The environment is important to you and to us at the Safety Rail Source and Kee Safety. We are constantly innovating and moving towards providing environmentally friendly products. Our new KeeGuard® roof edge railing protection system is now “green”. The cast steel counterbalance weights for KeeGuard have been replaced with 100% recycled PVC. These new counterbalances are environmentally friendly and are molded with E-Z carrying handles...
ProLogis the world’s largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, announced today that it will install its first photovoltaic (PV) system in Japan. ProLogis will install a one-megawatt (MW) PV system at ProLogis Parc Zama I, a five-story distribution facility totaling more than 1.2 million square feet (113,000 square meters). The park is located in the city of Zama, a logistics hub in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture. The...
SolarDuct PV/T is a combined thermal and photovoltaic rooftop solar collector for commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities. It preheats ventilation air before it enters the air handlers, reducing the heating requirements of fresh-air ventilation. A typical eight-unit array delivers up to 2000 cfm of heated ventilation air and 8 kW of heating. The thermal panels draw heat away from the mounted PV cells, increasing their efficiency by as...
A part of the bailout package recently passed by the U.S. government included a generous solar energy tax credit bill which will dramatically reduce the cost and hasten the payback to homeowners for installing residential solar energy systems. A full 30% federal tax credit is now available for solar PV and thermal installations starting January 1, 2009. The Renewable Energy Division of S+H Construction, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the...
Efficiency optimized: through reduction of investment expenses, working hours, logistics, material, warehousing and transport. - The KT – Module “ONE FOR ALL” scaffolding system is suitable for every application. - No more investment in different scaffolding systems (for instance support and frame scaffolding). - Fewer parts and higher material durability signifies increased productivity. - Low start up investment costs with the...
freEner-g LLC, a residential solar leasing company, announced today they are seeking homeowners in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area for a new solar energy program. The new program is based on a leasing, installation and service package for a monthly fee and will allow residents to lease solar-generated electricity for the first time. “Our goal is to make solar electricity available for all consumers who want to use renewable energy, but may not...
The National Aquatics Center or “Water Cube,” a landmark of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, features floor coverings from nora systems, Inc. More than 107,000 square feet of noraplan® mega covers corridors and high traffic areas throughout the center, offering comfort underfoot as well as safety, maintenance and wear-resistant properties important to athletes and visitors to the site.
UniRac provides PV mounting solutions for nearly any configuration—from a few panels on a house roof, to building-integrated photovoltaic facades on commercial buildings, to several acre arrays for utility power production.
Lutron offers manual and motorized shading systems for residential and commercial interiors. A number of PVC- and halogen-free fabrics—made with various combinations of fiberglass, acrylic, cotton, and polyester—are available.
Hunter Douglas Contract offers manual and motorized roller shade systems with their GreenScreen line of non-offgassing, PVC-free fabrics for commercial buildings. The flame-resistant, polyurethane-coated polyester is available in five degrees of openness, from blackout to 25 percent, with optional metallic finishes for reduced solar gain. Custom colors and openness factors can be specified.
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
Looking for modern interior inspiration for your office, here we got some preview of the contemporary...
The Gallery House designed by architect Richard Librach
Today’s modern house inspiration is coming from Richard Librach Architect, Toronto-based...
The Riedel Amadeo Decanter from Williams-Sonoma
Williams-Sonoma, the company that serves cookware, cooks stool, cutlery, electrics, bakeware,...
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