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EPA Announces Green Building Contest Winners
Published: September 21, 2007
Source: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
San Francisco -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday announced the 22 winners of its first Lifecycle Building Challenge competition.
The winners were announced at a West Coast Green Conference ceremony in San Francisco. Professionals and students had submitted ideas for construction material reuse and recycling from January to April for the Lifecycle Building Challenge, sponsored by the EPA, Building Materials Reuse Association, American Institute of Architects and West Coast Green. Student winners were awarded cash prizes.
The EPA hopes the ideas will encourage the construction industry to reuse some of the 100 million tons of construction and demolition debris sent each year to U.S. landfills.
“Reusing valuable building materials conserves resources and reduces greenhouse gas emissions,” said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response Assistant Administrator Susan Bodine. “Designing buildings for adaptability, disassembly and local reuse is an important environmental protection strategy.”
