EPA press release honors PlanetReuse for building material reuse efforts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 30, 2008) - The Planet Reuse Project in Kansas City, Mo., and the Greensburg, Kan., Arts Center, designed by the University of Kansas Studio 804, have been recognized for Lifestyle Building Challenge 2 (LBC2) Awards.

LBC2 is a partnership of EPA, the Building Materials Reuse Association, the American Institute of Architects, Southface, West Coast Green, and StopWaste.Org. The partnership invited professionals and students nationwide to submit designs that support cost-effective disassembly and reuse of building materials.

The PlanetReuse Project received the top award in the Professional Built category for their Material Reuse Tool. The tool is an on-line resource that provides homeowners, architects, deconstruction professionals and local municipalities with an industry solution to find, sustainably deconstruct and reclaim building materials. Planet Reuse has supported the reuse of more than 20,100 tons of building materials to reduce more than 2,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions. The concept removes common barriers associated with material reuse.

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Meet with PlanetReuse at Greenbuild and Great Lakes Reuse Conference!

Meet up with CEO Nathan Benjamin, LEED AP, at the Great Lakes Reuse Conference in Buffalo on November 17-18th and Greenbuild 2008 in Boston from November 19th-21st. He'll be at both conferences to speak about how PlanetReuse can help source reclaimed materials for projects and trends in the sustainable marketplace with our friends and partners.

You can shoot Nathan a direct email at nbenjamin@planetreuse.com or call his mobile at 816.918.1120 to set up a meet and greet at one of these two great conferences.

See you there!



Nathan is a LEED accredited construction manager and has over 11 years of industry experience, including many sustainable and LEED-certified projects. The operations management skills that he brings to PlanetReuse, coupled with his expansive knowledge of the industry, help direct and drive overall operations and business development. Nathan is known for his passion for sustainability, the arts, and the community...and for his recently acquired wedding planning skills.

PlanetReuse.com pre-launch March 3rd

Fellow Reclaimers!

We wanted to make you aware of a new resource that can boost your sales of "reclaimed flooring products!" with PlanetReuse.com. This new website is a digital warehouse that allows you to reach thousands of contractors, architects and homeowners searching for your products online. PlanetReuse allows these buyers to search a global database to purchase reusable, reclaimed, and excess building materials through the site from sellers like you. We would like to invite you and select others to list your products and be a part of our pre-launch March 3rd. This exciting opportunity will give you maximum exposure over the site's upcoming release on March 17th.


At PlanetReuse.com:

* Sellers create free listings for reused, reclaimed, and excess building materials for no fee or charge

* Use a safe, secure, solid site aligned with trusted companies in PayPal, FedEx, and FreightQuote

* Access an industry-specific digital warehouse, unlike Craigslist or Ebay

* Global exposure is given to buyers looking for reused, reclaimed and excess construction materials

* LEED documentation and year-end reports are a free service

* Sellers never pay for listings, buyers pay a nominal fee that covers all transaction costs and fees

* Users take advantage of a point-incentive system to buy and sell products through PlanetReuse


We are offering you a free text ad on our site for two months as incentive to populate PlanetReuse with product listings during our pre-launch. This pre-launch offer ends March 17th, but we encourage you to check out our competitively-priced advertising rates here: http://www.planetreuse.com/advertise/info.

PlanetReuse willl be reaching over 50,000 architects and contractors in the “green community” throughout the world on our "go-live" date March 17th. Along with your products, PlanetReuse will be featured by DWELL magazine on March 17th as well as Greenability magazine and ecoLogical Home in the upcoming months. This digitial initiative, coupled with our print media efforts, creates a one-of-a-kind opportunity to extend your products and web presence to interested buyers.

Please feel free to visit PlanetReuse.com and email us at partnership@planetreuse.com if you are interested in participating in this offer. We look forward to working with you for years to come!


Bradley Hardin - CEO, LEED AP
PlanetReuse.com 4441 Fairmount
Kansas City.MO 64111
Office: 816.298.7947
bhardin@planetreuse.com