benefits of re-use
LEARN how the deconstruction of a typical 2000 sq. ft. home effects the environment
Reuse is one of the 3 R’s of waste reduction. Reuse conserves energy & natural resources, minimizes the need for landfill space and reduces the amount of green house gases produced when disposing of material.
LANDFILL USE
Deconstruction could reduce the volume of waste needing landfill space by up to 8,420 cubic feet.
ENERGY & RESOURCES
If deconstructed and the wood reused, it could eliminate the need for the harvest of 33 trees.
ENVIRONMENT
The average home contains 892 million Btu's of embodied energy, an amount of energy equal to 7,826 gallons of gasoline, or enough to drive an SUV 5 1/2 times around the earth.
Keeping the home’s lumber out of the landfill will avoid the generation of greenhouse gases comparable to removing 2.86 passenger cars from the road.
GREEN JOBS
Deconstruction provides locally based green jobs that cannot be outsourced.
An enormous amount of energy is consumed in the harvest, production, transportation, and distribution of new material. Reusing material conserves all of the energy a material has accumulated in it’s lifetime, and minimizes the need to produce new material.
DEMOLITION WASTES RESOURCES
RE-USE
CONTRIBUTES TO
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR ISLAND,
AND PLANET
