by Kirby Lee Davis
The Journal Record November 25, 2009
TULSA – The Home Builders Association of Greater Tulsa will launch its Green Building Council on Jan. 1, enabling both residential developers and homeowners to use more environmentally friendly products.
This effort dovetails with the National Association of Home Builders establishing its “green” building program, adopted by the American National Standards Institute for residential construction.
“I think it’s the coming thing,” said Phil Rhees of BMI Properties, who helped create the Tulsa council. He expects it to help advance construction of environmentally friendly homes in Oklahoma’s second-largest metro area. “I think we’re five years behind the national trends.”
Larry Cagle of Cagle Construction will preside over the 25-member Green Building Council, which will partner with the interest group Sustainable Tulsa to help educate people on recycled and environmentally friendly product and construction options, connecting them to contractors, suppliers and service companies.
Sustainable Tulsa unveiled its 2010 Tulsa Area Green Directory Tuesday to help fulfill that goal.
“There’s some things we can do that will be short term, and a lot of things we can do long term,” said Rhees. “We have to start somewhere.”
More here ::: http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=104729
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
M&M Lumber Receives FSC Chain of Custody Certification
This is huge! Wanted all green building enthusiasts to be aware of a great resource in Tulsa. Chad
****Press Release****
October 30, 2009
M&M Lumber Receives FSC Chain of Custody Certification
M&M Lumber is proud to announce they have been granted the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) certification. M&M Lumber’s FSC certification number SCS-COC-002810. This certification allows M&M Lumber to provide its customers the option to purchase materials that have come from well-managed forests and comply with the strict tracking requirements of FSC.
ABOUT THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL (FSC)
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. It provides standard setting, trademark assurance and accreditation services for organizations interested in responsible forestry. Products carrying the FSC label are independently certified to assure consumers that they come from forests that are managed to meet the social, economic and ecological needs of present and future generations.
ABOUT M&M LUMBER
M&M Lumber Co. is a full service lumberyard that is locally owned and operated since 1964. We have competitive pricing and professional salesmen to help with your orders. We are a stocking dealer of Trex, Evergrain and treated decking. We have a complete door shop to take care of your specific door, moulding, millworks, and any custom order needs and also have a nail gun repair specialist along with a full line of pneumatic nails in stock. Special ordering is available for items that we do not keep in stock.
M&M Lumber
4711 S Mingo Tulsa, OK 74146 918-627-1926 Fax 918-627-2726
http://www.mmlumberco.com/
****Press Release****
October 30, 2009
M&M Lumber Receives FSC Chain of Custody Certification
M&M Lumber is proud to announce they have been granted the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody (CoC) certification. M&M Lumber’s FSC certification number SCS-COC-002810. This certification allows M&M Lumber to provide its customers the option to purchase materials that have come from well-managed forests and comply with the strict tracking requirements of FSC.
ABOUT THE FOREST STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL (FSC)
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests. It provides standard setting, trademark assurance and accreditation services for organizations interested in responsible forestry. Products carrying the FSC label are independently certified to assure consumers that they come from forests that are managed to meet the social, economic and ecological needs of present and future generations.
ABOUT M&M LUMBER
M&M Lumber Co. is a full service lumberyard that is locally owned and operated since 1964. We have competitive pricing and professional salesmen to help with your orders. We are a stocking dealer of Trex, Evergrain and treated decking. We have a complete door shop to take care of your specific door, moulding, millworks, and any custom order needs and also have a nail gun repair specialist along with a full line of pneumatic nails in stock. Special ordering is available for items that we do not keep in stock.
M&M Lumber
4711 S Mingo Tulsa, OK 74146 918-627-1926 Fax 918-627-2726
http://www.mmlumberco.com/
Monday, November 23, 2009
jay rambo bamboo cabinets arrive!
This stuff is dense and hard as a rock. Beautiful material. FSC-certified.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Check this stuff out kids. Looking for a mildew, mold and water resistant drywall...look no further!
Anchor Paint on the Exterior Trim...A...L...M...O...S...T There!!!!
