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The Reduce/Reuse Connection A NEW ONLINE DIRECTORY made p o s sible t h r ou g h a pa r t ner s h ip a m o n g t h e A m e r i c a n W o o d Council, the Canadian Wood Council and the Building Materials Reuse Association makes it easier for builders and businesses to conceive creative projects featuring recy- cled wood or wood products. ReuseWood.org is designed to educate builders, designers a nd consumers about the w ide ra nge of options for which repurposed or salvaged wood ca n be used. The website a lso fea- tures an intuitive menu that guides users through the wide array of recycled wood products,°including: Barn wood Board lumber Consumer goods Deconstruction Sheet goods Woodchips ReuseWood.org also features a business di rector y of locations t hat buy a nd sel l wa s t e wood produc t s. T he d i rec t or y i s searchable by location, materials produced and accepted, services available, and scale of products. ■ — By Melissa Moore A Home's Hemp Lining A CENTURIES-OLD BUILDING MATERIAL used for breathable and fl exible insulation that is impervious to mold and pests gives new meaning to green building — but it's most often associ- ated with narcotics. Hempcrete, a f ireproof a nd tox in-free product made of the woody, inner lining of the Cannabis sativa plant combined with water and lime, has recently been used in severa l Europea n bui lding projects, a nd archaeologists have found hemp-based build- ing materials in Merovingian bridges dating back to 500 A.D. The core of the cannabis plant has high silica content, which streng thens its bond with the water and lime mixture and produces a cement-like material weighing a fraction of the weight of concrete. Although the material is durable, it is not load bearing. Internal fram- ing should bear the weight of the building. ■ — By Kaitlin Gunter Loving Your LEFTOVERS C OLDSPRING, A STONE product m a n u f a c t u r e r, h a s i n t r o d u c e d Earth Measure, a service line that u s e s r em n a nt s t one t o c r e a t e n a t u r e - i n spi red m at er ia ls. Ava i lable i n a ny of Coldspring's stone types and with numer- ous fi nishes, Earth Measure is compatible with materials such as wood and glass to enha nce a number of projects, including paving or panelling. Earth Measure helps Coldspring draw c lo s er t o it s goa l of 10 0 p er c ent s t one utilization with zero waste. The product is shipped with zero packaging waste — all m a t er i a l s a r e s ent i n r e c yc l a ble b a g s . Coldspr i ng a lso work s w it h a rch itect s, landscape architects and interior designers to custom i ze Ea r t h Mea su re mater ia ls to their projects. For builders required to detail habitat or carbon o¥ sets, Coldspring also provides contributing estimates. ■ — By Melissa Moore | Builder+Architect BUILDERARCHITECT.COM