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AWDI
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded AWDI a renewal of their TLC Certification Mark Serial No. 86374791). TLC Service stands for Total Lead Compliance Service and was created by AWDI to brand the often maligned and fear inducing required Lead Containment in a positive light. Capitalizing on the well know phrase: "TLC" (Tender Loving Care), TLC Service instills confidence in the customer that their home will be treated with "TLC" rather than the of hazmat suited workers descending on their home to save their children. AWDI offers presentation materials and brochures as well as brand identity examples for contractors.
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The USGlass News Network
A global construction boom and a growing emphasis on "green" building technologies will create strong opportunities for U.S. building products exporters, including manufacturers of glass, doors and windows.
That's according to the 2015 Top Markets Report for Building Products and Sustainable Construction from the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration, which was released recently.
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The Detroit News
Realtors often say that a house with curb appeal sells itself. That's because a house that looks like a present ready to be opened is both enticing and entrancing. The starting point, and the focal point, is the front door. And rather than featuring the same old expected hues, today's front doors look more welcoming and fresh when painted a bright, vibrant color.
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By Hank Boyer
 Try this right now: Open up a Web browser and Google your name. Finished? What appears about you is what customers, employers, recruiters and prospects will see. It's your brand. Recruiters and employers are discovering people on social media they'd like to employ, while prospects and customers are discovering people on social media who can solve their problems. So, based on what appears, are you a credible brand that inspires trust?
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Lowell Sun
Researchers at Harvard University are forecasting gains in national home improvement spending to increase as the calendar flips to 2016.
According to the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, home improvement spending is expected to total $151.1 billion nationwide in the current quarter, a 3.5 percent gain from the same quarter a year ago.
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Glass Magazine
The market for materials used in smart windows will grow to around $760 billion by 2020, according to the new report "Smart Windows Materials Markets: 2015-2022" from industry analyst firm n-tech Research. The report covers materials based on electrochromics, thermochromics, photochromics, electrophoretics, SPD, PDLC, hydrogels and microblinds. The report also discusses opportunities in film and glass substrates used for smart windows.
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The Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
U.S. builders broke ground on apartment complexes last month at the fastest pace in nearly 28 years, as developers anticipate that recent jobs gains will launch a wave of renters.
The Commerce Department said recently that housing starts in June climbed 9.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.17 million homes. All of that growth came from a 28.6 percent surge in multifamily housing that put apartment construction at its highest rate since November 1987. Starts for single-family houses slipped 0.9 percent last month.
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