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Kentucky is receiving a grant from the United States' Department of Energy (DOE) to help teach builders and the public about the benefits of energy efficient buildings.The commonwealth will partner with the University of Kentucky's College of Agriculture to develop a program curriculum and the Cooperative Extension Service to help spread awareness of energy efficient buildings to the public, specifically homeowners. The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) will also help curriculum development and training.The application was for $485,731. A final award amount will be determined after the DOE negotiates and signs a final project agreement with the state. The University of Kentucky will also add an additional $140,933. The grand total of the project could be as high as $626,664 pending final contract negotiations with DOE.“This grant will help make Kentucky a leader in providing our citizens with better homes and buildings through education and technology," said Governor Ernie Fletcher.
Five CREW Seattle members joined us for a roundtable recently to share some personal insight into their careers in commercial real estate. All are preeminent leaders in their respective fields. Q: What motivated you to enter the commercial real estate field and what motivates you to stay? TAYLOR: What continually motivates me in the field of architecture is my love and passion for what I do. A teacher suggested architecture when I told him that I wanted my degree in interior design. Touring my first school of architecture, it was love at first sight. After receiving my masters' degree, I worked on large corporate headquarters in New York as a draftsperson. Within a few months, I was asked to be a job captain on the 300,000-square-foot headquarters for Continental Can.
Passive component maker Walsin Technology Corporation (WTC) posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) today, saying that the fire that broke out at a Kaohsiung plant will have no impact on the company's operations. The company indicated that the fire broke out at noon today at its K.E.P.Z S1 plant in Kaohsiung. Walsin said the fire was extinguished rapidly, and all the employees are safe. The only damage was to a cargo elevator used in construction, and that loss will claimed from the insurance company of the construction company. Walsin emphasized that there had been no impact on the company's operations, and both production and shipments would proceed normally. .
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Louise T. Blouin MacBain, the multimillionaire arts publisher and patron, opens a London institute today with a show by the Arizona-based contemporary artist James Turrell, ``A Life in Light.'' The institute, a former 1920s car-body factory located in an underdeveloped area north of London's Notting Hill, was inaugurated with much fanfare last night at a party for some 1,000 people. Such were the crowds that bouncers briefly kept guests waiting behind security cordons before letting them in. Among those attending were singer Grace Jones, a brown cap lowered over her plucked eyebrows; human-rights campaigner Bianca Jagger, who stepped out of a chauffeur-driven limousine wearing dark glasses; and designer Ron Arad, who wore a large, lopsided baseball cap.
BONTOC, Mountain Province -- A member of the Provincial Board (PB) here has asked the Regional Trial Court (RTC) to void the alleged anomalous P60 million loan agreement entered between the Mountain Province Government and the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP).
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When she was living in Kansas City, Kan., and working at various trade jobs, Christy Shipley would volunteer with Habitat for Humanity whenever she could. She liked working at construction-type jobs and she loved the people she got to work with. But there was never enough time to volunteer. Five years ago, she decided to move from Kansas to Eastern Iowa. And one day about five months ago, she learned about an opening as a construction manager with the Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity in Iowa City. It's one of about four paid positions with location. She said it was "the icing on the cake." "The job sounded to me as something right up my alley," said Shipley, 42, of Clarence. "Habitat is all about a hand up, not a hand out.
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