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    Landfill Waste Becomes Building Insulation! - Free CE Webinar by GreenHome Institute, June 23, 12-1 pm EDT

  • 23 June 2021
  • Start time : 12:00 PM
  • End time : 01:00 PM
  • Event Host : GreenHome Institute
Turning Landfill Waste into Building Insulation- Free CE Webinar by GreenHome Institute, June 23,
Event Description

Can a textile recycling company divert what is traditionally landfilled waste from waste streams to create building insulation? How? 

In this session, you will learn how landfill waste becomes building insulation.
 

Lessons Learned:

  1. Understand the scale of textile waste overconsumption & processes involved in the discard
  2. Review environmental and economic benefits of textile waste recycling and how to score points in LEED BD+C v4 homes MR Environmentally Preferred Products
  3. Articulate testing and certifications associated with the health and safety of a building product comprised of recycled content that gain credit in LEED BC+C v4 homes EQ Low Emitting Materials
  4. Note this technologies market opportunity and benefits the welfare of America's older housing stock corresponding with LEED BD+C v4 Homes EA Annual Energy Use

 

  • Host Company/Organization Name
    • GreenHome Institute
  • Speakers / Presenters
    • You will learn how landfill waste becomes building insulation.
      About this event
      Can a textile recycling company divert what is traditionally landfilled waste from waste streams to create building insulation? How?



      Continuing Education Units (CEUS) 1 hour in

      Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI)
      Building Performance Institute (BPI) NonWholeHouse
      American Institute of Architects - AIA (HSW)
      Certified Green Professional (NARI & CGP)
      Certified GreenHome Professional (CGHP)
      AIBD
      State Architect / Builder License may be applicable


      Lessons Learned:

      Understand the scale of textile waste overconsumption & processes involved in the discard
      Review environmental and economic benefits of textile waste recycling and how to score points in LEED BD+C v4 homes MR Environmentally Preferred Products
      Articulate testing and certifications associated with the health and safety of a building product comprised of recycled content that gain credit in LEED BC+C v4 homes EQ Low Emitting Materials
      Note this technologies market opportunity and benefits the welfare of America's older housing stock corresponding with LEED BD+C v4 Homes EA Annual Energy Use


      Instructor: Madeline Walker Miller

      Madeline Walker Miller is the Founder and CEO of NexTiles, a Detroit-based textile recycling company that converts textile waste into building insulation. Her professional background focuses on reducing textile waste and its harmful impacts to our natural environment. Her company specializes in creating secondary uses for textiles and engaging more Detroiters in creating circular economy solutions. She is an alumna of Spelman College and earned a master's degree in Coastal Zone Management from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.

      Madeline's passion lies in empowering young Black people and people of color to embrace environmentally sustainable behaviors.

      She is a GHI board member and marketing committee chair.

      In her spare time, she enjoys family outings and playing with her boxer, Maximus.
  • Sponsors
    • Rheem
  • Event type
    • Online/Webinar

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