In late September,

Haworth, Inc. and

Interface, Inc. closed a deal transferring the assets of Interface Architectural Resources (InterfaceAR) to Haworth. The acquisition, which includes certain inventory, real estate, fixed assets, and intellectual property of InterfaceAR, gives Haworth the most complete line of raised access... Read more

GreenSpec Directory during the past year. This year’s winners cover a wide spectrum of products and applications, and highlight the ongoing innovation in the building-... Read more

The oldest building in the complex dates from 1902, with a major... Read more

Just in time to host Greenbuild 2003, the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh was awarded 39 points in the LEED® Rating System, qualifying it for Gold certification. At nearly 1.5 million ft2 (140,000 m2), the Lawrence Center is the largest LEED-certified building. The $385 million... Read more

Falcon Waterfree Technologies of Grand Rapids, Michigan have announced an alliance that should bring waterfree urinals closer to the mainstream. Falcon will manufacture and supply both vitreous-china waterless-urinal fixtures and replacement cartridges to Sloan, who will bring them to market. “... Read more

November 2003 supplement to Building Design & Construction (BD&C) magazine

Available as a free download from

www.bdcmag.com.

Released at Greenbuild 2003, the “White Paper on Sustainability” is notable for two reasons. First, it provides a very useful overview of the green building movement, including its history,... Read more

In an effort to walk the talk of sustainability, the U.S. Green Building Council sought to green the Greenbuild conference itself. Holding the event in a LEED Gold-rated conference center was a great first step.

In addition, conference programs, name-badge holders, and cloth bags were made of recycled materials. Hotels were asked to... Read more

Ten years ago, in

EBN

Vol. 2, No. 6, we devoted precisely two sentences to alerting our readers that the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the U.S. Green Building Council were planning a Green Building Conference, to take place in Gaithersburg, Maryland in February 1994. “The conference will cover assessment... Read more

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“Action for Sustainability,” the

2005 World Sustainable Building Conference following in the footsteps of Sustainable Building 2002 in Oslo, Norway, is set to take place September 27–29, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. The conference will be hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, and co-hosted by the International... Read more

A group of institutions, including the National Center for Atmospheric Research, has begun a three-year project to model air quality in the U.S. over the next 50 years. Through the study, funded by the National Science Foundation, EPA, and Forest Service, researchers will examine how air quality will be affected by climate change, wildfires,... Read more

The Emerging Green Builders chapter of the Council hosted the first annual USGBC Design Competition this year. The challenge was to design an 18,000 ft2 (1,675 m2), $2 million addition to the nonprofit Pittsburgh Project. The designs, including classroom space and housing, were required to qualify for a LEED Platinum rating. Over 125 teams of... Read more

Desert Moon Productions has begun filming the first home-improvement show with a green emphasis.  The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) will air 26 episodes of the 30-minute television show, Build it Green! Set to begin running next July.

Build it Green! will be hosted by contractor Charlie Popeck and architect Jill Burtin and will... Read more

In October, Sharp Corporation, the world’s leader in solar energy production, and its U.S. sales and marketing subsidiary, Sharp Electronics Corporation, opened their first solar panel manufacturing facility outside of Japan. The new factory, in Memphis, Tennessee, is assembling 165-, 167-, and 185-watt panels for residential and commercial... Read more

The Green Building Alliance awarded its Shades of Green award during Greenbuild to Teresa Heinz, chair of the Heinz Family Philanthropies and the Howard Heinz Endowment. Support from these two organizations has been instrumental in making Pittsburgh a hub of green building activity, with more LEED-certified buildings than any other city. A... Read more

A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft study released in November reveals a much higher health risk to children who play on CCA-treated playsets and decks than was previously indicated by the agency (see EBN Vol. 12, No. 3). The report shows that 90% of children aged one to six who regularly play on CCA-treated wood face a greater than... Read more