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Dow and the U.S. Green Building Council Work Together to Support Sustainable Cities and Promote Energy Efficiency

Posted by | Jan 22, 2018 | 0 |

The latest data indicate that buildings are currently responsible for about one-third of global energy consumption, and about 30 percent of global energy-related CO2 emissions and 20 percent of total CO2 emissions. In an effort to reduce these emissions, Dow and USGBC will collectively advise two cities or communities to help in achieving LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, certification.

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Columbia Commercial Building Products Appoints Antonio Aftimos as Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Posted by | Jan 22, 2018 | 0 |

Columbia Commercial Building Products (CCBP) announced that it has appointed Antonio Aftimos as vice president of sales and marketing. In his new role, Aftimos will be responsible for leading CCBP’s sales, estimating, and project management personnel, and for integrating with the sales teams across Consolidated Glass Holdings’ (CGH) family of companies.

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A Cultural Icon for 21st Century Istanbul

A Cultural Icon for 21st Century Istanbul

Posted by | Jan 22, 2018 | 0 |

Renowned architect Murat Tabanlıoğlu is modernizing the cultural center his father, Dr. Hayati Tabanlıoğlu, once designed in the 1960s, and again in the 1970s after his first design burnt down. The Ataturk Cultural Center will be the new centrally located home for Istanbul’s arts and culture scene of twenty-first century Istanbul. Not only will the new center have one of the largest opera houses in the world but it will also provide art galleries, libraries, cafes and restaurants for visitors.

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Goldray’s technographic interlayer film, Starphire glass by Vitro Architectural Glass combine to create stunning glass canopy

Goldray’s technographic interlayer film, Starphire glass by Vitro Architectural Glass combine to create stunning glass canopy

Posted by | Jan 22, 2018 | 0 |

When development firm Vulcan Real Estate asked world-renowned artist Spencer Finch to design an architectural canopy to connect the two new office buildings at the center of Amazon’s expanded headquarters campus in Seattle, his first course of action was a walk in the woods. Such was born Finch’s “There Is Another Sky.” Situated four stories above an outdoor plaza, the decorative canopy features an abstract circular design pattern imprinted on technographic interlayer film by Goldray Glass and then laminated between two lites of Starphire® glass by Vitro Architectural Glass.

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Guardian Sustainability Calculator Wins Multiple Awards

Guardian Sustainability Calculator Wins Multiple Awards

Posted by | Jan 18, 2018 | 0 |

A digital program, the Sustainability Calculator helps architects and designers review how glazing make-ups from Guardian Glass can help a project earn certification from green building rating systems such as LEED®, the Living Building Challenge and the WELL Building Standard.

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The 2018 Most Innovative Building Product Goes to AeroBarrier

Posted by | Jan 17, 2018 | 0 |

Receiving the top award, AeroBarrier is being called the decade’s most disruptive energy efficiency product.  Mandalay Homes, an Arizona homebuilder, uses Aerobarrier on all new homes.  Geoff Ferrell, Chief Technology Officer at Mandalay Homes says, “AeroBarrier is the key for us building net-zero homes as a standard feature.  Before AeroBarrier, it was not financially feasible or practical on a mass scale.” 

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Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association Helps “Grow” 9/11 Living Memorials on the Louisiana coastline

Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association Helps “Grow” 9/11 Living Memorials on the Louisiana coastline

Posted by | Jan 17, 2018 | 0 |

The Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association (SCMA) contributed $1,000 to the Lacombe Heritage Center’s 9/11 Cypress Grove Living Memorials initiative in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The initiative is partnered with the “Restore the Northshore: Adopt-A-Spot Bald Cypress Tree Planting Project” to help rebuild part of Louisiana’s coastline. 

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BNBuilders Awarded Borrego Springs, CA Branch Library, Park & Sheriff’s Office

BNBuilders Awarded Borrego Springs, CA Branch Library, Park & Sheriff’s Office

Posted by | Jan 17, 2018 | 0 |

BNBuilders, in partnership with Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects (RNT), is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the new Borrego Springs Branch Library, Park, and Sheriff’s Office. The $11.5 million design-build project is designed to celebrate the social and cultural history of the Borrego Springs community and the unique environment of this desert setting.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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