Citybizlist, August 11, 2011
Liberty Property Trust has broken ground on two warehouse buildings together totaling 212,000 square feet located in Liberty Northwest Business Center, formerly known as Beltway at Bammel. The buildings are the company's second and third sustainable development projects Houston.
Resource Recycling, August 11, 2011
Waste Management has launched a new 40,000-square-foot single-stream materials recovery facility in southwest Houston, Texas – the home city of the company. The solid waste giant invested more than $15 million to create the new facility, which will use advanced technology, including magnets, screens and optical scanners, to sort the newspapers, mixed paper, plastic containers, PET, tetrapack and glass generated by Houston residents and businesses. The MRF will also be able to process materials that are typically not recycled, such as film plastics and rigid plastics.
Houston Biz Journal August 11, 2011
A renewable energy startup has Houston in its sites for a new facility where it will convert plastic waste, such as used grocery bags and Styrofoam cups, into synthetic crude oil.
BusinessWire, August 11, 2011
ONTILITY’s Solar Training Department is offering its semi-annual series of NABCEP PV Installer Certification Exam Prep Courses at six locations nationwide to help more students pass the highly-coveted North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) Solar PV Installer Exam. ONTILITY’s Exam Prep class will be offered throughout August and September in an effort to prepare students for the September 24th NABCEP exam.
Houston Business Journal, August 1, 2011
A renewable technology manufacturing plant could be on its way to a town just south of Houston. The city commission and development corporation of Hitchcock, 40 miles south of Houston, has voted to support the building of a plant operated by Ennis-based PowerMax Energy. The plant first would manufacture products that isolate water from humid air, with other technologies to follow.
