GREEN
MECHANICAL
CONTRACTOR
SPRING 2009
EDITORIAL OFFICES:
330 North Wabash Ave., Suite 2300
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EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS STAFF
Publisher
Dan Ashenden
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Editor-in-Chief
Robert P. Mader
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Associate Editor
Candace Roulo
312/840-8484
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Senior Production Editor
Steve Spaulding
312/840-8492
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Guest Columnists
Dave Kruse, Tom Meyer, Dave Viola
Art Direction
Cavedweller Studio
Assistant to Publisher
Jennifer Lugiai
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Production Director
Vince Potochar
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Production Manager
Chris MacAdam
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Reprints
Joel Kirk
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ON THE COVER
12 PORTSMOUTH ABBEY
SPECIAL TO GREEN
MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR
Rhode Island
Benedictine prep
school was green
before green was
in vogue and gets
greener every year.
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2 FROM THE PUBLISHER
4 FROM THE EDITOR
7 TAPPING LIQUID SUNSHINE
BY DAVE YATES
I’ve installed solar thermal on
my own home. Here’s what
I learned along the way.
10 HOT, FLAT AND CROWDED
BY DAVE KRUSE
omas Friedman’s book convinced
me that America must regain
its environmental leadership.
16 REDUCING WATER WASTE
BY DAVE VIOLA
At least 36 states foresee water
shortages by 2013. Here’s
what we can do about it.
19 HABITAT GOES SOLAR
BY KRISTINE SOBCZAK
Milwaukee’s Habitat for Humanity
installed solar on 11 homes, saving
money for those who need it most.
23 FINDING HIS NICHE
BY LISA MURTON BEETS
California contractor Bruce
Sherwood moves from his rst love,
plumbing, to his passion, solar.
26 THE LANGUAGE OF GREEN
BY TOM MEYER
What’s a charrette? A brown eld?
You have to know the lingo to
navigate through the green world.
28 GREEN PRODUCT SHOWCASE
BY STEVE SPAULDING
e latest in water heating, solar,
modulating condensing boilers,
