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ReStore Home Improvement Center
- 3. Our Mission
• Reuse valuable building
materials
• Make home improvement
more affordable
• Create local jobs and
provide job training
- 4. Why is our product green?
New (Surplus) or Used
• Embodied energy
– Raw Materials
– Labor
– Manufacturing
– Transportation
- 5. Why is our product green?
Waste Diversion
• Energy and resources spent saving rather
than destroying materials
• Less waste into landfills
- 6. Why is our product green?
Locally Harvested
Less transportation, marketing,
labor and overhead
- 7. What kind of product to expect?
Everyday Stuff
Doors, windows, cabinets, flooring, plumbing
and lighting and electrical.
- 8. What kind of product to expect?
Architectural Salvage
columns-stonework
- 9. What kind of product to expect?
Vintage
lighting-clawfoot tubs-farmers sinks-radiators
- 10. What kind of product to expect?
Oddball
bowling lanes and phone booths
- 11. Where does our product come
from?
• Commercial Donors
• Home owners
- 12. Where does our product come
from?
• Free Pick Up Service
• Walk-in anytime
• Deconstruction
- 15. Deconstruction Benefits
The Environmental Benefit
• Maximum recovery
• Reduce waste
• Reduce jobsite contamination
• Potential LEED points
• Create a source for “locally harvested”
products
• Redirect recyclables to market
- 16. Maximum Recovery and Recycling
We don’t “cherry pick” (unless you tell us to)
• We reuse: • We recycle:
– Doors – Wire
– Windows – Pipe
– Hardwood floors – Asphalt Shingles
– Cabinets – All Metals
– Trim – Clean wood
– Stair parts
– Plumbing fixtures
– Lighting fixtures (including outlets
and switches)
– Siding
– Sheathing
– Subfloors
– Batt and blown insulation
– Framing lumber