YORKVILLE, N.Y.—Expanding its Green Sustainable Lighting Program while introducing a classic brand in lighting, Meyda Lighting unveils the new Coca-Cola licensed Bottle Mini Pendants, which features recycled Coca- Cola glass bottles and the Coca-Cola licensed design. Meyda Lighting is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom and decorative lighting. The Coca-Cola Bottle Mini Pendant (109314) integrates a nostalgic design and craftsmanship with an authentic, recycled Coca-Cola bottle. This Coca-Cola Bottle Mini Pendant is handcrafted of Classic Green tinted glass featuring the authentic colors and contours of the original Coca-Cola bottle. The hardware features a canopy that replicates a Coca-Cola...

BOULDER, CO.—Renewable Choice Energy, a national provider of renewable energy credits and carbon offsets, has launched Green Your Event to empower meeting and event planners at hotels and event centers to support wind power and carbon reduction by offsetting event facilities, attendee travel, and more. A number of boutique and hotel chain branches kicked off the program last month including Chicago’s Talbott Hotel, Marriott’s Fairfield Inn & Suites, Baltimore; DoubleTree Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., and the Hotels Parisi and L’Auberge Del Mar in La Jolla, Calif. “We chose to be a Green Your Event partner because the program allows us to...

AKRON, OHIO—Green Energy Technologies LLC, a privately held company founded in 2006, announces the launch of WindCube, a 60kW rooftop wind turbine designed for on-site power generation by commercial and industrial power users in urban and suburban locations. The turbine, which captures and amplifies the wind, fills a previously unmet need for wind turbines that can be placed into service in a very small footprint and take advantage of the nation’s net metering laws. “Now building owners anywhere can consider being a part of the renewable energy picture,” said Mark L. Cironi, president and founder of Green Energy Technologies. “With...

CLEVELAND, OHIO—Hasek Communications, the Cleveland, Ohio-based publisher of Green Lodging News, welcomes PestWest LLC as a Green Product & Service Directory Partner. PestWest is currently offering its Vapor Vacuum Lamp Compacter for the disposal of fluorescent lighting. The Compacter contains used lamps in a secure container, while at the same time removing the hazardous mercury via a specially designed filter system. PestWest also offers professional insect light trap systems and other flying insect management products. For more information, call (941) 358-1983, e-mail info@pestwest.com, or go to www.pestwest.com.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—My Emissions Exchange announced the start of a new global market for individual households and businesses to reduce their personal carbon emissions and be eligible to earn money for their efforts. On MyEex, members first measure their personal carbon footprint and learn ways to reduce emissions. Once reductions are made, as verified by the user’s utility bill, the reductions are certified by MyEex. MyEex then sells the credits on the voluntary market, and the member earns money from the sale of their carbon credits. Membership in MyEex.com is free. My Emission Exchange’s approach to carbon...

NORTH WALPOLE, N.H.—Len-Tex Corp. announced that its entire line of contract wallcoverings has been certified to meet the indoor air quality (IAQ) standards of California’s Section 01350 for low VOC emissions. This specification developed by the state of California measures key environmental performance in building materials, primarily interior finish products. All Len-Tex wallcoverings meet the standards outlined in the section’s IAQ testing protocol, which stipulates that independent laboratories test materials for chemical emissions. In addition, Len-Tex wallcoverings have also been certified to meet the stringent criteria of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS section 01350) in...

BERKELEY, CALIF.—VASKA, a Berkeley, Calif.-based producer of green, botanically-based laundry care products for the commercial, institutional and consumer markets, announced that Royal Laundry of South San Francisco, the largest privately owned commercial laundry on the West Coast, is washing one million pounds of laundry a week using Vaska’s green laundry solutions in its three state-of-the-art tunnel systems. Royal Laundry washes laundry for more than 100 Northern California hotels. Royal Laundry has been a major commercial laundry service provider in the Bay Area for 47 years. When Royal began to encounter challenges with its previous chemical supplier, Don Luckenbach , Royal’s...

SAN DIEGO—HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, a supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products to the multifamily housing, hospitality, and healthcare industries, has released its new Commercial Product Line Catalog, a 224-page document with more than 3,000 products for use in mid- and high-rise buildings. “Commercial product expansion is one of our key initiatives for 2009,” said Robin Soehl, vice president, marketing and business development, HD Supply Facilities Maintenance. “During these challenging economic times, our customers are looking to reduce the number of suppliers they do business with to streamline their purchasing process. The stocking of these products enhances our...

MILWAUKEE—Timber Holdings International, the original Iron Woods brand of naturally durable hardwood products, announced a partnership with MEISTER of Germany to be the U.S. distributor of the first Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified laminate flooring line for the United States. The new flooring is suited for both commercial and residential buildings, and complies with LEED requirements set forth by the U.S. Green Building Council for green buildings. The laminate line includes both cork backed (9.3 mm) sound-absorbing, and non-cork backed (8mm) products in 4" and 5 1/2" widths. This floor is produced using the newly-developed direct printing technology, so there...

RIPON, WIS.—Who says efficiency isn’t fun? Probably somebody who’s never turned their old dryer into a soda cooler. UniMac, a leader in manufacturing energy- and water-efficient commercial laundry equipment, believes thinking “green” can be loads of fun and has launched its “Tumbler Re-use Project” to prove it. Located at www.unimac.com/promotions/tumbler/, the site takes an amusing turn in offering laundry managers and general managers of hotels and other properties ways to “re-purpose” their old, inefficient drying tumblers. From a soda cooler to a backyard fire pit, the Tumbler Re-Use Project will explore a variety of creative ideas to keep that old...