All we need is one more weekend of warm weather and I think we can make it to the goal line as far as exterior painting goes...it's gonna be close! PLEASE hold out a little longer!
Daredevil Chad tests his nerves at about 17 feet. Now I know why painters get a bad rap for being alcoholics. Liquid courage sounds like a good idea first thing in the morning, especially when a hard wind blows!
Note the tan/cream trim. The unpainted hardie-board will be a darker brown.
Daredevil Chad tests his nerves at about 17 feet. Now I know why painters get a bad rap for being alcoholics. Liquid courage sounds like a good idea first thing in the morning, especially when a hard wind blows!
Aunt Patsy, slaving away on the garage door.
I know, the old windows should be gone REALLY SOON, right Pam? :)
Thursday, November 12, 2009
THANKS MANDI AND OZARK INSEALATORS
Mandi,
Thank you so much for coming by today and speaking with the neighborhood/community about spray foam insulation. You have a great crew.
Tulsa, please stop by and check us out any time!
Chad
For more information, contact Mandi at:
mandi@ozarkfoam.net or 918-223-5849
Thank you so much for coming by today and speaking with the neighborhood/community about spray foam insulation. You have a great crew.
Tulsa, please stop by and check us out any time!
Chad
For more information, contact Mandi at:
mandi@ozarkfoam.net or 918-223-5849
Friday, November 6, 2009
Watch Ozark InSEALators Apply Spray Foam to Walls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUN61HXP9YY
For more information, come to our free workshop next Thursday:
Ozark Foam InSEALators, Inc. has been servicing the entire Ozarks region for over 10 years. With more than 3,500 foam insulation projects completed, Ozark Foam InSEALators, Inc. is recognized as the premier foam insulation provider in both Arkansas and Missouri and they have recently entered the Northeastern Oklahoma region.
Spray foam applied as a liquid expands within seconds to 120 times its volume to fill every nook and cranny providing superior energy efficiency and improved indoor air quality by eliminating air movement through walls. Demilec’s SEALECTION® 500 reduces airborne noise and dust making it the healthy choice for those who suffer from allergies, asthma or chemical sensitivity.
Registration is not required but as a courtesy for planning, please pre-register with Lorrie A. Hoefling, LEED® AP BD&C, GAc President USGBC Oklahoma Chapter: lhoefling@sbcglobal.net
For more information, come to our free workshop next Thursday:
Free Spray Foam Insulation Workshop
Learn more about spray foam insulation and energy efficiency inside an actual green residential retrofit in mid-town Tulsa!
Date: November 12, 2009
Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Place: 3530 E. 21st Place Tulsa, OK (near 21st/Harvard)
Project website: www.obgreen.blogspot.com
Free and Open to the Public
Presented by :
Ozark Foam InSEALators, Inc.
Ozark Foam InSEALators, Inc. has been servicing the entire Ozarks region for over 10 years. With more than 3,500 foam insulation projects completed, Ozark Foam InSEALators, Inc. is recognized as the premier foam insulation provider in both Arkansas and Missouri and they have recently entered the Northeastern Oklahoma region.
Spray foam applied as a liquid expands within seconds to 120 times its volume to fill every nook and cranny providing superior energy efficiency and improved indoor air quality by eliminating air movement through walls. Demilec’s SEALECTION® 500 reduces airborne noise and dust making it the healthy choice for those who suffer from allergies, asthma or chemical sensitivity.
Sponsored by:
Ozark Foam InSEALators (www.ozarkfoam.net)
Demilec USA, SEALECTION® 500 Spray Foam Insulation (www.demilecusa.com)
Strategic Partners:
U.S. Green Building Council, Oklahoma Chapter
Sustainable Tulsa’s Green Building Strategy Team
Home Builder’s Association of Greater Tulsa
Registration is not required but as a courtesy for planning, please pre-register with Lorrie A. Hoefling, LEED® AP BD&C, GAc President USGBC Oklahoma Chapter: lhoefling@sbcglobal.net
fillin' in the holes
Above: Master Craftsman, Jim Belden handles his 1960s (ish) Massey Ferguson tractor with box blade like Mad Max handles his semis to level off the big trench we dug to bury the power line. PSO is on the way to run power. Almost ready for lift off, Tulsa!
