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Nicole Tai Joins Deconstruction & Reuse Network to Increase Efforts In Northern CaliforniaFebruary 4, 2010 San Francisco, CA -- February 1, 2010: San Francisco resident and sustainability contractor, Nicole Tai, has joined Deconstruction & ReUse Network (DRN) to help advance development efforts for the organization in Northern California. DRN is an environmental and humanitarian non-profit dedicated to educating and empowering Californians about the benefits of reusing building materials. Ms. Tai will be instrumental in broadening DRN’s outreach efforts, donation development focus, deconstruction involvement and deconstruction consultant support.
“Northern California is a crucial area for our organization’s development,” says Lorenz Schilling, president/founder of DRN. “We are very pleased to have someone with Nicole's experience dedicated to this critical endeavor.” Nicole has a BS in Conservation Resource Studies from UC Berkeley and her Masters in [Sustainable] Community Development from UC Davis. She is a co-founder of the non-profit organization Reuse Alliance (Astoria, NY), and was an integral part of start-up and development efforts for the "ARROW Reuse Center for Building Materials" (Astoria, NY) and Build it Green New York City. Amongst her many complimentary talents and experience, she has extensive grant writing experience and is an accomplished public speaker. About Deconstruction & ReUse Network: Deconstruction & ReUse Network is an environmental public benefit corporation 501(c)(3), whose mission is to promote and empower deconstruction practices and to grow a greater reuse network for quality building materials through partnerships with complimentary operations and organizations. Deconstruction & ReUse Network currently serves Northern and Southern California with partnerships that benefit Habitat for Humanity and Corazon. www.Decon-Network.org # # # Deconstruction of Bel Air Home Yields Tons of Valuable Materials That Will Be Donated to Help Build Affordable HousingJanuary 20, 2010 Home’s Building Materials will be Reused by Local Non-Profits
Los Angeles, CA – January 20, 2010: Deconstruction & ReUseNetwork (DRN), an environmental and humanitarian non-profit, is assisting homeowners in Bel Air with the deconstruction of their home for reuse and recycling. Deconstruction is environmentally practical and, in most cases, provides property owners with significant tax deductions. This major remodel project includes carefully dismantling approximately 75% of the 5,500 square-foot home. DRN develops programs for property owners to ensure structures slated for remodel or tear down will be reused and recycled. Most projects are completed in 3 weeks or less. DRN president Lorenz Schilling estimates that most of this structure will be reusable. “A typical home can yield as much as 85% diversion through reuse and recycling,” says Schilling. “With traditional demolition, tons of materials are sent to the local landfill, the majority of which can be reused in their current state in other homes in our region. Deconstruction is a win-win for the environment and Southern California.” DRN began the process by identifying and inventorying all reusable (and donatable) items in the home. Next, MacLoud Demolition, a longtime deconstruction contractor for DRN, carefully dismantled the home and organized all salvageable materials under DRN’s direction. Appliances, French doors, cabinetry, solid interior doors, light fixtures, plumbing fixtures were just some of the great materials that made up the owners’ donation. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles’ Home Improvement Store (located in Gardena) helps DRN to achieve its mission by using some of the materials in construction or selling reusable materials to the public through their ReStore. Rough lumber will be delivered to Orange County based Corazon, where the lumber will be used to help build more sustainable communities and affordable housing for low-income families in Tecate and Tijuana. target=new1>Click here to view photos. About Deconstruction & ReUse Network: Deconstruction & ReUse Network is an environmental public benefit corporation 501(c)(3), whose mission is to promote and empower deconstruction practices and to grow a greater reuse network for quality building materials through partnerships with complimentary operations and organizations. Deconstruction & ReUse Network currently serves Northern and Southern California with partnerships that benefit Habitat for Humanity and Corazon. www.Decon-Network.org # # # Building a High School in Baja with CorazonJanuary 15, 2010 Just added to Photo Gallery: Building in Baja with Corazon. Donated materials were used to build this school - see if you recognize the famous blue roof tiles!
