Home-improvement radio host Tom Kraeutler
presented his 2008 Money Pit “Voice of the Consumer Report” to members of the
Plumbing Manufacturers Institute Oct. 7 during the group’s fall meeting in
Arlington, Va.
Home-improvement radio host Tom Kraeutler told
Plumbing Manufacturers Institute members at their fall meeting that “Consumers
are not comfortable with low-flow anything; You have to work on perception.”
The economy being what it is, “Maximize Your
Sales and Marketing Skills” was a particularly timely theme for Quality Service
Contractors’ Power Meeting XXIX, held July 31-Aug. 2 in Milwaukee.
About 2,100 United Association teachers and trainers
gathered Aug. 9-15 in Ann Arbor, Mich., for UA’s 55th annual Instructor
Training Program, covering such topics as green
awareness certification, CAD for piping trades, public speaking, and recruiting and promotion in mass media.
Members of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute discovered at their spring meeting that this whole green building thing might be more complicated than advertised.
Members of the Plumbing Manufacturers
Institute discovered at their spring meeting that this whole green building
thing might be more complicated than advertised.
“Green Mechanical Systems, Awareness of
Fundamental and Emerging Green Technologies” covers topics such as
energy efficiency, energy management, alternative energy, HVAC systems, solar
systems and plumbing.
Quality Service Contractors learned how to create a sustainable future
for their companies that has nothing to do with the environment or green
building craze.
