The Reel Story Behind Eco-Friendly Lawnmowers

If you’re looking for a more enjoyable lawn-mowing experience, look no further than today’s manual push reel mowers. They’re lightweight, quiet, non-polluting, and better for your grass as they cut like scissors and don’t tear it like rotary power mowers.

Heat Mirror Glass Voted as Best Green Building Product

Readers of ARCHI-TECH magazine, a trade publication for architects, systems integrators, and technology consultants who are responsible for specifying technology into commercial structures, have cast their votes for the ‘Product of the Year Award’.  The winner in the two categories of ‘Glass & Glazing’ and ‘Sustainable Design’ is Southwall Technology’s insulating Heat Mirror glass.

The Greening of Los Angeles

In May of last year, the mayor of Los Angeles, announced a ‘Green LA Plan’ which aims to reduce the city’s carbon emissions by 35% below 1990 levels by the year 2030. Reasons include improving air quality and lowering water and energy bills for city inhabitants. Now, Mayor Villaraigosa has signed into law […]

Eco-Friendly Fencing

Even a small yard requires a lot of resources to fence it in, so why not consider an environmentally-friendly alternative? Some of today’s long-lasting composite fencing can easily be found (even at big box home improvement centers) and makes better use of resources, typically using recycled and reclaimed materials. Plus, it looks great […]

LA Community College Moving Towards Energy Self-Sufficiency

The Los Angeles Community College District is making strides towards energy self-sufficiency for its nine campuses. It recently revealed four acres of solar panels situated atop a carport which will not only shade the cars of students and faculty, but will generate 1.2 megawatts of electricity per day — half of what’s consumed on […]

Shopping for Building Materials?

Looking for a brand new bathroom fixture or a reclaimed building material? Well, there are more than 1,000 building material re-use stores in the United States and Canada that sell just what you’re searching for.

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