Client news: Wausau modernizes D.C. Federal Office Building – renovated exterior, supports LEED goals with energy-efficient, blast-mitigating curtainwall

U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) Federal Office Building 8 (FOB 8) will soon complete its major modernization.

Client news: Wausau introduces INvent Retro windows responding to growing renovation market

As the most recent addition to the INvent Series, Retro windows feature a narrow, beveled exterior face that replicate the look of classic steel and wood windows, while offering modern, high performance.

Client news: Linetec exclusively offers eco-friendly copper anodize

Linetec showcases its proprietary copper anodize finishing to architectural market-leaders at the 2012 AIA National Design Exposition.

Event news: First U.S. national Sustainability in Theater Conference attended by 90 people locally, and 30 people internationally, representing nine states and four countries

A summary to be presented by Minnesota Theater Alliance’s Leah Cooper, Bedlam Theatre’s John Bueche, and Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts’ Ian Garrett at the national Theatre Communications Group annual conference in Boston, June 2012.

Client news: Linetec finishes panel system for Hess Tower, the first LEED Gold office tower in Houston central business district

Hess Tower was the first office building in Houston’s central business district to earn LEED Gold certification through the U.S. Green Building Council. The 29-story, Class A office building located at 1501 McKinney Street is adjacent to the Discovery Green 12-acre park.

Client news: UC Berkeley Li Ka Shing Center achieves modern look, sustainable practices, seismic performance with Wausau windows and curtainwall systems

Clad in glass, metal and terra cotta, the five-story, 200,000-square-foot facility meets California’ stringent performance requirements, as well as sustainable design criteria.

Event: Sustainability in Theater: People, Planet, Profit, Purpose

Inspiration, innovation and tangible learning from around the world on how greener practices can make theaters and our communities more sustainable.

Client news: Wausau offers Blast Hazard Mitigation Series windows and curtainwall systems

Wausau Window and Wall Systems(R) Blast Hazard Mitigation (BHM) Series combines blast mitigation, energy performance and recycled content to meet government buildings’ high-security and green goals.

Client news: Linetec honored as Wisconsin’s Sustainable Manufacturer of the Year

Sustainability Grand Award nominees were required to demonstrate a commitment and measured proof of conserving natural resources, improving energy efficiency, reducing their carbon footprint, and promoting employee and community betterment.

Association news: AAMA task groups progress on Green Certification Program

The Green and Sustainability Specification Development Task Group members reviewed comments from the Residential Product Group (RPG) ballot of the AAMA Green Product Certification Program criteria for R and LC class products. The Green and Sustainability Procedural Guide Task Group began reviewing ballot results of the procedural guide, a document that will define the procedures and documentation required to earn green product certification.