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Recycled Content: Products with identifiable recycled content, including postindustrial content with a preference for postconsumer content.
Natural, plentiful or renewable: Materials harvested from sustainably managed sources and preferably have an independent certification (e.g., certified wood) and are certified by an independent third party.
Resource efficient manufacturing process: Products manufactured with resource-efficient processes including reducing energy consumption, minimizing waste (recycled, recyclable and or source reduced product packaging), and reducing greenhouse gases.
Locally available: Building materials, components, and systems found locally or regionally saving energy and resources in transportation to the project site.
Salvaged, refurbished, or remanufactured: Includes saving a material from disposal and renovating, repairing, restoring, or generally improving the appearance, performance, quality, functionality, or value of a product.
Reusable or recyclable: Select materials that can be easily dismantled and reused or recycled at the end of their useful life.
Recycled or recyclable product packaging: Products enclosed in recycled content or recyclable packaging.
Durable: Materials that are longer lasting or are comparable to conventional products with long life expectancies.
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is enhanced by utilizing materials that meet the following criteria:
Low or non-toxic: Materials that emit few or no carcinogens, reproductive toxicants, or irritants as demonstrated by the manufacturer through appropriate testing.
Minimal chemical emissions: Products that have minimal emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). Products that also maximize resource and energy efficiency while reducing chemical emissions.
Low-VOC assembly: Materials installed with minimal VOC-producing compounds, or no-VOC mechanical attachment methods and minimal hazards.
Moisture resistant: Products and systems that resist moisture or inhibit the growth of biological contaminants in buildings.
Healthfully maintained: Materials, components, and systems that require only simple, non-toxic, or low-VOC methods of cleaning.
Systems or equipment: Products that promote healthy IAQ by identifying indoor air pollutants or enhancing the air quality.
Home Resource
A building materials re-use center | Green Badge Count | | 14 |
| Green Badge Value: |
| 328 |
http://www.homeresource.org Nature of Business: Home ReSource Inc., a non-profit (501c3) building materials re-use center, is both a business and an agent of change. We incentivize the widespread reuse of building materials to reconcile human and environmental needs. It is our belief and practice that economic profitability and environmental sustainability are mutually beneficial and self-reinforcing. Saving people money by saving the environment, Home ReSource is a growing business whose business is growing the green economy.
Mission: It is the mission of Home ReSource to reduce waste and promote a vibrant, sustainable local economy.
Relation to Your Community: Home ReSource relates to the Missoula community by providing sustainable building materials at a low cost. We also provide deconstruction services, so that buildings slated for tear-down do not end up in the landfill. Home ReSource sells deconstructed materials directly off the deconstruction site, and those materials are reused often within 10 miles of the site, saving greenhouse gas emissions as well as transportation costs. Home ReSource also offers GoodWood, tracked and certified sustainably harvested lumber. Home ReSource also coordinates community building and recycling projects, and supplies discounted materials to local non-profits.
Sustainability Goals Your Company Embraces: Home ReSource embraces a zero-waste goal in the construction industry. It our experience that, as of today, approximately 90 percent of the materials in a building can be reused or recycled. A 100 percent reuse/recycling rate might be a dream, but it`s a goal worth working towards.
Additional Green Directory Listings
Green Badges | Conserving energy
reason Reuse of a product conserves up to 95% of the embodied energy. |
 | Conserving natural resources
reason Reuse of lumber conserves trees; reuse of metals, plastics, and aggregate materials conserves below-ground resources; reuse in general conserves the water and air required to produce those materials new. |
 | Using biodiesel or ethanol
reason Several vehicles in the Home ReSource fleet are powered by locally supplied biodiesel. One of our Co-Directors, Matt Hisel, drives a hybrid. |
 | Reducing toxic emissions
reason Our deconstruction team is certified in asbestos remediation. |
 | Reducing waste
reason This is the core of our business. Yearly we divert approximately 1000 tons of construction materials from the landfill. |
 | Preserving wildlife habitat
reason Reuse reduces resource pressure that destroys habitats, open space, and biodiversity. Our GoodWood product is certified by Vander Meer's Wildland Conservation Services. |
 | Recycling program
reason Everything that we are unable to reuse, we recycle. Only as a last resort do we ever send anything to the landfill. |
 | Using fuel efficient vehicles
reason Several vehicles in the Home ReSource fleet are powered by locally supplied biodiesel. One of our Co-Directors, Matt Hisel, drives a hybrid. These efforts are promoted via stickers affixed to the vehicles, as well as through various digital and print local media. |
 | Recycled promotional products
reason Our envelopes and paper are 100% post-consumer. We do everything we can to source our business products locally. |
 | Donating to non-profits
reason We make materials donations and give other in-kind help to local and regional non-profits. |
 | Improving the health of community
reason Our projects have a visible impact in the Missoula community, with many of our projects featured in local media, the effect of which makes people feel good about reducing waste in the Missoula region. We also coordinate jobs with Opportunity Resources, employing underprivileged and underemployed people of all ages, abilities, and disabilities. |
 | Paying living wages to employees
reason We provide living wages much above the average for the Missoula Community. |
 | Employee benefits program
reason We provide health insurance to our employees. |
 | Using sustainable building designs
reason This is the core of our business. |
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