G&M Contracting Inc, and ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition Go Green in Hyattsville, MD

G&M Contracting builds extreme green on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” ABC Television’s Emmy-award winning hit reality show in the nation’s capital. The TV event airs on ABC February 14th at 8pm EST. G&M and thousands of volunteers worked 24/7 for one week to construct one of the most energy efficient homes ever built for the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” television show. Some of the green elements of this build are... 

Modern Green Living at Troon Tusayan Hillside Home

The panoramic valley, city light, and mountain views are just the beginning of the highlights for this Troon Tusayan hillside home. Built by Construction Zone, the simple concept was to create a home that is conscious of its environment and will provide generations of modern green healthy living. Glass, steel, stone, and concrete are the building blocks, and the mountain’s constant breezes are fully utilized to aid in cooling and heating the structures. Solar... 

CertainTeed WeatherBoards FiberCement Siding for Mid-Atlantic’s First Carbon-Neutral Home

Carbon-neutral home building is a new and growing trend in sustainability, where more efficient building design, innovative technology and strategic locations can be combined to reduce carbon emissions — the leading cause of greenhouse gases. A significant part of achieving this goal in the construction of such homes is ensuring that each building product installed has the maximum amount of sustainable attributes. Such is the case with the Carbon... 

Project FROG, Makers of Smart Building Systems, Closes Series B Funding with RockPort Capital Partners

San Francisco-based Project FROG®, a smart building start-up, announced today that it has closed an $8M Series B financing led by RockPort Capital Partners. The financing will enable the company to accelerate the product development and sales of its cutting edge, high performance building products and systems. “RockPort has a very impressive track record and we are excited to have them join the FROG team,” said founder and CEO Mark Miller. “Their... 

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... 

SJI Announces Change in Project Timing

South Jersey Industries announced that the opening date for its joint-venture project to construct and operate a thermal energy project to serve the Echelon Resort on the Las Vegas strip would be later than anticipated. Earlier today Boyd Gaming announced that, while remaining fully committed to the Echelon project, it was delaying construction on the project for nine to 12 months. The Boyd Gaming release attributed the delay to “a difficult environment...