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Building owners have a continual challenge of being able to maintain their buildings. From government agencies with numerous facilities to individuals or groups of people with only one building, the need to be on the cutting edge of the latest technologies for energy conservation while maintaining a quality indoor environment is essential.

Sustainable, highperformance buildings are at the fore front of new construction. Unfortunately, for the end use facility maintenance person, keeping up with the latest and greatest ideas for high performance buildings can present new challenges.
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BUILDINGS NEWS  
Commerce CRG Headquarters Will Move To Downtown Salt Lake
Commerce CRG, a Utah based commercial real estate firm, with five Utah offices, a Las Vegas office and active real estate involvement throughout the Intermountain West, will be moving to downtown Salt Lake City this fall.
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Earl Holding pitches new downtown Salt Lake City convention center
Instead of bringing a brand-new hotel to the Salt Palace, a proposed land deal would bring a brand-new convention center to the hotels. Earl Holding, owner of the Grand America and Little America hotels, has offered land at 500 South and Main for a new convention hub
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Does Your Roof Need to Be White to Save Energy?
Recently, the U.S. Secretary of Energy encouraged Americans to paint their roofs white, in an effort to reduce global warming by both conserving energy and reflecting sunlight back into space.
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Detergent Maker Leases 410,000 SF in Salt Lake City
Sun Product Corp., a detergent and laundry care products manufacturer, signed a 10-year deal to occupy the entire Phase II building of Westport Distribution Center in Salt Lake City.
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Aquatherm Announces Environmental Responsibility Brochure
Aquatherm, Inc. announced the release of its new "Aquatherm and Environmental Responsibility" brochure. Aquatherm first introduced polypropylene to piping applications in the early 1970s, and could be considered the original green piping option.
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City Creek is rising on schedule despite the economy
Each day, the steel framework seems to rise higher out of the ground, as construction workers, dressed in orange vests and hard hats, scurry back and forth
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Walmart to Improve Access for People With Disabilities
On January 16, 2009, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., entered into a settlement agreement with the Department to improve access for people with disabilities at Walmart stores nationwide, including Supercenters, Sam's Clubs, and Neighborhood Markets.
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SPECIAL FEATURES  
JAN-PRO Celebrates Top Ranking for Second Year
JAN-PRO of Utah, can now claim to be part of the "#1 Fastest Growing Franchise" in the world today according to Entrepreneur Magazine. In their 30th annual ranking of the top 500 franchises,
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Big-D Construction Ranks Among Largest in Nation
Big-D Construction Corporation has been ranked among the top 400 contractors in the nation by Engineering News Record (ENR) Magazine earlier this month.
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When it Rains, it Drains; Pervious Concrete Puts Storm Water Back in the Ground
Several Utah government entities and Staker Parson Companies are teaming to bring a new and innovative concrete pavement technology to the Utah marketplace. Pervious concrete pavement is a durable
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What is Green Cleaning and Why Should You Care?
It is said that people spend more than 90 percent of their time indoors. Much of that time, for many of us, is spent in an office environment. The quality of that indoor office environment has a dramatic impact on our health
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July 22, 2009
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