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Vermont Healthcare System Embraces ‘Green Demolition’
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Vermont Healthcare System Embraces ‘Green Demolition’

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Loads of insulation, doors, lighting fixtures, pressure treated lumber, wooden beams and an antique cast iron sink are among the items currently being harvested for reuse from a building on the Bennington campus of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care.

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Douglas Fischer

Douglas Fischer is the executive director of Environmental Health Sciences, which publishes EHN.org.

Loads of insulation, doors, lighting fixtures, pressure treated lumber, wooden beams and an antique cast iron sink are among the items currently being harvested for reuse from a building on the Bennington campus of Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care.

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