Standalone home offices increase in popularity

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2013FW YS MakeSmRoom2Ever been trapped on a crowded freeway at rush hour and wish you could have walked to work? Well, that’s exactly what happened to Mark Welker. A recruiter for a major insurance company, Welker grew weary of the nearly one-hour drive into Portland from his home in Canby.

In hot water

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2013FW YS NWNatural1Herb Heagh-Arvitt was committed to finding an energy efficient solution for heating water, but his electric heat pump water heater was not doing the trick. He hit the ceiling when his system took nearly all day to recover enough hot water for his guests to get a shower.