SEATTLE, June 7, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Carpet recycling has come to the Northwest. A growing number of businesses, both local and national, are developing processes to move carpet out of the waste stream and into... more

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of tons of old ceiling tiles will soon be diverted from local landfills thanks to a new agreement between Armstrong World Industries, the nation's largest manufacturer of acoustical ceiling systems, and Waste Management, the nation's leading provider of... more

BOSTON, May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SelecTech, the manufacturer of SelecTile™ and FreeStyle™ interlocking floor tiles, has always been committed to creating a valuable product from scrap plastics. By using post-consumer carpet scrap to manufacture its... more

Recycling wastewater on Mars may be just one challenge children will have to solve when a new program, to be developed jointly by the National Institute of Building Sciences (Institute), the Total Learning Research Institute (TLRI) and the National Aeronautics and... more

The National Institute of Building Sciences buildingSMART alliance™ and buildingSMART United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland have agreed to collaborate on the development of building information modeling (BIM) standards. The two organizations signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) in... more

Commercial carpet manufacturing isn't exactly riveting stuff. Don't get me wrong. It's good the world has carpet makers. Just as we all depend on ball bearings and microchips, we all need carpets. But, let's face it, children don't generally say "carpet manufacturer" when asked about their... more

MARIETTA, Ga., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), announced today the launch of its EPD Transparency Brief, an innovative, single-page supplement to the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) that provides an at-a-glance look at a product's most critical... more

The National Institute of Building Sciences buildingSMART alliance™ has released the first-ever consensus-based standard governing building information modeling (BIM) for use in the United States... more

Dover Rug & Home, offering the largest selection of fine floor coverings and window treatments in New England, is pleased to announce they recently sponsored the Pakistan business conference, Rising Above the Tide, held at... more

CARTHAGE, Mo., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- 2Q dividend is $.28 per share, an increase of 3.7% versus 2Q 2011... more