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Michael Goforth: Code enforcement goes after Polish actress, painter, survivor Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:15PMCaptured, she survived the train ride to Auschwitz along with her mother when the train was rerouted from the crowded death camp. They survived the Nazi concentration camp at Bosen, near Frankfurt, in Germany, as they managed to escape. Her brother was not so fortunate, dying in the concentration camp at Melk in Austria.She survived the backbreaking labor at a potato processing factory during ...
Monday A.M. Report Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:50PMMonday A.M. Report 3M buying insulation maker MTI PolyFab, Olson wins Minnesota Lottery account, Wells Fargo wants to hire 10,000 wealth advisers, and Life Time breaks its own spin class record.
Council of NAIMA Spotlights its Founding Members Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:06AMThe Council of the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association announced today that 15 insulation manufacturers and suppliers have signed on as "founding members" of the organization.
3M in Acquisition Mode Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 8:27AM3M Company announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire MTI PolyFab Inc., a Canada-based manufacturer of thermal and acoustic insulating material for the airlines industry, after acquiring A-One.
Industrial Nanotech, Inc. CEO to Meet with Key Leaders of Saudi Industry in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 7:05AMNAPLES, Fla.----Industrial Nanotech, Inc. , an emerging global leader in nanoscience solutions, announced that the Company’s CEO, Stuart Burchill, will be traveling to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during the fourth week of March, 2010 for meetings with leaders of industry in Saudi Arabia at the invitation of HRH Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, one of the Kingdom's most prominent ...
New building energy regulations to be enforced in April Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 4:58AMThe new building energy regulations will be enforced in April, three-and-half years after regulations were introduced. Resources Minister George Pullicino told parliament that the reason for the delay was a software which had to be integrated with the e-government systems.
Century-old Lakewood Farm gets new life Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 4:44AMA piece of Holland history has become a labor of love for one couple. Lakewood Farm was once home to the menagerie of George Getz who let the public enjoy his private zoo from 1915 to 1933. By this century, new, unwelcome animals had taken over the main house. It had become dilapidated. “We didn’t go out and look for a fixer-uper,” said Patti Bing, who with her husband, Ken, has worked every ...
The New Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet: Four Seasons, Four Passengers Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 4:17AMComfortable: AIRCAPÂ® automatic draught-stop plus AIRSCARFÂ® Quiet: acoustic soft top as standard Safe: robust roll-over protection and new headbags The highly appealing and emotionally charged Cabriolet is the latest addition to the successful Mercedes-Benz E-Class line-up. The open-top two-door model, deliveries of which start from 27 March, features a classic fabric soft ...
Bank opens eco-friendly branch Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:55AMBilled as an environmentally friendly facility, Comerica Bank opened a new branch on Monday in The Colony.
Glenn Haege: Heating system needs ventilation to avoid streaking Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 12:08AMDear Glenn: I hope you can help me out here. We have a new home and use electric baseboard heat. After two years of use, I am now seeing vertical black streaks on the walls above them. I've tried every imaginable cleaner, including TSP and the Magic Eraser. Any ideas what might work, and what is causing this? Our neighbors have the same type of heat but older units, and they don't get the ...
MIT Scientists Transform Polyethylene into a Heat-conducting Material Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:21AMMost polymers - materials made of long, chain-like molecules - are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But an MIT team has found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, into a material that conducts heat just as well as most metals, yet remains an electrical insulator.
Scientists transform polyethylene into a heat-conducting material Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 1:15AMA research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, into a material that conducts heat
Scientists transform polyethylene into a heat-conducting material Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:48PMWashington, March 8 : A research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, into a material that conducts heat just as well as most metals, yet remains an electrical insulator.
Scientists transform polyethylene into a heat-conducting material Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:21PMMost polymers -- materials made of long, chain-like molecules -- are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But scientists have now found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, into a material that conducts heat just as well as most metals, yet remains an electrical insulator.
MIT scientists transform polyethylene into a heat-conducting material Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:27PM( Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) Most polymers -- materials made of long, chain-like molecules -- are very good insulators for both heat and electricity. But an MIT team has found a way to transform the most widely used polymer, polyethylene, into a material that conducts heat just as well as most metals, yet remains an electrical insulator.
Van checks homes for energy waste Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:57AMA heat-seeking van is visiting Horsham at night to identify homes that could benefit from increased insulation.
