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CONFERENCE 2010 - GREEN TRENDS
September 2010
Volume 74, Number 9
This Month: We take a closer look at the latest issues impacting our industry – from green building codes to foreign competition to the progress being made by the Fire Door Inspection initiative. Is your company prepared for these changes on our horizon?
Potential Game Changers in Green Building
By Dr. Jim Bowyer, et al.
This report examines a rapidly developing trend toward inclusion
of green standards in code requirements.
Bidding Wood Doors on Environmental Projects
By Stephen Farley, CSI, CDT, LEED GA
New environmental standards have brought tremendous change to the
commercial construction industry, resulting in significant
challenges being added to the manufacturing and
distribution of wood doors.
Foreign Competition Report for the U.S. Building Products Industry
By Mike Collins
Find out to what extent our industry is feeling pressure from or losing market share to
foreign competitors.
If It Latches, It Passes
By Jess Madden
Gone are the days of code enforcement assumptions that if fire doors or doors of
egress within commercial buildings simply close and latch, then they pass the test of safety and security!
• About Doors & Hardware magazine
DHI accepts photo submissions for the covers of Doors & Hardware magazine. If you would like to submit a photo, contribute an article or suggest topics for future articles, please submit your contact information to Jesse Madden, Managing Editor, Doors and Hardware, 14150 Newbrook Dr., Ste. 200, Chantilly, VA 20151 (703/222-2010, Fax: 703/222-2410) or E-mail: Jesse Madden