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Dallas Cowboys Choose Green as their New Favorite Color

May 08, 2009

EnviroGLAS completes installation of a recycled glass terrazzo floor in the green luxury suite at the Dallas Cowboy’s Valley Ranch practice facility in Irving, Texas. The three-story suite, built by Green Star Builders of Dallas, features state-of-the-art green building attributes: a high efficiency ductless HVAC system, Low-E reflective glass windows, a standing seam metal roof, foam insulation, low VOC paint, tankless water heaters, CFL lighting and custom terrazzo floors made by EnviroGLAS. EnviroGLAS custom flooring is made from unique mixtures of recycled glass; including recycled beer bottles, car windshields and plate and stained glass windows. Additional aggregate options include reflective mirror, mother-of-pearl and recycled porcelain called EnviroMODE - made from pre-consumer recycled Kohler® toilets and sinks. Different aggregate combinations are mixed with a custom colored epoxy resin, then poured by hand to create an exquisite flooring application. Other EnviroGLAS products include EnviroSLAB countertops, EnviroSCAPE landscape aggregate and EnviroPLANK flooring tiles which are also used for vertical wall applications – quite stunning! EnviroGLAS products not only look good, they are low maintenance, extremely durable, have a lifecycle of over 40 years and contribute to 8 or more LEED credits. Brett Relander, Green Star Builders president and CEO, “EnviroGLAS is not only beautiful and durable, but it’s also one of the best sustainable green building products available. Our clients love it and we look forward to working with EnviroGLAS for years to come.” Green Star Builders is a leader in environmentally conscious construction for residential and commercial sectors.
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Whirlpool Corporation to Make All Electronically Controlled Appliances “Smart Grid” Compatible by 2015

May 06, 2009

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (May 6, 2009) – Whirlpool Corporation last week made a first-of-its-kind commitment while at EE Global Forum & Exhibition in Paris. Whirlpool Corporation was the founding sponsor of the first EE Global Forum in 2007, and again served as a founding sponsor in 2009, the second EE Global Forum. Bracken Darrell, president of Whirlpool Europe, and executive vice president of Whirlpool Corporation, highlighted the company’s longstanding leadership in energy and water efficiency, including the first announcement by an appliance manufacturer of a global greenhouse gas emissions reduction target at the Kyoto Protocol in 2003, and an expansion of the original target at EE Global in 2007. Darrell stressed the critical importance of a collaborative effort among industry, government institutions, NGOs, utilities and other stakeholders to drive truly meaningful energy conservation, before announcing the company's newest commitment. “By 2015, Whirlpool Corporation will make all the electronically controlled appliances it produces – everywhere in the world – capable of receiving and responding to signals from smart grids,” said Darrell. Darrell indicated that the company’s ability to successfully deliver on this commitment in this timeframe was dependent on two important public-private partnerships: · The development by the end of 2010 of an open, global standard for transmitting signals to and receiving signals from a home appliance; and · Appropriate policies that reward consumers, manufacturers and utilities for using and adding these new peak demand reduction capabilities. “Whirlpool believes this bridging technology is so important that we are going to invite the appliance industry, the utility industry, policymakers, NGOs, and relevant technology companies to come together at the upcoming Copenhagen climate change conference to discuss how we can accelerate the adoption of these new capabilities,” said Darrell. Podcasts of Bracken Darrell and others who attended EE Global are available for download or play at: http://redirect.aecdaily.com/s18122/eeglobalforum.org/updates.. For more information about the forum, please visit: http://redirect.aecdaily.com/s18122/eeglobalforum.org/. About Whirlpool Corporation Whirlpool Corporation works to exceed expectations with appliances that help building professionals create homes of distinction. The company’s The Inside Advantage(TM) Program offers Powerful Brands, Innovative Products, Targeted Services and Consumer Insight to support building professionals. Whirlpool Corporation is the world’s leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of more than $19 billion, 70,000 employees and 68 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company markets Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world. For more information on Whirlpool Corporation and its offerings for building professionals, please visit insideadvantage.com or call 1-800-253-3977.
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