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  • Incorporating fly ash a by product of coal burning and Slag a by product of steel production a large percentage of cement can be reduced from the concrete mix without loosing strength<br /> Benefit: reduce the need for cement which take large amounts of energy to produce and replace it with a by product. Incorporating fly ash a by product of coal burning and Slag a by product of steel production a large percentage of cement can be reduced from the concrete mix without loosing strength
    Benefit: reduce the need for cement which take large amounts of energy to produce and replace it with a by product.
  • Local stones and gravels are used extensively and sourced from only miles from this facility.<br /> Benefit: dramatically reduce the fuel need to transport this heavy material. Local stones and gravels are used extensively and sourced from only miles from this facility.
    Benefit: dramatically reduce the fuel need to transport this heavy material.
  • When possible reduce the size and scale of paving and limit the use of exotic materials. When possible reduce the size and scale of paving and limit the use of exotic materials.
  • Concrete, steel, aluminum and small cobbles can all be recycled and reused.<br /> Benefit: long term all these products can be recycled and used again in a new form. Concrete, steel, aluminum and small cobbles can all be recycled and reused.
    Benefit: long term all these products can be recycled and used again in a new form.
  • Composite decking is often made of recycled plastics and waste wood pulp<br /> Benefits: reduce deforestation and reclaim by product materials. Composite decking is often made of recycled plastics and waste wood pulp
    Benefits: reduce deforestation and reclaim by product materials.
  • The railing is made of renewable willow harvested seasonally and grown sustainably<br /> Benefits: the railing is from a crop grown for this purpose, the same plant will grow and harvested on an annual basis. The railing is made of renewable willow harvested seasonally and grown sustainably
    Benefits: the railing is from a crop grown for this purpose, the same plant will grow and harvested on an annual basis.
     
Material Resources
Stormwater Management
Water Efficiency
 
Material Resources
The work of Studio Green comes together with a thorough
amount of research and great attention to their material
selections.  The evolution of building materials are constantly
being developed to provide the landscape architecture
profession with more sustainable and globally efficient
resources in order to create more captivating and innovative
designs.  Studio Green embraces this notion and looks to
sourcing materials locally to reduce energy consumption and
out of state/country imports.  Our portfolio encompasses a
variety of sustainable goods from renewable/recycled
materials to organic, salvaged products, recycled plastic
timber, local quarried gravel and stone, and recycled
aggregate with concrete.		    
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