USGBC’s LEED Green Building Program Use Falls
The Allen Matkins/CTG/Green Building Insider Green Building Survey takes a poll of 1,600 design and building professionals from the U.S. every year for the last 4 years.
Not surprisingly, green construction represents the fastest growing sector of the building industry. And support for it as a practice continues to be high as 92% of those surveyed [...]
Fire Sprinklers to be Required in Many New Chicago Homes
St. Charles could possibly be one of the municipalities incorporating the new 2009 International Codes. The code mandate fire sprinklers in all new townhouses and, beginning Jan. 1, 2011, in new one and two family homes and town-homes. Each municipality in Illinois can choose whether or not to mandate fire sprinklers and undoubtedly will be a [...]
Glass Countertops Edging Out Granite
If you’re seeking a clear alternative to granite as a countertop surface, the glass is more than half full — it’s overflowing with creative possibilities, in fact — thanks to the esthetic advantages and practical flexibility offered by thermoformed glass.
Created via a special process that uses extreme heat to mold flat objects, thermoformed glass is [...]
Heritage Harbor Wine Tasting Event
Heritage Harbor in Southwest suburban Ottawa is hosing a wine tasting event on Friday, April 16th at their Heritage Harbor and Quest Watersports facility. The 7th annual wine tasting event will begin at 5:30 and will wrap up around 8:30 PM on that Friday evening. The cost is $15 for the pleasure of sampling over [...]
Experience Spring through Premier Gardening Exhibition
Need to escape this Chicago winter? Love the theater? Head down to Navy Pier from Saturday, March 6 through Sunday, March 14 for the 2010 Chicago Flower & Garden Show.
“Cultivating Great Performances” focuses on Chicago as a theater town. Each design came from the creative minds of those from the Goodman Theatre, the Lookingglass Theatre [...]
Chicago Tribune Festival of Homes in Full Swing
Spring 2010 brings the bi-annual Chicago Tribune Festival of Homes. For six weeks, local builders and developers are ready to show off their housing stock to thawing house hunters. This year the festival has embraced social media and can be found with a Facebook page, a Twitter account, and has it’s own YouTube channel. Tune in your social [...]
