If you are familiar with the HHDU company core values, you know that HEARTH & HOME MEMBERS CARE! Customer is the #1 priority, Attitude is crucial to a good work place, Reliable is what our customers expect, Efficiency is the key to our continued success. We also ‘CARE’ about the earth and the environment that supplies us with our products. And if you’re familiar with our code of ethics, you know that some of our main priorities include 1. Our Customers, 2. Pricing and 3. Our Suppliers. Something that HHDU masonry divisions and design centers, in particular, have made a priority is to offer our customers not only the highest quality products at a fair value, but even more importantly eco-friendly, recycled, sustainable, and energy efficient masonry solutions. 
A way that we are ensuring efficiency is by offering products from LEED certified manufacturers. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is an internationally recognized certification system that measures how well a building or community performs across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts while helping buildings save money as well as amplifying human health and well-being. 

We also help homeowners to make informed buying decisions about the best products, as well as giving tips for other things they might be able to do to not only save money, but recycle, reuse, and re-purpose the products that you have purchased or have access to. 
Something as a homeowner that you are able to do additionally, to reduce waste is by re-purposing, recycling and reusing products, or by using your left overs. 
Use leftover stone for a fireplace, and re-purpose old barn wood for an accent wall. 
Recycle some old reclaimed brick for a wall, back-splash, home exterior, and more. 

Use left over wall stone for a gorgeous new pathway.

Or use that left over pile of stone from you home exterior for a fire-pit in your backyard.

Other ideas might include a clubhouse for the kids, a shed or a barn, a retaining wall, a patio, and so much more. The options for reusing materials for more projects is endless. As are the product offerings that HHDU offers that are sustainable and eco-friendly. 
Visit these links to learn more about a few of our manufacturers:
http://www.boralamerica.com/Cultured-Stone/About/blog/abc-green-home-2-0-to-feature-cultured-stone-and-us-tile
http://www.interstatebrick.com/leed/
And visit our natural stone page to see our natural options

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