VELUX has been bringing natural light and ventilation into buildings since its founding in 1941. The company manufactures skylights and roof windows, as well as decoration and sunscreening products, roller shutters, blinds, remote control units, and solar panels. VELUX, which is part of VKR Holding, has production facilities in 10 countries and sells its products in nearly 40 countries worldwide. VELUX was founded by civil engineer Villum Kann Rasmussen, who invented the window for sloping roofs in Denmark and trademarked the product in 1942.

Vista International Technologies Inc., is working to develop and market its Thermal Gasifier Technology and to build and operate small power plants. Colorado-based Vista has operations in waste-to-energy gassification, low-wind-speed generators, alternative fuels, and energy-saving lighting. Its primary operation is a facility in Texas that converts used tires into fuel. The company is looking for partners to build, own, and operate small waste-to-energy plants or utilize the company's technology under license. Investor Richard Strain owns just under 50% of Vista, while board member Timothy Ruddy owns a 10% stake.

Rothenberg Sawasy Architects provides architectural and interior design services through its offices in Los Angeles and San Diego and in Beijing. The company's clients include The Allstate Corporation, Bank of America, Brinks International, and MetLife. Managing principal Mark Rothenberg and design principal Mitchell Sawasy founded the firm in 1979.

Michels Corporation is a utility, engineering, design, and construction contractor. The family-owned company links systems for energy, transportation, distribution, and communications customers. It specializes in installing fiber optic networks for telephone, broadband, and cable providers. Through more than a dozen divisions, operating in the US and Canada, Michels offers a variety of services including horizontal and directional drilling, underground pipe repair, tunneling, engineering, paving, and materials production. The company also provides wind farm construction through a wind energy division. Founded in 1959 by Dale Michels, the company initially installed and serviced gas pipelines in Wisconsin.

Reno Contracting is building on its commercial state of mind in the southern part of the Golden State. The general contractor specializes in commercial construction projects primarily in its home region of San Diego County, California. Projects include office, retail, and hospitality construction, biotech and industrial facilities, and hospitals. Reno develops properties from the ground up and also performs interior tenant improvements. Clients have included Diversa Corporation, Biosite, and Bridgepoint Education. Reno's green building division, Reno ESP, utilizes energy efficient products and technology in the construction process. The company was founded in 1993 by CEO Matt Reno.

EnergySolutions, Inc. provides technology-based nuclear services to government and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Federal Services; Commercial Services; Logistics, Processing, and Disposal (LP&D); and International. The Federal Services segment engages in the management and operation or clean-up of the U.S. Department of Energy facilities that are contaminated by radioactive materials. It offers onsite characterization, sorting, segregation, transportation, management, and disposal of classified and unclassified solid and liquid low-level radioactive waste, mixed low-level waste, and other special wastes. This segment also performs decontamination and decommissioning (D&D), and demolition of facilities, including the disposal of radioactive materials; and provides D&D, processing, and disposal services to the U.S. Department of Defense. The Commercial Services segment offers a range of onsite services, including project planning, site surveys, radioactive material characterization and management, liquid waste processing, spent nuclear fuel, emergency response, and other nuclear services to commercial customers comprising commercial power and utility companies that operate nuclear power plants, pharmaceutical companies, research laboratories, universities, industrial facilities, and other entities that generate radioactive materials. The LP&D segment provides various logistics, processing, and disposal services, as well as owns and operates facilities for processing and disposal of radioactive materials. The International segment operates, defuels, and decommissions 10 nuclear power sites, as well as provides services for the disposal of radioactive sources from non-nuclear power generating facilities, such as hospitals, research facilities, and other manufacturing and industrial facilities in Europe and Asia. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Taiheiyo Cement has laid a solid foundation in cement and construction materials. Through some 310 subsidiaries and more than 135 affiliates, Taiheiyo operates in the resource, environmental, building materials, and construction industries. With about 30 cement plants around the world, ready-mix concrete and concrete products is at the core of Taiheiyo. It also operates several limestone mines, and is involved in the ceramics and electronics business. Other non-cement operations include recycling businesses, which process materials such as wood chips and plastic, as well as sludge and industrial waste. Taiheiyo affiliates also provide real estate leasing and development throughout Japan.

Roger & Sons Construction provides general contracting, concrete, structural-steel, excavation, and demolition work for commercial, industrial, institutional, and utility projects. The company operates primarily in the midwestern region of the US in the states of Illinois and Indiana, although it offers its services throughout the country. Roger & Sons was founded in 1998. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2009.

Dominion Homes is the master of its domain -- some 60 communities in central Ohio, and in and around Jefferson, Indiana, and Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. The company builds single-family entry-level, move-up, and luxury homes, as well as townhomes that range from about 1,000 sq. ft. to 3,500 sq. ft. Homes are priced between $90,000 to more than $300,000. Centennial Home Mortgage, an affiliate of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, offers financing, and affiliate Alliance Title Agency sells title insurance. In 2008 Dominion Homes was taken private by a group of investors, including founder and CEO Donald Borror and his BRC Properties, plus Angelo, Gordon & Co., and Silver Point Capital.

TerraMai is in the business of recycling; recycling wood, that is. The company supplies flooring, siding, decking, and other products made from reclaimed wood (reused or recycled wood). TerraMai seeks out reclaimed wood from around the world; the wood can come from a variety of sources such as old buildings and structures, railroad ties, fences, or wine barrels. The company then recycles the wood and sells the finished products to commercial and residential customers in the US. TerraMai has served customers including Whole Foods, Urban Outfitters, and Jamba Juice. With roots that go back to 1991, the company was founded by Richard McFarland and Erika Carpenter and is headed by CEO Ken Westrick.

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