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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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