[Greenbuilding] 2000 miles on a scooter to get to the green building conference

[RE-USE Consulting]

Saving Energy: 2000 miles on a scooter to get to the green building conference 




Hello all.  I am planning to attend the Building Materials Reuse Association's conference on building deconstruction, material reuse, and CD recycling in New Haven, CT starting May 16th, 2011.  T he challenge is riding a scooter 2000 miles to get there! 



Follow us on Facebook as we interview and meet with the EPA, state and county officials, reuse businesses, and deconstruction contractors stretching from Florida to New Haven (2000+ miles) --- all via a 250cc scooter!  We are talking to them about how reclaiming building materials like flooring and framing takes 11-13 times less energy than manufacturing the same items new again. 

We will also be talking about green building, CD reuse and recycling issues, primarily focusing on building material reuse and deconstruction and boosting reuse operations hit by bad economic times.  Also, we would like to create some green collar jobs along the way! 
  
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David Bennink, Owner 
RE-USE Consulting 
360-201-6977 
dave at decon.us 
www.reuseconsulting.com 

National Building Deconstructor of the Year - 2009/2010 
Vice President-  Building Materials Reuse Association      www.bmra.org   
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Dave Bennink 
RE-USE Consulting 
dave at decon.us 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Re-Use-Consulting/168260119870367 
360-201-6977 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart Abbey" <stewabbey at yahoo.ca> 
To: Greenbuilding at bioenergylists.org 
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:29:58 PM 
Subject: [Greenbuilding] upgrading a 1959 1800 sf building in Montreal 



Dave Bennink 
RE-USE Consulting 
dave at decon.us 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Re-Use-Consulting/168260119870367 
360-201-6977 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart Abbey" <stewabbey at yahoo.ca> 
To: Greenbuilding at bioenergylists.org 
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:29:58 PM 
Subject: [Greenbuilding] upgrading a 1959 1800 sf building in Montreal 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stewart Abbey" <stewabbey at yahoo.ca> 
To: Greenbuilding at bioenergylists.org 
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:29:58 PM 
Subject: [Greenbuilding] upgrading a 1959 1800 sf building in Montreal 



I recently purchased a 30'x60' building built in 1959. A 20x20 garage with a room above exposed on three sides.  Crawl space with 2 floors and a flat roof.  Exterior is brick in good shape.  Tar and gravel roof was redone in 2008.  Some windows have been changed, about 2/3rds are the the 1960,s screw-on aluminum guillotine type that leak like a sieve!!   Oil fired hot water heat (with original cast iron boiler probably 60% efficient).  One heating zone for each floor. Main floor has 3 apartments,  2nd floor has 2  41/2room apartments.  Heating loops all pass though the crawl space.  Walls are 2x4 construction and would have the standard of the day 3" of rockwool or fiberglass. 
Oil consumption was 5700 liters in 2010, and 5000 liters in 2011=$4500 

    Last fall I had the crawlspace walls and rim joists blown with 21/2" of foam.  Installed plastic on the crawlspace floor. 
    The 2 second floor apartments will be empty next month.   I'm thinking of blowing densepack cellulose into the 2x10 flat roof cavity from the inside through 3" holes in the gyproc. The current ceiling insulation is 3" rockwool or fiberglass.  COST $5000+ plastering.  The cost seems a lot but I know it is a slow job to do right.  The contractor says 1 1/2 days per unit.  
    We are probably getting gas on the street this summer and I am considering going to a 98% efficient 
gas condensing boiler. That alone should cut the heating bill by 50%. Gas is 93 cents per cubic meter. 
At the same time we would add zones so each unit would have it's own zone and thermostat. 
I am not planning on doing major renovations as the building is sound and well built. 

Anyone have advice on where to get the most bang for the buck? 
Stewart Abbey 



  

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