Green Paint For Your Steel Building

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Kevin G

Have you ever felt nauseous or dizzy, had eye and skin irritations? Low-VOC paints are known to release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the air causing these symptoms and they also contribute to smog. Luckily, now a days, most major paint brands are now mixing eco-friendly alternatives, using water and latex as base and binder, and are minimizing the use of synthetic solvents and petroleum-derived products. You can look for “Low VOC” or “Zero VOC” on the label for greener paint options.

The Natural ingredients of these paints are: Linseed oil which is a biodegradable, renewable resource, milk paint which employs casein, a non-toxic milk protein, as a binder, minerals which can also be used as pigments, beeswax is a binder that’s been around for ages, and biodegradable interior and exterior stains made with soy or citrus oils.

Many companies now are recycling unused paints and mixing them with small amounts of new ingredients. These are durable as mid-range new paints, and recycled products use less energy and fewer natural resources. They also consume much less waste in addition to making a visual improvement to steel buildings, lawn furniture and almost anything else.

Its important to remember that when using green paint that you are not only helping preserve the environment but also delaying the onset of global warming. In addition the use of green paint when being applied publicly could very well a action that neighbors and other nearby watchers could imitate therefore all adding to the original benefit of using green paint.

Jon writes articles about both using email newsletter software and prefabricated steel buildings.For more information on steel buildings see http://www.norsteel.com.

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Industry-Wide Green Initiative, Stand Up for the Earth, Implemented

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Kevin G

Industry-Wide Green Initiative, Stand Up for the Earth, Implemented











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Erie, PA (Vocus) March 6, 2008

Zurn Engineered Water Solutions, one of the largest manufacturers of commercial plumbing products in the nation, is developing an industry-wide green initiative called Stand Up for the Earth. The primary mission of Stand Up for the Earth is to help organizations reduce their environmental impact and to recognize those that achieve this commitment.

The Stand Up for the Earth partners are working together to help businesses and organizations reduce energy consumption, create more efficient facilities and preserve natural resources. Green building solutions are not just for new construction — most existing buildings can be easily upgraded and made greener.

Eaton Corporation is the first industry leader to join the initiative as a diversified manufacturer of high quality, energy efficient, and environmentally friendly electrical solutions. Zurn and Eaton Corporation will work together to seek additional partners that offer green facility solutions covering all critical areas of sustainable building.

A main component of the initiative is the launch of a web site, standupfortheearth.org. The web site will promote public awareness and acceptance of green building and its benefits, as well as show developers, property owners and facility managers how easy it is to make their buildings more energy efficient. Another component of the initiative is to showcase green products. Green products such as high-efficiency plumbing fixtures, smart energy systems and lighting controls will support the Stand Up for the Earth label.

Carl Nicolia, President of Zurn Engineered Water Solutions, says, “Global climate change and water scarcity is a looming crisis. As a manufacturer, we want to begin an active dialogue about green products and energy conservation with other companies in the construction industry. From architects interested in alternative energy products to facility managers seeking a low water-consumption plumbing fixtures, collaboration is what will move green building and retrofitting of older buildings to the next level.”

While visionary organizations like the Clinton Foundation focus on 40 cities with area populations of three million or more, Stand Up for the Earth is doing its part to help developers, building owners and managers of large and small facilities across the United States. Green building isn’t just for new construction — most existing buildings can easily be upgraded and made greener.

Zurn Engineered Water Solutions, based in Erie, Pa., offers a century-old tradition of high-quality products and customer service. Founded in 1900, Zurn was created initially to manufacture a patented backwater valve. The company has worked throughout the past century to expand its product offering. Today, Zurn manufactures the largest breadth of engineered water solutions in the industry, including a wide-spectrum of green plumbing products. This long-standing commitment to the plumbing industry has made Zurn the leader in its field. Visit http://www.standupfortheearth.org for more information.

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New Art Exhibition ‘Float’ Features Recent Paintings by Artist Erin Parish at Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art, March 2nd, 2006 ? May 28th, 2006

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Kevin G

New Art Exhibition ‘Float’ Features Recent Paintings by Artist Erin Parish at Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art, March 2nd, 2006 – May 28th, 2006










San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 16, 2006

Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art is pleased to announce “Float”, a solo exhibition that features a selection of new paintings by the renowned New York based artist Erin Parish. The exhibition opens on March 2, 2006 and will run through May 28th, 2006. A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, March 2nd from 5:30 to 8:30pm.

Erin Parish’s paintings flicker with the elements of this world, but draw the viewer into worlds beyond. Her luminous and experiential works are meant to both overwhelm and envelop the viewer. Through layers of paint, resin and repeated patterns, the surface of her paintings become animate. The mirror-like surfaces absorb the viewer into the paintings to experience waves of color and cascading forms, which seem to flow off the canvas. Grady T. Turner writes in Art in America, “Moving from the ethereal to the physical, Parish conveys a rare unalloyed faith in the spirituality of abstract art.”

