VEGAS NOW HOME TO
WORLD'S
LARGEST GREEN BUILDING MADE WITH RECYCLED BEER BOTTLES
Las
Vegas Entrepreneur finds a creative way to recycle Beer Drinkers
empties and Builds the World's Largest Eco-Friendly GreenStone Building.
Realm
of Design's founder, Scott McCombs, worked years on developing and
perfecting green architectural stone (aka "GreenStone"), which is made
from 100% recycled glass aggregate and 99.8% renewable materials from
Fly Ash. Partnering with a Las Vegas recycling company, Realm of Design
obtains and recycles beer bottles that comes from Las Vegas Strip
hotels. Since glass takes 4000 years to decompose and is piling up in
landfills, Realm of Design is proud to be a company that is helping to
provide a resource and energy efficient product that helps close the
glass-recycling loop and save landfill space.
Fun Facts:
Realm of Design were their own first client to build with their
GreenStone. The company recently completed construction on its new
30,000 sq ft manufacturing facility. The Building, properly named the
Morrow Royal Pavilion, is adjacent to Realm of Design's existing
showroom located in Henderson Nevada. Construction of the building
utilized more than 500,000 beer bottles which amounted to over 290,000
pounds of recycled glass for the exterior building façade. This saved
over 400,000 CU yds of landfill space which is equivalent to filling 8
football fields piled to the top of the goalpost. The design of the
Morrow Royal Pavilion was inspired by the Swarkestone Hall Pavilion in
England-the location of one of The Rolling Stones most famous photo
shoots. The company even launched a Facebook campaign to encourage the
legendary rockers to visit the building.
The
new GreenStone product and Morrow Royal Pavilion have sparked quite a
bit of media attention. Realm of Design was featured on the DIY network
show "This New House" and "Real Green TV." They are currently in talks
with other networks that are looking to feature the company and its
green products. The TV shows have gotten the company national exposure
which resulted in various press stories to be written about them and
GreenStone. In
addition to the national attention, Realm of Design has won numerous
prestigious awards for design, development and their Green Technology.
The company recently met with White House CEQ, Nancey Sutley, for a
roundtable discussion on green energy. In effort to continue in reducing
the company's carbon footprint, Realm of Design has LEED Green
associates on staff which are also available to assist their customers
who wish to build green as well.
Realm
of Design is excited to now offer this patented GreenStone in the
architectural designs it creates for its customers/clients who want the
opportunity to be green. The GreenStone can be used to replace standard
concrete in buildings or smaller items such as fireplaces, mantles,
gazebos, fountains, balustrades, columns/ beams, etc. - They even
created a new patent-pending product where photos are engraved into a
canvas of Greenstone which provide a lasting memory while being
eco-friendly.
Remember... Recycle More. Landfill Less. "Unless someone like you cares a
whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better.
It's not. ... Dr. Seuss, "The Lorax"
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