Butler Manufacturing Company (BMC) offers sustainable 25-yr color finishes that meet the reflectance and emittance standards established by the energy codes for “cool roofs.” Butler cool roofs help mitigate the Heat Island Effect, which produces high relative temperatures in urban areas that contribute to smog formation. In this way, Butler® building systems help ensure a safer habitat and microclimate. Butler Manufacturing Company is making efforts to make their products as “Green” as possible. Read how BMC products meet various LEED requirements here and here.
Leak Frog
This is an interesting item I ran across. We occasionally get calls regarding failed sump pumps or other basement water damage issues. There were huge issues this past Winter with basements that never had water issues in the past. The odd cycle of freezing & thawing combined with snow and extremely heavy rains created flooding throughout our area.
I will keep this on file and share it with clients that have concerns with water problems. It looks like a good solution and should provide the necessary early warning.
Greenwashing
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” Greenwash (a portmanteau of green and whitewash) is a term that is used to describe the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service.[1] The term Green sheen has similarly been used to describe organizations which attempt to appear that they are adopting practices beneficial to the environment.[2] ” – Definition from Wikipedia
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There seems to be a lot of Greenwashing going on… Now that the bandwagon is in the parade, everyone wants to pile on! While I think there is merit in a lot of the green movement, I want Easterday Construction Co., Inc. to follow a path that takes the best of the “new” practices and implements the ones that make economic as well as socially conscious sense to our company and our clients. I put “new” in quotes because many of these ideas are not really new. They have been around since the last green movement in the seventies, if not earlier… they were just not economically viable then. Some of them have evolved into forms that are more economical. Some have become economically feasible due to our changing energy costs. Still others sound good, but the return on investment may never make them feasible other than as window dressing. (Ah, that Green Sheen!)
Quote from Craig Ladwig
“A recent Rasmussen survey found that the approval rating of Congress — of all political bodies, is our guess — has fallen into single digits. The number of people who think Congress is doing a good job now can be explained by estimates of those wandering around drunk at any given time or, most plausibly, needing psychiatric care. ” – from The Virtues of Contrary Voting by Craig Ladwig in the Indiana Policy Review, July 16, 2008
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Sand Hill Farm – Fairfield Commons Comparison
About a year ago we completed Fairfield Garden Court in Plymouth, our fourth Garden Court project. It was built in the Fairfield Farms development in Plymouth, just north of the hospital. On a recent return visit I picked up a flyer for Fairfield Commons. This is the next section of Fairfield Farms that is opening up across the street from Fairfield Garden Court. I was intrigued by the size and mix of the units.