To look at one of Parish’s paintings provokes a journey, not only through the visual depths of the piece but also through our own psychic depths. Emily Barton describes this self-reflective element, “Parish says she likes to imagine each of her paintings coming to reside with someone who will meditate upon it daily, observing it in various lights and seasons and from the standpoint of emotional changing weather.” Thus the paintings are not static. Changes in light and the viewers own mindset can unleash new tides in the work. They also possess a mythic quality whereby simple forms seem to awaken ancient narratives. Through her highly physical, layered paintings somehow nature’s elements are able to sing and the celestial can breathe. Artist Stephen Westfall writes about the alchemical nature of Parish’s work, “While resolutely concrete in their materiality, her paintings’ materialism nevertheless converts to lyrical image.”

“Meditation from the Gecko” is a painting that resounds with the colors of a spring landscape. Through shades of emerald green and yellow greens emerge layers of diamonds. The shapes in the paintings resemble jewels suspended in liquid due to the glossy layers of resin. Yet, in conjunction with the meditative stillness of the panting comes a feeling of movement. The diamonds move both horizontally and vertically on the plane in varying sizes, creating a dynamic movement like the slinking scales of a lizard.

While both playful and emotional, Parish’s paintings also delve into the spiritual. The shapes she employs–grids, circles, squares, diamonds– seem to be the realization of some invisible order. Yet this documentation is in flux, it moves throughout the picture plane, beckoning the viewer to follow its flow. Grace Glueck writes about Parish’s paintings, “Optically, these luscious works are meant to vibrate as segments of larger patterns that extend beyond their borders, and to invoke specific emotional states.”

Erin Parish was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her Bachelors of Fine Art from Bennington College in Vermont and earned her Masters of Fine Art from Queens College in New York. Her work is included in many private and public collections, including the collection of local restauranteur Gary Danko.

About the Gallery

Located in the Hotel Nikko at 222 Mason Street, Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art specializes in contemporary painting, sculpture and photography, and provides art-consulting services for corporate and secondary markets. The gallery seeks to cultivate a collection of artworks which represent a wide scope of media, function, and aesthetic; to showcase works of emerging or mid-career local and international artists; and to be a space which fosters, encourages, and inspires the appreciation and enjoyment of art.

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Forest Lake Landscaping Company Wins Minnesota Award

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Kevin G

Forest Lake Landscaping Company Wins Minnesota Award










Forest Lake, MN (PRWEB) June 22, 2008

Bever Landscaping (http://www.beverlandscaping.com), which provides the design and installation of residential and commercial landscapes, was recently featured in Midwest Home Magazine. The magazine showcases fine homes and gardens in the Twin Cities and around the Upper Midwest. Midwest Home provides information on design trends, entertaining ideas, tips from decorators and gardeners, and features on new homes and renovations.

Horticulturist Jack Dorcey and Landscape Architect Brian Schultes won a 2008 Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA) Landscape Award for Hardscapes Installation. “The purpose of the MNLA Landscape Awards program is to bring recognition to outstanding examples of landscape design, installation, and irrigation,” wrote Midwest Home. “The objective of the program is to promote professional excellence and to encourage greater public awareness of the aesthetic and environmental benefits of landscaping.” The MNLA is the region’s largest green industry trade association with members in the business of garden centers; landscape contractors and designers; tree and flower growers; irrigation contractors; and lawn, tree and garden services.

Bever Landscaping creates walls, patios, watering features, planting and outdoor settings for residential projects. Bever Landscaping also provides interior and exterior landscaping and themescapes for commercial projects. Among others, Bever Landscaping provides paving, retaining wall products and services made of boulders, natural stone, concrete and timber.

About Bever Landscaping:

Bever Landscaping (http://www.beverlandscaping.com) professionals embrace Christian values and specifically strive to maintain ethical practices in the landscaping industry. Bever Landscaping combines a knowledgeable and passionate design staff with intimate customer service and a certified production crew to leave each customer with a great experience and lasting value to their property.

Bever Landscaping specializes in a full landscape design or simple renovations to residential or commercial landscapes. The process of property improvement begins with a consultation, design, installation and finally garden/landscape maintenance.

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Green Mountain Energy Company Releases New Web 2.0 Application To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Kevin G

Green Mountain Energy Company Releases New Web 2.0 Application To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint










Austin, TX (PRWEB) November 14, 2006

Green Mountain Energy Company, the nation’s leading and longest running retail provider of cleaner electricity products, brings its expertise to the consumer with the national launch of BeGreenNow.com. This web-based product offering is designed to educate consumers and give them a simple way to take immediate action to offset their carbon footprint, fight climate change and global warming.

