Construction Material

This bookshelf was constructed entirely of FSC-certified, sustainably grown wood from Windhorse Farm. We used local products, sustainable harvested wood, recycled and non-toxic products wherever possible. Many of our original choices such as straw board were ruled out because of availability and transportation costs. The bookcase pictured on the right was constructed entirely of Forest Stewardship Council-certified, sustainably grown wood from Windhorse Farm.

Suppliers

CGC Inc.

    Suite 305, Bedford House1
    595 Bedford Highway
    Bedford, NS B4A 3Y4
    Tel: 902-835-3178
    Toll free: 1-888-206-1110

Drywall was kindly donated by CGC that was made of 77% recycled content and was made from a byproduct of the cleaning process used by coal fired generating plants.

Happy Harry's Affordable Building Centre

    46 Wright Avenue,
    Dartmouth, NS B3B 1G6
    Tel: 902-468-2319

Double-paned windows were purchased from Happy Harry's. Happy Harry's liquidates end-of-line products and sells used building materials.

Fiberock Aqua Tough Interior Panel

350 Burnamthorpe Road West, 5th floor
Mississauga, ON L5B 3J1

Aqua Tough interior panels are SCS certified to have 95% recycled content (85% post-industrial, 10% post-consumer), and are produced to be highly resistant against moisture, indentation and penetration.

Piercey's Building Supplies

    2854 Robie St.
    Halifax, NS
    Tel: (902) 454-6411

Most construction materials were purchased from Pierceys Building Supplies as it is locally owned and within walking distance of the new building.

Windhorse Farm

    Windhorse Farm
    132 Sarty Road
    New Germany, Nova Scotia
    Canada B0R 1E0
    Tel:(902) 543-6955

Windhorse farms produces FSC-certified wood in a large property in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. The trees are carefully selected and chopped in winter, and then carried away by horses. They carry a large range of products and offer tours of their facility.

Garland Canada Inc.'s Roofing

    1290 Martin Grove
    Toronto, ON M9W 4X3
    Tel: (416)747-7995
    Fax: (416)747-1980
    1-800-387-5991

Built Environment Committee

Phone: (902) 429-2202
Fax: (902) 405-3716

The Built Environment Committee meets the second Thursday of every month at 5:30pm at the EAC. All are welcome at our monthly meeting.