MNC Main Building
- 30% recycled fly ash concrete drive
- Zero waste cellulose blown in insulation
- Energy star rated windows
- High SEER HVAC
- Walls made of pressed sunflower hulls and wheat straw
- Reused greenhouse (which served us for many years until it was replaced in 2014)
- Zero VOC / zero silica paint (interior)
- Low flow instant on/off fixtures in public areas (motion sensing so folks can’t leave them on)
- Low flow toilets
- Non chlorinated drinking water from our own well
- Low PVC content in building
- No PVC content in drinking water system
- 100% reused seating, for approximately 65 program attendees
- 100% reused shelving from a local store that went out of business
- Shell of building renovated – 80% reused, core 50%. (This was not new construction but a renovation)
- Resident beaver population 2 and growing…
- 20 years of environmental education based programs
And the the process continues!