DuPont announced that Sorona® renewably sourced fiber is now available for the commercial carpet industry. Carpet made with DuPont™ Sorona® fiber offers customers uncompromised performance plus the added benefit of an environmentally sustainable offering. Sorona® polymer for commercial carpet is 37 percent renewably sourced by weight. Carpet made with Sorona® can contribute to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) credits in...
KB Home, one of America’s largest homebuilders, announced that it has teamed up with Shaw to offer only environmentally friendly recyclable carpet in all its new homes. These carpets are made of Nylon 6, the only material capable of being continuously recycled into dyeable carpet fiber. Every home that uses recycled carpet fiber saves approximately 108 cubic feet of landfill space and also prevents emissions equivalent to 1,700 pounds of carbon...
Curtain wall from Alcoa’s Kawneer architectural aluminum products business envelopes much of the vibrant colorful palette of the newly constructed Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. The facility incorporates a range of Kawneer products that maximize daylighting and thermal performance, including curtain wall, sunshades and thermally broken windows and doors. To learn more about Kawneer’s sustainable products visit www.kawneergreen.com....
A global model in sustainability, the Vancouver Convention Centre West in British Columbia celebrates its grand opening this week. Designed by Seattle-based LMN Architects in collaboration with Vancouver-based MCM and DA, the project represents a whole new direction in convention center design. It is on track to achieve LEED Canada Gold certification, and substantially raises the bar for “green” convention centers around the world. Located on...
WAC Lighting introduces the “Puget Sound” Collection of energy efficient, line voltage pendants featuring glass designs from artisans in the American Pacific Northwest. Combining stunning glass and hardware designs with sustainable compact fluorescent technology, WAC Lighting, a leading manufacturer and designer of track, recessed, undercabinet, monorail and decorative lighting, develops almost all products in the family owned, ISO 9001-certified...
VAST Enterprises, LLC, announced that using its composite pavers in construction applications can contribute to six or more LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credits. VAST produces green building products with its patented technology that transforms post-consumer recycled rubber and plastics into an environmentally friendly material: composite masonry. All VAST products are made from up to 95 percent recycled car tires and plastic...
Trespa’s new Wood Decors extend the collection to 17 Wood Decors and 6 Naturals. These are available for the Trespa Meteon range – the architectural panel specified worldwide for exterior cladding and imaginative building facades. The high performance, aesthetically pleasing panel is available in a very extensive range of colours, metallics, natural decors and unique finishes. As trees define the natural landscape, so Wood Decors colour and...
The Finnish pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai will receive a modern shingle cladding made from wood plastic composite UPM ProFi. Finland will take part in the Expo with the Giant’s Kettle pavilion, designed y the Helsinki-based architecture agency JKMM Architects. The innovative Giant’s Kettle pavilion, which will be built on a 3, 000 square metre lot, stresses the importance of minimal environmental load in its material selection....
Towering over the Philadelphia skyline at an amazing 58 stories (975 feet), the city’s new Comcast Center is a high-performance sustainable building, with an abundance of features that will conserve energy and reduce impact on the environment. Designed to receive LEED® certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, Comcast Center uses 40 percent less water than the average office building, and the building’s water fixtures will save more...
Hallmark Development’s first office building at Offices at Park Place in Clearwater, Fla., has been awarded LEED-Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED is the USGBC’s rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient, and high performing buildings. The Offices at Park Place structure is the first new office building in Tampa Bay to achieve this prestigious recognition. “It...
The Contour Lounge Chair by Murillo
Murillo, the Philippines based manufacturer has been involved in manufacturing furniture and...
Contemporary Office Designs from Triple Five Design
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The Gallery House designed by architect Richard Librach
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The Riedel Amadeo Decanter from Williams-Sonoma
Williams-Sonoma, the company that serves cookware, cooks stool, cutlery, electrics, bakeware,...
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