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Category: 2016

PG&E & AIACC Architecture at Zero 2016 competition

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIACC) earlier this month announced the winners of the sixth annual Architecture at Zero competition for zero net energy (ZNE) building design.

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Tubelite adds Kent Baumann as a business development manager

Tubelite Inc. has added Kent Baumann as a business development manager based in its Dallas office. He reports directly to Steve Green, Tubelite’s vice president of sales and client services, and works with strategic accounts in the retail, healthcare, hospitality and corporate office markets.

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Sustainable private club restores historic Julia Morgan home on Lake Tahoe

When private residential golf club Clear Creek Tahoe purchased Twin Pines as a unique offering for its members, it envisioned a welcoming retreat where members could relax while sipping a glass of wine or reading a book and looking out onto the scenic lake. The private lakeside home designed by famed architect Julia Morgan – known for her work on the Hearst Castle – will be used year-round by Clear Creek Tahoe members to unwind after a day on the lake or skiing at the adjacent Heavenly Ski Resort.

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Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta is the world’s busiest, hosting more than 90 million travelers per year, including 10 million going to and from international destinations. So when it came to designing the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal, planners not only wanted the new building to give passengers a pleasant respite from the stresses of modern air travel, but also to function as a wayfinding system that helped people from all over the world navigate its 1.2 million square feet of space.

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Sto Corp. helps provide the former Ocean Village with a new beginning

Ocean Village was a series of 11 dilapidated buildings, which sat on the Rockaway Peninsula of New York with a beautiful view of the Atlantic Ocean.  Now, after years of decline, the concrete clad 1,000+ unit apartment development has become a new showcase for the area, thanks to a $60+ million repair and a team effort put together by L+M Development, which included Sto Corp. and its energy-efficient, eye-catching cladding, StoTherm ci Lotusan®.

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Dunn-Edwards Paints signs merger agreement with Nippon Paint

Dunn-Edwards Corporation, one of the nation’s largest independent manufacturers of architectural, industrial and high performance paints, announced it has entered into a merger agreement with Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO 4612), the world’s fourth largest paint company with $4.8 billion in sales, and certain of its subsidiaries. Osaka, Japan-based Nippon Paint will maintain the Dunn-Edwards brand and its range of quality paints. The merger with Dunn-Edwards provides Nippon Paint with a platform for growth throughout the U.S.

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RPM signs agreement to acquire leading Dutch coatings company

 RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire SPS Group (SPS), a Dutch decorative and specialty coatings company with annual net sales of approximately $60 million. Located about an hour south of Amsterdam in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, SPS will operate as part of RPM’s Rust-Oleum European business.

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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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