CONT_CONTRACTOR_ A Penton Media Property July 14, 2010 If you want to view this on the web go to: http://enews.penton.com/enews/contractormag/v/36 ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT (http://www.ridgid.com/upgrade/?utm_source=contractorezine&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=468x60&utm_campaign=lt1000#/LT1000/) ---------------------------------------- --PHCC's Connect 2010 to give contractors tools to reenergize their businesses FALLS CHURCH, VA. -- What happens when Quality Service Contractors and the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors -- National Association join forces? Contractors can get the expanded power tools needed to electrify their businesses, via one industry-specific convenient meeting, CONNECT 2010 -- the only national event for the p-h-c industry. The joint gathering is scheduled for Oct. 27-30, 2010, at the Paris Hotel Las Vegas, and will offer plumbing and HVACR service and repair contractors top-of-the-line educational and networking opportunities -- for a smaller and more efficient investment of time and money than two separate meetings. To view the full article go to: http://contractormag.com/news/connect2010_to_give_contractors_tools/ --Building green can be cost effective BY CANDACE ROULO Some contractors, engineers and architects think that building green is too expensive. Case in point: Just this week, I was reading The Architect's Newspaper that I picked up a few weeks ago at NeoCon's Buildex in Chicago, and read that Frank Gehry, a Pritzker prize-winning architect, had a few things to say about green building. The modern architectural icon said that LEED gives credits for bogus stuff and that green buildings don't pay back, according to an editorial piece by Alan G. Brake, Midwest editor of The Architect's Newspaper. To view the full article go to: http://blog.contractormag.com/roulo/2010/07/building-green-can-be-cost-effective/ --DOE showers industry with confusion BY ROBERT P. MADER WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Energy probably didn't know what it was getting itself into when it announced an interpretive rule in early June that would effectively ban multi-head shower systems. Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors -- National Association has called on its members to strongly protest a DOE proposal that would ban multiple head showers. DOE proposes to interpret the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended, to mean that a showerhead is anything past the mixing valve. That would mean that all fittings could not spray more than 2.5 GPM combined. To view the full article go to: http://contractormag.com/news/doe-bans-multi-showerheads-2345/ --Sisters' monastery defines sustainability, receives LEED Platinum certification BY CANDACE ROULO MADISON, WIS. -- The Benedictine Women of Madison work toward environmental solutions and teach the importance of nature in daily life as part of their mission, thus, it was natural that they aimed for a high level of sustainability when building their new monastery, which recently received U.S. Green Building Council LEED Platinum certification. The monastery earned 63 out of a possible 69 points under the LEED for New Construction Version 2.2 Rating System, making it the highest rated LEED Platinum building for new construction in the U.S. To view the full article go to: http://contractormag.com/green-contracting/monastery-leed-platinum-2345/ --Study finds dry cities have cheap water VISTA CALIF. -- A first-of-its-kind study evaluating residential water use and charges in 30 metropolitan areas of the United States finds that some drought-plagued, "dry" cities in the country actually have the lowest water rates in the nation. The study was conducted by the Circle of Blue (www.circleofblue.org/waternews/ (http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/)), a news and communications organization focusing on water-related issues. To view the full article go to: http://contractormag.com/news/dry_cities_cheap_water/ ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT (http://www.ridgid.com/upgrade/?utm_source=contractorezine&utm_medium=banner&utm_content=468x60&utm_campaign=lt1000#/LT1000/) ---------------------------------------- Contact information: Robert P. Mader , Editor-in-Chief Thank you for reading CONTRACTOR eNews You've received this e-newsletter for one of two reasons: You are subscribed to this email as #email# 1) You received our CONTRACTOR eNews in the past. 2) You identified yourself as a reader of CONTRACTOR magazine. Click here to subscribe to Contractor eNews Click Here to unsubscribe from future issues of Contractor eNews http://email.contractormag.com/webforms/newsletter/unsub/?email=#email#&lid=#list_id#&mid=#message_id# (c)2010 Penton Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Statement