Best Practices To Reduce Material & Energy Use in Residential Construction
Brown Bag Lunch with Speaker Jordan Palmeri of Oregon DEQ. Learn about the final results of their study of lifecycle assessment of an average Oregon home and specific strategies to employ when designing, constructing and remodeling buildings.
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May 16, 2011 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM |
| Where | The Environmental Center |
| Contact Name | Bruce Sullivan |
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Introduction by Bruce Sullivan, Earth Advantage Institute
Strategies aimed at preventing waste in the design, construction, remodeling and demolition of buildings often have other environmental benefits, such as reducing overall energy use, embodied energy and human health impacts. How can designers and builders navigate the myriad waste prevention strategies to minimize the overall impacts of homes? Reuse of materials? Deconstruction? Advanced framing? Smaller homes?
To help answer this question, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) completed a lifecycle assessment of an average Oregon home, focusing on measuring the environmental co‐benefits of various waste prevention practices. DEQ, in partnership with the building community, is using the results of this study to accelerate adoption of the waste prevention practices that maximize overall environmental advantages.
Join us on May 16 to learn about the final results of this study and specific strategies to employ when designing, constructing and remodeling buildings.
To learn more about the DEQ study, visit this web site:http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/sw/wasteprevention/greenbuilding.htm
Bring a brown bag lunch.
Pre-registration is not required; just show up with your lunch and your inquiring mind.
