Aggregate Industries Northeast Region Showcases Sustainable Products.BOSTON -- Aggregate Industries Northeast Region proudly exhibited their range of sustainable construction materials at the Green Round Table's NEXUS See Nexus (of contracts. Green Building Resource Center Showcase in Boston. The event attracted over 250 members of the green building community including architects, engineers, builders, community development professionals and governmental policy makers from across the Boston-Metro area whose focus is on environmentally sensitive construction. The Green Round Table is the Boston-area affiliate of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC USGBC United States Green Building Council ), of which Aggregate Industries US is a member. The showcase featured a wide range of green building product manufacturers, and provided an opportunity for Aggregate Industries to promote: * Products aimed at improving storm water management * Pervious per·vi·ous adj. Open to passage or entrance; permeable. concrete & porous porous /por·ous/ (por´us) penetrated by pores and open spaces. po·rous adj. 1. Full of or having pores. 2. Admitting the passage of gas or liquid through pores. asphalt displays featured product samples encased en·case tr.v. en·cased, en·cas·ing, en·cas·es To enclose in or as if in a case. en·case  ment n. in an aquarium-style display that pumped water onto the
surface of the product and drained it down through the porous surface.
The displays also simulated the two products' capability to return
storm water directly to the water table instead of into a storm drain storm drainn. 1. A storm sewer. 2. A catch basin. . * Base materials produced by recycling broken concrete and asphalt All of these products help builders and developers incorporate sustainability into their projects and also gain valuable LEED points towards their project's USGBC LEED Certification. "We are proud to have established a solid relationship with the team at the Green Round Table. The NEXUS showcase provided architects, developers and the entire green building community a terrific opportunity to see our green building products up close. It also educated them on how to incorporate our sustainable products into the designs for their projects that aspire to aspire to verb aim for, desire, pursue, hope for, long for, crave, seek out, wish for, dream about, yearn for, hunger for, hanker after, be eager for, set your heart on, set your sights on, be ambitious for the USGBC's LEED Certification," said Mark Nikitas, Aggregate Industries Northeast Region Marketing & Communications Manager. In addition to featuring Aggregate Industries' sustainable construction products, information on the Holcim Awards for Sustainable Development Sustainable development is a socio-ecological process characterized by the fulfilment of human needs while maintaining the quality of the natural environment indefinitely. The linkage between environment and development was globally recognized in 1980, when the International Union was distributed and garnered a significant amount of interest. The Holcim Awards seek to promote and reward projects that incorporate sustainable development in their design, and award over $2 million in prize money across the globe. More information about the Holcim Awards is available online at www.holcimawards.org More information on Aggregate Industries' green building products is available online at www.aggregate-us.com/GREEN |
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