Alan Hoffmann

With 2017 Projects Still Incomplete, Early Voting Begins Monday For Dallas Bond Election

By April Towery / April 19, 2024 /

It’s been a long road to procure more than 800 projects for a $1.25 billion bond election, and a final judgment will be made at the polls on May 4. Early voting on the Dallas bond election begins Monday and runs through April 30. CandysDirt.com has covered the 2024 bond election extensively, particularly how the…

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Dallas Builders Association Bids ‘Pharewell’ to Longtime Executive Officer Phil Crone

By April Towery / June 29, 2023 /

As Phil Crone prepares for his departure from the Dallas Builders Association after 17 years, those who work alongside him are preparing for a new leader to take the reins.  The longtime executive officer, known to speak his mind when advocating for the building community at the Texas Capitol or in front of the horseshoe…

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With Winter Ahead, Savant Offers Smarter Solutions to Get Off The Grid During Power Outages

By Daniel Lalley / October 22, 2022 /

Texas is no stranger to the woes of a harsh winter. In February 2021, one of the most catastrophic winter weather events on record wreaked havoc across the entire state of Texas. Winter Storm Uri, otherwise known as Snowmageddon, demanded a record 69,692 megawatts of electricity. Then, the storm subsequently caused the biggest outage the…

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Sustainable Building Pioneer Alan Hoffmann Earns Top Honors from Dallas Builders Association

By April Towery / October 18, 2022 /

Alan Hoffmann was a green builder when green building wasn’t cool.  Now at the forefront of the sustainable building industry, Hoffmann was honored by his peers this month as the recipient of the Dallas Builders Association’s 2022 Hugh Prather Trophy.  “I was really pretty surprised,” Hoffmann told CandysDirt.com. “They were introducing the winner of this…

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Inflation Reduction Act’s Solar Rebate is Great, But One Builder Says It’s Not a Green Building Magic Bullet

By April Towery / August 18, 2022 /

The Inflation Reduction Act represents the most ambitious climate spending package in U.S. history, but will it fix our energy woes?

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