According to the updated study’s data, multi-family and single family starts are expected to experience a slightly better increase than what was initially thought. Residential improvement expenditures are expected to see a similar shift. As of mid-year, residential skylights are tracking at a growth rate slightly higher than the 2011 volume. Nonresidential construction declined slightly in 2011 and is forecasted to continue to remain slow through 2012.

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Building on a successful 2010 effort to help the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) create the “greenest office building” in the nation, Wausau Window and Wall Systems returned to contribute to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) Research Support Facility (RSF) planned expansion.

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