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The LA World’s fair has begun its search for students for a new green building design competition. The competition would enlist students to design the headquarters of the fair. The headquarters also known as Pavilion Zero, is conceptualized as a visually compelling building that would serve as...
Arup, a global consulting engineering business, together with Grosvenor, a privately owned global property group, have unveiled an innovative new ‘living wall’ scaffolding system in Mayfair, U.K., which the organizations believe haves the potential to reduce air pollution by up to 20 percent. The structure, which...
This video explains how when adding a kitchen to the Penn Women’s Center at the University of Pennsylvania, it became a great example of how an environmentally friendly kitchen can be created. While it doesn’t focus exclusively on the surfacing, there are some really interesting aspects...
A report released at the COP21 Paris Climate Conference presented a scientifically validated process to assess how “green” products made from bamboo really are. It shows that items made from bamboo can be carbon-neutral (or even carbon-negative) over their life-cycle. The report used a Life-cycle and Carbon Footprint...
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As you probably already know, Earth Day is just a little over a week away, and it presents a prime opportunity for everyone to get involved in improving the health of our planet. The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, activated 20 million Americans from all walks...
By R. Yuvarani It is becoming extremely difficult for business owners to ignore the relevance of protecting the environment, improving the quality of life and similar issues, including the conservation of natural resources, reducing environmental pollution, protecting endangered species and controlling land use. Many companies are...
The construction model of using prefabricated modules has been around since the 1950’s. Early modular construction, such as Habitat 67 (pictured above), were the pioneers of the green construction movement. Habitat 67 was designed by architect Moshe Safdie and built for the 1967 World’s Fair in Montreal...
By Eric Monson Infrastructure and civil engineering projects present significant opportunities for waste minimization, re-use and recycling. Designing out waste in these sectors not only makes economic sense but it should be a sustainable environmental cornerstone of any well designed project. All good project design presents...
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GreenSurfacingResource.com is currently developing a newsletter for those interested in the industry. The newsletter is slated to be quarterly, with a fifth “Best of” special edition in it’s first year, will be called The Green Surfacing Insider. The frequency will then increase based on demand and...
A 10-year study conducted from 2004 to 2013, at the University of Guelph in Ontario and published in the Journal of Portfolio Management, reveals that green office buildings have more satisfied tenants and higher occupancy and lease renewal rates. Ten years of data from one of...
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Welcome to GreenSurfaceResource.com, your source for useful information related to green, Eco-friendly, recycled and sustainable surfacing. Whether countertops, wall cladding, flooring or whatever the application, if it’s green, it’s in our realm. Thanks for helping us celebrate environmental responsibility in the surfacing materials we use. In...
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