In a fourth-quarter earnings report today, the home improvement giant said its annual sales in 2007 dropped 2 percent, marking the company’s first-ever yearly sales decline.
Caroma USA is partnering with Global Green’s Green Schools initiative to help make two new charter high schools in South Los Angeles environmentally friendly.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Rinnai America Corp. have announced a voluntary recall of Rinnai’s direct-vent wall furnaces, models RHFE 431 and RHFE 556, sold through wholesale distributors nationwide to contractors and dealers from February 2000 through December 2007 for between $1,600 and $1,900.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking for public comment on a list of 104 possible drinking water contaminants that may need to be regulated in the future to ensure the continued protection of drinking water.
America Standard America (AS America Inc.), Crane Plumbing LLC and Eljer Inc. recently announced their intent to merge, which is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2008.
The National Association of Home Builders launched the NAHB National Green Building Program, an education, verification and certification program that will allow builders anywhere to build green homes.