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The Outside View...
LEED for Homes Public Comment Period Closes Friday
from U.S. Green Building Council
USGBC invites the public to comment on the draft LEED for Homes Rating System, which is currently in pilot testing. LEED for Homes was developed to meet the unique needs of the residential market single family and multi-family homes, affordable housing and market rate projects. It addresses aspects of residential building such as locations, sites, homeowner awareness, energy and water concerns. Any member of the public can comment on the draft rating system. The public comment period has been open since June 13 and closes Saturday, July 14, at midnight Pacific Standard Time... read more
Remodeling Lead Rule Would Leave Children Unprotected
from Nation's Building News
NAHB is calling for the Environmental Protection Agency to clean up ambiguities in its recently published supplement to the proposed rules for remodeling and renovation activities in homes where there may be lead-based paint.
The agency now wants to include “child-occupied facilities” in the proposed rule, an addition NAHB wholeheartedly supports “because their inclusion will capture additional sources of lead contamination,” NAHB Staff Vice President for Environmental and Labor Policy Susan Asmus said in a 19-page comment letter to EPA... read more
Correlation Between Customer Satisfaction and Profitability
from GuildQuality
GuildQuality collects a LOT of customer feedback. Lately, we’ve been interviewing around a hundred homeowners a day about their experience with one of our builders, remodelers or real estate developers.
Given the importance of the building profession, I was pleased to see a significant trend emerge from a research project we’ve been working on. With the help of 15 remodelers and Remodelers Advantage, we’ve been able to make some judgments about the correlation between customer satisfaction and profitability... read more
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