Repurposed materials are the EcoBuilding Bargains’ business.  SITELAB Architecture + Design featured these materials throughout the design. One example is the decorative parapet that adds warmth to the insulated metal panel facade. This will be constructed of locust, harvested onsite during … Read More →

If the new EcoBuilding Bargains’ exterior grabs your attention as you whiz down Armory Street – that’s what we’re intending.  This is a high traffic corridor and not all the traffic will be coming to the store.  They may be … Read More →

  Greetings EcoBuilding Bargains friends! In anticipation of the store’s Grand Opening Celebration, we thought we’d share some of the design decisions behind what you’ll see when you come for your visit. If you’ve been reading this blog, you’ve read … Read More →

If you’ve driven down Armory Street in recent weeks, you’ll notice that much about our landscape has changed. The chain link fence surrounding our property has been removed and replaced, with a lot of the brush cleaned up in the … Read More →

Wow, the facade of our building is quickly changing. In addition to the vestibule that will hold our entrance/exit, insulated metal panels (IMPs) are now being applied to the front and sides of our future home at 83 Warwick Street. … Read More →

On Thursday, August 25th, EcoBuilding Bargains hosted a Green Building Construction Tour at our future location on 83 Warwick St. in Springfield. Our honored guests included Secretary Sullivan (Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs), Mayor Domenic Sarno, Jeffrey Simon … Read More →

The facade of 83 Warwick Street has changed pretty drastically within the past couple of days as our new vestibule is being framed out. The vestibule is made of reclaimed materials including 6×8′ posts and beams salvaged from a bridge … Read More →

Within the past few weeks, the interior walls of our garage bay have been completed insulated and covered with sheetrock. The process used was an interesting one, and will help ensure that our building stays cool in the summer and … Read More →

In the past few weeks, the stick frame skeleton of our office blocks and hallway has been covered in sheetrock, shaping what the various rooms will become. Our two-story office block now has windows and interior doors (reused of course!), … Read More →

We had to replace some of the columns in our building because old roof leaks had damaged them.  But we had to replace them with stronger ones, because our new super-insulated building will lose less heat through the roof.  This … Read More →