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A8 - Thomasville Times - Thursday, June 17, 2010 FROM PAGE A1 GREEN From pageAl manager Robbie Fin- nie designed the plans to transform the screen porch of a .CCS residen tial house into a green, usable space. To make the addition green, Zane — a certi fied green professional — worked through a host of energy-efficient and eco-friendly criteria. The crew blew Icynene insu lation in the ceiling to get into every nook and cranny, installed formal dehyde-free wall insula tion as well as high per formance windows and recycled content drywaU. Energy Star-rated entry door and light fixtures also contributed to the renovation’s green status, as did no VOC paint and recycled-content flooring. A ductless mechanical system for heating and cooling eliminated the highest source of energy loss, ducts, Zarie said. But energy-efficiency alone doesn’t qualify a room as green. Matthews Enterprises also diverted 50 percent of the project scraps to the landfill, had leftover wood chopped into small pieces for kin dling and donated the steps from the original building to a family. “It requires a little more effort to try and do these types of projects,” . said Don Richardson, CCS director of busi ness and community de- , velopment. “You have to research who’s got the material and how it can be applied. If you have someone who’s really interested in truly delv ing into it, they’re not the average contractors. They’re working not just a step beyond but several steps beyond the run of the mfll.” And though Zane said he somewhat expected the addition to be the only one in the state, both Richardson and Myers were beside themselves. “We were very elated,” Richardson said. “Most nonprofits are very in volved in community health, life-changing kinds of things, innova tive ideas and ways to im prove community It was a natural tie for us, and we were elated to see it ‘happen at our renovation site.” The renovation of CCS’s screen porch be gan four months ago. A $25,000 Cannon Grant not only made that project possible but also other improvements that need ed to be made to the 1924 house, such as installing insulation to the attic, putting on a new roof and preventing water leakage in the basement. The new room itself acts as a boutique, with wigs, prosthetics and spe cial bras free for cancer patients. “It kind of looks like Victoria’s Secret,” Myers said. “It really does, it’s really pretty. And it’s aU free.” The products them selves — aU of which are donated — aren’t second hand, either. Some of the wigs are $500, and the prosthetics range from $200 to $1,000. “This is not chincy” Myers said. “We’ve got good products for very deserving people. We are all about living.” And the green aspect of the boutique helps CCS continue to help its pa tients, saving money on heating and cooling. “We’ve just got a very air-tight facility now, which means our utili ties wfll go down,” My ers said. “Every penny we save wfll go back to our cancer patients. It’s a great thing in a down economy, and we’re sav ing the environment.” Staff Writer Erin Wilt- gen can be reached at 888- 3576 or at newsdesk@tvil- letimes.com. Looking forward: Green movement While green building will help Carolina Cancer: Services save money to further help its patients, eco*: friendly construction can help people of all walks of: life not only protect the environment but create a bet:: ter living environment. > "A lot of times, these green materials end up ip: buildings that are more environmentally friendly to ^ people," said Don Richardson, CCS director of busi^ • ness and community development. " In searching for * green, it's very important because of its total effect' on reducing different kind of pollutants in the atmo? sphere and of course reduction in stuff that's going in: the landfill." ^ ? And green building seems to be the wave of the fu^: ture. 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