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Greenbuild packs 'em in.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
December 1, 2007... CHICAGO--The U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild conference and exposition opened with huge crowds to see and hear former President Bill Clinton give the keynote address. Total attendance topped 22,000, with the aisles of the exposition packed the first day.
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DOE sets 82% as new AFUE level for boilers.(INDUSTRY NEWS)
December 1, 2007... WASHINGTON--The U.S. Department of Energy has announced moderately higher efficiency standards for gas and oil furnaces and boilers under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The new standards, which will take effect in 2015, call for Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency levels of 82% for...
Global labor shortage requires new hiring tactics.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(workforce shortage in construction industry)
December 1, 2007... ANAHEIM--Contractors are facing a global competition for workers that will only exacerbate a growing workforce shortage in the U.S., Purdue University Associate Professor Kirk Alter told contractors meeting here in late October.
Alter cited statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor...
Urban water uses.(CONTRACTOR INFOCUS)
December 1, 2007... [CHART OMITTED]
Urban Water Uses
All Customers
Industrial (10%)
Multi Family (10%)
Single Family (55%)
Public (10%)
Commercial (15%)
Single Family
Toilets. (14%)
Showers ...
Editors' choice.
December 1, 2007... Following are those products from the past year that generated the greatest number of reader inquiries.
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