A look at BEES and LEED Over the last several years, environmental advocates have successfully raised the awareness of green building design and construction benefits among architects/engineers (A/Es) and designers, as well as...
One of the world’s most versatile plastics started as an accident in a rubber scientist’s laboratory some 80 years ago. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was first created by a German chemist in 1872, but never patented until 1913. It...
“I just want to say one word to you… just one word… Plastics.” — The Graduate Until 1900, writes Robert Bailey, building construction largely involved three basic available materials: wood, stone, and clay...
