What we do
Building Product Ecosystems (BPE) works with building owners and their teams to optimize material resource cycles for whole system health.
BPE is currently focused on the following key areas:
transparent DATA: HUMAN + CLIMATE HEALTH
industry signaling: WHAT CHANGE IS SOUGHT
JOB SITE piloting: MODEL THE INNOVATION / CHANGE
standardization: QUALITY CONTROL FOR BROAD IMPLEMENTATION
SCALING: IMPLEMENTATION + IMPACT
WHO WE ARE
BUILDING PRODUCT ECOSYSTEMS (BPE) was founded by Amanda Kaminsky and The Durst Organization in 2014 as a public-private partnership with The New School, City University of New York, Healthy Building Network, and Vidaris. BPE has since grown into an independent LLC, collaborating with diverse partners on innovative industry improvements.
Our Collaboratives
We are piloting diversion of regional post-consumer recycled glass into glass pozzolan, to be used as a replacement of cement in concrete.
We are piloting source separation and closed-loop recycling of gypsum drywall scrap back into new gypsum wallboard.
What's Happening
Events
BPE founder Amanda Kaminsky will be speaking at this webinar on post-consumer class as cement replacement, hosted by ASCE Metropolitan Section. Register here for the event on Monday, April 12, 5-6pm.
NYU Stern School of Business will be presenting key stakeholders (including BPE founder Amanda Kaminsky) “who will tell how to solve the glass recycling challenge, and create more environmentally sustainable low carbon concrete, improve the environmental performance of concrete and extend the life of concrete by as much as 40%.” Part of Circular City Week New York 2021. Register here for the online event on Mar 25, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT.
As part of Circular City Week New York 2021, BPE founder Amanda Kaminsky will be co-moderating an online panel on “Activating Building Material Reuse,” alongside Allison Arlotta, researcher and Build Reuse Board Member. Register here for the event on Monday, 3/22, 12pm - 1:30pm.
“Circular City Week is an open collaborative festival for circular economy related events. Circular City Week took place in New York for the first time in March 2019, and will be back in New York 16-22 March 2020. Activities during Circular City Week will emphasize how circular practices such as reuse, recycling, and upcycling are transforming urban industries and the city as a whole. “
Registration is open for C&D World 2020 Las Vegas, to be held in March.
Each year HPDC members gather together to celebrate the accomplishments that our members, together with the broader community of practice, have made to advance healthier products in our buildings.
Amanda Kaminsky, BPE Founder + Principal and Board Chair at HPDC, will be joining Wendy Vittori, Executive Director at the event.
“Material Health” is a Symposium organized by The New School Healthy Materials Lab, in NYC. BPE is moderating the Ecosystems Panel, Ecosystems: From Fossil Fuels to Renewables, via Transparency.
Google and Building Product Ecosystems will be at the Build Reuse “Deconstruction & Reuse Conference”, discussing current attempts to increase the salvage of reusable material resources from commercial buildings in the Bay Area and beyond.
The GreenBiz Circularity event this year will be held June 18-20 in Minneapolis, MN. The event will hold “plenaries, interactive breakouts, hands-on design charrettes, networking events and a solutions-focused expo.”
The ASTM “C11 Gypsum and Related Building Materials and Systems” will be held on May 13-16 in Denver, CO.
News
BPE has collaborated on the publishing of two ASTM Quality Control Standards that facilitate scaled implementation of lower-carbon, smart material resource solutions.
This rapidly evolving crisis is having new ripple effects every day — service disruptions, facility closures, volume shifts and more. Stay informed with our regular updates.
While most major cities say they’ll continue curbside pickup, some smaller municipalities are dropping the service.
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The community is fearful of what will happen once it shutters.
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