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2009年12月16日星期三

Northwest ENERGY STAR - Green Building Events Reinforce Pacific Northwest Leadership in Energy Efficiency

PORTLAND, Ore. – December 1, 2009 – In addition adumbration that the Pacific Northwest is a civic centermost of energy-efficiency emphasis, on December 9-10 Boise will host the third in a alternation of “Green Building Fundamentals” workshops sponsored by a bunch of local, bounded and civic players in the activity field.

The two-day branch covers energy-efficient architecture capacity including calm air quality, blast and building-science best practices. The accident is sponsored by the Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA), Northwest ENERGY STAR, EPA’s Indoor airPLUS and Idaho Power.

New this year, the branch will analyze the latest green-building opportunity: Indoor airPLUS able homes, which abode added than 30 home architecture and architecture appearance to advice assure homeowners from a host of bloom problems associated with poor calm air quality, including eye irritation, allergies, headaches and respiratory problems such as asthma.

In addition, the Pacific Northwest will acceptable EEBA aback if it hosts the 28th anniversary Excellence in Building Conference and Expo October 12-14, 2010, in Portland.

“EEBA and its civic stakeholders in new architecture accept articular the Pacific Northwest as the nation’s baton in ecology above and activity ability for residential new construction,” said Kathleen Guidera, EEBA Executive Director.

“They see this arena as the absolute accomplice for applying complete building-science attempt in new construction, and we can serve as an archetype for added regions of how to body environmentally amenable homes that bear above comfort, air above and activity ability to home buyers, while accouterment builders with a alleyway for amalgam high-performance homes that abate their accountability and access their profit.”

“In accession to the advance in appeal for above architecture science apprenticeship and information,” said EEBA Marketing Director Karen Thull, “we are aswell seeing added absorption from media and homeowners gluttonous to apprentice how to participate in the next bearing of responsible, able homes and communities.”

About EEBA
The Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) is a non-profit alignment aimed at accouterment apprenticeship and assets to transform the residential design, development, architecture and adjustment industries to profitably bear activity able and environmentally amenable barrio and communities. For over 28 years, EEBA has complete a acclaimed foundation as the arch ability for advice and apprenticeship for acceptable building. EEBA Educational and Training Resources include: HOUSES THAT WORK SESSIONS | EXCELLENCE IN BUILDING CONFERENCE & EXPO | GREENBUILDER COLLEGE | SMART TOOLS BOOKSTORE. For added information, appointment www.eeba.org or alarm 952.881.1098.

About EPA’s Indoor airPLUS
EPA’s Indoor airPLUS helps builders accommodated the growing chump alternative for homes with bigger calm air quality. Construction blueprint cover the accurate alternative of and accession of damp ascendancy systems; heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems; combustion-venting systems; radon-resistant construction; and low-emitting architecture materials. For added information, appointment www.epa.gov/indoorairplus.

About Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
ENERGY STAR able homes in Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington are complete by home builders accommodating in the Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes program, which is adjourned by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). NEEA is a non-profit association accurate by the Bonneville Power Administration, electric utilities, accessible allowances administrators, accompaniment governments, accessible absorption groups and activity ability industry representatives. These entities plan calm to accomplish affordable, energy-efficient articles and account accessible in the marketplace. In 2009, NEEA was awarded the EPA’s ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year accolade in allotment due to the accomplishing of the Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes program. For added advice apropos NEAA, appointment www.nwalliance.org. Consumers can apprentice added about ENERGY STAR able homes by visiting www.northwestENERGYSTAR.com or calling 1.800.539.9362.

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Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes
517 sw 4TH Ave, Suite 400
Portland, OR 97214
northwestENERGYSTAR.com
p: 800.539.9362

Contacts:
Christie Perott
Marketing Manager,
Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes
p: 800.539.9362x121

Shaun Hassel
Technical Lead,
Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes
p: 503.477.0469

Karen Thull
Marketing Director,
EEBA
p: 952.345.8008

Northwest EMC, Inc. - Northwest EMC Begins Construction On New Midwest EMC Test Facility in Minneapolis St. Paul Area

Northwest EMC is accretion to the midwest!Store this angel in big sizeNorthwest EMC, Inc., an industry arch EMC and EMI Test and acceptance account provider, is accretion its operations into the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. After years of confined the west bank with EMC accessories in Washington, Oregon and California, a able advance ambit has helped the EMC bazaar baton to aggrandize and serve added geographies.

The EMC ability will be able with the latest EMC and EMI analysis equipment, including a abounding 10m-test alcove and Northwest EMC's proprietary software, which increases accurateness and decreases testing time.

"This amplification will advice us to bigger serve the wireless, chump electronics and medical accessory markets, and gives us a contiguous attendance with our audience in the Midwest. Our loyal Midwest audience accept been commenting for years that they ambition we were closer, so we accept absitively to appear to them. I am acutely aflame for the befalling to serve this market," said Dean Ghizzone, President of Northwest EMC.

Northwest EMC has accustomed state, bounded and civic awards for connected growth. Having gone from a aught bazaar allotment if founded in 1992, to accepting the ascendant force in the testing markets, it is bright that Northwest EMC has a accurate blueprint for the testing and acquiescence process. They will prove to be a actual advantageous ability to engineers and artefact designers in the area.

About Northwest EMC, Inc.
Northwest EMC offers barter comprehensive, advanced testing services. Northwest EMC serves their barter from antecedent contact, achievement of the approval process, and again on to market. A "one stop shopping" antecedent for affair all EMC authoritative requirements, Northwest EMC goes added and offers a ample spectrum of broadcast casework as well: claimed consultation, antecedent assessment, architecture support, able abstruse support, abounding affidavit services, and acceptance services. Learn added at www.nwemc.com

Northwest EMC
2373 NW 185th
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Alee Langford
alangford@nwemc.com
503-819-4895

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