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The Energy Conservatory
The trend toward energy efficiency continues in 2018, as contractors look to increase resale values while reducing costs. When looking ahead to this coming year and into the foreseeable future, the Energy Conservatory in Minneapolis sees two major trends that will affect the energy diagnostic industry.
In our latest blog, Two Trends to Watch Shape the Industry in 2018, we discuss two movements we see gaining traction in 2018 and improving the standards of energy efficiency ratings and enforcement.
Click READ MORE to see how these trends provide a way for customers to evaluate homes and buildings in a more concrete and identifiable manner.
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By Michael J. Berens
 Growing confidence in the strength of the U.S. economy and personal financial situations has consumers spending more. One of the areas where they are putting their money is into their homes. Whether for projects big or small, homeowners say they plan to spend more this year on repairs and improvements. Earlier forecasts had assumed expenditures on home improvement and remodeling would decrease somewhat in 2018 following several years of strong growth.
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American Expres OPEN Forum
Finding ways to reduce business expenses can be easy.
Finding ways to reduce business expenses without sacrificing quality is another thing entirely.
Fortunately, there are some strategies you can implement to help cut costs without cheapening your brand.
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Architect
Windows provide a host of benefits, from daylight, to views out, to natural ventilation. They also expose an otherwise solid building envelope to potentially significant energy losses and solar heat gain. Glazing aside, a quality window frame can improve a structure’s energy performance — particularly as commercial buildings increasingly resemble glass boxes. But what differentiates one window assembly from the next?
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For Construction Pros
Despite early reports of job growth in the U.S., the labor shortage is still a major issue in the construction industry — especially as commercial and residential projects continue to skyrocket through 2018. In fact, according to a recent spending forecast, sourcing and hiring labor has become the number one impediment to growth for most companies leading into the latter half of this year.
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Forbes
Great customer service has the potential to build customer engagement and loyalty by providing your business with a way to make an emotional connection with its customers. By accomplishing this, your company goes a long way toward rendering itself irreplaceable–a business for which any substitute is just that: an imitation, an also-ran.
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The Real Deal
Americans are ready to buy houses, but many of the houses just aren’t there.
A decade after the housing collapse, home construction per household is near its lowest level in 60 years, according to the Wall Street Journal. This is happening despite a fairly strong economy and a growing desire among millennials to start buying homes.
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USA Today
As a teenager working for his dad's construction business, Noah Ready-Campbell dreamed that robots could take over the dirty, tedious parts of his job, such as digging and leveling soil for building projects.
Now the former Google engineer is turning that dream into a reality with Built Robotics, a startup that's developing technology to allow bulldozers, excavators and other construction vehicles to operate themselves.
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