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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 98 14:36 WET DST From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman) Subject: Re: House construction with waste materials (Jeanine Luger)
July 8, 1998
Dear Jeanine Luger,
Read Environmental Building News out of Brattleboro, VT for many backfiles examples of house construction with recycled materials. See also the Chelsea Center for Materials Reuse and Economic Development, of Chelsea, MA for examples. Furthermore, the Buy Recycled Business Alliance has many case studies of commercial and residential construction in full and in part with recycled construction materials.
The Natural Resources Defense Council offices located in the AAAS Building in Washington DC was constructed or renovated using extensive innovative applications of recycled-content building materials.
See also the National Assn. of Home Builders Research Center for masny other examples of available materials and actual applications.
Some resources:
Center for Resourceful Building, Missoula, MT., 406-549-7678
Natl Assn. of Home Builders, Upper Marlboro, MD, 301-249-4000
An all inclusive resource guide for this sort of information was recently published by students of the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy for the Massachusetts Division of Capital Planning and Operations. It is called Creating Sustainable Buildings Volume 2 : A Resource Guide. Copies can be obtained from the Program at Tufts: 617-627-3394.
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