Build Reuse

Build Reuse works nationally to empower communities to turn construction and demolition waste into resources. Nonprofit Organization

Our vision is to create a building industry in which used and excess materials become an asset to our communities.

10/06/2026

📢 Speaker Announcement: 2026 Deconstruction & Reuse Conference

We're excited to announce our speakers for November's conference, including Kelly Tigera, founder of ORBIT.

Drawing on the successes of the Circularity, Reuse, and Zero Waste Development network (CR0WD), including municipal deconstruction resolutions, state policy proposals, and significant state agency actions, this session offers an inside look at a multi-level policy approach to advancing deconstruction and material reuse across New York State.

From rural communities to the State Capitol in Albany, it moves beyond theory to share the practical tips and tools partners are using to build a circular construction ecosystem. Attendees of this session will gain tools for bridging local knowledge gaps, addressing legislator concerns, and uniting siloed agencies.

♻️ Deconstruction + Reuse Conference 2026
📅 November 18-19, 2026
📍 On Jackson | Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Learn more about this year's conference and register: https://lnkd.in/gfnAc9G

10/01/2026

📢 Speaker Announcement: 2026 Deconstruction & Reuse Conference

We're excited to announce our speakers for November's conference, including Gretchen Worth, Director of the Susan Christopherson Center for Community Planning.

Get an inside look at a multi-level policy approach to advancing deconstruction and material reuse across New York State. From rural communities to the State Capitol in Albany, this session moves beyond theory to share the practical tips and tools partners use to build a circular construction ecosystem.

Drawing on the successes of the Circularity, Reuse, and Zero Waste Development network (CR0WD), including municipal deconstruction resolutions, state policy proposals, and significant state agency actions, this session offers a roadmap for action at every level of government. Attendees will leave with tools for navigating local knowledge gaps, addressing legislator concerns, and uniting siloed agencies, and they will see how grassroots momentum and top-down alignment work together to build a resilient, circular future.

♻️ Deconstruction + Reuse Conference 2026
📅 November 18-19, 2026
📍 On Jackson | Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Learn more about this year's conference and register: https://lnkd.in/gfnAc9G

09/30/2026

📢 Speaker Announcement: 2026 Deconstruction & Reuse Conference

We're excited to announce our speakers for November's conference, including Phoebe Schenker, Executive Director of the Reuse Alliance.

The 10 Rs have changed how product designers think about sustainability, but the built environment has been left out of the conversation, especially when it comes to repair. Our buildings are full of inherited materials designed for disposal, and repairing them carries a "material biography" of stories, embodied energy, and value that replacement erases entirely.

Repair is the linchpin of a circular economy, cutting waste and emissions while creating local jobs and strengthening trade school pipelines. This session - featuring an architect, an entrepreneur, a furniture maker, and a reuse advocate - will highlight real projects where repair won over replacement, with the carbon, cost, and community data to prove it.

♻️ Deconstruction + Reuse Conference 2026
📅 November 18-19, 2026
📍 On Jackson | Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Learn more about this year's conference and register: https://lnkd.in/gfnAc9G

09/29/2026

📢 Speaker Announcement: 2026 Deconstruction & Reuse Conference

We're excited to announce our speakers for November's conference, including Chris Van de Voorde, founder of JUUNNOO.

The 10 Rs have changed how product designers think about sustainability, but the built environment has been left out of the conversation, especially when it comes to repair. Our buildings are full of inherited materials designed for disposal, and repairing them carries a "material biography" of stories, embodied energy, and value that replacement erases entirely.

Repair is the linchpin of a circular economy, cutting waste and emissions while creating local jobs and strengthening trade school pipelines. This session - featuring an architect, an entrepreneur, a furniture maker, and a reuse advocate - will highlight real projects where repair won over replacement, with the carbon, cost, and community data to prove it.

♻️ Deconstruction + Reuse Conference 2026
📅 November 18-19, 2026
📍 On Jackson | Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Learn more about this year's conference and register: https://lnkd.in/gfnAc9G

09/25/2026

📢 Speaker Announcement: 2026 Deconstruction & Reuse Conference

We're excited to announce our speakers for November's conference, including Marcus Hopper, Project Director at Gensler.

The 10 Rs have changed how product designers think about sustainability, but the built environment has been left out of the conversation, especially when it comes to repair. Our buildings are full of inherited materials designed for disposal, and repairing them carries a "material biography" of stories, embodied energy, and value that replacement erases entirely.

Repair is the linchpin of a circular economy, cutting waste and emissions while creating local jobs and strengthening trade school pipelines. This session - featuring an architect, an entrepreneur, a furniture maker, and a reuse advocate - will highlight real projects where repair won over replacement, with the carbon, cost, and community data to prove it.

