GE Energy today began a two-day, first-of-its-kind energy summit in Istanbul, Turkey with the leading project management companies from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa to showcase new technology and strategies aimed at helping countries address their urgent energy demands and environmental challenges. With energy demand expected to double by 2030, and global warming concerns driving new government policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,...
VFA, Inc., the leading provider of software and services for facilities capital planning and asset management, and Bricsnet, a leading provider of solutions for executive decision support and strategic planning in real estate, today announced a strategic alliance designed to help clients improve operating efficiencies and long-term planning for their real estate portfolios. Together, VFA and Bricsnet offer organizations with large, complex real estate...
The Hamptons Green Alliance (www.hamptonsgreenalliance.org), a consortium of local building professionals committed to green initiatives in building, will hold its first annual event on the subject on Tuesday, November 18 at the Citibank Financial Center, 180 West Montauk Highway, Hamptons Bays, NY. The sponsor of the event is Citibank Commercial Banking, whose Vice President of Environmental Affairs will address ways in which green projects can be...
MLSListings Inc, a Silicon Valley-based regional Multiple Listing Service (MLS), announced the launch of an innovative online security initiative featuring the A-OK On-Demand service from Arcot Systems. Selected for its ease of use and powerful capabilities, the A-OK On-Demand service transparently protects the identities and data of MLSListings’ users. MLSListings is using this solution for user identity verification as part of MLS data security...
Excavator experts, Hanix Europe, are celebrating 20 years trading in the UK. To mark the success, they launched an appeal to find the oldest working Hanix excavator in the country and discovered one of their very first machines still going strong. The N220 mini excavator owned and operated from new by EPS Hire Centres in West Yorkshire was made in 1988. Used continuously since then, the 20 year old machine was still in daily use until this year when...
The Wisconsin School of Business Graaskamp Center for Real Estate will host a conference on Sustainable Real Estate Development on Thursday, October 30 from 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Central Time, at the Fluno Center for Executive Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The conference will examine the emerging global trend of incorporating environmentally-sensitive, “green,” and sustainable real estate development practices...
Lenders One Mortgage Cooperative, a national alliance of mortgage bankers, announced that it has teamed with St. Louis-based Platinum Rewards LLC to offer homebuyers an exclusive opportunity to earn rewards points when they obtain a loan from any Lenders One member company. Consumers who complete a loan through a Lenders One mortgage lender will earn at least 25,000 points that are redeemable for merchandise from Platinum Rewards’ catalog and Web...
As the first volume shipments of the new mid-range H55DR mini excavator arrive in the UK, Hanix report enthusiastic reception from hire industry bosses. The new generation D series machine from Japan is engineered to deliver outstanding reliability for maximum availability and trouble free performance in tough conditions. It promises low service and maintenance cost, a long working life and good residual value for low overall lifetime costs of ownership. For...
Citi and the Citi Foundation announced today funding will be provided to local housing organizations in 12 communities across the country in the form of planning grants enabling them to provide technical assistance to help revitalize low- and middle-income communities that are among the hardest hit by residential housing foreclosures. The planning grants are being provided through the Citi Foundation Neighborhood Stabilization Planning Grants program....
HOK and the Biomimicry Guild have forged a first-of-its-kind alliance linking the natural and built environment. This exclusive relationship between one of the world’s largest architectural design firms and the only bio-inspired innovation company will integrate nature’s innovations in the planning and design of buildings, communities and cities worldwide. Established by biologists Janine Benyus and Dr. Dayna Baumeister in 1998, Biomimicry...
The Contour Lounge Chair by Murillo
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The Gallery House designed by architect Richard Librach
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The Riedel Amadeo Decanter from Williams-Sonoma
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