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MaxLite launches revamped website Published: May 14, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities MaxLite®, West Caldwell, N.J., has launched an enhanced website at www.maxlite.com, featuring its energy-efficient MaxLED® line of LED...

Online tool helps manufacturers gauge sustainability efforts Published: May 8, 2012 Green Zone: Management, Facilities UL Environment, Northbrook, Ill., a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), has announced the launch of a free web-based tool at...

Kimberly-Clark Professional has most FSC-certified towel, tissue products Published: April 26, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities Kimberly-Clark Professional, Roswell, Ga., has announced that the company now holds the largest portfolio of Forest Stewardship Council®...

Daintree Networks partners with Sylvania Lighting Published: April 16, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities Daintree Networks Inc., a provider of wireless lighting control systems in Mountain View, Calif., has named Sylvania Lighting Services (SLS),...

NEMI awards $200,000 grant to Virginia Tech to research fume hood efficiency Published: April 16, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities, Machinery and Equipment The National Energy Management Institute (NEMI), Alexandria, Va., has awarded Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., a $200,000 grant to document the...

SCA named best in three WWF environmental index categories Published: April 5, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities SCA, a Philadelphia-based maker of the Tork® brand of hygiene products, has been ranked best in the categories of Environmental Footprint...

Lighting project to save business park $400,000 in energy costs Published: April 2, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities Lighting control systems provider Enlighted Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif., has announced its largest commercial project to date: a 500,000-sq.-ft.,...

xpedx awarded ENERGY STAR in three locations Published: April 2, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities Distribution company xpedx, Cincinnati, has been awarded the ENERGY STAR® at its locations in Hayward, Calif.; Reno, Nev.; and Pittsburgh, Pa....

StormwateRx adds COO, two regional managers Published: March 21, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities StormwateRx LLC, Portland, Ore., a provider of industrial stormwater treatment and filtration systems, has hired Lanz Fritz as chief operating...

Precision Paragon hires outside sales rep Published: March 19, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities Precision Paragon [P-2], Yorba Linda, Calif., has hired Randy Breske as outside sales representative covering the north central region, targeting...

Cooper Lighting's LED products featured on Qualified Products List Published: March 5, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities Cooper Lighting, Peachtree City, Ga., has announced that its products represent about half of the recommended commercial LED models on the...

Atlas Roofing opens facility in Vancouver Published: March 5, 2012 Green Zone: Materials, Facilities Atlas Roofing® Corp., a manufacturer of residential and commercial building materials based in Atlanta, Ga., has opened a new polyiso roof and...

Georgia-Pacific receives two Partners in Performance Awards Published: March 1, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities Grainger, a distributor of facilities maintenance supplies, has presented Georgia-Pacific with two Partners in Performance Awards for 2011:...

ULI, Greenprint Foundation create ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance Published: March 1, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities The Urban Land Institute (ULI), Washington, D.C., has transferred the activities and assets of the Greenprint Foundation into the newly formed ULI...

MaxLite appoints district sales manager for south central region Published: February 29, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities MaxLite®, a manufacturer of LED luminaires and lamps in West Caldwell, N.J., has appointed Douglas Kruse to be its first south central...

StormwateRx announces staff appointments Published: February 28, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities StormwateRx LLC, a provider of industrial stormwater treatment and filtration systems in Portland, Ore., has added seven new staff members. Kim...

Davis Industries installs stormwater treatment system Published: February 13, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities StormwateRx LLC, a provider of industrial stormwater treatment and filtration systems in Portland, Ore., has installed a treatment system at Davis...

Kingspan names new sales staff Published: February 10, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities Kingspan Insulated Panels North America, Deland, Fla., a manufacturer of insulated metal panels, has appointed Ed Rios as inside sales manager and...

GM’s Fort Wayne assembly plant goes landfill-free Published: January 9, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities General Motors’ assembly plant in Fort Wayne, Ind., where Chevy Silverado® and GMC Sierra® full-size pickup trucks are built, is the...

Rodon Group designated as landfill-free facility Published: January 9, 2012 Green Zone: Facilities The Rodon Group, a high-volume, custom plastic injection molder in Hatfield, Pa., has been designated as a landfill-free facility by Sustainable...

LittleFootprint Lighting designated as e-Stewards Enterprise Published: November 21, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities LittleFootprint™ Lighting, Santa Cruz, Calif., has announced its official designation as an e-Stewards® Enterprise. According to the company, it...

Clean Air America helps college attain LEED Gold certification Published: November 7, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Clean Air America Inc., Atlanta, a manufacturer of air filtration products that protect workers and the environment, recently helped South Puget...

Mohawk Industries makes Newsweek’s green rankings Published: November 7, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Newsweek has recognized Mohawk Industries again for its environmental performance. For the third consecutive year, Mohawk, Calhoun, Ga., placed...

Court dismisses lawsuit against U.S. Green Building Council Published: September 12, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities, Legislation The U.S. District Court in New York City has dismissed in its entirety the lawsuit brought against the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Green Building...

