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The Outside View...
Builders Oppose Federal Oversight of State Building Code Process
from Nation's Building News
NAHB last week urged Congress to remove a provision in an energy bill that would create a new code-writing role for the U.S. Department of Energy for states that fail to achieve significant above-code benchmarks. Under current law, building codes must be approved and adopted at the state and local level. H.R. 3221 would establish mandatory benchmarks and give DOE oversight of state’s energy-efficiency construction codes... read more
Housing Market Worries Affect Renovations, Too
from billingsgazette.com
The nation's homeowners, expressing doubt about the market, are doing fewer fix-up projects. And they're holding the glitz. "The thrill is gone," said Bruce Forni, a Detroit-based researcher whose firm, TNS-NFO, this summer studied 2,900 homeowners for the Home Improvement Research Institute. "Fewer people are saying (they're remodeling) because they want the best house in the neighborhood"... read more
Home Depot Tests Out "Design Center"
from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Home Depot's newest retail laboratory debuts here Thursday, and it's a true hybrid of everything improvement giant has tried to date — plus a few new tricks... read more
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