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5 NEW + NOTABLE 5 6 7 BUILDING ENERGY AND CARBON ASSESSMENT SOFTWARE San Francisco — Integrated Environmental Solutions’ (IES) VE-Ware, which is available to download for free online, gives access to its Virtual Environment Apache thermal analysis software, the company reports. New and existing buildings can now have their energy and carbon emissions easily assessed for free. According to the company, VE-Ware will help increase the energy efficiency of buildings by providing instant feedback on a building’s energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions based on real geometry, and using international data on climatic conditions and the typical characteristics of different building, room and system types. www.iesve.com/ve-ware. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS READER SERVICE NO. 189 6 FURNITURE COLLECTIONS EARN GREENGUARD CERTIFICATION Green Bay, Wis. — KI’s latest furniture collections have all received GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality certification for low-emitting products by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI), the company reports. Two classroom seating collections, Dorsal and Intellect Wave; two lines of tables, Inquire (shown) and Athens; KI’s newest storage collection, Smart Touch; and the new Strive Seating Collection have recently been added to the list of more than 75 KI products that have earned GREENGUARD certification. www.ki.com. KI READER SERVICE NO. 190 7 TRANSFORMER OIL PUMPS London, Ontario — Unifin, a supplier of cooling equipment and transformer oil pumps and valves to the power generation and power transformer industries, offers its line of transformer oil pumps, manufactured under the company’s Cardinal brand. Cardinal pumps are specifically designed to meet the demanding requirements of transformer oil applications. According to the company, Cardinal pumps are rated for continuous duty operating temperature ranges from –40 degrees Celsius (–40 degrees Fahrenheit) to 100 degrees C (212 degrees F). As a result of their design, Cardinal pumps are low maintenance and long lasting. With no mechanical seals, repair and upkeep is reduced in utilizing two gasket seals on each pump. www.unifin.com. UNIFIN READER SERVICE NO. 191 AUGUST 2008 8 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION Valley Forge, Pa. — CertainTeed Corporation’s Adagio ceiling panel combines the sound absorption of highdensity fiberglass with the sound containment qualities of mineral fiber, the company reports, with a hybrid design that eliminates the need for full-height wall partitions. With a recycled content of 38 to 59 percent, Adagio creates a barrier against the transfer of unwanted noise between rooms. Specifically, a fully encapsulated fiberglass layer provides superior sound absorption (NRC rating of 0.95), and the panel’s mineral backboard offers highly effective sound containment (CAC rating of 38-40). www.certainteed.com. CERTAINTEED CORPORATION READER SERVICE NO. 192 8 NRC AND CAC HYBRID ACOUSTICAL CEILING PANEL 33 http://aecstore.com http://aecstore.com

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Environmental Design & Construction- August 2008 Contents Editor's Note Web TOC Newsline New plus Notable Therapeutic Spaces On the Cover Surviving and Thriving A New Green Era of Luxury Special Section: Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certification Getting it Right Extra Credit Product Focus 21st Century Schools Marketplace plus Classifieds Advertiser's Index Of the Earth

Environmental Design + Construction - August 2008

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