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Week of July 19, 2004

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President's Message

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Housing Politics

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* NAHB Enters Election Season With 10-Point Housing Platform
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Housing and Economics

* Housing Market Index Finds Builders Remain Upbeat in July

Housing Finance

* Builders Advocate Stronger Housing Goals for Fannie and Freddie

Small Builders and Remodelers

* Remodelers and Custom Builders Ought to Get Together

Seniors Housing

* Universal Design: A Winner-Takes-All 'Experience'
* Pitfalls to Avoid When Planning an Active Adult Community
* 20 Club Forming for Seniors Housing

Design

* Vanilla Not a Favorite Flavor of Generation X Home Buyers
* Best in American Living Award Deadline Extended

Environment

* NAHB Members Urged to Act Now to Preserve Habitat Conservation Program
* Waiting for Decision on Beach Mouse Plan a Hardship for Small Alabama Builder
* Eco-Terrorists Intensifying No-Growth Battles in California

Green Building

* Solar Photovoltaic System Built on Rooftop of Brooklyn Rectory

State and Local

* Mississippi Circuit Court Knocks Down Local Impact Fee Ordinance

Building Systems

* New York Agrees to Test Third-Party Modular Approvals

Sales and Marketing

* What’s in a Name? Plenty — If It's Followed by ‘MIRM’

Building Products

* Bendable Vinyl Coil Has Come of Age

Builder's Engineer

* The Boss With the Swiss Cheese Desk

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Solar Photovoltaic System Built on Rooftop of Brooklyn Rectory

St. Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn is one of the first religious institutions in New York to invest in green home building technologies that harvest electricity from the sun.

The church installed a 2.7-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system on the rooftop of its rectory. The system is comprised of 16 photovoltaic modules, which convert solar energy into electricity with no moving parts.

Among the benefits that will be provided by the system are no noise from its operation, pollution-free electrical generation and the satisfaction of harnessing energy that is completely free, renewable and abundant, according to the project’s proponents.


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The solar electric system will reduce the church’s monthly energy bills and prevent up to 56 tons of carbon dioxide emissions over a 25-year period.

A free energy workshop conducted to mark completion of the project was attended by experts in solar energy from eDesign Dynamics, Duce Construction, Solar Energy Systems, NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) and BASIC (Big Apple Solar Installation Commitment).

For more information, e-mail Dr. Franco Montalto at eDesign Dynamics or call him at 201-453-9300.


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