Your Steel Project

Every environmental effort is valuable to our society, but the benefits of a steel building aren’t limited to large-scale, long-term initiatives. When choosing steel for your project, you can see immediate environmental and financial results.

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Environmentally Friendly

  • Durability and strength of steel structure conserve natural resources
  • Component parts can be easily deconstructed and repurposed or recycled
  • Prefabrication process decreases transportation and construction time, leading to reduced carbon emissions and material waste

Financially Friendly

  • Minimal maintenance required
  • Steel structures require less material, which can decrease transportation and construction costs
  • Design flexibility encourages energy efficient practices such as insulation, solar panel installation and natural lighting that can lower energy costs.
Quality of Steel

Steel is a popular choice for modern construction, in part, because it is an eco-friendly building material, but it’s also a strong, reliable option. That strength carries a couple of environmental benefits:

  • Steel has a higher strength-to-weight ratio than any other building material. That means fewer resources and materials are needed to build a steel structure to handle the same amount of load or stress as other building materials, such as wood.
  • Steel does not burn, warp, or twist. It also resists moisture and pests, which can sacrifice the structural integrity of a building structure. That’s why steel structures typically last longer than other building materials. On a small scale, this conserves materials and resources. On a larger scale, that conservation leads to significant decreases in carbon emissions over time.
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Recycling Steel

When it comes to sustainable qualities, its steel’s ability to be recycled that truly separates it from other building materials. Steel is the most recycled material in the world. In fact, more than 650 million metric tons of steel are recycled every year, more than all other materials combined.

Never Ending Lifecycle

But it’s not just that steel can be recycled. It’s that when steel is recycled, it retains all of its properties without losing any quality. That means steel has a potentially never-ending life cycle that reduces production waste while also conserving energy and natural resources. According to the World Steel Organization, steel recycling saves more than 3,000 pounds of iron ore, 1,600 pounds of coal, and 250 pounds of limestone for every 1,200 pounds of new steel production. The steel recycling process is almost the very definition of sustainable.

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The Big Picture

The steel industry has long been an advocate of improving environmental practices when it comes to the production, transportation and construction of steel and steel products. These efforts include transitioning to the electric arc furnace for steel production, off-site prefabrication to minimize waste, and incorporating updated technology to reduce carbon emissions. It’s a focus that extends to each and every stage of the steel life cycle. That’s why steel is considered THE green building material.

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