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Ielmini Discusses how Mechanical Insulation Fights Climate change

Numerous studies have demonstrated that insulation is the most effective and cheapest approach to optimize energy efficiency in buildings. 

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Infrastructure Legislation Contains the INSULATE Buildings Act

While the Mechanical Insulators LMCT legislative advocacy has focused on mechanical insulation tax incentives included in the Build Back Better plan, the climate crisis demands we explore every opportunity to promote our work to save energy and reduce carbon emissions.

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Build Back Better Legislation Has Mechanical Insulation Incentives

Traditionally, Congress is not in session in August, as members of Congress are eager to depart the heat and humidity of the nation's capital to return to their home states and congressional districts.This year however, both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate were in session to approve important measures to advance both infrastructure legislation and the budget resolution that provides the legislative framework for President Biden's Build Back Better Plan. As a result of the work performed by...

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Ielmini discusses the importance of firestop safety measures

According to the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook, nearly six in 10 people killed in fires are not in the room where the fire originally started.

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Insulators’ Priorities for the 2022 Canadian Federal Budget

As the Government of Canada moves into the COVID-19 pandemic recovery phase, Insulators have prioritized advocacy toward investments in retrofitting Canadian buildings, as well as industrial and commercial facilities. These investments will help this growing sector meet the demand of government programs and advance Canada’s emission reduction targets. Buildings are estimated to account for approximately 17 percent of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).

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Ielmini discusses veterans in the trades on AWF Union Podcast

As the labor shortage in the building trades increases, the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers and the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management and Cooperative Trust encourage people of all backgrounds to seek a career in the trades.

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Ielmini promotes end-user training on AWF Union Podcast

The Mechanical Insulators LMCT is reaching out to end-users to educate them on the value of mechanical insulation.

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Canada and the U.S. - A Green New Relationship

Energy efficiency and mitigating climate change have become two underpinning priorities of the new relationship between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. As two leaders aligned on the need for a green recovery, climate change and clean growth is seen as common ground for Biden and Trudeau to rebuild the Canada-U.S. relationship, which was strained during President Donald Trump’s term.

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Mechanical Insulators LMCT analyze Texas storm damage

The value and effectiveness of mechanical insulation was put on full display in Texas, when anunprecedented winter storm caused pipes to freeze and burst, costing thousands of Texans tobe forced into preventable repairs.

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Mechanical Insulators LMCT discusses firestopping and smoke seal on labor podcast

Firestopping and smoke seal is one of the important trades that falls under the umbrella of the Insulators Union and, Mechanical Insulators LMCT Trustee Tom Dake II recently discussed firestopping and smoke seal on a national, labor-focused podcast.

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Find an LMCT Contractor

Our signatory contractors uphold a high standard of quality of work and pay for their employers to receive industry-leading instruction through a Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program. Discover the difference of trusting an LMCT contractor for your next project.

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The LMCT partners with the Insulators Union throughout the U.S. and Canada performing high quality work in the following industries:

Mechanical insulation, maintenance and new construction, industrial high temperature, pads and blankets, storage tanks and vessels, boilers, chillers, metal cladding/weather barriers, commercial heating and cooling, HVAC systems, vapor retarders and barriers, asbestos abatement, firestop and smokeseal, nuclear specialized applications, mechanical insulation evaluations, CUI programs, specialized insulations, highly trained workforce and safety trained to current standards.

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