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Mercedes-Benz makes a $1B bet it can take down Tesla
Showing its seriousness about an electric future, Mercedes-Benz plans to invest $1 billion in Alabama to produce electric vehicles. The investment will go both to an expansion of the German luxury brand’s existing plant near Tuscaloosa and to build a new 1 million-square-foot battery factor...Read more -
Energy-efficient buildings
Energy-efficient buildings A deficiency of electricity in many provinces this year, even before the peak season, shows the urgent need to reduce the power consumption of public buildings to meet the energy-saving targets of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). The Ministry of Financ...Read more -
Chinese Roof Experts Visit Lab for Workshop on Cool Roofs
Last month, 30 members of the Chinese National Building Waterproof Association, which represents Chinese roofing manufacturers, and Chinese government officials came to Berkeley Lab for a daylong workshop on cool roofs. Their visit took place as part of the cool-roof project of the US-China Clean...Read more -
The largest and rapidest developing construction & waterproofing market
China is the largest and rapidest developing construction market. The gross output value of Chinese constrcution industry was € 2.5 trillions in 2016. Building construction area reached 12.64 billions square meters in 2016. The annual growth of gross output value of Chinese construction predicts ...Read more
