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Local Groups Honored for Building Materials Reuse Efforts
Release Date: 10/30/2008
Contact Information: EPA Region 7, Chris Whitley, 913-551-7394, whitley.christopher@epa.gov;
Planet Reuse Project, Bradley Hardin, 816-298-7947, bhardin@planetreuse.com;
KU Studio 804, Dan Rockhill, 785-393-0747, rockhill@sunflower.com
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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 Planet Reuse Project
Kansas University Studio 804
EPA acknowledges award winners for their innovative green building ideas that will help to reduce environmental and energy impacts of buildings. The Agency honors programs that assist the building industry in the reuse of more than 100 million tons of building-related construction and demolition debris that otherwise would be sent each year to landfills in the United States. Reusing building materials also reduces the energy and greenhouse gas emissions associated with extraction, production, and transportation of new materials.
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For more information about the Lifestyle Building Challenge 2 and the individual projects, go to:
http://www.lifecyclebuilding.org/2008/winners.php![](https://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/66ac2d1c0791a0c785258050006b4042/ca77896ee76840bd852574f2007795af/Body/0.1E2C!OpenElement&FieldElemFormat=gif)
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For more information about the Lifestyle Building Challenge 2 and the individual projects, go to:
http://www.lifecyclebuilding.org/2008/winners.php
http://www.judging.lifecyclebuilding.org/entries/view/27
http://judging.lifecyclebuilding.org/entries/view/57
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