I just read a great article from Environmental & Energy Management News that discusses “10 Reasons Why Sustainable/Energy Retrofits of Commercial Buildings Will Be the Next Big Thing.” We’ve all heard the statistics and know that North America’s current building portfolio is quite old. It was built on a model that no longer works and [...]
10 Reasons Why Sustainable/Energy Retrofits of Commercial Buildings Will Be the Next Big Thing
New York City recently announced that they have finally approved zoning changes to allow buildings to make green retrofits. Buildings account for at least three-fourths of New York City’s greenhouse gas emissions and these green retrofits can help owners significantly reduce their carbon footprint and electricity bill. These amendments were many years in the making [...]
New York State of Mind – Green Energy-Saving Retrofits Include Solar Shading
The R+T Expo is the world’s largest tradeshow and conference for the roller shutter, doors/gates and sun protection system industries. For the next 5 days, industry leaders will be partaking in what I’ve been told is the ‘Conference of Conferences’. There are 9 halls and over 100,000 square metres of floor space – which is massive compared to the North American tradeshow standard. There will be nearly a dozen events held concurrently and many other special show features. Starting from the massive booths to the thought leaders that will be in attendance, the R+T Expo will help foster innovation to another level.
Architecture 2030 has one main goal and that is to achieve a dramatic reduction in the climate-change-causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the building sector by changing the way buildings and developments are planned, designed and constructed.
Each year Architectural Products’ magazine searches far and wide for the best and most innovative products that the industry has to offer. The Product Innovation Awards (PIA) recognizes products, materials and system innovations that lead commercial and institutional design to new heights. With a distinguished panel of 44 architects and specification specialists who are skilled in product evaluation as judges, they’ve just announced that Solarmotion has won a Product Innovation Award for 2011. The award is based on attributes, qualities, functionality and/or performance beyond industry standards. Solarmotion meets all those qualifications and more!!
Solarmotion Wins Architectural Products’ Product Innovation Award
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