Pasadena Home Gets Deconstructed & Recyled Rather than Demolished - Tons of Building Materials are Donated and Reused to Help Build Affordable HomesDecember 22, 2009 December 22, 2009 -- This week Deconstruction & ReUseNetwork (DRN) began building material salvage efforts on a home in Pasadena with McLoud Demolition. The 2,500 square foot home is filled with beautiful oak hardwood flooring; solid core raised panel doors; French doors; kitchen and bath cabinetry with granite counter tops and premium plumbing and lighting fixtures.
All these items have been carefully removed from the home and will arrive at the Habitat for Humanity Home Improvement Store in Gardena where they will be resold at half of retail, just in time for Christmas. As with all DRN projects, the rough lumber from this home will be delivered to Corazon, a community development and home building organization operating in northern Baja. Property owners that choose a Deconstruction Solution with DRN (rather than traditional demolition) help save environmental resources and support humanitarian non-profits such as Habitat for Humanity and Corazon. Additionally, donors may achieve significant tax savings resulting from their donations. As a qualified non-profit organization, DRN receives and distributes all donated materials and coordinates all project activities, while providing all necessary third-party diversion-documentation for its program participants. DRN strives to educate and empower property owners, industry professionals and civic leaders to make deconstruction and reuse a priority in the building process. DRN continues to develop solutions that are easy to implement and beneficial for all parties involved in the building process. DRN currently serves the state of California, with representatives located in the Bay Area, Santa Barbara and Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego. View photos of this home in our Photo Galleries. About Deconstruction & ReUse Network: Deconstruction & ReUse Network is an environmental public benefit corporation 501(c)(3), whose mission is to promote and empower deconstruction practices and to grow a greater reuse network for quality building materials through partnerships with complementary operations and organizations. Deconstruction & ReUse Network currently serves Northern and Southern California with partnerships that benefit Habitat for Humanity and Corazon. www.Decon-Network.org # # # SAN FRANCISCO’S GREEN BUILDING TASK FORCE RELEASES RECOMMENDATIONSDecember 14, 2009 San Francisco, CA—Mayor Gavin Newsom Friday released recommendations for greening the city’s existing building stock.
“Commercial, industrial, and municipal buildings account for 63 percent of building-sector emissions,” said Mayor Newsom. “In order to make a difference in fighting global climate change we must address San Francisco’s existing buildings.” Earlier this year, Mayor Newsom convened a task force to recommend how the city, in partnership with the private sector, can accelerate improvements in energy and resource efficiency of existing commercial buildings in San Francisco. The Task Force was comprised of 19 key stakeholders from San Francisco’s building ownership, developer, financial, architectural, engineering, legal, utility, and construction communities. Recommendations included requiring building owners to conduct an energy audit to identify all cost-effective ways to reduce energy use, and requiring reporting of each nonresidential building’s energy performance annually. The Task Force proposed making energy use data available to the public by requiring disclosure of energy performance and carbon emissions annually. This would incentivize buildings owners to maximize environmental performance, and let potential tenants or buyers understand which buildings are most energy efficient, just like a car buyer would consider miles per gallon. The Task Force set a goal of cutting total energy use in existing commercial buildings 50 percent by 2030, an average of 2.5 percent per year. The Environment Department estimates that this would reduce San Francisco’s annual greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70,000 tons per year, equivalent of a taking 17,500 automobiles off the road permanently each and every year. LaCanada-Flintridge Home Deconstruction & DonationNovember 17, 2009 Tim Smith learned about Deconstruction from his architect and his golfing mate. Tim was initially hesitant about the extra time deconstruction would take but ultimately decided it was silly to spend extra money in the long run to throw materials into the landfill or recycle when reuse and donation clearly made more financial sense for his project. Working with Tim has been great. He’s the nicest guy. All of us at DRN suggest you get your next vehicle at Bob Smith BMW in Calabasas, which Tim Smith just happens to own.
