INDUSTRY NEWS
USGBC applauds President Obama for advancing bold plan to get Americans back to work
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) commended President Obama for his leadership, for taking action to put people back to work and for helping ensure a stronger America. “It is clear that we must rebuild and
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modernize our increasingly brittle built environment,” said Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair, USGBC. “The country's infrastructure — our buildings, our roads, our transit and our bridges — are in desperate need of investment, and the thousands of building sector professionals and small businesses hard hit by the struggling economy can be put back to work overnight. We just need to get on with it, and we offer our full support to President Obama's proposal and to the passage of the American Jobs Act.” “Energy retrofits especially, and the
jobs and innovation embedded in this one activity, are a cornerstone to broader economic recovery in every sector,” said Fedrizzi. “We know we could be saving $130 billion a year if we had greener, more efficient buildings, and we would create nearly one million jobs in the process. For every billion dollars invested at home in our infrastructure, we create 25,000 well-paying jobs. “Specifically in commercial
buildings, we know that fixing the tax incentive for energy efficient commercial buildings, Section 179 D, could create 77,000 additional jobs in energy efficiency. I hope Congress will strongly consider this common sense tax fix,” he said. “Just as importantly, our homes, our
neighborhoods and our schools are in need of significant improvement. In fact, our schools have long been ringing the alarm. There are
‘Day with Dahl’ events build relationships with key industry partners
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO— Dahl, a family-owned manufacturer of top quality plumbing and heating valves and specialties for more than 58 years, has held a series of “Day with Dahl” events to further develop relationships with distributors and contractors. From the first Day with Dahl on June 1 in Las Vegas to
Prior to the event, each
distributor’s local contractors receive information about the event, along with promotional items such as educational brochures and a free sample of a Dahl valve to utilize at a current jobsite. At the event, Dahl offers its industry partners a complimentary breakfast or lunch, hosts brief informational sessions about new products and provides all attendees with a Dahl “I Can’t Take a Leak” slogan T-shirts. Dahl also provides distributors with an array of marketing elements and promotional items to use at the event and in the future. Josh Jamieson, Dahl’s
Josh Jamieson, Dahl’s regional sales manager, with Butch Kaltreider from ASK Plumbing at the local Day with Dahl event held on June 14 in York, Pa.
events held at distributors from Oklahoma City to Ocean City, Maryland, Dahl will host more than 50 events across the country showcasing the company’s innovative product offering to local partners.
regional sales manager notes, “We are excited to host this series of Day with Dahl events as a small way to thank our industry partners from coast to coast. We know the key to our growth is building strong, lasting partnerships with our
distributors and their contractor customers by delivering quality products on time, every time, and these events are an excellent way for us to continue to forge those relationships.
thousands of projects out there that are ready to go the minute the funding is available. On average, our schools are more than 40 years old. Nearly a quarter of them require extensive repair just to meet basic health and safety standards, and 15,000 schools have air that has been deemed unfit to breathe. Our kids deserve school buildings that enhance their learning and their health, not compromise it; this is a way to deliver on that promise.” Fedrizzi continued, “President Obama's proposal puts us on a path to create jobs by focusing on nation- building at home and the things that have always made us strong. By investing in our built environment, we stimulate our economy, we save energy, save people money, put Americans back to work and create a strong foundation for continued global leadership.”
REHAU expands Celaya, Mexico, plant
LEESBURG, VA.— REHAU has expanded its manufacturing plant in Celaya, Mexico. The 13,000- sq.-ft. (4,000 sq. m.) expansion, which was celebrated during a grand opening ceremony on August 26, includes administrative offices, meeting rooms, a REHAU Academy training facility and an indoor/outdoor display of REHAU polymer-based solutions for the construction, automotive and furniture industries. It also features a number of
REHAU sustainable building and renewable energy systems, including a REHAU ECOAIR™ ground-air heat exchanger, energy efficient radiant and solar-thermal water heating, high-performance vinyl windows and doors, RAUCORD™ polymer wicker outdoor furniture, RELAZZO™ wood-polymer composite decking and an energy-efficient polymeric pool cover system. The new office areas are
furnished with innovative REHAU Acoustic Line™ sound- absorbing tambour doors.
phc october 2011
www.phcnews.com
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