Certainteed Press Releases
The 3 C’s for Home Builders
Welcome to the Kleber & Associates blog! Here’s the latest on The 3 C’s for Homebuilder Marketing. Gale Steves, author of the recently-published book “Right Sizing Your Home,” sat down with K&A to discuss how home builders have been marketing their homes...
K/BIS 2010 Report
Though smaller in size and attendance than some years past, K/BIS 2010 – in my humble opinion – had a more positive and optimistic vibe despite the numbers. A smaller footprint and more compact booths gave the illusion of better traffic. Nielsen Expositions, the firm...
How we celebrated Earth Day 2010
K&A Green Team on Earth Day As millions of people around the globe recognized Earth Day yesterday, so too did our K&A Green Team. Some of the K&A staff along with our friends at Nichiha disconnected from the grid for a while to help out at a local park. We...
Where Health and Sustainability Meet
K&A's trip to the GREENGUARD offices The “green movement” as we think of it today has gone through a considerable amount of changes since Rachel Carson’s landscape changing book Silent Spring and the legislative fervor of the 1970s. But somewhere between Teddy...
Who to See at K/BIS: My Great 8
I look forward to the annual Kitchen and Bath Industry Show every year, anxious to see which trends and products will prevail. As homeowners continue to remodel and upgrade, they'll focus on the two most-used rooms of the home: the kitchen and the bathroom. Because of...
Keep An Eye Out For PACE
Property-Assessed Clean Energy programs, commonly referred to as PACE, are poised for major growth as more municipalities consider legislation that would allow homeowners this new way to pay for energy efficient retrofits. Here’s how it works. A local government...
K/BIS Trend Watch: Kitchen & Bath’s Top 10
The kitchen and bathroom are the two most-used rooms in your home, so shouldn’t they be first in line for a face lift? A common misconception is that these remodels have to cost a fortune. However, many kitchens and baths already have great elements and can be...
Bathroom Design & Product Trends from idéobain 2010 – Our Report from Paris
idéobain 2010 just wrapped up, and if its traffic and interest is any indication, 2010 will be a much better year for the Kitchen and Bath industry in France, if not Northern Europe as a whole. This leading bathroom trade show occurs every other year in Paris, drawing...
Cool Ways to Save Water
Welcome to the Kleber & Associates blog! Here’s the latest on Cool Ways to Save Water Modern appliances and futuristic home goods offer an interactive and precise user experience that promises to be both efficient and mind blowing. Despite recent trends that put a...
A View from SURFACES … If you couldn't be there
Surfaces Expo continues to exhibit a broad view of flooring trends, flooring technology advancements and refreshing flooring ideas. This year the industry rallied, with traffic up approximately 15% over last year. Perhaps we are beginning to see, ever so slightly,...