December 2020 - Construction, Demolition, and Building Material Reuse

In this webinar, organized and co-hosted with Rethos, presented live on December 16, 2020, we learned about reusing building materials from construction and demolition.

Agenda: 

9:00: Welcome & Introduction

9:05-9:25: Random Networking : SHOW & TELL - Share an example of a reuse/repair/repurposing project you have completed at home. Bonus points for pictures or real-time show and tell.

9:25-9:40: Sustainable Building Work Group - Erin Hanafin Berg, Rethos

9:40-10:00 - Master Recycler and Deconstruction Advocate - Shari Hansen, Sunfish Lake

10:00-10:20 - Counties Lead with Policy and Funding - Olivia Cashman, Hennepin County

10:20-10:40 - Deconstruction Initiatives Take Off - Emily Barker, St. Louis Park

10:40-10:50 - Why Old is Green and Rethos programs - Erin Hanafin Berg, Rethos

10:50-11:00 - Q&A

11:00 - Conclusion

View the webinar recording

View the PowerPoints and additional materials   

• Best Practice Action 22.8
• Videos: 

• Fox21 - Duluth

• KSTP - Hennepin County

• Saint Louis Park - Minnetonka Boulevard house
  

• Saint Louis Park - Westwood Nature Center

• Salvage and Reuse Facilities: 
• MPCA list 
• Hennepin County list 
• Studies on costs of deconstruction vs. demolition: 
• Hennepin County
• Delta Institute
• Human-Made Materials Now Weigh More Than All Life on Earth Combined - Smithsonian Magazine

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