…recycling materials for reuse as building components…
…S. converted steel shipping containers for use as portable command…
…century. Converting Shipping Containers for Housing Shipping containers at Tampa Armature Works…

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Deconstruction for Reuse and Salvage

…of building components for protection or reuse. This may be practiced in a number of…
…on those items that can be salvaged for reuse. Identify and Evaluate On-Site…
…interior interpretation and encourage the reuse of building parts. In addition , the reuse…

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Traditional Floor Plan for a Container-Built Home

…storm-ready Florida home was built with steel shipping containers as an innovative and cost-effective way to…
…baths, and one-car garage. The converted shipping containers give strength and structure to the house, effectively…

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Building a Container House

…performance, four-part ceramic coating that carries an R value of R-19 and adheres to the steel surface of the shipping containers. "It really worked," says Shannon Locklair, project superintendent for the North Charleston house. "We…

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Completing a Container-Built Affordable Home

…prototype for creating affordable homes using abandoned steel shipping containers converted into intermodal steel building units (ISBU…
…commitment to affordable technologies to use converted steel shipping containers as the framework for storm-ready, affordable homes…

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Loft Living

…underway for several years, according to study released in January by the Environmental Protection Agency. It s a great way to reuse old buildings, McIlwain says. Changing Definitions While a true loft is a warehouse or other commercial building that…

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Indoor Air Quality: Lead

…Dairy products are high in calcium. Do not store food or liquid in lead crystal glassware or imported or old pottery. If you reuse old plastic bags to store or carry food, keep the printing on the outside of the bag.

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Garage Workshop Foundation and Slab

…down my drain, says Larry Munson, a mechanic with his own garage workshop. Munson s waste oil goes to local businesses that reuse it in their burners. Foundation Sealers Air and water infiltration from outside can be a headache for the garage owner…

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Women and the Green Movement

…which is the most energy-efficient in its class. make green choices, and that women are more likely [than men] to reuse carrier bags, turn appliances off fully and buy environmentally friendly products. Marti Barletta, CEO and founder of…

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Create a Home Recycling Station

…Patchen Wagner, owner of Savvy Solutions in Seattle. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Experts from coast to coast note that recycle is merely the third R in the mantra reduce, reuse, recycle. Reduce what the EPA calls source reduction comes first…

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