Tax credit for home energy upgrades gets reduced Credits are extended into 2011, but aren’t as much of an incentive

By Amy Hoak, MarketWatch CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Forget holiday door-buster sales. For big savings, some homeowners are actually buying themselves new doors for Christmas this year, in time to claim the government’s tax credit for home energy efficiency on their income taxes. The credit covers energy-efficient doors and windows, insulation, roofs, water heaters, biomass stoves, […]

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Creatherm STYROPOR & NEOPOR Panel on Display At The 2010 GreenBuild Show

Creatherm Radiant Floor Panels On Display At Greenbuild 2010 In the BASF Booth # 201 Creatherm Radiant Floor Panels, manufactured out of BASF Styropor & Neopor EPS, offer a great solution for slab-on-grade snow-melt and retro-fit heating. The finished floor panel size is 2’x4’ and features a staggered snap-tight grid for optimal tubing spacing. On-center […]

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Creatherm NEOPOR Panel To Be Displayed At CIPHEX WEST EXPO Next Week

Creatherm Radiant Floor Panels Creatherm Radiant Floor Panels, manufactured out of BASF Neopor EPS, offer a great solution for slab-on-grade snow-melt and retro-fit heating. The finished floor panel size is 2’x4’ and features a staggered snap-tight grid for optimal tubing spacing. On-center points exist every 3 inches. Panels are available in 1.8”, 2.8” and 3.3” […]

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Mayor Ballard, Ohio Street Neighbors and Businesses Celebrate Environmentally Friendly Components of RebuildIndy Project

Monday, 18 October 2010 10:29 INDIANAPOLIS – Porous concrete and rain gardens are just some of the environmentally friendly components included in the RebuildIndy project on Ohio Street detailed today by Mayor Greg Ballard at a community event at The Nature Conservancy. The project is one of several infrastructure improvements underway across Marion County as […]

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We wanted to provide a little background information on a new project that will be using our Creatherm Radiant Floor Panels.

BASF Near-Zero Energy Classroom and Wildlife Habitat The BASF Near-Zero Energy Classroom and Wildlife Habitat, currently under construction in the city of Rensselaer, New York, is intended to become an international showcase for holistic sustainable development, including best practices in site remediation and high-performance commercial construction Benefits for participating manufacturers and strategic allies include a […]

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Hunt Construction Group Delivers First LEED® Gold NHL Arena

Posted on August 12, 2010 by admin SOURCE: Hunt Construction Group, Inc. Aug 12, 2010 07:11 ET PITTSBURGH, PA–(Marketwire – August 12, 2010) –  Hunt Construction Group along with joint venture partner, P.J. Dick recently completed construction of Consol Energy Center. The new home of the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins just received its LEED® Gold certification […]

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Indy unveils ‘green’ building incentive program

By Tom Spalding Posted: August 2, 2010 Indianapolis government leaders have announced a program that provides incentives for property owners and developers to renovate or construct new buildings in a sustainable manner. The program allows for projects built after Aug. 1 to receive up to a 50 percent rebate on building permit fees associated with […]

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BASF launches NEOPOR EPS website for North America

BASF launches Neopor® EPS website in North America More information, organized for the convenience of customers FLORHAM PARK, NJ, July 7, 2010 – BASF announced a new website for its Neopor® expandable polystyrene (EPS), a forward-looking solution to improve insulation in newly built and renovated buildings. The result is a more robust Internet resource that […]

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Greenbuild International Expo and Conference wants to hear from you

Generation Green: What Are You Doing to Redefine Our Future? GreenbuildExpo.org is looking for your videos. Let’s face it. So far 2010 hasn’t been exactly kind. Every day has seemed to bring a new natural (or unnatural) disaster, partisan discord across the country, and economic news that has kept the world in a state of […]

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White Cap Construction Supply – Contractor Day

Looking forward to participating in the Contractor Day event at White Cap Construction Supply store #157 this Thursday. Please stop by and check out our Creatherm radiant installation panels. The address is:157 – LOUISVILLE, KY4609 Poplar Level RoadLouisville , KY 40213Phone: 502-964-3385Fax: 502-968-2034

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