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MATERIALSELECTIONCONSIDERATIONS
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Selecting Sustainable Strategies / Systems:
Explore possible ideas and test for compatibility with:
Project Mission
Climate
Site
Program/Function
Budget Code restrictions
Aesthetic requirements
Maintenance expectations
Other pre-determined strategies or aspects ofthe project
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Selecting Materials:
Explore possible ideas and test for compatibility with:
Project Mission
Climate
Site
Program/Function
Budget Code restrictions
Aesthetic requirements
Maintenance expectations
Other pre-determined strategies or aspects ofthe project
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Recycled
Rapidly Renew
Salvaged
Locally Manufa
Locally Harves
No Impact to H
Recyclable
/Biodegradable
Low Embodied
Non Toxic
Environment
Material Crite
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Recycled
Rapidly Renew
Salvaged
Locally Manufa
Locally Harves
No Impact to H
Recyclable
/Biodegradable
Low Embodied
Non Toxic
Environment
Material Crite
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Recycled
Opportunities:
Steel
Concrete
Sheathing
Gypsum Board
Metals
Trex
Ceramic Tile
CarpetHomosote
Fabrics
Ceiling Tile
Lab Top
Paving
Millwork
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RapidlyRenewablOpportunities
CorkBamboo
Lyptus
Palm
Poplar
WheatboardSunflower Seed Hull Board
Wool Carpeting
Cotton Insulation
Linoleum
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LocalResources
500 mile radius
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Aluminum and Aluminum
Products
Alcoa (Goose Creek)
JW Aluminum Company (N.
Charleston)
The Loxscreen Company (West
Columbia) door and door
products
Metal Fabrications
Electrolux Construction Products
(Columbia)
Socar Inc. (Florence) fabricated
structural steel
Vulcraft (Florence) fabricated
structural steel
Steel Works and Blast Furnaces
JM Steel Corp. (Huger)Nucor Steel (Darlington)
SMI Steel (Cayce)
Talley Metals Technology
(Hartsville)
Chatham Steel Corp. (Columbia)
SMI Rebar of South Carolina
(Columbia) rebar manufacturing
Concrete
Giant Cement Co. (Summerville)North America (Harleyville)
Hardaway Conc. Co. (Columbia)
Concrete Products
APAC (Darlington)
Metromont (Greenville)
Tindall Corporation (Spartanburg)
Winyah Concrete & Block Company
(Pawleys Island)
Chapman Concrete Products Inc.
(Spartanburg)
Hardaway Concrete Co. (Columbia)Southeastern Concrete Products
(Columbia)
Stainless Steel
American Stainless & Alloy Products
(Darlington)
Construction Sand and Gravel
Thomas Sand Company (Greenville)
Vulcan Materials Company (Columbia)
Adhesives & Sealants
Siroflex Inc. (Greenville)
HVAC Equipment
Trane (Columbia)
Paint
Sherwin Williams (Columbia)
Waterproofing Materials
Hydro-Stop Inc. (N. Charleston)
Brick
Boral Bricks (Van Wyck) Brick
Carolina Ceramics (Columbia)
Hanson Brick & Building Products
(Columbia)
Palmetto Brick (Cheraw)
Richtex Southern Brick (Ninety Six)
Lumber and Building MaterialsBuilders First Source (Conway)
Lumber and Wood Products
C.M Tucker Lumber Companies
(Pageland)
Collums Lumber Products
(Allendale)
Council Lumber Co. (Orangeburg)
Dixie Products (Darlington)
Georgia Pacific (Columbia)Norbord South Carolina Inc.
(Kinards)
Diamond Hill Plywood Company
Inc. (Darlington)
Furniture
Duracase (Ridgeland) and
recycling program
SkylightsVelux (Greenwood)
LocalResources
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Recycled
Rapidly Renew
Salvaged
Locally Manufa
Locally Harves No Impact to H
Recyclable
/Biodegradable
Low Embodied
Non Toxic
Environment
Material Crite
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Material Life-
Analysis
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Case Study - CBF
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The
ChesapeakeBayFoundation
Excess Nutrients in
Waterways
Sedimentation
Point Source Toxins
MISSION
Site Water
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Nutrient Pollut
Sources
Non-point So
Pollution
Water Treatm
Plants
Effluent flow
from sewage
treatment
plants into
area
waterwayscontributes
Site WaterIncrease in
urbanized
land
relative to
population
growth:
MISSION
Energy Materials & Resources2000 Current
TrendsDeveloped 196,200 377,809 93%
Farm 490,200 372,310 -24%
Forest &
Wetland
364,653 313,385 -14%
Other 17,392 4,948 -71%
2.65 times the rate of population growth approx.300 million pounds of nitrogen
pollution in the Bay each year.
Each year,
roughly 97.5million pounds-
-comes from air
deposition.
Most of this
comes from
Wetlandslost in the
lower 48
states
between the
late 1700s
power plant smoke stacks & vehicle tailpipes. and the mid-1980s: More than half (53%)
Air Pollution
Loss of Wetla
Site Conservation and Restoration
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Site Conservation and Restoration
Ecosystem restoration
Stormwater reduction
Minimized site
disturbance
Conservation - Harnessing Natural Resources
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Orientation
Sun Control
Natural Daylight
Energy Efficient Systems
Renewable Energy
g
Passive AndSolar Design
Mixed-modeNatural Vent
Geothermal And Cooling
Day Lighting
RainwaterCollection
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Parallel Stran
Lumber
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Structurally
Insulated Pa
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Galvalume
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InteriorFinis
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InteriorFinis
Cork:
Rapidly
renewable
Durable
Soft and
Comfortable
Quiet
Maintained
non-toxic
chemicals
Beautiful
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Case Study - Sandhill
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Project Mission
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Passive Co
Site Palette
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Site Palette
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