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By Chuck Strand, Johnson ControlsA thousand miles east of the Philippines and 7,500 miles west of California, smack dab in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, lies the tiny island of Guam. Captured by the Japanese on December 8th, 1941 – the day after they attacked Pearl Harbor – Guam was eventually recaptured by U.S. forces and became an important launch pad for the air and naval assaults on Japan that eventually ended World War II. In 1950, the island became an American territory and its inhabitants U.S. citizens.Viewed from the air, Guam looks just like a footprint – a…

By Andy Armstrong, Johnson ControlsAs I look out into my backyard, I notice the telltale signs of the end of another summer. The grass is a little browner and I don’t have to mow it quite as often. Most of the flowers that were so beautiful a few short weeks ago are either long gone or well on their way. Everything else is starting to look pretty tired.The good news is there’s one thing that’s still alive and kicking – and it will be for at least another 15 months: the tax credit for energy efficiency improvements to your home.…

By Felicia McDade, Johnson ControlsWho can forget the back-to-school days of late summer? Checking the list of supplies you’d need for the coming school year. Hoping you had graduated from paste to glue, Big Chief Tablet to spiral notebook, round-tipped to sharp scissors, crayons to colored pencils. Then making the big trip to the store to pick out a new backpack and fill it with all the stuff you’d need to start another nine months of learning.When students arrived for their first day of school in Madison County, North Carolina this month, many found they weren’t the only ones who…