Officials gathered into a heated tent with a plywood floor Wednesday to symbolically break ground on what is believed to be the largest solar energy system project by a municipality in the state. The title likely won’t last for long, unlike the cold that greeted […] Read more
Get a whiff of this: Milky rinse water flowing from Wisconsin cheese factories will soon be used to generate enough electricity for 3,000 homes, thanks to an innovative solution to a growing wastewater problem. For years, the milky rinse water was spread on farmland as […] Read more
Miron project featured on NBCNews.com: Get a whiff of this: Milky rinse water flowing from Wisconsin cheese factories will soon be used to generate enough electricity for 3,000 homes, thanks to an innovative solution to a growing wastewater problem. For years, the milky rinse water […] Read more
What’s the best way to get everyday citizens across Wisconsin to be greener? That question led to the creation of Madison-based Cool Choices, a statewide nonprofit founded in 2009 which has been piloting its innovative approaches in the New North. “Our mission is to inspire […] Read more
One thing can be said for the increasing demand for energy efficiency –it’s driving some serious innovation in construction materials and methods. Creativity is being sparked in test labs around the world and the efforts are leading to new products that are part sustainable and […] Read more
Neenah, Wis. – Theresa Lehman, director of sustainable services for Miron Construction Co., Inc., will be speaking on a panel for the Badger Bioneers Conference 2012 on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The two-day conference will focus on sustainability, both in the region and in the […] Read more
Neenah, Wis. – Miron Construction Co., Inc. has been named a sponsor of the 2012 Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council Conference, presented by the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council and Cool Choices. The conference will take place on Friday, Dec. 7, 2012 at American Family Insurance Headquarters, Madison, Wis. The fifth annual Wisconsin Sustainable […] Read more
The $1.3 million Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue station No. 36, built almost entirely with stimulus funding, has earned a LEED silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.Located at 1108 Province Terrace, the station that opened in April 2011 earned 58 points under the new construction […] Read more
Farmers’ markets are sprouting up in cities across America, and their popularity can be attributed to a number of things: the variety of products, the local flavor, the socialness of it all. Whatever your reasons for going, odds are you also feel good about your […] Read more
Neenah, Wis. – Miron Construction Co., Inc., along with more than 1,200 leading businesses representing various industries across all 50 states, reiterated its support for the government’s use of the United States Green Building Council’s voluntary Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building […] Read more