BeGreenNow.com offers users a convenient and powerful one-stop web shop that provides information about the causes and potentially catastrophic effects of global climate change, relevant “green” news and the opportunity to connect with like-minded people. BeGreen empowers visitors to take positive and immediate action to calculate and reduce their carbon footprint via an easy-to-use online carbon calculator. “For 10 years, we have given individuals, businesses and institutions the choice to support cleaner electricity that will help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel power plants,” says Gillan Taddune, Chief Environmental Officer, Green Mountain Energy Company. “Now that the scientific community, governmental institutions and even the giant energy companies have finally reached a near-universal consensus that global warming is a real and growing danger, we believe that time is right for us to put our expertise and experience as a leader and innovator in this area to work for all consumers. BeGreenNow.com is a community where individuals can learn more about what is happening to our environment, how it could greatly impact our future and future generations, and how we can all do something today to effectively begin to improve our global environment.”

Experience BeGreen Carbon Offsets that fit your lifestyle and budget:


    Visit http://www.BeGreenNow.com

    Login to the BeGreensm website and click on the “Carbon Calculator”

    Enter any or all of the following:

Electricity Usage

Ground Travel

Air Travel

Household Natural Gas Consumption

    Calculate Total Estimated Carbon Footprint

    Offset emissions to become carbon-neutral

Your carbon offset purchase goes toward trees planted on someone’s behalf, Renewable Energy Credits, or Verifiable carbon offset technologies.

BeGreen is a web 2.0 application which utilizes an advanced blend of technologies to offer a simple and easy-to-use way for anyone to calculate and offset their carbon footprint. BeGreen is also a social networking community offering a place to learn and interact with others dedicated to a living a greener lifestyle and preserving a green existence.

The BeGreen carbon offset program is sponsoring a video contest on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/begreennow) to encourage individuals to submit a crazy, funny, out-there (or just plain informative) video about what they do to Be Green. The entries will be posted on the BeGreen MySpace page and any visitors to the site will be able to vote for their favorite video. The winner will receive up to $ 500 worth of carbon offsets to perpetuate their green lifestyle.

About BeGreenNow.com

BeGreen Carbon Offsets, the latest solution-based product from Green Mountain Energy Company, provides education on the serious effects of CO2 emissions and climate change, while introducing simple and effective ways to take steps towards becoming carbon-neutral by offsetting carbon emissions. Supported by a community of forward-thinking individuals, BeGreen encourages ways to cool down global warming. BeGreen was developed by green marketing company, digital-telepathy, Inc. http://www.dtelepathy.com

About Green Mountain Energy Company

Green Mountain Energy Company is a leading provider of renewable energy in the United States. Green Mountain began in 1997 with a simple idea: “to change the way power is made.” This green company began in the renewable electricity market with the belief that if given a choice, consumers will choose a cleaner electricity product over polluting fossil fuels. The company has also helped spur the development of thirteen new wind and solar facilities across the nation.

Green Mountain Energy is committed to responsible business practices and has adopted the CERES principles of sustainable business practices–publicly affirming a pledge to conduct business as a responsible steward of the earth. In 2005, Green Mountain offset a full 100 percent of its corporate CO2 emissions, and has achieved the Silver certification from the US Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program for the interior space of its corporate headquarters located in downtown Austin, TX. http://www.greenmountain.com/

Green Mountain Energy® and the Green Mountain Energy logo are registered service marks, and BeGreen, BeGreenNow and the BeGreen logo are service marks of Green Mountain Energy Company.

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Maid Brigade More Than Doubles Space – Green Cleaning Company to Establish Healthy Living Training Center

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Kevin G

Maid Brigade More Than Doubles Space – Green Cleaning Company to Establish Healthy Living Training Center










Pleasantville, NY (PRWEB) April 27, 2009

Maid Brigade, a company committed to providing environmentally-friendly home cleaning services throughout Westchester, Putnam, Rockland and Fairfield counties, has purchased a 7,000 square foot building at 8-14 Legion Drive, Valhalla, and will move into the space early next month. Maid Brigade will occupy 5,000 square feet.

Maid Brigade currently leases 2,400 square feet from Diamond Properties at 175 Tompkins Avenue, Pleasantville.

“Despite the state of the economy, we are moving forward to not only introduce new green programs to our clients but to also establish a Training Center to be utilized by our staff as well as the public. We will be sharing a variety of strategies for people to make positive changes in their health and the environment,” said Robin Murphy, president of Maid Brigade.

Murphy added that an economic crisis creates myriad health problems for people concerned about such issues as job loss. Those problems include insomnia, headaches, depression, violence, substance abuse and even heart attacks and strokes.

“Our health is paramount to everything. That is why we firmly believe that if we can educate our community about the benefits of green cleaning, they will embrace new ways to care for themselves,” she said. “Every bit helps.”

For additional information, call Maid Brigade at 914.741.0552 or visit http://westchestercounty.maidbrigade.com/.

