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Beausoleil Architects’ residential remodel of a Los Altos home features ecologically-conscious deconstruction process.

San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) March 18, 2011

When designers Graham Thiel and Ryan Borman needed materials for a 500 square-foot addition to a Grass Valley home, they drove all the way to Alameda to buy quality used lumber at The ReUse Bazaar. Like many customers who travel long distances to shop at the Bazaar, they knew about the great selection and low prices, which many local do-it-yourselfers haven’t yet discovered.

Green building starts with responsible disposal.

RANCHO SANTA FE - Reduce, reuse, recycle. Those are words typically connected with water usage, plastic bottles and paper, not an entire house.   But one group in North County thinks otherwise. 

Groups Promote Construction Salvage
Dubuque Telegraph Herald - Dubuque,IA,USA So why aren't more construction companies in the deconstruction business? "We just have to get the word out," said Ken Ortiz, regional manager of The ReUse ...

Late on a Thursday night in June 2005, the local fledgling en- vironmental advocacy group, Urban Habitat Chicago (UHC), got a call about a home that was slated for demolition the following Monday morning. The caller heard we were those enthusiastic young folks who tried to reuse building materials to make new things, and thought we might be able to salvage some things from the house.

The mantra of environmentalists has reached the building communityMasonry Edge Magazine, Vol. 3 No. 3: REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE

Join TRP at this year's West Coast Green Conference from September 30 - October 2, 2010, where we will be sharing booth # 508 with Green Sheds.  Green Sheds constructs eco-friendly booths from recycled materials. For more information on Green Sheds, visit their website. We are looking forward to seeing you at the conference!

By Alex Breitler, The Record, Stockton, Calif.

Aug. 02--The wrecking ball is fast, cheap and easy. But picking apart an old structure piece by piece might be better for the planet.

An Oakland-based nonprofit organization that carefully deconstructs houses -- as opposed to demolishing them -- is expanding operations into the Central Valley, including Stockton.

The goal is to keep demolition debris out of landfills while making all the components of a home -- from toilets to tile -- available at discount prices in a Sacramento warehouse.

Crossroads to the Future of Waste Reduction, Resource Conservation and Architectural Preservation