This is a wood composite as an energy efficient building material: Guided sunlight transmission and effective thermal insulation. Engineers at the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland (UMD) demonstrate in a new study that windows made of transparent wood could provide…

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. — Siemens has announced an open-technology challenge with JUMP, a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and five national laboratories. The online crowdsourcing community focuses on bridging the gap between cutting-edge building technology ideas and the…

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ATAS International Inc., a leader in sustainable building envelope technology, has expanded its three-year partnership with Roofinox America with the addition of the company’s stainless steel roofing products to the 2016 ATAS complete product line catalog. The Roofinox product line consists of…

Click to enlarge Aerial view of a plume of methane leaking from an underground pipeline, as seen with the help of a unique imaging spectrometer that operates like a near-infrared camera. A research team was able to identify this leak from the air, verify it on the ground, and it was immediately…

ANDOVER, Mass. — Schneider Electric has introduced the New Energy Opportunities (NEO) Network™, a collaborative online platform to help commercial and industrial companies quickly identify and vet renewable energy, cleantech, and energy-efficiency prospects. The network was developed to simplify and…

The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA) is now offering some of its educational Technical Bulletins in Spanish. Eight of these bulletins have been translated in order to better serve the growing population of Spanish-speaking roofing professionals and building owners alike. ARMA’s…

The Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance (SPFA) , the educational and technical voice to the spray polyurethane foam industry, today announced its newly elected Board of Directors. Representing senior leaders from both the contractor and manufacturer sectors, the 15-member Board includes an Executive…

The country's most visionary projects incorporating fire-clay brick have earned the annual Brick in Architecture Awards from the Brick Industry Association. Glen-Gery claimed eight awards, more than any other brick manufacturer this year. A panel of architects from around the country judged more…

The legions of nanorobotic agents are actually composed of more than 100 million flagellated bacteria -- and therefore self-propelled -- and loaded with drugs that moved by taking the most direct path between the drug's injection point and the area of the body to cure. Researchers from Polytechnique…

ATLANTA — The keynote speakers for the IAQ 2016 Defining Indoor Air Quality: Policy, Standards and Best Practices Conference have been announced. The conference, co-organized by ASHRAE and the Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre (AIVC), takes place Sept. 12-14, 2016, in Alexandria, Virginia, at…

CHALLENGE The Orlando-based Women’s Residential and Counseling Center is a transitional establishment for local women and children who have experienced hardship and are looking for a safe place to temporarily call home. The center operates around the clock to serve the community and provide shelter…

Conceptual drawing of nanoparticle-based metamaterial solid immersion lens (mSIL) (b) Lab made mSIL using titanium dioxide nanoparticles (c) SEM image of 60 nm sized imaging sample (d) corresponding superlens imaging of the 60 nm samples by the developed mSIL. Nanobeads are all around us- and are,…

A demonstration solar park based on polymer solar cells at the Technical University of Denmark in Roskilde, Denmark. For all the promise they have shown in the lab, polymer solar cells still need to "get on a roll" like the ones employed in printing newspapers so that large sheets of acceptably…

Neon is an element that is well-known to the general public due to its iconic use in neon signs. In a new study, researchers from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Argonne National Laboratory have teamed up to capture neon within a porous…

Atmospheric-pressure (left) and high-pressure (right) 2D layered Lawrencite-type crystal structures of magnesium chloride. Blue and green spheres indicate magnesium cations and chlorine anions respectively. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have combined X-ray diffraction and…

IMETCO (Innovative Metals Company Inc.) recently opened a new 46,900 square-foot manufacturing facility in Sacramento, Calif., more than tripling the current manufacturing space at their former Albuquerque, N.M. location and offering an expanded footprint for future growth. The new location will…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Renovate America, a provider of residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing, has hired Missouri-based executives Joe Suggs and John Maslowski to lead the expansion of the company’s HERO PACE Program into the state, working with the Missouri Clean Energy District.…

SYDNEY — BuildingIQ has announced the acquisition of comfort sensing technology, comprised of the OptiCool and ComfortSENSE subsystems and interface, from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) for approximately AUD$500,000. Until now, BuildingIQ had an exclusive…

A proposed ASTM International standard will provide a visual assessment and sampling protocol to determine if a dust-lead hazard remains following clean-up of an activity that has or may have disturbed lead-based paint. The proposed standard ( WK52690 , Practice for Clearance Examinations Following…

Click to enlarge Previous research has suggested that the spheroids were used as percussive tools for shaping or grinding other materials; however most of the objects analysed by the team had weights that produce optimal levels of damage from throwing, rather than simply being as heavy as possible.…

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SAN FRANCISCO — BuildingIQ announced the launch of its 5i platform-enabled services, designed to deliver value to building operators at any stage of a building’s lifecycle. The company said the 5i platform and services provide a better building Internet of Things (IoT) solution for owner/operators…

Haddock eggs are especially vulnerable to crude oil because oil droplets stick to the eggshells. Even brief exposures of the eggs of Atlantic haddock to low concentrations of dispersed crude oil can cause severe and usually deadly deformities in developing fish, an international research team has…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — American Residential Services (ARS), a national provider of air conditioning, heating, and plumbing services, has announced an endorsement agreement with Tim Tebow. The initial agreement includes a commercial in which Tebow announces that ARS will offer special discounts for…

AECOM, a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, announced today a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 percent, normalized by revenue, across its global operations by 2020, starting from a baseline year in 2015. To achieve this goal, the company will focus on its…

Photon upconversion: Energy transfer between the molecules is based on electron exchange (Dexter electron transfer). The upconversion of photons allows for a more efficient use of light: Two photons are converted into a single photon having higher energy. Researchers at KIT now showed for the first…

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — LG Electronics USA announced that its Multi-V IV variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air-source systems have been certified to exceed California’s stringent seismic building requirements. The company said these air conditioning systems are now certified in all 50 states. With a…

Algorithm corrects connection points of objects fabricated by wire bending machine to optimize stability. Adaptions of design and structure computed. Potential range of application in Rapid Prototyping. During the annual top conference of the Special Interest Group for Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH)…

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Lithium ions migrate through the electrolyte (yellow) into the layer of crystalline silicon (c-Si). During the charging cycle, a 20-nm layer (red) develops on the silicon electrode adsorbing extreme quantities of lithium atoms. The team was able to show through neutron measurements made at the…