Since my last post two major energy efficiency efforts
received big boosts. And despite our
current comfort with lower energy prices, energy efficiency is crucial to our
society and our industry. First the
Shaheen-Portman Energy Savings Bill was re-introduced and the odds of it being
pushed forward are positive. If a
bi-partisan bill like this can’t make it, then there’s no hope. Meanwhile the Senate did pass the Better
Buildings Act of 2015, which will push commercial buildings harder to be more
energy efficient. More details can befound here, but suffice to say we do have the products to get this done. And these are examples of why I have been so
bullish on the dynamic space. That
product line surely should be in the discussion with regards to these pieces of
legislation.
Elsewhere…
-- Your monthly update on the Architectural Billings Index… the
latest results had the index in the positive but the new project score did
dip. Overall attitudes are still very
positive when it comes to building and the economy and from my own view I am
seeing more cranes and shells of buildings in process than I have seen in
years.
-- Folks don’t forget to get your nominations in for the
premier award program in our industry- The Glass Magazine Awards. Deadline for nominations is this week- April
10.
-- Birthday wishes to two cool folks in our industry… Happy and
healthy ones out to Lewis McCallister of Coral Industries and Jan Rogan of
PPG.
-- A heads up to anyone who’s into SEO and websites… Google is
making some big moves to their algorithms.
And the big part is changes to the coding with regards to location. Back in the day, a tactic was to list your
company and connect with every city you could think of, then just have it link
back to your main site. Well in this new
update, Google is devaluing websites that do that, potentially moving them down
the rankings quite a bit. So heads
up. If you need more info, just drop me
a note.
-- The final agenda for Glass Performance Days is out and those
of you going to Finland for it will surely experience a serious overload of
glass and glazing education. A few
pieces to check out? The awesome Jon
Kimberlain of Dow Corning going deep on hyperelastic materials, tech legend Chris
Barry on Spandrel Defects (Chris will make serious news I believe with his
findings) and the extremely talented Jim Gulnick of McGrory Glass with a solar
power case study.
-- And speaking of Mr Kimberlain, hopefully by that June trip he'll be over the Kentucky loss in the Final Four. The great 1976 Indiana team still holds the mantle of being the last college team to go unbeaten all year.
-- Last this week… one big item I have missed was the growth of
Health Product Declarations (HPD) in our industry. Slowly but surely there’s been a significant
demand for these and many in our industry have jumped on board and are able to
supply them. In addition having the
document helps in the whole LEED v4 effort as well. I can honestly say I don’t know the process
very well at this point, but I’ve decided to dig in and figure it out…
especially with HPD 2.0 now in process.
In any case it looks like this is a need that is here to stay for sure-
so be aware.
LINKS of the WEEK
-- Amazing effort from a 570 pound man running 5K’s. Great work!
-- The pressure of college… and it may not even be needed for
many.
-- Amazing story here- how a guy has to sell his house because
he can’t get internet. Fascinating on so
many levels including horrendous service and outright monopolies.
VIDEO of the WEEK
And here are the top news bloopers for the month of March…
some good, some bad, some tasteless…
1 comment:
Lol, I needed a good laugh. 4:10 is especially funny.
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