How to Recycle Your HouseDecember 4, 2009 Deconstruction & ReUseNetwork founder, Lorenz Schilling, shows you how to recycle a house in this video from the site of a home under deconstruction in Manhattan Beach, CA.
Newport Beach Home RecycledNovember 9, 2009 Deconstruction began August 2009 with Tim Greenleaf Engineering. Beautiful Balboa Peninsula home is being remodeled by general contractor Mark Lockwood and its homeowners chose deconstruction and reuse. This home had a great deal of antique and rustic light fixtures and plumbing fixtures as well as professional grade appliances which were donated to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Garden Grove. Great double hung windows from 1928 were donated to Silverlake Architectural Salvage. Just Added to Photo Gallery: Pacific Pallisades Home DeconstructionNovember 16, 2009 General contractor Doron Naiem started his first residential green building endeavor in the Palisades, choosing deconstruction over traditional demolition on the Newton residence. This home had lots of great lumber, doors, hardwood flooring, brick and more that was salvaged and donated for reuse.
Palos Verdes Home RecycledNovember 9, 2009 This Deconstruction & ReUse project is in Palos Verdes, California and includes a nearly complete teardown (few small retaining walls remain) of a 5,328 square foot single family home, circa 1979. The total donation will include over 500 square feet of marble tile; 2,000+ square feet of reusable carpeting; appliances; kitchen & bath fixtures, cabinets & vanities; interior and exterior doors; light fixtures; other finished materials and salvaged lumber.
Visit our photo gallery to view photos of this Palos Verdes home before, during and after the deconstruction and donation process. 10/01/09 Manhattan Beach Home DeconstructionNovember 12, 2009 Working with Larry Murakami Contracting on a Manhattan Beach property circa 1936. The main house (1,836 sq ft) will be deconstructed to framing & the garage (576 sq ft) will be completely deconstructed including framing. Building materials to be donated include: appliances; water heater; kitchen & bath cabinets, vanities, fixtures; interior and exterior doors; stained glass windows; portion of original hardwood floors; interior wood paneling; framing lumber and more.
Founder Lorenz Schilling Featured on Meet The Planet Radio Show (Sunday, 11/1)October 30, 2009 Tune into Meet The Planet's radio show this Sunday, November 1 at 7:00 pm PST to hear an interview with Lorenz Schilling (DRN Founder) recorded at West Coast Green 2009.
Board Member Matt Macko Featured in the LEEDS School of Business Alumni PublicationNovember 16, 2009 DRN Board Member Matt Macko’s company, Environmental Building Strategies http://www.EBSconsultants.net was featured in the LEEDS School of Business Alumni publication.
