Story Index

Form and Function

It’s time for Wisconsin’s construction industry to hear the green calling.

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Work in Progress

Campus gone green: Kerry Americas’ headquarters incorporates sustainability solutions

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Peer Review

Tom Cox sees the light as leader of the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance.

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Industry Pulse

Dotted Line, On the Horizon, Giving Back, Branching Out, Milestones, Best of the Web, Your Honor

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The A List

Electricians and plumbers that stood out in 2007

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Coming together for Top Projects

More than 450 architects, contractors, engineers and project owners came together for The Daily Reporter Publishing Co.’s ninth annual Top Projects award ceremony April 29 at the Milwaukee Marriott West.

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Burning Questions

Chellee Siewert, the new executive director of the Metropolitan Builders Association, submits to a round of questions.

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Off the Clock

Doug Nelson of Ruekert/Mielke spends volunteer time in environmental education.

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Construction Corner

Chris Rozof, of Berghammer Construction Corp., explains the challenges with implementing sustainable construction in Wisconsin.

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Building up benefits before expertise

Proclamations of greenness litter the construction industry. So what can contractors do to stand out? Caley Meals uses the work of mechanical engineering firm Badger State Inc. to illustrate how Wisconsin’s building community should sell itself in an increasingly eco-conscious climate.

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A Sustainable Solution

The world wants to be green and buildings represent 40 percent of the nation’s energy use. But a looming labor shortage stands in the way of the construction industry’s possible economic prosperity. Wisconsin Builder investigates why the potential for green building can attract a new generation of workers.

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Etc.

A sustainable-energy convention, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design statistics and more in this month’s Etc.

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Earth Works

Janine Anderson looks at lighting fixtures that are lighting a new path toward energy-efficiency.

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Setting the Foundation

Melissa Rigney Baxter discovers how persistence led Wisconsin to be a leader in construction and demolition recycling.

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