Ash Grove Cement Company Earns Working for Cleaner Air Award From North Texas Clean Air Coalition

Ash Grove Cement Company’s Midlothian, Texas cement plant earned the “Working for Cleaner Air Employer of the Year” award from the North Texas Clean Air Coalition (NTCAC). The North Texas Clean Air Coalition announced that Ash Grove received the top 2008 award for North Texas companies with less than 500 employees at events with civic and business leaders in Dallas and Fort Worth. Ash Grove’s Midlothian plant is the first Texas... 

Floridas Surge in Sustainable Development Inspires Green Building Services Expansion

In four short years, Florida went from a handful of certified green building projects to more than 40, and a staggering 633 are registered in the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program. Responding to the growing demand for sustainable building expertise and related technical skills, Green Building Services Inc. (GBS) moves its Orlando office to a larger space and welcomes Robert Ramage to its team. “We’re excited to see... 

South Park Streetscape

A partnership of real estate developers envisioned a complete revitalization of the South Park neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles. Their plan to rehabilitate a complete city block has become the first new residential neighborhood in this area in twenty-three years. The structures are also the first “green” residential high-rise buildings in downtown Los Angeles. Collectively, the development is one block comprised of many separate projects including... 

Portland Aerial Tram by Agps Architecture

The tram is designed as a minimal intervention with light and open structures that dematerialize transportation infrastructure. The building elements include an upper station, an intermediate support tower, a lower station, and two tram cars. The upper station is an open air covered platform supported by braced steel legs balancing on a steep site, wedged between hospital buildings. The intermediate tower is built of steel plate, shaped in response... 

Ratcliff Designs New Energy-Efficient Windrush School Building to Take Advantage of Its Environment and Achieve a LEED(R) Gold Rating

On September 2, Windrush School students will return to school and receive hands-on environmental science lessons — indoors. These lucky El Cerrito elementary and middle school students will be learning to make the most of their innovative new library and classrooms, some of the greenest learning spaces in the Bay Area. The building is expected to achieve a “Gold” rating from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in... 

YOLO Colorhouse Paint

YOLO offers Green Seal certified, zero-VOC, latex interior paints in primer, flat, satin, and semigloss. The Earth’s Color collection includes 40 colors.