Landscapes now get 'green' ratings
By Haya El Nasser, USA TODAY
"Green" seals of approval are slapped on dishwashers, heat pumps, light bulbs and entire buildings. So why not the outdoors?
As of Thursday, even open-air spaces — from parks and parking lots to corporate and college campuses — will have their own environmental rating system.
"The recognition of the need to address climate change and sustainability is going up and up," says Nancy Somerville, CEO of the American Society of Landscape Architects, who worked with the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas-Austin to create the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes.
Until now, the most comprehensive guidelines and sought-after environmental ratings were for buildings. A Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council can qualify builders and cities for tax credits. Now that the nation is embracing all things green to save money and natural resources, a LEED rating also brings marketing cachet to a project.
The spaces around buildings now can earn similar recognition from the Sustainable Sites Initiatives' new star rating scale (four stars is the highest).
"It can be the site and landscaping around a building," Somerville says.
The rating will measure several criteria. They may include planting trees in a parking lot or paving with permeable materials to minimize heat and storm-water runoff. Or landscaping with native plants to reduce maintenance, irrigation and use of pesticides.
When the trustees of Sidwell Friends School, a prestigious Quaker school, decided to build a middle school on its Washington, D.C., campus, they found that "green building was entirely consistent with Quaker values ... of stewardship of the environment," says Mike Saxenian, assistant head of school. The school hired landscape architect José Almiñana, a principal with Philadelphia-based Andropogon Associates, who finished his design last year.
The campus, which President Obama's daughter Malia attends, sits between two large parks. The school now acts as a bridge between the two, allowing species to move back and forth, Saxenian says. When a pond with native species overflows, water goes into a garden that filters and absorbs water, softening the impact of runoff. The new landscape rating will help people realize "that we are part of a larger natural system ... which we are fully dependent on to survive," Almiñana says.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/construction/2009-11-04-green-rating_N.htm
"Green" seals of approval are slapped on dishwashers, heat pumps, light bulbs and entire buildings. So why not the outdoors?
As of Thursday, even open-air spaces — from parks and parking lots to corporate and college campuses — will have their own environmental rating system.
"The recognition of the need to address climate change and sustainability is going up and up," says Nancy Somerville, CEO of the American Society of Landscape Architects, who worked with the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at the University of Texas-Austin to create the first national rating system for sustainable landscapes.
Until now, the most comprehensive guidelines and sought-after environmental ratings were for buildings. A Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council can qualify builders and cities for tax credits. Now that the nation is embracing all things green to save money and natural resources, a LEED rating also brings marketing cachet to a project.
The spaces around buildings now can earn similar recognition from the Sustainable Sites Initiatives' new star rating scale (four stars is the highest).
"It can be the site and landscaping around a building," Somerville says.
The rating will measure several criteria. They may include planting trees in a parking lot or paving with permeable materials to minimize heat and storm-water runoff. Or landscaping with native plants to reduce maintenance, irrigation and use of pesticides.
When the trustees of Sidwell Friends School, a prestigious Quaker school, decided to build a middle school on its Washington, D.C., campus, they found that "green building was entirely consistent with Quaker values ... of stewardship of the environment," says Mike Saxenian, assistant head of school. The school hired landscape architect José Almiñana, a principal with Philadelphia-based Andropogon Associates, who finished his design last year.
The campus, which President Obama's daughter Malia attends, sits between two large parks. The school now acts as a bridge between the two, allowing species to move back and forth, Saxenian says. When a pond with native species overflows, water goes into a garden that filters and absorbs water, softening the impact of runoff. The new landscape rating will help people realize "that we are part of a larger natural system ... which we are fully dependent on to survive," Almiñana says.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/construction/2009-11-04-green-rating_N.htm
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
M&M Lumber -- first Lumber Dealer in NE OK to Get FSC Chain of Custody
M&M is very excited to let you know that they have gone through the FSC Audit and received their FSC Chain of Custody number. This means they are capable of delivering FSC material to the job side without breaking the Chain of Custody. Nobody else in this area can provide this service. It will help those seeking LEED’s credit in the future.
