Roy Domangue’s latest project  ”Going Up, Going Green” has gotten a lot of positive feedback from it’s attendees.  We would like to thank Roy for his hard work and dedication for truly making a difference in the lives, families and businesses in our state, there is no way to measure its impact.  Roy has taken the lead in improving our industry with his time, effort, ability, knowledge and money.

The email below is from a builder who attended the tour last Thursday at the Going Up Going Green project in Gonzales.  This man’s views express the value of the project:

From: Joseph Lindley

Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 8:44 AM

To: Roy Domangue

Subject: Green House Tours

Roy,

My name is Joe Lindley, Jr. I’m a builder in west St. Tammany and was a part of the group that toured your green house study project last week. I wanted to send you a note of thanks for doing what you are doing there and for so graciously giving us your day and time to show and explain the concepts and findings you have come up with through the course of the project. As you pointed out, you are doing it with your own money so as not to influence the data. That is one thing; but to extend the completion of the houses so that you can share what you are finding with the rest of the building community is very generous of you.

I resisted going to this because something is always going to come up with work so that the timing is inconvenient, but once there I found you had so much to offer that I wished that this would have been a three day seminar covering one house at a time. You obviously have a lot of experience and are committed to quality which you bring to each of the homes you build. I have found over the years that if I want to achieve this I have to educate myself constantly because the technology is changing daily. There are always new and better ways to do things. However, not all of the practises work out the way they are intended. So a certain amount of skepticism is called for.

This is what I brought with me the other day on tour. But what I found was exactly what I have been looking for: an unbiased study of the concepts done and presented by someone in the industry without an agenda other than to find out what works and what doesn’t from a practical and cost effective perspective.

The presentation covered the various differences in the three levels expertly. The hand-outs were well done so following along was easy. However, there were some things that had to be glossed over due to the constraints of time. You also have a business to run which I fully understand and can appreciate. That is what lead me to approach you at the end of the day for your card and ask if I could contact you at a later date to perhaps delve into all of this a little deeper. You have a wealth of knowledge, not just on green building techniques but also on good quality building practises, that, if I may, I would love to tap into.

It was truly a pleasure to meet you the other day. And thank you for what you bring to our industry. It is guys with your kind of commitment that give our industry a good name. Unfortunately, you guys seem to be a minority. Please give my thanks, also, to all of the others involve in the presentation last Thursday. Everyone did their part expertly.

Sincerely,

Joe