Earth-friendly demolition project in Avondale
Building Value is a local nonprofit building materials re-use center and deconstruction service.
It's teaming up with Rumpke and the Uptown Consortium for an earth-friendly demolition in Avondale in Monday.
Copyright 2011 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Posted: 03/07/2011
-
By: Caroline Crouch
CINCINNATI - A team of local organizations is making sure that materials from a building being torn down in Avondale don't go to waste.
Building Value is a local nonprofit building materials re-use center and deconstruction service. It's teaming up with Rumpke and the Uptown Consortium for an earth-friendly demolition on Monday.
Starting at 10 a.m. the building at 3500 Burnet in Avondale will be deconstructed.
The team plans to achieve LEED platinum demolition standards, which means repurposing or recycling 90 percent of the building's materials.
Building Value will salvage many of the interior building materials and decorative architectural elements. Those materials will then be made available for re-introduction in local remodeling projects.
All unsalvageable wood will be mulched by Rumpke Recycling.
Following the deconstruction, ACT Recycling will finish the job by recycling whatever is left; mostly bricks and concrete foundation.
You can find out more about Building Value at buildingvalue.org
Copyright 2011 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
PRINT
Top Stories
-
Afghanistan war death toll reaches 3,000
A U.S. sailor who died last week of medical complications was the 3,000th death among coalition forces in the Afghanistan war.
-
Bike-riding Darth Vader robs Ohio bank
-
Presidential race is most costly ever
-
Sugar fight takes another bitter turn
-
Police try to ID 3 abandoned children
