Bob Mader
@bobmader
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Journalist focused on water and energy conservation. Editor of Plumbing Engineer magazine. #Contractors #Engineers #Plumbing #HVAC. Tweets/opinions are mine
Chicago
Joined February 2009
If our customers decide they would rather buy residential home services from a referral service or through an app, we will lose control of our customers and our markets. Locking in your customers will become a matter of survival. M… https://t.co/fRcauvYE1v
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Something I hadn’t heard before — there are so many new strains that epidemiologists are naming them after birds, like Robin or Pelican. Poop Could Be Our New Secret Weapon Against Mutant COVID Strains https://t.co/VPQKGTsTXh via @vicenews
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There’s a golden opportunity to track deadly new variants of the virus in the sewers.
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This is one of the best summations of a spectacular sci-fi show. @ExpanseOnPrime @TheExpanseWR “The Expanse" shows the dangers of treating extremism as a joke | https://t.co/7S62JSqF7K
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His answer is mostly yes. One of the many reasons why this is my favorite show. @TheExpanseGeeks We asked a Bay Area astrophysicist if Amazon's sci-fi hit 'The Expanse' is realistic
sfgate.com
"TV shows like 'Star Trek' and sets of movies like 'Star Wars' didn’t really try to pay...
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"Initial findings showed that 73% of mechanical, electrical and plumbing components observed failed to conform with the developers’ drawings.” The Downside to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks
nytimes.com
432 Park, one of the wealthiest addresses in the world, faces some significant design problems, and other luxury high-rises may share its fate.
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This can be a really restorative 20 minutes for everybody. Check out the level of detail. Zoom in on these pictures to find the wooden matches next to the fireplace, the box of Mr. Bubble in the bathroom, glasses on a table on the deck. Amazing
My mom and step-dad have spent the better part of quarantine building what they call their "Mini Modern House." It is, quite literally, a miniature marvel, and the world needs to see it. Fully built and designed from scratch, the MMH comes with... +Functioning electricity
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In our January #PlumbingEngineer issue, Columnist Ron George continues his discussion of significant IPC code changes. Here's what you should know about #plumbing fixture traps, roof #drain performance, manholes and more: https://t.co/LsG2Gwg8xw
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Shenanigans by the National Association of Home Builders threaten to weaken energy provisions in ICC's residential code. What Will Happen to Your Next Home if Builders Get Their Way?
nytimes.com
A lobby is trying to block codes that save homeowners money and fight climate change.
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There are many things that make @ExpanseOnPrime special and @SAghdashloo is definitely one of them.
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Kohler once again confirms my belief that you can spend any amount of money you want on plumbing. #CES #plumbing @Kohler
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No, it can’t. 20th Amendment, Section 1, “The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January ...”
Peter Navarro says Pence has the authority to give them a ten day window and also says the inauguration date can be rescheduled
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A call for an international working group to create net zero HVAC. What the Biden administration can learn about fighting climate change from the global effort to protect the ozone layer.
slate.com
Tackling the HVAC sector is essential to fighting climate change—and can also create jobs and improve people’s health.
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Thank you to the #PHCP community for continuing to push our essential industry forward throughout 2020. Before heading into 2021, we'd like to give one final round of applause for our Contractor, Engineer, and Person of the Year honorees. #HappyNewYear! https://t.co/xxpPedEX5n
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I guess they had to jack up the price to account for the cocaine and diamonds embedded in these lobster tails. Not surprisingly, nobody was buying them.
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“It was a regulatory solution in search of a problem — a problem that doesn’t really exist,” says PMI's Kerry Stackpole. Trump’s big policy win: Stronger showers, faster dishwashers. It’s something almost no one asked for.
washingtonpost.com
The president won’t get his southern border wall finished before he leaves office, but his push to deregulate common household appliances remains a puzzling policy success.
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Killer dance moves? Boston Dynamics robots take over the dance floor in latest video https://t.co/Jfi50tdSrZ via @Verge
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Watch this video a couple times and your blood pressure will go down
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