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Green casino coming soon

Atlantic City in New Jersey will have a new player in their midst...and it will be green. Revel Entertainment is building Atlantic City's 12th casino , which it claimed will be the world's greenest come 2010. The $2 billion casino resort will use environment-friendly concrete mix technology and...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-25-2008
Pittsburgh's shiny green steel

I am off to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for two days attending a US bash given by the Germany-based specialty chemicals company Lanxess. The company is also celebrating their recent quarterly profit. In case I'll be too muddled with their champagne and wine to be able to concentrate on posting any...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-20-2008
Bob the green builder

It seems congratulations are in order to more than 1,000 US builders, remodelers and other members of the home building industry who just got their green certification from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). If you want to be green certified, the association said all you need to do is...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-19-2008
California wants green buildings

As mentioned last Friday, California's Building Standards Commission adopted the first statewide green building standards in the US which will become mandatory in 2010. The new building standards aim to reduce energy use in building structures by 15% more than current standards; reduce water usage...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-21-2008
Green market studies

Here are several draft-clogging press releases from market research (and consulting) firms as well as various organizations analyzing green trends, clean energy and other new green technologies. These research and consulting firms seem to be churning out new green studies every month or so. Frost &...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-15-2008
Constructing a booming market

Whether green buildings will be voluntary or mandated in New Jersey , the overall green construction trend is booming despite the US housing slump. Green home building has already gone mainstream and is expected to be worth $12 to $20 billion (6%-10% of the market) this year, according to a new report...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-29-2008
A greener Garden State?

Should New Jersey lawmakers require new buildings in the state to be green? According to an environmental attorney at the law firm LeClairRyan, they should think twice before mandating green buildings in New Jersey, where several bills are already working their way through the state's legislature...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-29-2008
Recession-proof buildings?

The US housing sector might be weak but green buildings are still expected to proliferate in the US this year and it is not because of re-painting. According to the American Institute of Architects , the number of cities with green building programs has risen by 418% since 2003. The western regions leads...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-08-2008

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