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Welcome! The ReBuilding Center, a project of Our United Villages, is vibrant resource working to strengthen the environmental, economic, and social fabric of local communities. Founded by volunteers in 1998, The ReBuilding Center is the nation’s largest non-profit reuse center for salvaged construction and remodeling materials. Three hundred visitors come to The ReBuilding Center every day to browse the ever-changing inventory that includes sinks, tubs, tile, lumber, doors, windows, trim and much, much more. In addition to the reuse warehouse, The Rebuilding Center includes DeConstruction Services, a sustainable alternative to conventional demolition, and ReFind Furniture, which offers a diverse line of green furniture and home accessories. We also offer a free-pick up service, numerous volunteer opportunities, donations of used building materials for community projects, as well as workshops and classes on how to safely and creatively work with used building materials.
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS The ReBuilding Center currently diverts 8 tons of reusable building materials from landfills each day (almost 6 million pounds annually). If you took all of the tubs, windows, lights, cabinets, trim, doors, and everything else that passes through The ReBuilding Center in one year and lined it up end to end, it would encircle the base of Mount Hood three times. These environmental benefits are the equivalent of 6848 mature trees saved from reusing all the lumber products rather than making new each year. By reducing the amount of wood and other items in the landfill that create methane gas, and by not having to manufacture as many new items, it avoids the production of 103,750 pounds of greenhouse gas, like taking 593 cars off the road for an entire year Enough items passed through the warehouse in one year to create almost 100 new, 1500-square foot homes. The amount of “embodied” energy in the products re-used through The ReBuilding Center, and thus saved by not having to create new, equals 148,985 gallons of gas. Driving a hybrid at 55 mpg, you could go drive around the entire planet 273 times on the energy saved every year.
GREEN BUILDING The ReBuilding Center’s 53,000-square-foot warehouse is a national model for green building including onsite storm water management, a façade of 100% reused building materials, natural daylighting and ventilation, and grounds of 1000 native and hardy plants. Our recent office remodel features more than 90% reused materials—such as commercial solid-core doors as flooring and walls made from windows—the highest percentage of any office remodel of its size. Take a virtual tour of the warehouse. Winner of the Oregon Ethics in Business Award, Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum Award, and The City of Portland's "BEST Business Award"
The ReBuilding Center of Our United Villages 3625 N. Mississippi Ave. Portland, OR 97227 503-331-1877 Open to the Public: Monday - Saturday 9-6, Sunday 10-5

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