Wow. When I read Margaret Webb’s incredible commentary on the NFRC, (Tuesday’s USGNN) I was really left in awe. She was able in 4 paragraphs to breakdown the on-going adventures better than I have in years of ranting and raving. The question is… will it matter? Sadly, it won’t. The NFRC and the people, who blindly support it, will ignore or avoid the incredibly persuasive and intelligent arguments and points that Marg brings forth. The thing that will make the difference is the basic possibility/probability that the program as it heads down the path right now will fail in spectacular fashion. The angst comes from the fact that the NFRC will steam ahead and the rest of us will have to deal with an epic mess… one that many people did all they could to avoid… but were ignored….
And one more note… until someone can explain to me how the NFRC adding an IG Certification program and having a major player and board member of NFRC to benefit greatly from such an un-necessary program is not the least bit squirrelly, then I won’t shut up… I mean.. c’mon…. As a co-worker always says about NFRC… “follow the money….”
Elsewhere….
-- A shorter than normal post this week… I actually have to attend to the day job… and yes I still have one…
-- The most recent GANA Event in Las Vegas- combined Glass Fab and Glazing Contractor Education Conference went off well… once again you get reminded of the talent in the room… for me this trip it was the folks on the spacer side… Warm Edge spacer is the revolution and people from that side of the business were out in full force. Folks like Tracy Rogers from Edgetech, Mike Gainey from Azon and fresh back in North America, Milind Jhaveri of Technoform were front and center. There is no doubt in this age of energy efficiency and need, that the spacer specs will be going more and more warm edge… gee its amazing, we as industry are improving products all the time without prompting… but don’t worry “public” the NFRC will make sure your protected…
-- Speaking of that conference… a thumbs up to Beth Hockett from Trainor Glass in Denver for a tremendous presentation on Green and LEED. Many of us commented afterwards that it was the first presentation on that subject that gave real glazing examples and details… and not info on waterless urinals and bike racks… Between Beth and Henry Taylor of Kawneer, we had some serious “green” brains in that room.
-- Did you read the latest USGlass on BIM? Great stuff. Let’s see… value to architect and public… BIM… a ton…. NFRC…. Yeah won’t go there… BIM is still very new overall and has its detractors but it’s still a real valuable tool…
-- Man I gotta cut back on the caffeine and M&M’s… I get too NFRC crazy.
To the LINKS we go…
-- Oil Prices to double by 2012? Article is here for your depression… meanwhile did you see the profits the Oil companies are reporting? Gas going up everyday… $4 nationally this summer and some reports about $10 gas… Uh isn’t that craziness? Seriously is every ambulance chaser in the US working on the Glass industry and none are available to take these folks on? Nice to see every politician is in the pocket of big oil. Good work guys.
-- If you have an extra 5 minutes… check out this incredible news video story from Utah on professional panhandlers… the girl they followed was making $50 per HOUR! Its unreal… now this is an area where NFRC could protect the public.. start certifying these people!
-- An NYT article on the recession diet… unless of course you’re a panhandler…
I am skipping the video of the week, but if you haven’t seen the videos on USGNN, check em out. It’s a great addition to the site and it really does add another great dimension.
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