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Electricity: Saving by Submetering

a surcharge added – but, even so, “The people who use too much energy are being subsidized by the rest

What You Use Is What You Pay UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Jennifer V. Hughes on November 01, 2007

Master-metered? The people in your building who use too much energy are being subsidized ... that a majority of voting shareholders have to want it. That means if there are 1,000 units and just 20 vote, only

At the Doors UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Renee Serlin on November 01, 2007

. Being a good doorman involves a lot more than simply opening and closing doors. Ask Sixto Mendez. Just

The Co-op/Condo Report 2007 UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article on November 01, 2007

for maintaining and enhancing their asset.” Without it, he says, a board is just “shooting in the dark” when

Tanks for Nothing UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Renee Serlin on November 01, 2007

at the test station. If it’s going faster, it could be producing too much foam, which expands the volume

The Wall Redux UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Tom Soter on November 01, 2007

on the wall itself were finally complete. “It is breathtaking,” says Jerry Fingerhut, the treasurer (now

A Question of Confidentiality UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Robert Tierman on November 01, 2007

, it just may not be practical to enhance confidentiality much beyond today’s usual and customary practices. ... how the shareholder voted as well as whether they voted at all? We just finished a meeting where I

Is the Sky Falling? UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Frank Lovece on October 01, 2007

. It’s a staple of science fiction: the domed city, protected from the elements and, depending

No More Do-It-Yourself UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Bill Morris on October 01, 2007

decision. The stakes were too high. To understand just how high they were, it’s necessary to know a bit ... No More Do-It-Yourself

Across the Great Divide UNABRIDGED

Magazine Article by Tom Soter on October 01, 2007

not that they don’t want to – it’s that they just don’t understand.” But the board – which includes an Englishman

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