Posts Tagged ‘green buildings’

11 January 2011

Project developer juwi targets sustainable building sector

Renewable energy project developer juwi has launched a specific business division targeting the green building space and has begun to win initial orders, NewNet has learned.

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11 January 2011

Green building sector fights against costly perception

The construction of green buildings based on sustainable or eco-friendly design principles is fighting against a perception of being more expensive than convention building methods, an industry expert told NewNet.

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11 January 2011

Passing the hurdles towards solar air conditioning adoptionp

Cooling, space heating and water heating comprise more than 50 per cent of home utility spending. With the rising cost of electricity and gas keeping comfortable at home has become a major expense, writes Yuval Berson, co-founder of Israel-based solar air conditioning company Linum Systems.

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2 December 2010

Echotect unveils green building materials

Dutch sustainable materials company Echotect said has designed a recyclable alternative to conventional stone composites, which are usually made of particles of quartz or other stone embedded in a polymer resin.

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17 November 2010

Autodesk sees strong green building awareness in retail sector

Engineering and 3D design specialist Autodesk told NewNet it is experiencing great awareness from the retail sector with regards to the challenges and opportunities greening buildings can present.

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29 April 2010

Ludgate Environmental Fund invests in green building company Hightex

Ludgate Environmental Fund (LEF) has invested £730,000 into ten million ordinary shares of Hightex Group, equivalent to 5.3 per cent of its issued share capital.

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10 August 2009

Renewable energy company Entech Solar sees revenues drop as it moves to develop next generation products

Renewable energy company Entech Solar sees revenues drop as it moves to develop next generation products.

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10 August 2009

US Department of Energy announces funding for improving energy efficiency in federal buildings

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced more than $20m in high-end technical assistance to federal agencies to help ensure the widest possible implementation of leading edge energy efficiency technologies across the federal government.

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10 August 2009

UK technology innovator Imperial Innovations invests in green building materials company Novacem

UK technology commercialisation and investment company Imperial Innovations Group, has invested £500,000 in green building materials company Novacem, as part of a £1m venture investment round.

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17 July 2009

US and China to collaborate on development of energy efficient buildings and sustainable communities

The US Department of Energy and Chinese Ministry of Urban-Rural Development have agreed to work in partnership toward more efficient building designs and sustainable communities.

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29 June 2009

Masdar to launch $250m cleantech fund, partners with Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft for research centre

Masdar, Abu Dhabi's renewable energy initiative, is to introduce its first cleantech investment fund, with a target of around $250m.

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22 June 2009

Nordic construction company NCC reduces carbon footprint through €20m refurbishment project

Nordic construction company NCC Construction Denmark has been commissioned to refurbish the facades of 25 apartment blocks in Ishöj, Denmark so as to reduce the buildings' carbon footprint, in a project costing approximately SEK220m (€20m).

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9 June 2009

Despite the economic downturn, the market for green building materials will grow to $571bn by 2013, according to report

The global green building materials market continues to grow, despite the global economic downturn. The worldwide green building materials market was valued at $455.3bn in 2008, and NextGen Research, in its new report forecasts the market will grow at a CAGR of nearly five per cent to reach $571bn by 2013.

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1 June 2009

America has been slow to respond to climate change, but now we must make up for lost timep

The St James's Palace Nobel Laureate Symposium brought together scientists and leaders to concentrate on solving the climate challenge. This effort is an example of the growing worldwide awareness of the severity of the threat to our very way of life from a changing climate, according to US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, here highlighting President Obama's commitment to improving America's energy policy and addressing the global climate crisis.

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28 April 2009

Green buildings company Serious Materials welcomes US Vice President Joe Biden to its new Chicago plant

Serious Materials, an energy-saving building materials company, welcomed US Vice President Joe Biden along with senators Dick Durban and Roland Burris and Mayor Richard Daley to its recently acquired windows manufacturing plant in Chicago, US.

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31 March 2009

European Parliament votes on energy efficient building measuresp

The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) has welcomed today's vote on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) in the Industry, Transport, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament.

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16 January 2009

David Cameron unveils plans to create low carbon economy in UK

Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron has unveiled plans to create a low carbon economy in the UK.

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19 December 2008

Owens Corning backs T Boone Picken’s energy efficiency plan

Owens Corning, producer of commercial building materials, has teamed up with T Boone Pickens to endorse the Pickens Plan which calls for energy independence and energy efficiency in homes and buildings across the US.

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27 November 2008

Webcor Builders signs up as LP in Navitas Capital’s fund

Californian contractor Webcor Builders has agreed to become a limited partner in a green building fund set up by US venture capital firm Navitas Capital.

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27 November 2008

Navitas Capital targets $10-20m first closing in 2009

Green buildings-focused private equity firm Navitas Capital is targeting a first closing on of its debut fund in early 2009, according to the firm's managing partner and co-founder Jim Petit.

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