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Downtown financial center receives green certification

Bank of America high-rise said first here to achieve rating for existing buildings

February 10, 2011

Unico Properties LLC, a Seattle-based real estate investment, operating, and management company, says its 20-story Bank of America Financial Center, in downtown Spokane, has earned special environmental recognition from the U.S. Green Building at

Sustainable energy effort hits hurdles

Uncertainty in regulations, pricing are among concerns limiting renewable market

February 10, 2011

News Wise

A research team of USC Marshall MBA students has concluded that the goal of widespread sustainable-energy use is not within immediate reach as issues surrounding unclear global policies, affordability, and myopia among political leaders and are in

Developer applies green concepts

ActiveWest obtains early neighborhoodwide LEED rating for Cd'A's Meadow Ranch

February 10, 2011

Mike McLean

ActiveWest Builders LLC, a Coeur d'Alene-based construction and development company, says it has applied green-building concepts beyond individual homes to encompass an entire neighborhood.The company's 80-home Meadow Ranch subdivision in Coeur

Flyback prepares to market energy-capturing technology

7-year-old company here to target big lighting users first

February 10, 2011

Chey Scott

More than 30 percent of all electric power is said to be lost before it ever gets to its destination, but Spokane Valley-based Flyback Energy Inc. has developed a method, called flyback switch technology, to capture and convert that lost power back

Real Estate Roundup

February 10, 2011

Mike McLean

Whitefish, Mont.-based McKenzie River Pizza Co. restaurant chain has leased a 5,800-square-foot restaurant pad site at 9225 N. Nevada and plans to open an outlet this spring in a building currently under construction. Cory Barbieri, of Goodale & a

Alaska-based title concern opens North Idaho office

GBS has federal contract to close loans on HUD real estate transactions

February 10, 2011

Mike McLean

GBS LLC, an Alaska-based title and escrow company, says it has set up shop in Coeur d'Alene.Through the Coeur d'Alene office, GBS acts as the loan-closing agent under a contract with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for HUD a

Weigh station advances - Art only

February 10, 2011

A new Washington State Patrol Port of Entry that will feature a weigh-in-motion system, among other technological advances, is under construction near the Washington-Idaho border on Interstate 90. Selland Construction Inc., of Wenatchee, Wash., is

Small Business Watch

February 10, 2011

Valley insurance firm grows, changes name Starr Starr & Totton, a longtime independent insurance agency in Spokane Valley, has added a partner and changed its name to Starr Starr Totton & Brown, says Brian Starr, one of four Brown, a

Study suggests no best way to reduce 'senior moments'

Analysis finds memory drills no more effective than simple conversation

January 27, 2011

Health Behavior News Service

Trying to stave off senior moments with memory drills and similar brain-boosting activities? A new review suggests these specific training regimes aren't any better than simple conversations at improving memory in older adults.Some studies show

Most seniors don't choose to get shingles vaccination

Study by CDC says that despite its effectiveness, only 7 percent get shot

January 27, 2011

News Wise

Although a vaccine to prevent shingles has been available since 2006, fewer than 7 percent of U.S. seniors—the demographic most frequently affected by the disease—chose to receive the vaccination as of 2008, finds a new study from the for