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Industry Leading Trade Shows to be Held at Same Time in Las Vegas

February 11, 2022

In a boon for members of the design, construction, and home improvement industry, three of the leading trade shows will take place at the same time in 2023 — Design & Construction Week's NAHB IBS, NKBA KBIS, and the National Hardware Show.

Robust Turnout at 2022 IBS Signals Strength of Home Building Industry

February 10, 2022

More than 45,000 home building professionals filled the exhibit halls of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando as the National Association of Home Builders hosted the NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS), Feb. 8-10.

Johnson Controls Executives Analyze Critical Importance of Decarbonization and Indoor Air Quality at 2022 AHR Expo

February 10, 2022

Citing a Forrester Consulting Group study, executives state that slashing carbon emissions from buildings is key to tackling climate change.

Armstrong Reaches Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goal

February 8, 2022

Armstrong helps customers reduce energy use by over 2.5 billion kwh, avoiding 2 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions, representing over $300 million in savings.

Alternative Energy

The Arc of Incandescent Light

Hey man, that’s for my lizard!

February 7, 2022

Max Rohr

The life of the incandescent bulb has been turbulent. However, the end of the road may be in sight: The LED bulb is here to stay.

Geothermal HVAC

Infrastructure Upgrades Are Balancing Our Energy Budget

Thermal energy networks can eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and improve community and public health challenges.

February 7, 2022

Jay Egg and Kristy Egg

Healthier communities that stopped burning fossil fuels and no longer emit greenhouse gases are a result of thermal energy networks.

The Future is Now

Clean Tech Solutions We’re Ramping Up Fast

Like virtually every technical challenge in human history, we have already developed ingenious technical solutions to deal with climate change.

February 7, 2022

BF Nagy

Professionals working in the built environment have a key role to play in laying the groundwork for new ways to approach energy and water use in buildings that allow them to exist in harmony with nature, rather than as environmentally damaging blights on the planet’s surface.

Geothermal HVAC

Plumbers Protect Our Health and Pipe Our Thermal Energy

Sustainable thermal energy networks can reduce peak electrical consumption in the summer and eliminate electrical spikes in the winter.

February 7, 2022

Jay Egg

Properly implemented, these thermal energy networks will fill our city centers with sustainable energy solutions that will reduce peak electrical consumption dramatically in the summertime and eliminate electrical spikes in the wintertime.