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By Miodonski, Bob
Publication: Contractor
Date: Sunday, May 1 2005

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- Mechanical contractors are ideally situated to make a significant impact on the green building movement, said David Gottfried, founder of the U.S. Green Building Council.

"You are sitting at the essence of two of the essentials of green buildings--air and water," Gottfried told members of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America in early March during their annual convention here. "What hasn't happened yet is taking life-cycle issues and tying them back to you. We're not educated about these issues. That's why we don't embrace 'green' produ

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