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  • Square footage of LEED-certified existing buildings surpasses new construction
    December 12, 2011
    LEED-certified existing buildings are outpacing their newly built counterparts, according to the U.S. Green Building Council. As of this December 2011, square footage of LEED-certified existing buildings surpassed LEED-certified new construction by 15 million square feet on a cumulative basis, according to a Dec. 7 USGBC release.Historically, USGBC has seen the stock of LEED-certified green...

  • Industry companies launch E-Space Systems
    June 24, 2011
    Officials from Glasswerks announced the launch of E-Space Systems, June 24, during the Dwell on Design show in Los Angeles. E-Space Systems is a group of ecologically minded designers, architects, engineers and manufacturers committed to creating building components that allow energy-efficient dwellings to be quickly assembled. Glasswerks is one of 11 E-Space Systems strategic allies, which also...

  • Chevron testing solar technologies
    April 5, 2010
    The oil giant Chevron has transformed an old refinery site in California into a test bed for seven advanced photovoltaic solar technologies, which the company is evaluating for use at its facilities worldwide, according to a March 22 article in The New York Times.

  • Green standard efforts merge
    March 19, 2010
    The International Code Council and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc. have merged their efforts, rather than compete, to develop the nation’s first “green” model code for commercial buildings. The model code, released on March 15, is open for public comment through May 14 but now is available to jurisdictions. Version 2.0, based on...

  • Glass company sees future in solar mirror
    February 22, 2010
    A local glass manufacturing company is seeking a federal grant to help it expand, create dozens of jobs and form a partnership with the University of Connecticut to train students in green energy technology.Flabeg Solar U.S. Corp., the former Naugatuck Glass Co., plans to add about 80 jobs to its work force of 92 employees, according to a Feb. 19 Republican-American report. 

  • Overcoming the ugly factor in building-integrated solar design
    January 29, 2010
    The idea of integrating solar power with building materials has been an attractive concept for decades, but one of the biggest challenges, according to Anna Dyson, director of the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, or CASE, has been aesthetics.Most applications thus far, Dyson said, “are pretty ugly and impede your view.”While visual elegance may not seem like a serious...

  • Cardinal Solar Technologies awarded $7.7 million
    January 20, 2010
    Cardinal Solar Technologies was awarded a $7.7 million tax credit under President Obama’s stimulus plan to re-tool its Northfield, Minn., facility, according to a Jan. 7 release. The credit is available upon progression from residential window and door coating operations to production of thin film coatings for use in the manufacturing of solar modules.The tax credit is part the recovery act...

  • Flabeg presents new mirror generation for Mena region
    January 20, 2010
    With its dimension of 1570 x 1900 mm, the new solar mirror RP4 for parabolic trough solar power plants covers nearly three square meters. Therewith RP4 is one-third larger than former mirrors for this application. RP4 is designed for the new Heliotrough collector.Both, the inner and outer mirror has got the same dimensions. The larger collector units allow materials savings and a smaller solar...

  • Abound Solar picks up $12.6 million tax credit
    January 20, 2010
    On Jan. 18, Abound Solar Inc. of Loveland, Colo., announced that it would be getting $12.6 million in the form of a tax credit from the U.S. Energy Department, via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (also known as the economic stimulus program, or ARRA).The credit was reportedly awarded through a competitive selection process that examines how many “green” jobs a firm...

  • California adopts mandatory green building code
    January 20, 2010
    The California Building Standards Commission unanimously adopted yesterday the first-in-the-nation mandatory Green Building Standards Code (CalGreen) requiring all new buildings in the state to be more energy efficient and environmentally responsible. Taking effect on Jan. 1, 2011, the regulations are designed to achieve major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and water...
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  • CH Holdings relaunches Cupples brand with Bob Trainor at the helm
    CH Holdings, the St. Louis-based holding company that owns Enclos Corp. and Environmental Interiors Inc., has relaunched the Cupples brand in the domestic U.S. marketplace, according to confidential sources. CH has reportedly tapped Bob Trainor, former CEO of Trainor Glass, to lead the new Cupples team.The new façade contracting company, Cupples Inc., will target smaller projects with $1...
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  • UPDATED: Trainor Glass Co. files for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy
    UPDATE: Trainor Glass filed a motion in the Chapter 11 case on March 13, seeking to use cash collateral and obtain post-petition financing to “pay for the costs of the preservation and orderly liquidation of debtor’s assets, and to pay for the costs of administration of the debtor’s chapter 11 case,” according to the court documents.First Midwest Bank, the bank involved in the motion, has “...