Living Foz apartments, Porto

Modern apartment design called Oporto Apartments is design by dEMM arquitectura. This modern architecture apartment Located nearby Oporto’s seaside area, The apartment Living Foz is composed by 40 apartments distributed over 7 floors. Unleashing 30 percent of the plot area for a collective use garden, a relief to the neighboring construction is obtained. This apartment has a beautiful interior design, modern architecture and suitable for the... 

Blinds Chalet Introduces Greenguard Certified SilverScreen & AlumaScreen Roller Shades

SilverScreen Roller Shades offer the classic lines of a roller shade with improved temperature and draft control, providing thermal comfort in both summer and winter. Roller shades give UV protection and almost disappear when rolled up. SilverScreen Roller Shades offer increased solar energy using a revolutionary technique that coats the exterior side with aluminum. AlumaScreen 5% Solar Screen Roller Shades diffuse UV rays, control light and reduce... 

KUKA Robotics Corporation Debuts New Technologies at FABTECH 2009

KUKA Robotics to display the latest in robotic welding innovation for the welding and fabricating industry at FABTECH 2009. The latest innovations include the new KR 16 arc HW and the KR 16 L8 arc HW complementing the expanding line of welding robots available to the welding market from KUKA Robotics. The new welding robots feature a hollow-wrist design, with a 50 mm opening that allows the integration of commonly-used welding packages, and achieve... 

Capital Safety Creates Next Generation Harness

Capital Safety announced the launch of the world’s next generation harness: the ExoFit NEX™. Revolutionary technology offers users of the ExoFit NEX full-body harness a level of comfort, function and durability that has never been experienced with a fall protection harness…until now!. With first-of-its-kind features and benefits, the ExoFit NEX provides the highest level of safety and the utmost comfort with technologically advanced hardware,... 

EUROTILE, a new generation of professional floor coverings

In order to complete its range of interlocking PVC floor tile TRAFICLINE®, the company Groupe TLM creates a new concept of tiles for a better comfort of use and maintenance. Intended for all collective and industrial buildings, the tile EUROTILE® combines flexibility, resistance and aesthetics. A set of worldwide patented innovations The original and technical features of the new tile EUROTILE® lie in the completely invisible connection system,... 

CertainTeed Introduces Cost-Effective Solution for Insulating and Finishing Poured Concrete Walls

Building professionals can now bypass several costly, time-intensive tasks involved with finishing below-grade concrete walls with the introduction of CertainTeed’s T-RocTM Thermal Laminate Foundation Insulation System. Consisting of CertainTeed GlasRoc® paperless gypsum board permanently laminated to a high R-value expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam insulation, T-Roc panels install easily in conventional concrete wall forms and eliminate the need... 

EPS Insulation Delivers Consistent Energy Savings and Thermal Protection over Life of Building

A new study commissioned by the EPS Molders Association (EPSMA) found that expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation maintains its R-Value over time, even under tough freeze-thaw conditions. The study, Thermal Resistance and Moisture Content Testing of Foam Plastic Insulation, also concluded that competing insulation materials can lose R-Value over time. As energy prices increase, selecting the best building insulation becomes even more important. Choosing... 

SABIC Innovative Plastics New Lexan Thermoclear Sheet Offers Superior Thermal Insulation for Glazing, Helping Customers Reduce Energy Costs

The cost of heating and cooling is reaching new levels, causing builders to look for new alternatives to increase the energy efficiency of residences and commercial buildings. A traditional route is installing multi-pane glass windows. However, besides being heavy, breakable and challenging to install, glass is falling behind in the drive for higher insulation values. To address these drawbacks, SABIC Innovative Plastics has developed a new 9-wall... 

Permlight Appoints Chris Primous to Direct East Coast Led Light Engine Sales for Brillia(TM)

Brillia™, the light engine division of Permlight Products, Inc., today announced Chris Primous has been named director, Eastern region OEM sales and business development. Primous will be responsible for the ongoing collaboration with original equipment manufacturers in the Eastern region to help bring LED-based luminaires to market. “Chris has been instrumental in bringing LED technology to the lighting industry. In fact, he was the product manager... 

Copper in the Kitchen: This Metal Shines When It Comes to Cooking, Cleanliness and Class

While studying at Le Cordon Bleu, the world’s premiere culinary school, and later working at some of the finest restaurants in France, Eric Eisenberg learned to appreciate the copper cookware top chefs use to prepare exquisite gourmet dishes. “I used a lot of copper during my training in France,” said Eisenberg, now executive chef at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA. “And we used a lot of copper cookware at the different...