Click below to view article. Pieces Of The Miramar Resort In Montecito Are Getting A Second Life & Helping Families In NeedOctober 8, 2009 Caruso Affiliated Donates Beloved Resort’s Famous Blue Roof Shingles for Reuse to Support Affordable Housing in California & Baja
Santa Barbara, CA – October 8, 2009: The Miramar Hotel in Montecito has been a beloved landmark since the early 1900’s, known to visitors and residents for its signature blue roof tiles. Today, those famous blue shingles are getting a second life. The packaged and unused shingles were purchased to replace old shingles and were never used. To assure the surplus shingles did not end up in local landfills, Rick Caruso, Founder and CEO of Caruso Affiliated and the Miramar’s owner, generously donated over 12 tractor truckloads (or over 200,000 square feet) to Deconstruction & ReUseNetwork for reuse with partners Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County and Corazon, an affordable housing ministry in Baja. Caruso’s donation will brighten up the "colonias" in Tijuana & Tecate that Corazon serves, as well as provide funding for Habitat for Humanity homes and the advancement of deconstruction & reuse practices in Santa Barbara and Southern California. “Representatives from Habitat for Humanity heard about the Miramar and the surplus of blue shingles and suggested I reach out to Caruso staff to discuss reuse as an option,” says Lorenz Schilling, president of Deconstruction & ReUse Network. “They were very receptive to the idea of re-using the surplus materials to help other families, and it’s fun that we were able to continue the tradition of the famous blue roofs.” “We were really pleased to be approached by the Deconstruction and Re-Use Network about reusing the roof tiles and to partner with a great local organization. These are perfectly good shingles whose fate was a landfill. This donation is a real winner for everyone -- it keeps the roofing material out of the landfill, it puts the shingles to good use helping to provide or improve housing for those who need a helping hand, and it begins to clear the site so we can move forward on bringing back the heritage of the Miramar,” said Rick Caruso, CEO of Caruso Affiliated. Beginning this week, tractor trailers will be loaded at the site of the Miramar and shipped to Baja where Corazon will reuse many to build affordable homes and community centers, while the remainder will be sold with proceeds benefitting Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County and Deconstruction & ReUse Network’s programs. The donated shingles, which have been stacked on the property for years, equate to 153 pallets / 42 packages per pallet / 204,000 square feet total. Deconstruction & ReUse Network is an environmental and humanitarian non-profit that works with deconstruction contractors, architects and municipalities to develop simple solutions for property owners to deconstruct as an alternative to traditional demolition. The organization partners with non-profits that help complete its circle of reuse, and help families build or improve their homes. It also provides all necessary documentation for property owner tax-deductions stemming from the donation of a building’s reusable parts. For more information about how deconstruction works please visit www.Decon-Network.org About Deconstruction & ReUse Network: Deconstruction & ReUse Network is an environmental public benefit corporation 501(c)(3), whose mission is to promote and empower deconstruction practices and to grow a greater reuse network for quality building materials through partnerships with complementary operations and organizations. Deconstruction & ReUse Network currently serves Northern and Southern California with partnerships that benefit Habitat for Humanity and Corazon. www.Decon-Network.org About Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County is an independent, locally run affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International. Habitat for Humanity and its affiliates build homes for sale to partner families with no profit, zero-interest mortgages. Habitat for Humanity is not a relief agency, but an established non-profit home building organization with a worldwide network of volunteers and over three decades of experience in home building. The local affiliate was established in 2000 and completed its first major home building project in 2007, three homes on Via Lucero. The next home building project, four homes on San Pascual Street, will be constructed in 2010. Volunteers and other support are welcome. Visit www.sbhabitat.org for more information. About Caruso Affiliated Caruso Affiliated is best known for developing and operating high quality outdoor retail properties that are destinations including The Lakes at Thousand Oaks, The Commons at Calabasas, The Promenade in Westlake, The Grove in West Los Angeles and The Americana at Brand in Glendale. # # # New Project Update: CamarilloSeptember 22, 2009 Ventura County Home Under Deconstruction -- This was our first Ventura County deconstruction project, which started September 14th. Great materials were donated to Santa Barbara and Ventura Habitat for Humanity Home ReStores. Nice kitchen cabinetry and other finished materials from this 5,000 square-foot ranch house were entirely deconstructed for reuse.
DRN Founder on CNN Local EditionJuly 14, 2009 Lorenz Schilling appeared on CNN Local Edition with Brad Pomerance to discuss Deconstruction & ReUse Network.
Punchouse Project in Santa Monica - Aims for 100% Waste DiversionNovember 10, 2009 06/2009 Punchouse Project, Santa Monica, CA
The Punchouse (http://punchouse.com/HOME.html) project in Santa Monica was going for 100% diversion, and they may have pulled it off! They took their time and did a meticulous job in source separating all materials to achieve the maximum in reuse and recycling. SMK Construction did the deconstruction, but DRN was in the area to pick up the lumber donation and deliver it to Corazon! 
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