inc. house in Albuquerque's High Desert announce Jennifer Lopez's amalgamation of organic and minimalist design.
- Metal Roofs Offer Many Advantages
- Topeka Capital Journal (6/16/2007)
- Dear Jim: I need to replace my roof. I read your previous column that indicated metal roofs qualify for an energy tax credit. Dear Robert: Metal roofs do qualify for up to a $500 energy tax credit.
- Builders Resist Wind Standard
- The News & Observer (6/16/2007)
- Jun. 16--RALEIGH -- It doesn't take a meteorologist to predict that if a hurricane rips a two-by-four off one house and throws it into the window of another that the glass will probably break and rain will pour in. The question the N.C. Building Code Council has been grappling with is how far homebuilders must go to guard against that kind of damage. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which oversees federal relief efforts after hurricanes and other natural disasters, has threatened to withhold relief money from North Carolina if the building code council doesn't adopt the national standard protecting against wind-borne debris.
- Solar-Powered Sales
- BUILDER Online News Service (6/15/2007)
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