Great job M&M!!! This is a huge deal for Tulsa. Spread the word!
Contact Sean with M&M Lumber for details:
sean@mmlumberco.com
or call or come by:
(918) 627-1926
4711 S Mingo Rd
Tulsa, OK
Great job M&M!!! This is a huge deal for Tulsa. Spread the word!
Contact Sean with M&M Lumber for details:
sean@mmlumberco.com
or call or come by:
(918) 627-1926
4711 S Mingo Rd
Tulsa, OK
USGBC - Oklahoma Chapter Announcement - Build it Green!
BUILD-IT-GREEN LLC
First to Offer High Performance Sustainable Construction Resource Guide Serving Oklahomans and the Surrounding Region.
Build-it-Green is essential reading for architects, builders, consultants, and anyone in the commercial construction community in Oklahoma.
November 4, 2009 -- For the first time, green-building professionals serving Oklahomans will have a reliable resource guide for finding local product manufacturers and service providers. In addition, organizations selling sustainable building products and services will now be able to reach a wide range of decision-makers in search of local green businesses throughout the state of Oklahoma as well as states like Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri.
Build-it-Green is a handy resource for the busy building professional that may not have the time or staff to research a variety of green building categories. Anyone interested in certifying their next project through the LEED Green Building Rating System, the National Association of Homebuilder's Green Building Standard or Green Globes will want to have this quick-reference on their bookshelf and in their briefcase. Build-it-Green is the brainchild of Lorrie A. Hoefling, President of Build-it-Green LLC and Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council's Oklahoma Chapter. "This definitive resource guide will cover everything under the sun to include categories such as roofing, windows, insulation, mechanical systems, flooring, paints and coatings, plumbing, lighting, electrical as well as construction and demolition waste options for Oklahomans," says Hoefling.
A portion of the profits from every ad placed in Build-it-Green will be donated to the U.S. Green Building Council, a non-profit 501(c)(3) to support their social and environmental service, and educational programs. This annual resource guide will be distributed throughout the region via green building conferences, educational workshops, seminars, and community organizations dedicated to fundamentally rethinking the role of the building delivery process. Individual listings, ¼, ½ and full page ads are available and start as low as $200.00 and include a presence on the web at Build-It-GreenCommercial.com
For more information, contact:
Shekoofah Khedhri
shekoofah.khedhri@gmail.com
First to Offer High Performance Sustainable Construction Resource Guide Serving Oklahomans and the Surrounding Region.
Build-it-Green is essential reading for architects, builders, consultants, and anyone in the commercial construction community in Oklahoma.
November 4, 2009 -- For the first time, green-building professionals serving Oklahomans will have a reliable resource guide for finding local product manufacturers and service providers. In addition, organizations selling sustainable building products and services will now be able to reach a wide range of decision-makers in search of local green businesses throughout the state of Oklahoma as well as states like Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri.
Build-it-Green is a handy resource for the busy building professional that may not have the time or staff to research a variety of green building categories. Anyone interested in certifying their next project through the LEED Green Building Rating System, the National Association of Homebuilder's Green Building Standard or Green Globes will want to have this quick-reference on their bookshelf and in their briefcase. Build-it-Green is the brainchild of Lorrie A. Hoefling, President of Build-it-Green LLC and Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council's Oklahoma Chapter. "This definitive resource guide will cover everything under the sun to include categories such as roofing, windows, insulation, mechanical systems, flooring, paints and coatings, plumbing, lighting, electrical as well as construction and demolition waste options for Oklahomans," says Hoefling.
A portion of the profits from every ad placed in Build-it-Green will be donated to the U.S. Green Building Council, a non-profit 501(c)(3) to support their social and environmental service, and educational programs. This annual resource guide will be distributed throughout the region via green building conferences, educational workshops, seminars, and community organizations dedicated to fundamentally rethinking the role of the building delivery process. Individual listings, ¼, ½ and full page ads are available and start as low as $200.00 and include a presence on the web at Build-It-GreenCommercial.com
For more information, contact:
Shekoofah Khedhri
shekoofah.khedhri@gmail.com
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