Welcome to KBIS New Orleans 2013 It is always interesting checking out the local displays – amazing woodwork, journey & cause Even if you don’t sign up for classes, there are always some good learning opportunities on the floor. Modenus group talking about Blog Tour finds & upcoming designs & materials seen in Cologne, London,
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If you are wondering why the name Todd Vendituoli might sound familiar, well that might be because he has done a few guest articles for us here on Off Grid Living: Water & Hydronic Radiant Heating. Well this week I was honored to be able to return the favor by doing a video interview with him on my
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As many of us know (or are about to find out), the codes are a changing here in Alabama and in many other areas of the country. While most of the focus has been on the Energy portion, there are quite a few other changes in the “building” aspects which hardly ever get mentioned. Besides
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As part of the North Alabama Leadership Group of the USGBC & also as the presenting speaker, I would like to invite you to attend this April’s Lunch & Learn Event. I will be discussing where everyone currently stands in the adoption process, the changes in the Building codes coming soon to a city near you, some
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This last week was probably one of the busiest conference weeks when it comes to building better buildings. Not only was the RESNET / ACCA / IAQA / RPA conference going on, many other states & groups were holding similar ones throughout the week. I know here in Alabama we had at least 2 open
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As the saying goes, what goes up must come down… I know it is only day 3 & the show still runs till 2 PM tomorrow, but I am calling it a week & driving up north before heading home later this weekend. Overall I got to say it was a good show, there was
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Today the exhibit floor officially opened up, which you couple with 3 more classes & spending some time with great folks makes for a long but yet very quick day. The first class started at 7:30 with Carl Seville talking about “Forget about Green, Just go for Good Remodeling” followed up by one from Glenn
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Welcome to Baltimore Maryland, home of the 2012 Remodeling & Deck Expo. While the Expo floor doesn’t open up until tomorrow, the conference portion officially kicked off today. Based on feedback from the 2010 show where many smaller remodelers felt that the classes weren’t suited for their needs, so they decided to try something new
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Ah what a great day for a ribbon cutting ceremony at Calhoun Community College. Today they officially opened the doors for the new Alabama Center for Excellence in Clean Energy Technology (ACECET). The 11,000 square-foot ACECET building was originally constructed in the 1960′s & was extensively remodeled and earned LEED Platinum status. It is now
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Lately BPI (aka Building Performance Institute, Inc.) has been growing exponentially and making plenty of waves in the certification field. Just this last July they had 25,000 “active” certifications and closed out 2011 with 31,662. Originally there growth while slow was also pretty steady as shown on this chart of BPI accredited contractors. Enter in
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