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CORPORATE NEWS I RETROFIT NEWS I MISCELLANEOUS
RETROFIT TRADE
ASSOCIATION
FOUNDED
Custom-Bilt Metals Distributes
• Founded in early 2009,
Roof Hugger’s Sub-purlin Systems
Efficiency First, Washington, D.C.,
•
is a nonprofit trade association
Custom-Bilt Metals, Chino, Calif., has entered into a licensing
for contractors, residential energy
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agreement to distribute Odessa, Fla.-based Roof Hugger’s patented
consultants, building-product
sub-purlin systems in the western U.S., including Hawaii and Alaska.
manufacturers, and others who
¶ “This is an exciting and new venture for Custom-Bilt that enables its
audit and retrofit homes for
roofing contractors to expand their business into
greater energy efficiency. The
new energy-efficient retrofit roofing opportuni-
mission of the group is to rep-
ties,” says Tony Chiovare, Custom-Bilt Metals’
resent its members and create
president. ¶ Mark James, vice president, sales awareness through support of
and marketing for Roof Hugger, adds, “This national standards, legislation,
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licensing arrangement would benefit everyone
incentives, financing and training.
who is interested in metal-over-metal retrofit
➔ For more information,
applications in the western states.” ¶ For more
visit
www.efficiencyfirst.org.
information, visit
www.custombiltmetals.com
or
www.roofhugger.com.
HOLIDAY INN
SIGNAGE GETS
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Johnson Controls Completes LED RETROFIT
Solar-heating Systems
• The Holiday Inn brand is under-
•
going a $1billion global makeover
Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls Inc. has completed the installa-
that includes new exterior signage
tion of solar-heating systems at seven indoor municipal pools in El Paso,
at more than 3,200 locations.
Texas. The new systems, which are now converting solar rays into hot
The new signage incorporates
water, are expected to save more than $1.5 million in energy costs from
energy-efficient GE Tetra LED light-
pool operations during the next 10 years. ¶ The projects required the
ing systems. Holiday Inn expects to STATS
use of more than 700 solar-thermal panels covering nearly 32,000
achieve an estimated 52 percent
• According square feet of roofing. The installations are part of an Energy Savings
reduction in kilowatt hours; its
to the U.S.
Performance Contract developed by Johnson Controls to help El Paso
exterior signs are lit an average
Department
reduce utility costs and improve aging infrastructure. For more of 12 hours per day, 365 days
of Energy, only
information, visit
www.johnsoncontrols.com. per year. The brand relaunch is
20 PERCENT
scheduled for the end of 2010.
of existing
commercial
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buildings
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visit
www.holidayinn.com.
feature some
degree of
upgraded
DOE to Fund Energy Retrofits
•
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has announced a $454 million program designed
lighting tech-
to catalyze a nationwide energy upgrade that experts estimate could save $100 million annually in utility bills for households and
nology while
businesses. The Recovery Act's “Retrofit Ramp-Up" program will pioneer innovative models for rolling out energy efficiency to
80 PERCENT
hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in a variety of communities. “Energy efficiency isn't just low-hanging fruit; it's
continue to
fruit lying on the ground. We have the tools to reduce energy use at home and at work and to provide huge savings to families and
operate lighting
businesses on their energy bills. But use of these technologies has been far too limited because we lack the simple and effective ways
systems installed
for people to access them," Chu says. “The Recovery Act will allow innovative communities to demonstrate a variety of business
before 1986.
models that can be replicated across the country.” For more information on the program, visit
www.eecbg.energy.gov.
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