Benefit Calculator
Introduction
This panel will display the benefits of deconstruction for the building you specify. Please enter the square footage of the home you would like to consider. We will save this value and use it in the following webpages.
Statistics show that the demolition of buildings in the United States produces 124,670,000 tons of debris each year. Clearly this is a lot of waste, but a picture can more strongly convey the staggering quantity of material than a number.
Consider that one year's debris is enough to build a wall about 30 feet
high and 30 feet thick around the entire coast of the continental
United States (4,993 miles).
These Benefit "Factoids" are organized within the four main categories:
As you progress through the site, the factoids calculator will keep a running Tally of the benefits that deconstruction of a particular home would realize Over demolition.
