Pantone Unveils 2010 Color Direction for the Home Furnishings and Interior Design Industries

Tuesday, March 24th 2009
Pantone Unveils 2010 Color Direction for the Home Furnishings and Interior Design Industries

Pantone, an X-Rite company, and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, announced PANTONE®VIEW home + interiors 2010, the eight most directional color palettes, plus an additional palette of tinged neutrals, for 2010 home furnishings and interior design. “Color trends are not conjured up using a crystal ball. They are the result of much observation of our surrounding natural world as... 

Cost-Effective, Easy-to-Use Noiseproofing Compound Perfect Solution for Growing Home Office Trend

Wednesday, March 18th 2009
Cost-Effective, Easy-to-Use Noiseproofing Compound Perfect Solution for Growing Home Office Trend

There is one thing that turns a serene, productive home office into a negative working environment: noise. Whether it is loud neighbors, rush hour traffic or the return of excited kids from school, noise hurts productivity and blocks creativity. But The Green Glue Company is here to help. The company’s primary product, its namesake, Green Glue noiseproofing compound, is an eco-friendly viscoelastic compound that is easily applied between layers... 

Seattles Newest Hyatt Offers a Fresh Twist on Green

Wednesday, February 4th 2009
Seattles Newest Hyatt Offers a Fresh Twist on Green

The highly anticipated Hyatt at Olive 8 opens its doors in the heart of Seattle’s thriving entertainment and dining district. Located at the corner of Olive and 8th, the new hotel – on track to be Seattle’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certified hotel – is a striking addition to the city’s skyline and adds a new, more eco-friendly experience to the Pacific Northwest hospitality market. One of the first in... 

The New American Home Showcases Leading Edge in Green Technology

Saturday, January 31st 2009
The New American Home Showcases Leading Edge in Green Technology

Featuring cutting-edge energy efficient products and practices and stunning contemporary design, the 2009 edition of The New American Home® was recently unveiled at the International Builders’ Show® in Las Vegas. The New American Home offers real-world demonstrations of the latest concepts in architecture, construction techniques, products and lifestyle trends. Las Vegas builder Blue Heron and architect Danielian Associates collaborated with... 

Offices at Park Place Earns USGBCs LEED Gold Certification

Tuesday, January 27th 2009
Offices at Park Place Earns USGBCs LEED Gold Certification

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... 

ATG Electronics GX1019 XPower LED Lamps is C-UL US certified

Tuesday, January 13th 2009
ATG Electronics GX1019 XPower LED Lamps is C-UL US certified

ATG Electronics eLucent GX1019 XPower LED Lamps are compact, green and high efficiency lighting fixtures, ideal alternatives to conventional incandescent lamps and CFL lamps. With patented thermal control technology, and special designed aluminum alloy housing substantially achieves good thermal property. With this unique design, eLucent GX1019 are of much more stable performance and of course will last for around 50, 000 hours compared to 1, 000... 

Orlando’s Willows Neighborhood Gets Single Day Garden Makeover

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008
Orlando’s Willows Neighborhood Gets Single Day Garden Makeover

Where yesterday there was a vacant lot, dotted with struggling bushes, today the Willows neighborhood boasts a lush garden. Brightly flowering ground cover holds the fragile soil, while palm trees blow in the wind and bold colors peek over a new white picket fence. The most amazing part: the entire transformation took just a single day – thanks to the combined efforts of a determined team. Fiskars with support from The Home Depot Foundation helped... 

Esprit Marina del Rey: 360 Degrees of Wow!

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008
Esprit Marina del Rey: 360 Degrees of Wow!

At Esprit Marina del Rey, the elite business executive, world class traveler and avid yacht owner all have the opportunity to live in an ocean-view home just minutes from Santa Monica and Los Angeles. As an environmentally friendly building, every home at Esprit incorporates the latest in new construction techniques, as well as “green” elements, such as tankless water heaters and Energy Star energy-efficient windows. These features not only help... 

GE scientists display first-ever OLED Christmas tree

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008
GE scientists display first-ever OLED Christmas tree

Scientists and engineers on GE’s OLED research team rang in the 2008 holiday season with a first-ever OLED Christmas tree lighting at GE’s Global Research Center headquarters in Niskayuna, NY. Illuminated in green light, GE’s flexible OLED panels cut quite a tree and provide a glimpse at how this revolutionary lighting concept is going to transform the lighting industry. To see a video of the team and the lighting of the OLED Christmas tree,... 

Michigan School Pledges to Become First Carbon Neutral School in the World

Tuesday, December 16th 2008
Michigan School Pledges to Become First Carbon Neutral School in the World

Okemos High School launched its Alternative Energy and Sustainability Program and pledged to become the first high school in the world to go carbon neutral. The program aspires to attain this through energy efficiency, green energy and carbon offsets through mass volunteerism and global outreach programs. Given the enormous challenge of global warming and climate change Dr. John Lanzetta, Ph.D, Principal; Okemos High School said “This program...