New Delivery, Look and Content for pme
by Bob Miodonski
June 11, 2010
We’ve chosen to be different and make a difference.
We’ve chosen to be different and make a difference. Starting
with this issue of pme, we’ve made
changes that I’m excited to tell you about.
First, we’ve changed the way we deliver pme
to you. Each month, you will receive either a print or digital edition of pme
delivered to your mailbox or electronic inbox.
Our
dual-platform delivery allows us to build on our experience over the last year
of producing digital-only editions in alternate months. If you now receive a
print edition of pme, I urge you
to visit our redesigned www.PMEngineer.com
and check out our digital editions posted there. You even can subscribe
to receive your own copies of pme’s
digital edition.
Besides
presenting an obvious green component in the paper it saves, pme’s
digital edition offers a number of other benefits to you. It gives you
immediate access to any of the industry news, feature stories, new products and
opinion columns we’ve posted on www.PMEngineer.com.
The ads contain live links to connect you with the Web sites of the
manufacturers whose products you specify. You even can download the digital
edition to your computer.
Whether
you received our print or digital edition this month, you’ve noticed our new
look by now. We’ve made the pages of pme
bigger to get your attention. We want to stand out and look different from the
other engineering magazines you may receive. The bigger pages also allow us to
present larger photos of products and their jobsite applications as well as drawings
that are easier to read. We’ve given the pages of pme
a brighter, more up-to-date look that we hope you enjoy reading.
If you receive
our print edition, look more closely at the pages and you’ll see they’re made
from recycled paper. We’re practicing what we preach when we encourage you to pursue
green initiatives. If you’re receiving our digital edition, then all the better
for our own green efforts.
You’ll
find pme’s biggest
change, however, in our editorial content. We will continue to feature industry-leading
columnists such as Julius Ballanco and John Siegenthaler. But you’ll also
discover an emphasis on products and systems through an expanded products
section and real-world case studies.
The products and case studies we present to you will carry a
strong green orientation. They will emphasize the sustainable plumbing, piping,
hydronic/radiant and fire protection products you will need to learn about so
that you can specify them in the projects you design.
Last
month, I was a moderator of the International Emerging Technology Symposium co-sponsored
by IAPMO and the World Plumbing Council in Ontario, Calif.
(www.youtube.com/user/IAPMOGroup). The experience made one point
clear to me: Everyone embraces the concepts of green building. What engineers
and other construction professionals need now are hard facts on green products
and real-world examples of how these technologies perform in the field.
The
new content in pme will allow
you to cross the bridge from the conceptual to the real by giving you the
information you need for the green plumbing and mechanical systems you design.
One Symposium speaker said sustainable construction will become so mainstream
that no one will call it green building in the future.
We want to
help you get there with the material we present in pme,
on www.PMEngineer.com
and in pme’s Enewsletter.
We want to help you make a difference.
Bob Miodonski
miodonskib@bnpmedia.com
Bob Miodonski is the grouppublisher of the Plumbing Division of BNP Media. He can be reached at 847/405-4007, miodonskib@bnpmedia.com.
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