Building owners, architect: state case for green construction

Building owners, architect: state case for green construction

About 100 plumbing contractors and inspectors attended a green building seminar May 9 to find out whether the green initiative is just another fad or a real market for innovative plumbing and mechanical contractors. The event focused on two green projects in the Chicago area: Loyola University'...

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Veröffentlicht in:Contractor 2007-06, Vol.54 (6), p.3
1. Verfasser: Erem, Suzan
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Architects
Architecture
Certification
Construction
Contractors
Cost control
Environmental aspects
Green buildings
Green design
Green market
Initiatives
Mechanical contractors
Payback periods
Plumbing
Plumbing industry
Seminars
Water conservation
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Zusammenfassung:About 100 plumbing contractors and inspectors attended a green building seminar May 9 to find out whether the green initiative is just another fad or a real market for innovative plumbing and mechanical contractors. The event focused on two green projects in the Chicago area: Loyola University's Information Commons and the Elgin Academy. Despite the full-color, high-tech presentations and persuasive testimony from building owners and architects, some PAMCANI members expressed skepticism in their questions. All those energy savings go right down the drain if those systems are not maintained by a licensed professional, said plumbing contractor Bob Abbott of Abbott Industries in Bensenville, IL.
ISSN:0897-7135