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Taunton Press Unleashes 6 hours of Mark!

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Taunton Press has teamed up with Mark and Building Knowledge to distribute their comprehensive guide to high-performance green building science principles. Here's how Fine Homebuilding described their product. Frankly we could not say it better! ---

"Designed for builders, architects, and remodelers, this DVD-ROM shows you how to use the latest tools and techniques of building science to construct comfortable, energy-efficient homes.

Building-science pioneer and world-renowned educator Mark LaLiberte demonstrates a wide range of cutting-edge procedures that are breaking new ground in the evolving world of green building.

With installation videos, special animation, close-up photos, and step-by-step instructions, he gives you six hours of interactive content that will help you design and build the home of the future -- today.

LaLiberte takes you through every step of the process, from choosing the site and building the foundation to heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical systems. Plus there's an entire section dedicated to remodeling. And it's all designed to help you use green strategies to make every aspect of a home perform more efficiently for years to come.

Ideal for supervisors, foremen, and subcontractors, this hands-on reference delivers clear, specific practical information you can use every day on the job. It even includes printable construction drawings, checklists and work forms for on-site use.

With his entertaining style and contagious enthusiasm, Mark LaLiberte will keep you focused from start to finish, while providing lots of new insights you can put to work immediately."

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Sneak Preview-- New Economy Home

Some very exciting news: Mark has teamed up with Marianne Cusato reknowned creator of the Katrina Cottage along with housing affordability expert Fernando Pages Ruiz to include proven building science guidelines with Cusato's forthcoming plans for the New Economy Home. We will keep you posted as plans get finalized in the weeks ahead.

In the meantime here's an informative introduction on the Hanley Wood website Builderonline; click here to read the article

Building Science Builds Award Winning Business

Each year LBM Journal recognizes three companies of different sizes to acknowledge outstanding performance with their annual entrepreneur of the year awards. This year one of Mark’s clients, Parr Lumber of Oregon, has won that honor. Parr Lumber has spent considerable time in the past few years reorganizing and adapting systems to better meet its customers’ needs.

Beginning in 1996 individual store locations were integrated into a single cohesive organization to create supply side efficiencies and a focus on the fundamentals of good material supply. After realizing initial economies of scale, Parr Lumber began to develop strategic marketing services to support their builder customers' success. This unique approach for adding value led to deeper partnership with customers through an initiative called Plant-Based Housing.

By building walls, trusses, and envelope assemblies in a controlled factory environment Parr Lumber was able to increase quality assurance and minimize waste, passing those benefits on to customers. A natural outgrowth of this initiative was to address the technical challenges of ensuring best practices, once adopted, were continued and maintained in the field. Through a partnership with Building Knowledge and under the direction of Mark Laliberte, Parr Lumber launched “Parr High Performance System”.

Introduced in January 2008 the system consists of four key elements: sealing the home against air and moisture; retaining all HVAC duct work in the conditioned air space; using advance framing techniques; and testing the home’s improved efficiency after construction. Builders who use "Parr High Performance System" are able to quickly align themselves with good building science, a better economic value proposition, and homeowner’s demand for green building.

Parr continues to extend their commitment to best practices by identifying environmentally friendly products in a program called “Get Real" that provides detailed information via a website as well as in stores . Under Mark's guidance, Parr Lumber has focused on simplifying the green building concept for builders to make it easy to understand, reliable to build, and a strategic advantage for builders and homeowners alike.

Congratulations to Parr Lumber for applying innovative thinking to create new opportunity in a sluggish market. To read the complete article in LBM Journal click here.