Skipping Stone launches National Demand Response Directory Published: September 12, 2011 Green Zone: Machinery and Equipment, Facilities Skipping Stone, Los Angeles, has announced the formal launch of the National Demand Response Directory, a reference guide to all the commercial...

xpedx earns ENERGY STAR at two locations Published: September 12, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities xpedx®, Cincinnati, has earned the ENERGY STAR® at its locations in Atlanta and Denver (which combined have more than 514,000 sq. ft. of space)...

NCR receives LEED certification for Columbus manufacturing plant Published: August 1, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities NCR Corp., Duluth, Ga., has been awarded LEED® certification for speed and innovation in delivering a number of green design and construction...

StormwateRx wins Environmental Excellence Award Published: July 28, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities StormwateRx LLC, Spokane, Wash., a provider of industrial stormwater treatment and filtration systems, has received an Environmental Excellence...

Skipping Stone adds partner Published: July 11, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities, Machinery and Equipment, Management Skipping Stone, Los Angeles, has announced that on May 1 Ross Malme joined the firm as a partner and member of the board of directors as an equity...

Precision-Paragon [P2] names regional sales manager Published: July 11, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Precision-Paragon [P2], Yorba Linda, Calif., an energy-efficient lighting manufacturer, has announced the appointment of a new regional sales...

ESI earns Green Masters designation Published: June 20, 2011 Green Zone: Management, Facilities Environmental Systems Inc., Brookfield, Wis., has announced that it is among the first Wisconsin firms to receive the Green Masters designation...

USAI® Lighting receives 2010 GOOD DESIGN™ Award Published: June 17, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Commercial and residential lighting manufacturer USAI Lighting, New Windsor, N.Y., has been recognized with a 2010 GOOD DESIGN Award by The...

BuildingIQ names product management leader Published: June 13, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities BuildingIQ, an energy management software company in Sydney, Australia, has named Joel Weingarten as product management leader. In this role, he...

Solar Innovations achieves LEED® Gold rating on corporate headquarters Published: June 10, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Solar Innovations Inc. has achieved LEED Gold certification for its new, 200,000-sq.-ft. company headquarters in Pine Grove, Pa. The company was...

IAI launches aluminum recycling Web site Published: June 6, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities, Machinery and Equipment The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) has launched a Web site highlighting the economic, social, and environmental benefits and future...

ILT provides energy-efficient lighting for New England Biolabs Published: May 30, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities International Light Technologies, Peabody, Mass., has designed and installed a lighting system for New England Bio-labs' laboratory facility in...

Zero Motorcycles builds new manufacturing facility Published: May 23, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Zero Motorcycles plans to open a new electric motorcycle manufacturing facility alongside its corporate headquarters in Santa Cruz, Calif. The...

Oakleaf moves to Windsor, Conn. Published: May 20, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Oakleaf has opened its new headquarters in Windsor, Conn. The relocation was facilitated by a $3 million relocation and development grant...

Demand response to become LEED credit Published: May 17, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities, Machinery and Equipment, Management Skipping Stone, Schneider Electric, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have formed a committee tasked with enhancing the current Demand...

Thomas Built Buses achieves zero-waste-to-landfill operations Published: May 10, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Thomas Built Buses, High Point, N.C., has achieved zero-waste-to-landfill operations, which means that everything the company receives or produces...

Wise Metals Group to expand Alabama Reclamation Operation Published: April 20, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Wise Metals Group has announced a $25 million expansion to its Alabama Reclamation Operation in Muscle Shoals, Ala., a move that adds 43 new...

Abengoa Solar completes $1.45 billion financing for solar generation plant Published: March 14, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Abengoa Solar, Denver, has finalized $1.45 billion financing to build Solana, the world's largest parabolic trough concentrating solar plant. The...

Grainger receives award for environmental leadership in Illinois Published: March 7, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Grainger has received the Illinois Governor’s Sustainability Award for its environmental stewardship in Illinois. The company, a supplier of...

Kimberly-Clark Professional makes multimillion-dollar investment to increase recycled-fiber content capabilities Published: March 7, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities, Materials Kimberly-Clark Professional, Roswell, Ga., has made a multimillion-dollar investment to boost the recycled fiber capabilities of its Loudon,...

Hill AFB, Ogden Hill Community Energy to develop recycling, waste-handling facilities Published: March 7, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities, Materials The U.S. Air Force has announced it is set to begin negotiations on an Enhanced Use Lease (EUL )project that could process recyclables and...

Lunera Lighting named Premier Private GreenTech company Published: February 28, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Lunera Lighting Inc., a Redwood, Calif., designer and manufacturer of LED lighting, has been named a Premier Private GreenTech company in...

General Cable joins U.S. Green Building Council Published: February 22, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities General Cable, Highland Heights, Ky., has joined the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to be better informed and gain tools focused on...

Konica Minolta Business Solutions launches recycling program Published: January 10, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc., Ramsey, N.J., a provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the...

Comau receives EN 16001 certification Published: January 10, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities, Machinery and Equipment, Management Comau Inc., Southfield, Mich., has announced it is the first U.S. company to obtain EN 16001 certification after implementing energy consumption-...

SME, Purdue University partner for certificate program Published: January 10, 2011 Green Zone: Facilities The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Dearborn, Mich., has partnered with Purdue University Technical Assistance Program (TAP), West...