[Greenbuilding] 100 miles builds

[Michael O'Brien]

Hi, Rob--

We bought our wood cement blocks from a company in Canada, as did several others in Portland. Those purchases helped pave the way for a local startup to begin making similar blocks here. The first houses were all on home tours, in news stories and generally promoted recycled content materials, to help create awareness and a market for a new type of product. 

Best,

Mike O'Brien 

Michael O'Brien
obrien at hevanet.com



On Feb 24, 2012, at 1:37 PM, RT wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:08:20 -0500, Douglas E Lamb <douglaslamb at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> Is this 100 mile movement forbadding exotic type foods and architectural
>> elements from being consumed
>> or just discouraging there consumption and relying upon local consumerism as
>> a means of economy?
> 
> Although I was advised to ignore Douglas, since he's the only one talking right now, I pretty much *have* to listen.
> 
> I don't know about others' reasons but many of us have been using the "materials from within a 300 km radius of the building site" criteria for small commercial as well as residential buildings for the same reason that obese/out-of-shape people go on diets to restrict/reduce their consumption of food and beverages -- it's a matter of health.
> 
> Minimising the radius of consumption as well as the volume of consumption for buildings helps to minimise embodied-energy and hence, environmental impact of the building.
> 
> One often sees the odd disconnect of people who are building "natural" or Green buildings ostensibly to minimise environmental impact but then turn around and import a special clay or processed lime from another continent to make that building. D'oh!
> 
> 
> -- 
> === * ===
> Rob Tom
> Kanata, Ontario, Canada
> 
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