Building with Recycled Materials Albuquerque NM

For years, there's been a huge global effort in Albuquerque to recycle. From aluminum cans to cell phones, Americans are urged to consider recycling rather than just throwing things into the garbage and overloading landfills.

Local Companies

Marron & Associates Inc
(505) 898-8848
7511 4th St NW
Albuquerque, NM
Pinnacle Laboratories Inc
(505) 344-3777
2709 Pan American Fwy NE
Albuquerque, NM
Real Estate Environmental Services Co (Reesco)
(505) 254-0928
313 Aliso Dr SE
Albuquerque, NM
Nsync Evironmental
(505) 888-2627
4233 Montgomery Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM
Geolex Inc
(505) 842-8000
500 Marquette Ave NW Ste 1350
Albuquerque, NM
Zephyr Design Inc
(505) 766-6617
718 Central Ave SW
Albuquerque, NM
Atc Associates
(505) 296-8084
500 Oak St NE
Albuquerque, NM
Southwest Hazard Control
(505) 298-6930
9112 Susan Ave SE
Albuquerque, NM
Techlaw Inc
(505) 884-4142
6000 Uptown Blvd NE
Albuquerque, NM
Geoscience Resources Inc
(505) 821-5508
7827 Republic Dr NE
Albuquerque, NM

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For years, there's been a huge global effort to recycle. From aluminum cans to cell phones, Americans are urged to consider recycling rather than just throwing things into the garbage and overloading landfills. But what's the point of all the recycling if there isn't an end use for all that material? That's the question posed by Sandra Leibowitz Earley, principal of Sustainable Design Consulting, a Richmond, Va.-based firm that specializes in green building.

Earley suggests that more multifamily developers and owners should consider using building materials with recycled content. “These days it's pretty easy to find building materials that aren't all ‘new,'” she says.

Plus, projects that are constructed with materials that have recycled content are one step closer to being recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, commonly known as LEED), the national system that rates building performance in five major areas: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality.

Materials with recycled content are available both for exterior and interior uses, Earley says. For example, steel has a high percentage of recycled content and is appropriate for a variety of structural uses. Additionally, roofing materials such as copper shingles not only use a high percentage of recycled materials, they also are low-maintenance and long-lasting.

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