The first time I heard about Earth Day was when I was in the eighth grade and my well admired and clever science teacher opened up a discussion on the cons of earth day stating it was some sort of liberal nonsense and a hoax.
PCB's (PolyChlorinated Biphenyls) are another, obsolete building material that can create both health and financial risks. Like lead based paint this construction component was also banned in the USA in 1978. Asbestos was banned 4 years earlier in 1974.
With consumerism going out of control, minimalism is now on a steady rise as more people have become conscious of how they live. Minimalism is a growing trend that affects not just our personal lives but also helps protect the planet by preserving nature and our precious natural resources.
As weather events strengthen and become more frequent, it only makes sense to simply increase the protection of the building exterior to preserve the people and their contents inside. Resilient housing and buildings is a must. Especially as severe weather increases. With it comes higher temperatures, wild fires, devastating droughts, stronger wind events, torrential downpours, massive flooding, deep freezes and an overall escalation in the harmful effects of the elements on buildings due to climate change.
Unrestrained wildfires, record breaking deep freeze, heatwaves, unpredictable floods and devastating storms continue the worldwide pattern of increasingly destructive weather systems.
"We haven’t inherited the planet from our parents. We have borrowed it from our children.” Jane Goodall.
The World Economic Forum held its Annual Meeting in Davos last week and environmental issues took center stage. Extreme weather, natural disasters and failure to act on climate change pointed to humanity sleepwalking towards disaster.
After devastating fires, floods and other disasters rebuilds that take place especially in areas that may be susceptible to future damage need improved building codes and construction standards that better protect properties against future disasters.
Roofs are the most vulnerable building surfaces. These take the worst that Mother Nature has to throw. And I do mean throw – hurricanes, typhoons, and tornados. You name it. As storms intensify, roofs need even more and better protection than other building components. The most vulnerable building surface in any storm or wind event is the roof and the weakest points of a roof are at the seams and wherever there are gaps. So, it stands to...
Last week Greta Thunberg stood in front of 190 countries represented at the United Nations COP24 conference in Poland and spoke clearly with a sense of urgency about what irresponsible adults aren’t doing to protect people and the environment. She rightly points out how immature adults are leaving the burden of fixing the problem to their children. Her speech below is an inspiration and shows how even children can read the indisputable...
GLOBAL Encasement, Inc. exists as a company because of the belief that Green, Environmentally advanced coatings can solve many building challenges including obsolete hazardous building materials, such as asbestos, lead-based paint.
By sealing over most building surfaces including roofing with our industrial, protective green coatings you can eliminate removal and replacement, unnecessary exposure and prevent the creation of unwanted waste which helps protect people and the environment.
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