Donate Your Old Jeans To Keep Others Warm Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 10:31AMThe Gap partners with the Cotton. Blue To Green campaign to recycle old jeans.
Green jobs grow slowly Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:24PMMany conversation projects are still waiting for federal funding to get off the ground. Last year, Randy Hagen, president of Solar Skies Mfg in Starbuck, Minn., laid off four of his 14 workers after orders stalled for the rooftop solar collectors he makes. Government rebates promised last year under the Obama administration's green jobs initiative never won final approval, so consumers didn't ...
Thermograher Takes Aim at Southwest Energy Bills "When You Can't Afford to Wait for the Problem to Happen" Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:50AMSteve Jorgenson, is using infrared technology as a Certified Infrared Thermograher to help businesses and homeowners in Las Vegas and Phoenix, to lower their utility bills. He recently launched Southwest Thermal Solutions (STS), where he uses infrared cameras to find defects in insulation, windows, as well as faulty electrical circuits and mold. [PR.com]
Glenn Haege: Cut energy bill: Have home tested for heat loss Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:10AMWhen it comes to energy loss, the greatest offenders are the air and heat loss in your home, which increases energy costs and can decrease your level of comfort. Two ways a homeowner can determine where their home has leaks are with a blower door test and thermal imaging scan with an infrared camera.
Greenbridge installs solar panels to heat water Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:19PMBy today’s end, Greenbridge will be one step closer to achieving its environmentally friendly claim. Greenbridge, a two-building development property on West Rosemary Street, began the installation of 45 solar panels on the roof of its 10-story East Building.
Pika Thriving in Sierra Nevada and Southwestern Great Basin Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 12:18PMRock formations buffer pika from warming temperaturesNew research addressing climate change questions, a priority focus of the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station, documents that American pika in the Sierra Nevada and southwestern Great Basin are thriving and persist in a wider range of temperatures than previously discovered.
Keeping them clean: High-power plasmas for ITER fusion reactor Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:21AMThe ASDEX Upgrade fusion device at Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching is the only one in the world that can do experiments with a vessel completely clad with tungsten. It has now been shown that the advantages of this tungsten wall can also be achieved in the high-power plasmas that the ITER test reactor is to work with -- a highly promising result for ITER operation ...
New Jekyll Island Hotel Takes Green Practices to the Next Level Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:13AMJEKYLL ISLAND, Ga.----Build an eco-friendly, beachside hotel using sustainable practices to help preserve one of the eastern seaboard’s few remaining true maritime forest and dune eco-systems.
Hawthorne: LEED vs. Passive House - What’s the difference? Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:12PMAs a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited professional, I readily defend LEED’s standard and certification to critics who question its alleged greenness and whether it lives up to its hype.
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Sustainable Living Expo coming up Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 7:53AMThe 7th Annual Sustainable Living Expo will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 17, at the Mary Jeannette Murray Bathhouse, Nantasket Beach, Hull.
Rubber World Industries wins AED 1 million rubber insulation contract for Al Raha Beach development in Abu Dhabi Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:56AMRubber World Industries (RWI), the leading manufacturer of closed-cell rubber insulation 'Gulf-O-flex' in the Gulf and South-East Asia, and part of the international business conglomerate, the Shaikhani Group of Companies, has announced that it has won an AED 1 million 'Gulf-O-flex' rubber insulation contract for the prestigious Al Raha Beach development in Abu Dhabi.
Bay-Arenac Career Center putting green touch on programs Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 4:01AMMichael Randolph | The Bay City TimesKeyton Turmell uses a coping saw to finish off the edge of a piece of baseboard as Kyle Huskins holds the board steady. In an effort to better train the workforce of tomorrow, the...
Thinking green in a desert retreat Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 9:45PMA house that seems to emerge from the boulders around it, blending seamlessly into the desert landscape, sits on a secluded San Bernardino County lot near Joshua Tree National Park.
New policies standardize town police procedures Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:46AMTOWNSEND -- The Board of Selectmen approved 15 new standardized policies for the Police Department that Chief Erving Marshall Jr.
Townsend officials OK 15 new police policies Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 8:16AMTOWNSEND -- The Board of Selectmen approved 15 new standardized policies for the Police Department that Chief Erving Marshall Jr.
Aitkin and Crosby-Ironton schools working on being more green Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 8:07AMAitkin and Crosby high schools are both recipients of a Minnesota Schools Cutting Carbon Project.
