Build Reuse - General
Root
- About the Build Reuse Wiki
- The Big Picture
- Policies and Codes
- Deconstruction Ordinances (Mandates)
- Deconstruction Ordinances (Mandates) In-Progress
- Other Deconstruction Policies and Programs
- Salvaged Structural Wood in Building Codes
- C&D Diversion Ordinances (Mandates)
- Embodied Carbon Policies
- How to Develop Deconstruction Policies
- [Work in Progress] Policies Database
- Generating Supply Through Deconstruction
- Generating Demand Through Design
- Connecting Supply and Demand
- Research and Innovation
- Connection and Information Exchange
- Funding Opportunities
- Metrics and Standards
Building Material Exchange (launched 2024)
- Developed by: Light House
- Description: The program is free to sign up and participate in and is funded by the Regional District of Nanaimo’s Zero Waste Recycling Fund, the Capital Regional District, and the Cowichan Valley Regional District (South and Central Vancouver Island).
- Program coverage
Material Innovation Center, San Antonio (2024)
- Developed by: Reinventing Cities
- Description: Site requirements for the Material Innovation Center in San Antonio, TX.
- Developed by: Sustainable Hudson Valley, Reuse Consulting
- Description: "Ulster County engaged Sustainable Hudson Valley and an experienced project team including Re-Use Consulting to complete a Reuse Innovation Center Planning Study in 2023."
Building Resources Innovation Center – Building Materials Reuse Analysis (March 2022)
- Developed by: SF Environment, StopWaste, Gensler, The Reuse People, Madrone
- Description: San Francisco’s proposal to create the Building Resources Innovation Center (BRIC), a physical space for the temporary storage and redistribution of salvaged/surplus commercial building products, novel circularity programs, and community services.
Reuse Innovation Hubs/Centers
Building Material Exchange (launched 2024)
- Developed by: Light House
- Description: The program is free to sign up and participate in and is funded by the Regional District of Nanaimo’s Zero Waste Recycling Fund, the Capital Regional District, and the Cowichan Valley Regional District (South and Central Vancouver Island).
- Program coverage
Material Innovation Center, San Antonio (2024)
- Developed by: Reinventing Cities
- Description: Site requirements for the Material Innovation Center in San Antonio, TX.
- Developed by: Sustainable Hudson Valley, Reuse Consulting
- Description: "Ulster County engaged Sustainable Hudson Valley and an experienced project team including Re-Use Consulting to complete a Reuse Innovation Center Planning Study in 2023."
Building Resources Innovation Center – Building Materials Reuse Analysis (March 2022)
- Developed by: SF Environment, StopWaste, Gensler, The Reuse People, Madrone
- Description: San Francisco’s proposal to create the Building Resources Innovation Center (BRIC), a physical space for the temporary storage and redistribution of salvaged/surplus commercial building products, novel circularity programs, and community services.