PlanetReuse 3.0 Coming Soon

PlanetReuse is now undergoing an update for the site, branding and how we work with our clients. We value everyone's opinion from material providers to architects and designers so feel free to leave a response to this post with comments, suggestions and questions.

We really feel we are moving towards a better PlanetReuse user interface and are designing it to meet our users needs.

Sustainable Building Deconstruction Seminar in Pittsburgh, PA February 12, 2009

Sustainable Building Deconstruction seminar

It's a practical, one-day seminar for architects, engineers, and contractors where you’ll:
* Learn about the benefits of deconstruction
* Explore opportunities for materials reuse and recycling
* Learn about deconstruction techniques, tools and safety precautions
* Discover how to qualify for LEED materials and resources credits
* Examine regulatory and historic preservation requirements


Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday, February 12, 2009
6.0 AIA SD/HSW Learning Units
0.6 CSI HSW CEUs
6.0 New York HSW Contact Hours for Architects
6.0 New York Contact Hours for Engineers

View full information here

NB in NYC

Nathan Benjamin our COO is in New York City today and tomorrow. He's meeting with designers and working on a couple of projects we are working on up there, but if you're out and about shoot him an email - nbenjamin@planetreuse.com

Got some great projects coming in the door to wrap up 2008...stay tuned but 2009 is looking good and we're excited about those who have started using PlanetReuse and the new people we've met along the way.

Thanks for joining the reMovement

PlanetReuse and reused steel sourcing

Designers and builders have long recognized and lauded steel for its strength, durability, and functionality. Increasingly, however, architects are recognizing steel’s important environmental attributes — especially its high recycled content and high reclamation rate.

For many years, there has been a strong economic motive to incorporate recycling into the process for making steel, but today's environmental concerns make recycling even more important. Recycling saves money while conserving energy andresources, as well as reducing solid, liquid, and gaseous wastes. Recycling also helps to spread the energy impact of the original extraction and manufacturing of the material over infinite generations of new steel.

http://www.recycle-steel.org/PDFs/leed/steel_takes_LEED_011405.pdf

Not only does using recycled steel contribute positively to the bottom line, but it also contributes towards LEED. The location of the fabricator, and not just the mill, can be when calculating the local and regional material used on a project. This helps designers reach LEED 3.1, 3.2 in addition to 4.1 and 4.2:

Credit 4.1 (1 point) "Use materials with recycled content such that the sum of postconsumer recycled content plus one-half of the pre-consumer content constitutes at least 10% (based on cost) of the total value of the materials in the project."

Credit 4.2 (1 point) "Use materials with recycled content such that the sum of post-consumer recycled content plus one-half of the pre-consumer content constitutes at least 20% of the total value of the materials in the project."


*image used as courtesy of http://www.reuse-steel.org

Great New Projects East and West!

PlanetReuse continues to grow!

We have been selected to work with new (to us) design and construction teams on two new projects in New York and one in Utah!

These new projects will use PlanetReuse's free consulting services to meet their reclaimed material goals as well as reduce project expense. What a great opportunity!

We will have updated info on these exciting new projects shortly...int the meantime stay tuned and we will be sure to let you know of future updates.

Also give us a buzz if you have a commercial/high end residential project coming up that has reclaimed material needs at 816-298-7947. We look forward to working with you.

Wow what a great response!

Thanks to all who attended the live webinar event. We had a great turnout and more people attended then we anticipated!

We have created the NEXT webinar and lifted the number of maximum attendees so that everyone can attend. Guess we didn't realize the interest out there, how exciting!

Here's the info for the next webinar, and thanks for joining the REmovement

PlanetReuse Webinar

Join us for a Webinar on December 17



Welcome to the REmovement! PlanetReuse will be presenting an online webinar for it's users to describe PlanetReuse's new functions, tools and how it alll works.

Title: PlanetReuse Webinar

Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System RequirementsPC-based attendeesRequired: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh®-based attendeesRequired: Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®) or newer

Space is limited.Reserve your Webinar seat now at:https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/735471866

Reminder - Online web demo of PlanetReuse today at noon 12pm central!

Web Link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/join/270179945
Conference Phone Number: 914-339-0016
Access Code/Meeting ID: 270-179-945