At the National Press Club today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI USA) hosted the latest National Leadership Speaker Series on Resiliency and National Security in the 21st Century, bringing together elected officials in a forum addressing local leadership on resiliency in the built environment.
Armstrong Commercial Flooring’s Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT) Flooring Recycling Program is the first program of its kind to recycle all Armstrong VCT flooring products as well as competitor VCT products.
NeoCon East will provide show attendees a full calendar of special events and exhibits for networking and unwinding during the two day Show, October 17-18.
Armstrong Commercial Flooring’s recent Design Council brought together a designer, architect, flooring contractor and healthcare facility administrator to explore emerging trends and confer on the overlapping, and sometimes convergent needs of the different disciplines involved in the design, cost, install and maintenance of high-traffic commercial flooring applications.
EasyTurf, the landscape arm of sports-turf-giant FieldTurf, embarks on an industry first, the introduction of an environmentally responsible, 100% recycled infill option and the evolution of the artificial grass system.
A new 2012 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) study finds that real estate managers and investors are becoming more and more focused on sustainability issues, with 80 percent now having some sort of sustainability strategy in place.
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate, National Institute of Building Sciences, National Building Museum, and the Concrete Joint Sustainability Initiative will host a free, interactive Resilient Buildings Workshop this fall to promote the importance of creating and maintaining resilient, high performance structures.
Three-time Grammy Award-winning band, Train, will perform before thousands of green building professionals and community members at the upcoming Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, hosted by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
The green building community is celebrating World Green Building Week with events around the globe that shine a spotlight on the key role of buildings in conserving resources, saving money and creating jobs while providing healthier places to live, learn, work and play.
Teragren will be featured across the country during the months of September and October on the television show, The Environmental Report hosted by former NFL Quarterback Terry Bradshaw.