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From Earth2Tech, Justin Moresco, 10 June 2009 Cement and lumber will never be as sexy as an electric sports car, but there are still plenty of business opportunities in developing innovative materials for the growing green building market. A report published this week by NextGen…

Written by Katie Fehrenbacher, 14 April 2009 from earth2tech Thanks to funds from the stimulus package and renewed attention to energy savings, 2009 is the year companies are planning to launch wireless energy dashboards that will sit in your home, monitor energy data from your…

earth2tech – 14 May 2009Written by Katie Fehrenbacher Some energy storage technologies for the power grid are expensive but can be deployed anywhere, like advanced batteries, while others are cheap but can only be built in certain locations, like pumping water up and down hilly…

The FAO Forestry Department promotes, among others, the responsible use of wood as an environmentally friendly raw material. In the last decades, wood and wood-based products have been faced with stronger competition from substitute materials, such as plastics, concrete, steel, glass or aluminium, as these…

Buildings and building components, particularly windows, have been the subject of numerous studies seeking to recognize and quantify the environmental impacts caused by processes in the product life cycle.

from Earth2Tech by Justin Moresco The construction industry may be global, but standards for green buildings are not. That’s starting to change, however, as this week green building councils in Australia, the UK and the U.S. signed an agreement to develop common metrics for measuring…

This article addresses the life cycle assessment of the materials normally used for window frames, highlighting their respective benefits and weaknesses. Frames of different materials have been assessed on the basis of their production, energy consumption and environmental impacts. It has been found that the…

Manufacturers of oriented strandboard and plywood claim both products work well. But using panels made of wood chips makes some builders nervous. Like it or not, osb will define the future of the structural sheathing market.

Industrial and light commercial buildings can now achieve a Green Star rating with the release of the New Zealand Green Building Council’s (NZGBC) new Green Star – Industrial PILOT rating tool.

How many times have you heard the claim that a micro-turbine will be able to provide 30 percent of a household’s electricity needs? These micro-turbines were created for home use, especially in urban areas where little space is available to people. Unfortunately, if we base…