♻️ Deconstruction + Reuse Conference 2026
📅 November 18-19, 2026
📍 On Jackson | Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Learn more about this year's conference and register: https://lnkd.in/gfnAc9G

09/24/2026

📢 Speaker Announcement: 2026 Deconstruction & Reuse Conference

We're excited to announce our speakers for November's conference, including Anitra Pickett, Founder and Builder at Dragonfly Oasis.

Scaling the reuse economy requires the policy architecture and regional infrastructure to make reuse the default, not the exception. This panel brings together practitioners and researchers from New York, California, and Arizona to share what's actually working, what isn't, and what each state can learn from the others.

Rather than a survey of parallel efforts, this session presents the outputs of a structured cross-state working group. Panelists will have spent the months before the conference working through a common set of questions:

Where is momentum real and why?
What are the persistent gaps that policy alone can't close?
What does community-scale reuse actually require at the county and regional level?

♻️ Deconstruction + Reuse Conference 2026
📅 November 18-19, 2026
📍 On Jackson | Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Learn more about this year's conference and register: https://lnkd.in/gfnAc9G

09/22/2026

📢 Speaker Announcement: 2026 Deconstruction & Reuse Conference

We're excited to announce our speakers for November's conference, including Jenn Chen, Founder of Our Found Future.

Circularity in interior design remains stalled by gaps in the loop: sourcing salvaged and remanufactured materials, timing gaps between design and delivery, and more. Post-use recovery also remains a core need for scaling.

This session will feature a panel of practitioners discussing concrete steps to connect these gaps. The goal: practical strategies more widespread circularity adoption in interior design.

♻️ Deconstruction + Reuse Conference 2026
📅 November 18-19, 2026
📍 On Jackson | Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Learn more about this year's conference and register: https://lnkd.in/gfnAc9G

09/16/2026

📢 Speaker Announcement: 2026 Deconstruction & Reuse Conference

We're excited to announce our speakers for November's conference, including Lindsey Scannapieco, Managing Partner at Scout.

Old Schools, New Uses examines historic school buildings as civic landmarks and memory vessels whose adaptive reuse demands as much emotional and social care as technical problem-solving. Beyond large floorplates, outdated systems, and deferred maintenance, these projects must navigate the deep sense of ownership held by alumni, neighbors, and former staff.

Scout's approach favors incremental development and interim activation over imposing a fixed vision, asking what a building already wants to be. This philosophy is illustrated through Bok Vocational High School, now a thriving creative hub drawing 250,000 annual visitors, and the emerging Village of Industry & Art at the former UArts campus, showing how old schools can become new platforms for belonging, culture, and civic life.

♻️ Deconstruction + Reuse Conference 2026
📅 November 18-19, 2026
📍 On Jackson | Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Learn more about this year's conference and register: https://lnkd.in/gfnAc9G

09/15/2026

📢 Speaker Announcement: 2026 Deconstruction & Reuse Conference

We're excited to announce our speakers for November's conference, including Jimmy Mitchell, Sustainability Manager at SKANSKA and Board Chair at Lifecycle Building Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 2026, a reclaimed product category prioritization exercise conducted by Build Reuse and Brad Guy identified masonry as a top 3 category for tracking embodied carbon / energy impact and exploring commercial-scale reuse feasibility.

In partnership with Build Reuse, Lifecycle Building Center is collecting LCA data for several reclaimed product categories, including brick, in order to support the generation of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for reclaimed construction materials.

This session will review how LBC developed and launched its brick reuse program, share brick reuse project examples, offer recommendations for integrating workforce development, and provide resources to support replicability in other markets.

♻️ Deconstruction + Reuse Conference 2026
📅 November 18-19, 2026
📍 On Jackson | Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Learn more about this year's conference and register: https://lnkd.in/gfnAc9G

09/11/2026

📢 Speaker Announcement: 2026 Deconstruction & Reuse Conference

We're excited to announce our speakers for November's conference, including Kathleen Hetrick, U.S. Sustainable Integration Lead at Buro Happold.

Scaling the reuse economy requires more than inspiring projects — it demands the policy architecture and regional infrastructure to make reuse the default, not the exception. This panel brings together practitioners and researchers from New York, California, and Arizona to share what's actually working, what isn't, and what each state can learn from the others.

Rather than a survey of parallel efforts, this session presents the outputs of a structured cross-state working group. Panelists will have spent the months before the conference working through a common set of questions: Where is momentum real and why? What are the persistent gaps that policy alone can't close? What does community-scale reuse actually require at the county and regional level?

The panel will close with a direct exchange: what can Arizona take from New York's legislative model and California's institutional infrastructure — and what does Arizona's community-coalition approach offer in return?

♻️ Deconstruction + Reuse Conference 2026
📅 November 18-19, 2026
📍 On Jackson | Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Learn more about this year's conference and register: https://lnkd.in/gfnAc9G

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