Reused Building Materials Archives

Decarbonizing Our Community

By Ashley Muspratt|2022-08-15T16:36:39-04:00August 11th, 2022|Buildings, Climate Change, EcoBuilding Bargains, Energy Efficiency, Energy Savings, Farm Energy, Green for Business, Health & Safety, Innovation, Reused Building Materials, Uncategorized|

The Community Climate Fund CET is wrapping up our third year of deploying our Community Climate Fund (CCF). The CCF is a vehicle for regional institutions and businesses to sponsor local, high-impact carbon reduction projects that help accelerate a just and equitable transition to the low-carbon economy. The fund started

The Weight and Impact of EcoBuilding Bargains

By Shelby Kuenzli|2021-11-05T16:28:21-04:00November 5th, 2021|EcoBuilding Bargains, EcoFellows, Go Green, Green for Homes, Recycling, Reused Building Materials, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Waste Diversion|

By Shelby Kuenzli, Digital Marketing EcoFellow, updated by EcoFellows Fatin Chowdhury and Cassie Rogers What is EcoBuilding Bargains? The Center for EcoTechnology is proud to say that we have successfully been making green make sense for the past 45 years. One of the many ways in which we make an impact is by operating our

Deconstructing Deconstruction

By Ozette Ostrow|2021-04-09T11:22:03-04:00April 9th, 2021|Creative reuse, EcoBuilding Bargains, Green for Business, Green for Homes, Reused Building Materials, Waste Diversion|

What is Deconstruction? The EPA estimated that around 600 million tons of construction and demolition materials were thrown away in the U.S. in 2018. These discarded materials come from building demolitions and renovations and their total weight is more than double that of all other yearly U.S. municipal solid waste. A great

Building a Sustainable Future

By Jared Shein|2021-03-08T12:24:36-05:00March 2nd, 2021|Architecture, Buildings, Climate Change, Construction, Energy Efficiency, Engineering, Green Build, Green for Homes, Home Energy Ratings, LEED, New Construction Team, Reused Building Materials, Uncategorized, Webinar|

This blog post is an overview of our recent Building a Sustainable Future virtual event. A recording of the event can be found at the bottom of this page. Read More »

Salon 241: Adding Style to Hair & Their Space

By Ozette Ostrow|2020-11-18T10:47:07-05:00November 18th, 2020|Creative reuse, EcoBuilding Bargains, Reused Building Materials|

Located on a side street only a couple blocks away from downtown Northampton, is the creative and unique Salon 241. Co-owner, Katie Clifford, says they’ve been open for 11 years, and just recently moved to this space and had the whole place revamped. Their new space is very vibrant and welcoming, which has a modern