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U.S. Green Building Market Expected to Expand
According to USGBC in the News Details, the U.S. green building market value will balloon from $71.1 billion now to $173 billion by 2015.
Acoustical Baffles
Picture a cafeteria or lunch room that can hold 150 people. The picture in your mind is going to depend on the age group of people using the room. Grade school, high school or college cafeterias usually have vinyl tile floors, painted concrete walls and either a drop ceiling or a painted sheetrock ceiling. Large […]
2010 G-20 Toronto Summit
G-20 Toronto Summit – Toronto, Canada The world’s chief finance ministers and central bank governors meet to address global economic recovery. They will meet to discuss monetary policies and regulations in hopes of consensus to stabilize the world finances and avoid future crises. This is the 4th such meeting since it’s origination in 1999, spurred by […]
How to Soundproof a Classroom 101
Sound quality and understanding speech in a classroom environment is obviously something of importance. If students are not able to clearly hear instruction in a classroom they are not able to learn – or learn nearly as effectively as they should […]
Salon Noise Problem
There is always more than one way to treat a sound problem, but the tricky thing with most salon-type environments is the aesthetic that people want/need to maintain. Most salons are made of “sweepable” floors, standard drywall walls and hard ceilings – a perfect environment for an echo […]
RSIC System Accepted Into Los Angeles Building Department
We are pleased to announce the acceptance in the city of Los Angeles building department. The newly published LARR approval extends the use of the RSIC systems even further ahead of all other acoustical systems. The RSIC systems have more sound tests and fire tests than all of the other systems combined. Making the RSIC systems the […]
New York CHPS
The first New York CHPS (Collaborative for High Performing Schools) opens its doors.
First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Approved
Cape Wind, the first US offshore wind farm was approved. The project will be 5 miles off the Massachusetts coast in the Nantucket Sound. The $1 billion project is expected to produce enough electricity to power around 400,000 homes.
Online Tool To Analyze Existing School Buildings From CHPS
In celebration of National Healthy Schools Day, the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) has released the Operations Report Card (ORC), a new low-cost, online tool that benchmarks current performance, analyzes existing conditions and recommends green and healthy improvements for existing school buildings.
More Environmentally Friendly Sourcing & Packaging for UltraTouch
Bonded Logic Announces Post-Consumer Sourcing & More Environmentally Friendly Packaging for UltraTouch Insulation Recycled Blue Jean Insulation Now Made From Post-Consumer Denim & Available Nationwide CHANDLER, Arizona… One of the building industry’s most environmentally friendly products just got a whole lot greener and a bit less confusing. UltraTouch Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation, commonly referred to as […]
