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Chicago Holiday Inn Mart Plaza LEED Gold image by Barry

Sounds Like “Lead” Not “Lead[2]” & It’s Spelled L.E.E.D.

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LEED, and printed like that, sounds like “Lead” and stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It makes for a pretty catchy acronym. To quote the website usgbc.org: “LEED (as in the program) provides building owners and operators with a framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions.“ [...]
How to Clean a Brick Patio video capture with Tim Carter Ask the Builder

Building Moxie Interviews Tim Carter of Ask the Builder

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When we had our night on the town at the Remodeling Show in Chicago, we were fortunate enough to have Tim Carter from AsktheBuilder.com join us. And . . . as one thing seems to lead to another, and when he says -- "Ask the Builder," well, we did. Here is an interview with Tim. [ . . ]
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LGI Homes :: The New Housing Reality – A Builders Perspective

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So we all (builders, buyers and enthusiasts alike) enter into 2012 looking for the new reality, the “new normal.” What it will be is anyone’s guess, but as a home builder we hope that it represents a re-acknowledgement of some fundamental concepts that once seemed forgotten: that buyers—at heart—just want safe, attractive and affordable places to live. [ . . . ]
the Dream2O Showroom Luxe Home

Faucet Heaven, aka . . . Giving Thanks for Friends @Brizo & @DeltaFaucet

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One such opportunity came while we were in Chicago last month for, well, the Remodeling Show. We were fortunate enough to visit Delta/Brizo's state-of-the-art Dream2O Showroom at Luxe Home in the Merchandise Mart … or just “the Mart” as the locals call it. (And if you have never been . . . this place, the Merchandise Mart, is a story in itself.) [ . . . ]
J Gibson Mcilvain Company Wholesale Lumber

Building Moxie with Shannon Rogers @McIlvainLumber

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Now, while I am a super big fan of wood, in fact -- I love it, I can’t claim really to know all that much about it. Or at least this is how I felt after walking the yard with Shannon Rogers. Shannon, you see, is not only McIlvain's Director of Marketing, he is also a furniture maker, an instructor and, well, a blogger. And quite a prolific one at that. (I reprinted one of his articles here in early October.) [ . . . ]
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