Pearlescent-flaked coating selected by readers, editors in building envelope category. The coating, which features PPG’s proprietary 70-percent polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) formulation inflected with pearlescent flake, was among 34 products selected in the “building envelope” category.
Read MoreAccella Performance Materials is very proud to be selected to support the unique architectural design of the USS Arizona Mall Memorial located on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson, AZ. The Mall Memorial, which was dedicated on December 4, 2016, is an open-space design situated on the grassy university mall area in front of the university’s historic Old Main building. The special design includes a full-scale deck outline, made with specialty materials provided by Accella, of the iconic U.S. battleship that was sunk at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941- a date which will “live in infamy” as described by then-President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), one of the largest and most influential architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world, has specified Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, for its Manhattan Loft Gardens project. The unique structure coated in Axalta Alesta® products will be a prominent addition to the famous London skyline, offering a new take on London garden squares by creating an environment suited to neighborhood life and the development of urban biodiversity.
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REI announced a major milestone in its continued work to lead on sustainable operations in a press release December 21, 2016. Its newest distribution center, located in Goodyear, Arizona, has achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification — the highest level in the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) green building rating system — making it the first distribution center in the U.S. to achieve both LEED Platinum certification and Net Zero Energy.
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Ivanhoé Cambridge is proud to announce that Le 1500, an office building on Robert-Bourassa Boulevard in Montreal, is now LEED® certified in the category “Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance” (EB:O&M) by the Canada Green Building Council.
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The design-build team, Hensel Phelps | Mithun, in late November was awarded the second phase of the East Campus student housing project at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego). The UC San Diego Nuevo West is a $142 million, 442,000 GSF, Graduate Student Housing project consisting of over 880 beds and related amenity spaces in two main buildings.
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According to a recent market study released by Technavio, the global building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) market is expected to grow at a CAGR of almost 10% during the forecast period. The report “Global Building-Integrated Photovoltaics Market 2017-2021” provides an in-depth analysis of the market in terms of revenue and emerging market trends, as well as up-to-date analyses and forecasts for various market segments and all geographical regions.
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