building environmental impact News
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EPA recognizes Fredericksburg company for environmentally-friendly construction
PHILADELPHIA – (October 16, 2007) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized Aikido of Fredericksburg, Va. as a leader in promoting environmentally-friendly development. The non-profit corporation received the recognition because its new headquarters in Spotsylvania, Va. is being built to minimize environmental impact. Building concepts include using design features on the ...
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Guidance on re-using and recycling used carpet
A practical interactive guide has been published to encourage more re-use and recycling of used carpet arising from all types of refurbishment schemes. Best practices for extending carpet lifetime and for refurbishment specification are also highlighted in the user-friendly document. Carpet Recycling UK was commissioned by WRAP, the UK’s resource efficiency experts, to write the report, ...
By Axion Group
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Dyhroff Ltd celebrates its 10th anniversary
Dyrhoff Ltd is celebrating its tenth year of successful operation at its current base in Folkestone, Kent. Recognised globally as one of the leaders in the rubber dam and pneumatic gate field, Dyrhoff Ltd has in that time designed, supplied and supervised the installation of 94 rubber dams and spillway gates, on 57 sites around the world. The company’s installations can be found in 25 ...
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Esty environmental partners launches free scorecard assessment tool in conjunction with publication of `the green to gold business playbook`
Esty Environmental Partners, the strategy consulting firm specialized in creating business value through environmental sustainability, today announced the launch of its Esty Environmental Scorecard. The Environmental Scorecard is designed to help companies assess their sustainability strategies, performance, execution capability, and business results against peers in their industry, as well as ...
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Encouraging construction companies to think green
Researchers have developed a new evaluation method that could encourage construction companies to adopt environmental management systems and processes. This could reduce the impact of construction projects on local urban environments, as well as on the environment more generally by reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Many organisations follow standards and guidelines for ...
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EPA Recognizes Austin Federal Building for Significant Energy Reductions and Cost Savings
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the JJ Pickle & Homer Thornberry Federal Building for reducing its environmental impacts. As part of the Federal Green Challenge (FGC), more than 400 federal facilities, representing nearly 1.3 million federal employees, took steps to reduce pollution, support renewable energy, and operate more efficiently in 2014, resulting in ...
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Give your opinion on reducing the environmental impact of buildings
The European Commission is gathering views on how to reduce the environmental impacts of buildings. Buildings use a large amount of resources when they are designed, built, used and demolished, and their impact on the environment, energy consumption and climate change is significant. Improving construction techniques is therefore important to help Europe become a more sustainable economy. The ...
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Out with transparency: In with transparent brands
What Do You Stand For? Last week the Sustainable Apparel Coalition – comprised of big brands such as Patagonia, Timberland and H&M – announced efforts to build a database of the environmental impacts along the apparel production supply chain. Eventually, the database will help ensure every garment sold has a consumer-facing sustainability score, clearly communicating impacts to ...
By 3BL Media
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Australian environment minister welcomes consultation on waste tyres
Minister for the Environment, Peter Garrett, has announced the release of a consultation package on end-of-life tyres for public comment. Mr Garrett said the consultation followed the April meeting of the Environment Protection and Heritage Council (EPHC), which agreed to move forward with a nationally consistent approach to managing end-of-life tyres. “This joint industry/government approach is ...
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Building Refurbishment and EU Legislation Set to Drive Demand for Pumps, Says Frost & Sullivan
LONDON, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Even as new construction activity slows across a crisis-hit Europe, end-user investments in the refurbishment of existing buildings will be the primary driver in the pumps market for commercial and industrial buildings. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.industrialautomation.frost.com), Strategic Analysis of the European Pumps Market for ...
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Westchester county real estate firm signs agreement with EPA to enhance sustainable practices
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today signed an agreement with Reckson Real Estate, one of Westchester County’s largest commercial real estate owners, to reduce the environmental impacts of the buildings it manages. The company has agreed to improve energy and water efficiency, reduce waste and use green landscaping practices. Reckson, a division of SL Green Realty ...
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Boeing 777 Customers Benefit from 10 New Environmental Actions
The Boeing (NYSE: BA) 777 program is implementing 10 initiatives that will eliminate 5.5 million pounds CO2 emitted and 300,000 gallons of jet fuel used annually during the 777 delivery process. The first customer to benefit from all 10 of the initiatives is Air New Zealand, which took delivery of a 777-300ER (extended range) jetliner Nov. 7. "Air New Zealand is excited to participate," said ...
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New York city real estate firm signs agreement with EPA to enhance sustainable practices
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today signed an agreement with SL Green Realty Corp., one of the largest commercial real estate owners and operators in the New York City area, to reduce the environmental impacts of the buildings it manages. The company has agreed to improve energy and water efficiency, reduce waste, and use green landscaping practices. SL Green owns 72 properties ...
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First tribal community in the nation adopts international green building code
Kayenta Township (Ariz.) is the first tribal community in the U.S. to adopt the International Green Construction Code (IGCC), a building code designed to reduce the environmental impact of construction projects while keeping safety measures intact and enforceable. EPA’s Pacific Southwest Green Building Team worked with Kayenta and works with other tribes and federal agencies to support the ...
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Clean Air America Assists South Puget Sound Community College to Meet LEED Gold Certification With Welding Booths
Clean Air America, Inc., innovator in air filtration products that protect workers and the environment, recently assisted South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) meet LEED Gold certification. SPSCC trains students to become employed as welders in the building trades, shipbuilding, bridge construction, welding fabrication, and maintenance repair work in a state-of-the-art facility. ...
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Nearly 400 Northwest Buildings Compete in EPA’s “Battle of the Buildings”
Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched the 2015 Energy Star Battle of the Buildings and nearly 400 competitors in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska have joined in to reduce their energy and water use. In support of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, which calls for businesses to cut waste and become 20 percent more energy efficient by 2020, the competition targets ...
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Waltham, Mass. Builders Recognized by EPA for Contributions to Green Building Design
(Boston, Mass. – Sept. 21, 2007) – Four structural engineers from a Waltham, Mass. firm were recognized as part of a national EPA effort to develop cutting-edge green building ideas to reduce environmental and energy impacts from buildings. The awardees, Mark Webster, Dirk Kestner, James Parker and Matthew Johnson, are engineers at the Waltham-based firm, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc. ...
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Global Survey Shows `Green` Construction Costs Dramatically Lower Than Believed
Survey finds green costs overestimated by 300% and a need to foster zero net energy construction. New York - Key players in real estate and construction misjudge the costs and benefits of 'green' buildings, creating a major barrier to more energy efficiency in the building sector, a new study by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) reports. Respondents to a ...
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Committee MEPs back beefed-up environmental impact assessment directive
A proposed update of EU law to make environmental impact assessments clearer, build in biodiversity and climate change, and involve the public, was backed by the Environment Committee on Wednesday (Feb. 12,2014). This update, already informally agreed with the Council of Ministers, includes beefed up rules to ensure that decisions to authorize development projects are not influenced by conflicts ...
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EPA Report Details How Development Can Impact Public Health, Environment
The publication, Our Built and Natural Environments: A Technical Review of the Interactions among Land Use, Transportation, and Environmental Quality, provides evidence that certain kinds of land use and transportation strategies – where and how we build our communities -- can reduce the environmental and human health impacts of development. “Although findings might differ on the ...
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