About Maid Brigade: Maid Brigade, which serves residential properties throughout Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, and Fairfield counties, is a Green Clean Certified™ maid service. Their trained teams utilize green processes and solutions with such advanced cleaning tools as microfiber mops and vacuums with HEPA filters to deliver a better, greener clean with every visit. Maid Brigade screens, insures, bonds, and trains every residential cleaning maid. Customers enjoy the best clean available from maids they can trust with the keys to their homes – and with their health. For more information, visit http://www.maidbrigade.com or call 888-525-6243.

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Battlelore – The Green Maid

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Kevin G

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Doe Run Begins Fence Construction in Herculaneum

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Kevin G

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Herculaneum, Mo. (PRWEB) March 5, 2008

The Doe Run Company will soon begin construction of a new fence around its Herculaneum smelter. The fencing is one of several improvements being implemented in 2008, which are outlined in the State Implementation Plan (SIP).

The SIP process is used throughout the United States to improve air quality and help achieve federal air standards. The SIP for Herculaneum was revised in 2007 to help reach consistent attainment of the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for lead. The new fence line will help Doe Run reduce environmental impact by establishing more space between the community and the smelter.

“Our goal for the new fence is twofold. We want to add an additional margin of protection by increasing the distance between us and our nearest neighbor. The green zone will allow us to achieve that goal. We also want to limit access to the plant to control traffic on the roadways and to provide a more secure facility,” said Gary Hughes, general manager of Doe Run’s Herculaneum smelter.

“We have chosen a design that also provides an unfettered view of the green space being created in that area,” Hughes said. “Landscaping will make the area even more aesthetically pleasing.”

Lewisites Landscape Architecture Inc. designed the post-and-cable fence, which will include five gates and stand approximately 5 feet tall. The fence will feature stainless steel poles connected by five strands of 12-guage cable. The poles and cable will be covered with black polymer casing for durability and visual appeal.

Work on the 1-mile fence and landscaped areas is already under way, with project completion slated for this spring. The fence will run along Main Street between Ferry and Station streets, from Station west to Church Street, and south on Church to School Street. The gates will be located along Circle, Curved Street, Main, Parkwood Court and Station.

“We appreciate the community’s support as we continue to minimize the impact of our operations,” Hughes said. “Doe Run has a long history here, and we are committed to working with the city and community to make Herculaneum an even better place to live and work.”

For downloadable renderings and related photos, please visit:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/doerunphotos/2300545638

About The Doe Run Company

Based in St. Louis, The Doe Run Company is a privately held natural resources company and the largest integrated lead producer in the Western Hemisphere. Dedicated to environmentally responsible mineral and metal production, Doe Run operates one of the world’s largest, single-site lead recycling facilities, located in Boss, Mo. The Doe Run Company and its subsidiaries deliver products and services necessary to provide power, protection and convenience. Doe Run has operations in Missouri, Washington and Arizona. For more information, visit http://www.doerun.com.

Contact:

Christi Dixon

314-469-3500

cdixon @ standingpr.com

http://www.doerun.com     

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Aquablock Plumbing – Green Plumbers

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Kevin G

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Vinyl Windows Withstand Storms

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Kevin G

Vinyl Windows Withstand Storms











Arlington, VA (PRWEB) April 19, 2007

A surge in orders for vinyl windows was predicted today in the wake of East Coast storms which battered states from the Carolinas to Massachusetts with winds of more than 60 mph.

“Whenever windows are damaged by heavy storms, we expect to see a jump in orders for impact-resistant vinyl windows,” said Allen Blakey, spokesman for the Vinyl Institute. Nearly two out of three of all new windows now have reinforced vinyl frames to meet increasingly stringent building codes, he said.

During hurricane season, manufacturers often can’t keep up with demand, noted David Olmstead of Florida-based PGT Inc. During the 2004-2005 hurricane season, manufacturers of vinyl-framed impact-resistant windows were at the limit of their capacity.

Despite the seven hurricanes that battered the state that year, there were no impact failures among the more than one million vinyl windows the company installed, Olmstead said. Studies have shown that if the windows and doors hold up, chances improve for the entire structure, he noted.

Both Pella and Andersen recently announced that they were increasing their production of vinyl windows in response to growing demand.

Olmstead noted that demand is also being driven by the green building movement, because of the superior energy efficiency of vinyl windows. According to the Vinyl Institute, the use of vinyl over less energy-efficient window frames already saves enough energy to meet the annual electricity needs of 20,000 single family homes.

The US hurricane season begins June 1. The forecasting team at Colorado State University is predicting as many as nine hurricanes this year, five of which are expected to be “intense” (category 3, 4 or 5.)

For more information, go to http://www.vinylnewsservice.com or the American Architectural Manufacturers Association at http://www.aamanet.org.    

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