Over the past two months, The Green Mission Inc. and GM-ESG have completed multiple IRS-qualified appraisals for deconstruction projects throughout the greater Charleston, South Carolina area.
After more than six decades at its Wells Street location, the Milwaukee Public Museum is embarking on the largest cultural project in Wisconsin history.
In the current global economic climate, the built environment is facing a perfect storm. Fluctuating trade tariffs, volatile raw material costs, and an evolving patchwork of state and international climate regulations have transformed traditional demolition from a standard operating procedure into a financial liability, and an environmental one.
A deconstruction appraisal is a personal property appraisal that determines the Fair Market Value of salvaged building materials, …
Throughout the years, after holiday gatherings with friends or sitting around the tree on Christmas morning, I’ve always noticed how full the trash bags can become with boxes, paper, disposable bows, and plastic wrapping.
The United States produces over 600 million tons of construction and demolition debris annually—the single largest waste stream in the nation. According to the EPA, demolition accounts for more than 90 percent of this staggering figure. In Colorado alone, an estimated one-third of all landfill waste originates from the construction and demolition industry.
This past weekend, our team completed comprehensive inspections of five promising deconstruction projects across New York City, spanning Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx. These site visits represent a significant expansion of our sustainable building material recovery services into one of the nation’s most architecturally rich markets.
The transformation of construction and demolition waste streams into viable secondary material markets represents one of the most significant yet underachieved opportunities in sustainable development. Despite compelling environmental imperatives and theoretical frameworks supporting circular economy principles, the secondary market for building materials and decommissioned corporate property (furniture, fixtures, appliances, and related assets) continues to operate at only a fraction of its potential capacity.
The global green building materials market is on pace to nearly double, from $332.1 billion in 2024 to $708.9 billion by 2030. This represents a significant 14% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), placing it among the fastest-growing sectors within construction and real estate. The CAGR itself tells a powerful story: it indicates not just linear expansion, but a compounding acceleration of market demand year over year. At this pace, the sector is projected to add nearly $377 billion in new market value in just six years.
The housing market in the United States is navigating a difficult landscape. Existing home sales in June 2025 sank to their lowest level in nine months, declining by 2.7 percent to an annualized rate of 3.93 million units.