Townsend approves new police policies Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 7:58AMTOWNSEND -- Selectmen approved 15 new standardized policies for the Police Department that Chief Erving Marshall Jr. recommended yesterday. The board previously approved six policies and the department expects to eventually have a total of 40 standardized policies, Marshall said.
Elementary school, DPW receive grant for energy programs Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 3:13AMWEST NEWBURY and mdash; Finance Director Tracy Blais reported this week that West Newbury will receive an Energy Efficiency and Block Grant in the amount of $132,390 for Solar PV (photovoltaic) and amp; Thermal Efficiency. The funds are for five energy efficiency projects at the Dr. John C. Page Elementary School and the Department of Public Works building.
Changes to building codes will cost homebuilders, say officials Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 9:41PMTRURO – Updates to the Nova Scotia Building Code mean “major changes” and added costs for new homebuilders, industry officials say.
Don't feed the deer Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 5:31PMFebruary's historic snow has made life miserable for us humans. You have to wonder how wildlife is faring with 20 inches or more piled up in the woods.
How Does Your Garden Grow? Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 4:48PMFlower grower, florist, installation artist, and tireless advocate of sustainable design, Joost Bakker is so well-known in Melbourne that he's become a first-name-only celebrity.
Fire in the sky: the Air Launched Sortie Vehicle of the early 1980s (part 1) Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 11:31AMSpace shuttles taking off from aircraft are typically the stuff of science fiction, or at least bad James Bond movies. Dwayne Day begins a look at an effort thirty years ago by the Air Force to develop a small air-launched reusable vehicle.
Uranium will only last 50 years Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 10:24AMBoth sides of the debate (Focus, 22/2) overlook the fact that uranium is a finite resource that will be exhausted in 50 years.
Modern Plastics Announces FREE Sample Kit: Macrolux(R) Multi-Wall Polycarbonate Sheet Product Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 6:40AMModern Plastics is offering a FREE Sample Kit of its MacroluxÂ® Multi-Wall Polycarbonate Sheet product . Macrolux Polycarbonate Co-extruded Thermoglazing is perfect for applications requiring material that offers high light transmission, thermal insulation, strength in a lightweight form, high shock resistance, flame retardance, great economy, vandal resistance and design flexibility.
Boulder County businesses slow to apply for $12M in ClimateSmart loans Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 12:04AMAs the ClimateSmart Loan Program opens its coffers to the commercial sector for the first time, Boulder County staffers are finding that it may be harder for business owners to green their properties than it is for homeowners.
NASA: Station gets the largest space window ever built Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 2:37PMIn the early hours of Monday morning, astronauts aboard the International Space Station finished attaching a seven-window cupola during the mission's third and final spacewalk, finally removing the covers that shielded the windows during launch.
Rail network's star has faded - bring on the loops Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 10:38AMYesterday's letters were headed ''Transport planning just goes round in circles''. This is part of the problem - it doesn't. The original rail network in Sydney, the legacy of which we are left with today, is a ''star'' system; that is, the lines travel out more or less in straight lines from a central point. In fact, it is called Central.
Energy grant awarded Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 3:38AMFriday February 19, 2010 NORTH ADAMS -- In the near future, Drury High School's roof will host a 38-kilowatt photovoltaic array that is estimated to save the city $5,000 in energy costs annually at the school and reduce yearly carbon emissions by 39,631 pounds.
Heat-seeking vehicles check homes Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 7:42AMA Surrey council uses heat-seeking vehicles to take thermal images of people's homes and identify where better insulation is needed.
Space station crews get 'window on the world' Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 11:54AMEndeavour astronauts opened shutters on the space station's new observation deck early Wednesday, giving crew inside an "absolutely incredible" view of Earth below.
Joint Council report Community Centre’s “wishlist” proves to be a big one Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 10:13AMIt’s a big “wish list.” When Heidi McMillan, Parks and Recreation Manager, brought the list of needs for the Carberry Plains Community Centre , it proved to be a big one.
Call to stop insulation program until it is safer Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 7:29AMThe government program to increase the take-up of ceiling insulation should be suspended until standards for safe installation are improved, an industry body says.
Insulators call for halt to rollout Wednesday, February 17, 2010 @ 7:00AMTHE Rudd government's trouble-prone home insulation program should be immediately shelved, a key industry leader told a Senate inquiry yesterday.