Check out today's episode of CBC's What On Earth for an overview of the benefits and challenges of deconstruction with our CEO Meredith Moore, reported by Emily Chung. Thanks again Emily for bringing attention to deconstruction as a sustainable alternative to demolition. https://lnkd.in/g-uguYNk
Ouroboros Deconstruction
Residential Building Construction
Toronto, ON 341 followers
A sustainable alternative to demolition
About us
As Toronto's premier deconstruction company, we carefully take homes apart and salvage irreplaceable building materials, including old growth lumber, architectural finishes, and fixtures. Our process ensures materials stay in the supply chain and out of the landfill. Through partnerships with local charities, we are able to offer tax credits to homeowners reducing the overall costs and making sure that deconstruction doesn't cost more, but gives more back. Ourobrous' goal is to make deconstruction cost-effective and accessible. We aim to change the way demolition is conducted so that materials are salvaged and widely available as a resource within the local community.
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- Industry
- Residential Building Construction
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Toronto, ON
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2022
- Specialties
- Deconstruction, Salvage, Material Reuse, Design, Consultation, Material Sorting, and Circular Economy
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Hardhat Hair, Don’t Care! 💥 Ouroboros Deconstruction is thrilled to be highlighted in CBC ‘s latest article on deconstruction, alongside industry leaders like Erick Serpas Ventura + Vema deconstruction, Gil Yaron + Light House, SURCY and National Zero Waste Council (NZWC). We’re collectively transforming waste into opportunity and reshaping the built environment. 🏗️ Dive into the full story here by Emily Chung!! https://lnkd.in/g2QtEk3Y 🚀 #Sustainability #Deconstruction #Innovation
Demolishing buildings is a waste. There's another way: deconstruction | CBC News
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It was an honour to participate at the AZURE Media conference on Climate Change Mitigation in Architecture and Design last week. Our founder Meredith Moore shared the stage with Robert Raynor of TAS_Impact, Kurtis Chen of Make Good, and Joey Giaimo, OAA, MRAIC, CAHP of Giaimo, to talk about the need for a shift from linear thinking to circular systems, where REUSE becomes first priority. It's so inspiring to be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to the concept of reuse at the heart of the circular economy. Thanks to all of our fellow panelists for your contributions to this important movement!
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This week we had the pleasure of attending the Wood Works Summit 2024, hosted by the Canadian Wood Council, George Brown College, and Brookfield Sustainability Institute. The conference focused on innovation in building sustainable and affordable cities. Many of the conversations centered around new approaches to mass timber and modular construction as a means of reducing carbon and delivering housing more efficiently. Pictured below is Meredith Moore and Stephanie Bonic in our exhibition booth, Christophe Ouhayoun showing us how his firm KOZ repurposes old wooden crates to make furniture (we love this!), Gabriella Sicheri of CreateTO walking us through a mass timber pilot project at Dundas and Ossington, David MacMillan of the City of Toronto moderating a panel on biomass as a potential source of energy for Ontario, and Tobias Oriwol of Tricon Residential, Mike Maxwell of Maxwell Developments, and Geoff Cape of Assembly Corp. discussing alternative construction methods, such as modular construction, in solving a part of the affordability crisis. These were just some of the excellent discussions we were excited to listen in on. Thanks so much Rick Jeffery and your team at the Canadian Wood Council for putting together such a relevant and educational event! #woodworkssummit2024
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We're excited to be exhibiting at the WoodWorks Summit next week and attend the many exciting presentations and discussions around greener building practices! 🌱 Come chat with us about the benefits of deconstruction and our reclaimed lumber! #WoodWorksSummit #Deconstruction #SustainableBuilding #LowCarbonSolutions #YesWeWood
Low carbon buildings AND energy systems? Yes, we wood. As Toronto grows, so does the need for housing and energy. The use of wood products presents a tremendous opportunity to meet these essential needs while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and growing the local and regional economies. This panel discussion at the #WoodWorksSummit on October 22, 2024 featuring panelists David MacMillan, Katherine Sparkes and Gabriella Sicheri, will discuss opportunities to use wood for construction mass timber affordable housing and generation of low carbon heat and power in #Toronto. For more session details or to secure your tickets, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eZ4cB8BX Presented in partnership with: Brookfield Sustainability Institute & George Brown College
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Light House is launching a building materials exchange (BMEx) on Vancouver Island to reduce construction and demolition waste. Establishing a robust secondary market for these reclaimed materials is just as important as salvaging them in the first place. https://lnkd.in/eA4zZ2tF
Salvaged materials find new life in Vancouver Island program to reduce construction trash
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Wood is a renewable resource, but that doesn't make it emissions-free. In fact, according to a recent report by Nature Canada, NRDC and Nature Quebec, the full environmental impact of the logging industry is obscured by the way in which it is reported. "If emissions from the logging industry were reported separately from the overall land sector, they would actually total 147 Mt, behind only oil and gas (217 Mt) and transport (156 Mt)." Another great reason to develop a robust secondary market for reclaimed lumber. https://lnkd.in/gftkfvAs
Logging is the 3rd highest emitter in Canada. It should be measured that way, a new report says | CBC News
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San Antonio, Texas is the largest city in North America to have a deconstruction ordinance. Listen to circular economy policy leader Stephanie Phillips talk about the importance of deconstruction. "You can't build a community around a landfill. But you can definitely build community around sharing and reuse".
