Today BASF Corporation appear its advocacy of the 2008 Beyond GreenTM High-Performance Building Awards, hosted by the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC). The awards admit the initiatives that shape, acquaint and activate the bazaar for high-performance buildings, as able-bodied as the real-world applications of high-performance architecture and architecture practices. As bazaar leaders in abiding and activity able architecture solutions and products, we actively appoint groups like SBIC that are aesthetic the appeal for college performing, acceptable architecture technologies Whether they are convalescent air quality, accretion activity efficiency, allowance to actualize added abiding anchorage and bridges, BASF articles action added achievement over the industry standard Therefore, it makes faculty BASF would abutment programming that encourages bigger architecture above abounding industries. We are appreciative to admit BASF as a Platinum Sponsor for the Beyond GreenTM Awards
-- Today BASF Corporation appear its advocacy of the 2008 Beyond GreenTM High-Performance Building Awards, hosted by the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC). The awards admit the initiatives that shape, acquaint and activate the bazaar for high-performance buildings, as able-bodied as the real-world applications of high-performance architecture and architecture practices.
"As bazaar leaders in abiding and activity able architecture solutions and products, we actively appoint groups like SBIC that are aesthetic the appeal for college performing, acceptable architecture technologies," said Jack Armstrong, Leader BASF Construction Initiative. Armstrong, aswell an SBIC axle member, explained that the BASF portfolio includes added than 600 altered products, including adhesives and sealants to city-limits and accurate modification to activity able architecture insulation, calefaction absorption coatings and bank systems, to name a few of the technologies offered.
"Whether they are convalescent air quality, accretion activity efficiency, allowance to actualize added abiding anchorage and bridges, BASF articles action added achievement over the industry standard", said Armstrong. "Therefore, it makes faculty BASF would abutment programming that encourages bigger architecture above abounding industries."
"We are appreciative to admit BASF as a Platinum Sponsor for the Beyond GreenTM Awards," said Sophia Greenbaum, Executive Director of SBIC. We allotment the accepted ambition of announcement bigger achievement for the barrio in which we plan and live." Greenbaum credibility to endure year's acceptable entries including the aboriginal LEED® Platinum museum, a New York City accessible library, a Pittsburgh attributes conservatory, a North Carolina average academy that incorporates sustainability into its curriculum, and a array of educational and action initiatives.
The Beyond GreenTM Awards will be accustomed in two categories: High-Performance Buildings (Category A) and High-Performance Initiatives (Category B). Applicants are challenged to authenticate the acknowledged appliance of the accomplished architecture access and to appearance how they maintained the able antithesis of the eight architecture objectives (accessible, aesthetic, cost-effective, functional, historic, productive, safe/secure and sustainable) that accomplish up a high-performance building.
High-Performance Buildings entries may be commercial, government, institutional, residential, and academy buildings. High-Performance Initiatives may be action programs, educational initiatives, chump acquaintance efforts, analysis artefact development and new architecture processes. All appliance abstracts are accessible on the Council's Internet Web website (www.sbicouncil.org). The appliance borderline for the 2008 Awards affairs is Oct. 15, 2008. An independent, candid board of industry leaders will baddest the acceptable entries.
Award winners will be arrive to present their projects in Washington, D.C., in January 2009, in affiliation with an awards accession on Capitol Hill. Additional acceptance will cover bounded and civic media exposure, an advertisement on SBIC's Web website and in its newsletter, a applique and admittance in approaching SBIC educational programs. Winning entries will aswell be appear on the Whole Building Design Guide (www.wbdg.org).
The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) is an independent, nonprofit alignment whose mission is to affiliate and affect the architecture industry against college performance--through education, outreach, advancement and the alternate barter of ideas. Council Membership is accessible to clandestine and accessible organizations and individuals who allotment this mission. For added advice about the Council, appointment www.SBICouncil.org or alarm 202-628-7400.
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BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American accessory of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has added than 15,000 advisers in North America, and had sales of about $16.4 billion in 2007. For added advice about BASF's North American operations, or to assurance up to accept account releases by e-mail, appointment www.basf.com/usa.
BASF is the world's arch actinic company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from oil and gas to chemicals, plastics, achievement products, agronomical articles and accomplished chemicals. As a reliable partner, BASF helps its barter in around all industries to be added successful. With its high-value articles and able solutions, BASF plays an important role in award answers to all-around challenges, such as altitude protection, activity efficiency, diet and mobility. BASF has added than 95,000 advisers and acquaint sales of about €58 billion in 2007. BASF shares are traded on the banal exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further advice on BASF is accessible on the Internet at www.basf.com.
Beyond Green is a brand of Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
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