Several criteria are included in each new contractor classification, such as the tracking of warranty registrations for each system a contractor purchases, as well as five performance indicators: marketing, training, service, sales, and customer satisfaction.

McCrory congratulated 420 Brady associates for contributing to North Carolina’s economy, saving money for the taxpayers, and improving the internal and external environments by providing more energy-efficient equipment for schools, colleges, universities, state and local government facilities, and the private sector.

The global study positions the U.S. as a strong participant in the global green movement. Responses from more than 1,000 building professionals from 60 countries place the U.S. green industry in context. 

Aside from the obvious attraction to products, attendees had the opportunity to choose from more than 120 educational sessions covering building science, performance systems, business management and operations, design, land development and community planning, financing strategies, market forecasts, legal advice, sales marketing and customer focus, custom building and remodeling, and multifamily dwellings.

Cleaver-Brooks Inc. has acquired Camus Hydronics Ltd., a Toronto-based company that designs and manufactures condensing hydronic boilers and heaters for commercial, institutional, large residential, and light industrial markets.