Founder & Host of Ensemble Texas—Writing a Weekly Newsletter: A Guide to Living in San Antonio 👇
They don’t make ‘em like they used to.’ This idiom applies to everything from dishwashers to our homes. Experts estimate that the average lifespan of modern appliances has dropped by 20 to 30 percent over the last couple of decades. Homes and buildings constructed before World War II were often built with higher-quality, stronger, and more resilient old-growth wood—materials that are becoming harder to come by today as we’ve exhausted some of our finite natural resources. As we face a housing crisis, with home prices in San Antonio rising more than 30% since 2019, the pressure to build new homes is greater than ever. And yet, the construction industry is grappling with a shortage of skilled labor, with 250,000 open jobs nationwide. Beyond the economic challenge, there’s also an undeniable environmental cost. The buildings and construction sector accounts for 37% of global emissions, and construction waste is the largest source of landfill waste in the U.S. However, the challenge also presents an incredible opportunity to do more with less, or with the same. Deconstruction, which you’ll hear more about in this Ensemble Texas episode, offers a way to turn this problem into progress. Instead of demolishing homes and sending valuable materials to landfills, deconstruction allows us to salvage high-quality building materials—old-growth wood, bricks, windows—and reuse them in new projects and homes across the city. By reusing these materials, we of course, salvage the value of something otherwise thought of as waste destined for a landfill, but we also infuse greater value into our local San Antonio economy. In fact, deconstruction employs six times more people than traditional demolition. If materials are deconstructed here, we need skilled professionals to do those jobs. If those materials are then reused here, they could be purchased here rather than extracted from tree farms or plantations elsewhere in the United States and across the world. The supply chain and the value that’s created becomes local. An additional boon to our city of San Antonio–and an incredible savings of further environmental expenditure. And to share with us today, how we square this circle or circle this square–I’m joined by Stephanie Phillips from the City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation, and co-founder of Circular San Antonio, a non-profit organization on a mission to drive growth of a circular economy in the greater San Antonio region. Listen/Watch --> https://lnkd.in/gpsdiUP4 #SanAntonio #SATX #housing #Texas #circulareconomy #deconstruction
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We recently had the privilege of being in the sustainability spotlight at Multiplex where we shared our approach to deconstruction and material reuse. We walked through our process of regrading salvaged old-growth lumber, tracking carbon savings, and looking at case studies with industry partners. The discussions opened exciting doors for potential collaborations with Multiplex and others in the construction industry. A huge thank you to Anya Barkan and Mutiplex for highlighting our approach! #sustainability #deconstruction #upcycling
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Ouroboros Deconstruction is getting ready to take this little bungalow down on Friday. We already stripped the interior, and now we get to harvest the beautiful old growth lumber that makes up the structure. Hard to believe there is so much wood inside of this tiny house. Some of the wood sheathing in the fourth picture is 16” wide! New construction uses plywood for sheathing, but these old houses are filled with solid wood.
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