Compiled by Meredith Beverstock

Following its announcement of a joint research project with the U.S. Green Building Council, the Mechanical Contracting Education & Research Foundation (MCERF) announced that it is funding two more research studies in 2008. The first study, New Technologies, Lessons, and Opportunities in European Green Building Approaches, will be led by Jerry Yudelson (PE, MS, MBA, LEED AP) of Yudelson Associates, Tucson, Ariz. This study will explore and present European green building technologies that are fully developed and available for use in the U.S.

The other project, From Journeymen to Foremen: Identifying Barriers To and Strategies for Motivating & Developing First Line Union Supervisors, is sponsored by a coalition of five building associations under the auspices of the MCA of Chicago.

For more information, visit: www.mcaa.org