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Website:   www.aosmith.com

A. O. Smith Corporation is a global leader applying innovative technology and energy-efficient solutions to products marketed worldwide. The company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of residential and commercial water heating equipment, offering a comprehensive product line featuring the best-known brands in North America and China. A. O. Smith is also one of the largest manufacturers of electric motors in North America with an extensive line of fractional horsepower and hermetic motors for residential, commercial and industrial applications.  In November 2009, the company entered the global water treatment industry with the creation of a new venture, A. O. Smith (Shanghai) Water Treatment Products Co. Ltd.

With manufacturing operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and China, A. O. Smith has the global reach to serve customers worldwide. We have sales and distribution in more than 60 countries around the world.

Website:   www.gothotwater.com

ACT, Inc. Metlund^® D'MAND^® Systems is a Costa Mesa, California company formed in 1992. Our company is the technology and product leader of water and energy saving hot water demand distribution pumping systems in North America.

Our superior performance, high quality, cost-effective Metlund^® D'MAND^® Systems are electronically controlled and operated on demand, conveniently and rapidly bringing hot water from the water heater to the fixtures.

Five patents, patents pending and proprietary electronics protect make ours the only hot water distribution pumping system that saves both water and energy, and adds convenience.

The Metlund^® Hot Water D'MAND^® System has been saving water and energy on approximately 25,000 homes since 1992. Over 300 builders nationwide specify the Metlund^® D'MAND^® Hot Water System on their new homes.

The Metlund^® Hot Water D'MAND^® System has been featured in Popular Science Magazine as well as on the Discovery Channel. In 1998, the D'MAND System was the featured item by the National Home Automation Association's Home of the Year, won by Smart Homes of the Midwest and featured in the October/November 1998 issue of Custom Electronics Professional Magazine.

We are proud to be approved and/or certified by The Department of Energy, Underwriters Laboratories, The HandyMan Club of America, BCHydro PowerSmart, and the Uniform Plumbing Code.

Website: www.americanfibercement.com

American Fiber Cement Corporation was founded to supply the finest reinforced cement building products for today's innovative construction professionals. These materials encompass a myriad of disciplines and applications including commercial, residential, industrial and agricultural.

American Fiber Cement Corporation has a Sustainable Development program where people from different departments - Research, Environment, Marketing, and Production investigate how the impact of its products on the environment can be reduced.

The Group is convinced that an open attitude is extremely important in sustainable development and can make a contribution to society, both ethically and financially. In addition, it helps to create a climate of trust among customers, shareholders, employees and the whole society that benefits from it.

Website: www.aquelwater.com

AQUEL™ Inc. is a Santa Barbara, California water treatment company founded in 2003 to pioneer the research and development of sustainable water treatment practice, designs and systems. Its team of engineers and water treatment specialists are internationally recognized.

AQUEL’s vision - in both philosophy and practice - is to create environmentally sensitive water treatment solutions that protect our environment, our water resources, our property, and our health.  This broader vision looks beyond the traditional paradigms of water treatment technology, creating new sustainable ways of seeing and using water. Our goal always is to reduce our carbon footprint by providing the ultimate in water protection, water conservation and water aesthetics.

AQUEL’s green design customizable drinking water system has been awarded United States Patent No. 6,797,165.  New patent applications are in a pending award status.  AQUEL has been profiled by Building Green (PBS) and in Green From the Ground Up, a green building film documentary embraced as a green contractor training tool by forward-thinking academic institutions.

AQUEL Inc. services include: Water treatment training and consultation, community and academic water treatment program development and support, custom system design, and Point of Entry (POE) and Point of Use (POU) water conditioning, filtration, softening and ultraviolet (UV) light sterilization for residential and commercial application.