Waste Management
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Creating a Circular Economy for the Construction Industry
Construction and demolition waste headed for landfills, now 548 million tons a year, is set to rise sharply
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Companies Should Take Charge of the Potential Toxins in Common Products
Regulations can’t keep up with the barrage of potentially dangerous contaminants entering the market
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How to Cheat* at LEED for Homes
The road to green certification is paved with low-hanging fruit. This cheat sheet with 22 shortcuts will get you to LEED certification without a lot of trouble.
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Recycling Vinyl Siding
Even though wood, gypsum board, and cardboard make up 75% of most job-site waste, recycling vinyl siding can be an important part of a construction or demolition waste management plan
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Green Building Programs: Time for a Do-Over?
Why is it that the things I care so much about are now making me so crazy?
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Waste Management for New Construction and Remodeling
About 75% of new construction and up to 25% of whole-house remodeling jobs can be recovered, not landfilled. The key materials tend to be cardboard, wood, metals and clean gypsum board.
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Deconstruction versus Demolition
When a building is too dilapidated to renovate, do you demolish it or take it apart for salvage?
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What’s Wrong With The Way Regular Houses Are Built?
One word: Waste. It would be ridiculous to suggest that every house constructed in advance of the green-building boom is substandard, although some of them clearly are.
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What is Green Building?
Green building is the next step in quality. Green building is an approach to construction that can be applied to public and commercial buildings as well as the houses we…
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Job Sites
Green Job Sites Have Less Waste And More Recycling UPDATED 8/16/2011