When it comes to energy retrofits, building science is key. But the business aspects are equally important.
Tax incentives make home-performance contracting look attractive, but diversification is not necessarily a magic bullet for your business.
To improve energy performance of its projects, Byggmeister Associates, in Newton, Mass., conducts a blower-door test to determine airtightness.
When a cash bonus is off the table because the company isnít meeting its numbers, a “bonus by whimsy” can be a powerful tool for motivating and cheering field staff.
Five years ago, an audience of luxury kitchen and bath designers nearly revolted when the keynote speaker at an industry event drew cautious aim. In a speech that touched on matters ranging from the poverty outside their windows to the environmental side effects of the construction boom to the imminent U.S. invasion of Iraq, he gently compared them to the first-class passengers on the Titanic drinking champagne while conveniently ignoring the people packed into steerage below and the risk of catastrophe ahead.
