Case Studies Region: Global

While the wire and cable manufacturing industry is not typically thought of as being particularly sustainably minded, Superior Essex is working to buck that perception by bringing the latest in green manufacturing practices to an increasingly discerning client base. “We have established a true leadership position in an industry not typically associated with green natives. […]

Brothers Marco and Reto Sieber were always doing science experiments in their family’s kitchen and testing out their creations. They got their curiosity from their father, Paul Sieber, who laid the foundation for SIGA Cover, a global family-owned company with 400 employees and dozens of efficient building-envelope products for residential and commercial indoor air sealing […]

After working as a sustainable design specialist for three Washington, D.C.-based architecture and consulting firms and as codirector of the Solar Information Center at the University of Oregon, Sandra Leibowitz set out on her own. She established Sustainable Design Consulting LLC (SDC) in 2002, a consulting and training firm that provides institutions, building owners, design, […]

Since 2001, Spokane Wood Products has been a wholesale lumber distributor supplying specialty wood for log homes and timber frames. Located in Spokane, Washington, Spokane Forest Products serves the entire continental United States. “We even do some business in Canada and Mexico,” says Trace Sutter, sales manager and vice president of Spokane Wood Products. “About […]

Over the course of a decade, Shelter Builders Group Inc. (SBG) has gained much recognition in the Hollywood Hills and the exclusive suburbs of West Los Angeles. The luxury homebuilder has carved a niche in catering to custom, high-end clients, rising to the demanding challenge of building some of the most elaborate and extreme quality […]

Since humans have built and inhabited all types of man-made spaces, one of the greatest challenges has been harvesting and distributing the highest quality source of natural light: sunlight. No other source of light quite matches sunlight in its natural ability to display colors and illuminate in the finest sense. Natural light not only looks […]

During the day when the sun is shining, buildings receive more light than is required to light an entire facility, but design limits the ability for daylight to reach most of the occupied space. This was the case until SunCentral Inc. (SunCentral) entered the market with a fully hybrid, sunlight-LED solution, illuminating the depths of […]

SGL Group (SGL) has been around since 1878, when the former Gebr. Siemens & Co. (Gesco) first began producing carbon products. In 1992, after several mergers and acquisitions, the business, then-known as SIGRI in Germany, merged with Great Lakes Carbon in the U.S. to become SGL Carbon AG in 1995. Today, the company is one […]

Scranton Products (SP) came together in 1980 as the product of a corporate merger between Comtec, Santana and Capital. The business utilizes innovative technology to produce a range of high-density plastic products suited for restrooms and locker rooms in offices, education, transportation centers, sports facilities and other commercial buildings. SP’s manufacturing facility is located in […]

Samuel Sanderson established Sealand Mechanical LLC (Sealand) in 1984 after working for another mechanical company for four years. Sanderson has been in the industry since 1978, after working in HVAC for years prior. “I left a business in the same field to start my own venture here in Houma, La.,” he explains. “The relationships I […]