<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:Arial;}</style></head><body>That's great! We teach architects and designers about how they are 'designing waste into buildings - so what do you expect to get out of them?'. Check out our Facebook page or website for more reuse stories. <A href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Re-Use-Consulting/168260119870367">http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Re-Use-Consulting/168260119870367</A> and <A href="http://www.reuseconsulting.com">www.reuseconsulting.com</A> .<br><br><br><br>Dave Bennink<br><br>RE-USE Consulting<br><br>dave@decon.us<br><br>Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Re-Use-Consulting/168260119870367<br><br>360-201-6977<br><br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Alan Abrams <alan@abramsdesignbuild.com><br>To: greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org<br>Sent: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:01:53 -0000 (UTC)<br>Subject: [Greenbuilding] reused materials<br><br><The original concept is what I call the Zero Building Technique - no<br><br><br>waste is created during demo (it is reused on site or elsewhere), no<br><br><br>new materials are bought (only salvaged) during the construction, ><br><br>appropos GBC's ZBT, the Pritzker was just awarded to Wang Shu. This is from the current NYT: <br><br>
<P><br><br>In designing the Xingshan Campus of the <A title="China Academy of Art Web site" href="http://eng.caa.edu.cn/" target=_blank>China Academy of Art</A><br><br>in his native Hangzhou, Mr. Wang also reused materials, covering the <br><br>campus buildings with more than two million tiles from demolished <br><br>traditional houses. </P>
<P><br><br>“Everywhere you can see, they don’t care about the materials,” Mr. Wang <br><br>said in an interview. “They just want new buildings, they just want new <br><br>things. I think the material is not just about materials. Inside it has <br><br>the people’s experience, memory — many things inside. So I think it’s <br><br>for an architect to do something about it.” </P><br>see more at:<br>-- <A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/arts/design/pritzker-prize-awarded-to-wang-shu-chinese-architect.html?hp" target=_blank>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/arts/design/pritzker-prize-awarded-to-wang-shu-chinese-architect.html?hp</A><br><br><br>-AA<br><br><strong style="COLOR: #006600">Alan Abrams</strong><strong style="COLOR: #006600"><br>Abrams Design Build LLC</strong><br><em style="COLOR: #006600">A sustainable approach to beautiful space</em><br><font style="COLOR: #006600" size=1><font size=+0><br>6411 Orchard Avenue Suite 102<br>Takoma Park, MD 20912<br>office </font></font><font style="COLOR: #006600" size=1><font size=+0>301-270-NET- ZERO <A href="tel:%28301-270-6380" target=_blank>(301-270-6380</A>) <br></font></font><font style="COLOR: #006600" size=1><font size=+0>fax </font></font><font style="COLOR: #006600" size=1><font size=+0><A href="tel:301-270-1466" target=_blank>301-270-1466</A> <br></font></font><font style="COLOR: #006600" size=1><font size=+0>cell </font></font><font style="COLOR: #006600" size=1><font size=+0><A href="tel:202-437-8583" target=_blank>202-437-8583</A></font></font><font style="COLOR: #006600" size=1><font size=+0><br><A style="COLOR: #3333ff" href="mailto:alan@abramsdesignbuild.com" target=_blank>alan@abramsdesignbuild.com</A><br><A style="COLOR: #3333ff" href="http://www.abramsdesignbuild.com/" target=_blank>www.abramsdesignbuild.com</A></font></font><br><br><br><br></body></html>