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The Bridgeford

faucet completes a

traditionally styled

kitchen without

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sacrificing 21st

century performance.

Old-world detailing

is perfected on the

Bridgeford kitchen

faucet bringing

modern functionality

to a Victorian-styled

kitchen. The faucet

is available in oil

rubbed bronze,

brushed nickel and

Starlight* chrome.

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Plumbing Supply Company

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1977 E. West Maple Road • Walled Lake, MI 48390

248.669.7474

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Do you know someone who it 95 years or older?
We want to honor them!

To include them in our list of honorees:
Visit jewishdetroit.org/olderadults and submit an
honoree form electronically, or download a
printable version and mail it to:

Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit
6735 Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301
Attn: Pat Mayer
or fax to 248.645.7879.

For more information, contact Pat Mayer
at 248.203.1519 or mayer@jfmd.org .

Partnership of agencies providing programs and services for Jewish older adults:

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February 17 2011

Robert Mettler is director of Green

Brokerage at Armada Real Estate

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Services in West Bloomfield and a LEED

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On The Homefront
Homeowners are another group
interested in energy savings,
water conservation, reuse of
existing building materials
and eco-living. Homes in Ann
Arbor, Bloomfield Hills, western
Michigan and elsewhere have
earned LEED certification. As
prices for these certifications
continue to drop, more and more
homeowners will follow in the
footsteps of these early adopters.
Even Habitat for Humanity sees
the value of LEED homes and has
embarked on local projects to earn
this designation for their home-
owners.
While some private developers
and building owners have seen the
value of constructing new LEED
buildings, recently the greater
emphasis has been obtaining LEED
certification with retrofits to exist-
ing buildings that conserve energy
and save money for their owners.
With all the older, outdated,
obsolete, inefficient, poorly oper-
ated and maintained buildings in
the area, there is no shortage of
inventory that could be updated
through this program and desig-
nation.
These retrofits could be the
beginning of a true renaissance for
the entire area as a whole with the
creation of not just healthier, bet-
ter functioning buildings but job
creation for the "new economy."
As with many others involved
in the green building movement,
the best days for Metro Detroit re-
building itself into a more sustain-
able, world-class city are ahead. II

Go to www.greenagentman.com
for more information.

*Generously sponsored by the
family of Bessie Spector

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operating costs, support the local
economy and be leaders in envi-
ronmental stewardship, have begun
to build and retrofit their buildings
with this designation in mind.
More and more local municipal
projects will be striving to achieve
LEED designations in the future as
both the state and federal govern-
ment strongly support these goals.

AP with Newman Consulting Group in

Bloomfield Hills. He can be reached at

bmattler@armadarealestate.com or
(248) 855-1221.

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