Harnessing Tax Benefits: Deconstruction's Role in Promoting Reuse and Recycling in Home Renovation

In recent years, deconstruction has emerged as a powerful force driving sustainability in the construction and renovation industry. By prioritizing the careful disassembly...

Deconstruction Tax Deduction Presentation

We eagerly anticipate the upcoming Build Reuse national conference in Savannah, Georgia, and hope to engage with all participants. Our team has been consistently questioned by industry members about the absence of...

Deconstruction: Unlocking Tax Benefits and Fueling the Reclaimed and Reuse Industry

In recent years, the concept of deconstruction has gained significant traction not only for its environmental benefits but also for its potential to unlock tax advantages and foster a burgeoning market for reclaimed...

Where to buy deconstructed materials

The market for buying used building materials can vary depending on your location. Architectural Salvage Yards, Online Marketplaces, Reclaimed Wood Suppliers, Construction and Demolition Sites and Community Recycling Centers...

Deconstruction Tax Deductions: Proceed with Caution

The IRS has recently announced that they will be concentrating staffing efforts towards High Net Worth (HNW) and pass-through entities. Individuals usually taking non-cash charitable donations are often HNW...

Deconstruction: The Value of the Donation

Internal Revenue Code §170 allows individuals, pass-through entities, and corporations to deduct the Fair Market Value of personal property when donated to a qualified charity or governmental organization...

Three Year Anniversary for The Green Mission Inc.

The Green Mission Inc. has been working in the sustainable built environment for three years offering our clients IRS Qualified Appraisals. These appraisals are to substantiate the value of materials...

Deconstruction Appraisals: Critical Information for CPAs

CPAs and tax attorneys often have clients taking non-cash charitable contributions for building materials and other property incident to a home deconstruction. Deconstruction involves the careful...

Buying Pre-owned is Always Better than New

The thrill of leaving a thrift store with a huge load of clothing, dishes, furniture, or appliances for a fraction of the price of buying new is fantastic! Finding a set of 150-year-old doors or a simple set of kitchen cabinets that can be painted to look...

The Hidden Value in Your Remodel

Congratulations! You bought a gorgeous home with tall trees, and it’s in a beautiful neighborhood; it has everything you need to build a wonderful life, except the kitchen doesn’t fit your needs, and the bathroom is outdated. And let’s not forget the wall that needs to be removed. It looks like you bought a house with some demolition projects waiting to be done.....

The Green Alternative to Demolition

At The Green Mission Inc. it is our privilege to work with deconstruction contractors, nonprofits, and clients making the environmentally responsible choice to deconstruct and donate rather than demolish and dump...

Deconstruction Material and Property Appraisal Issues in 2021

Jessica I. Marschall, CPA, ISA AM—practicing CPA for 20 years. Accredited member of the International Society of Appraisers, graduation from the American Association of Appraisers CASP education program in personal...

Non-Cash Charitable Donations and Appraisals

The most effective way to protect yourself and ensure your appraisal is accurate, fully documented, and substantiates the value is to hire an educated and competent appraiser. First, hire an IRS Qualified Appraiser meeting the education and...

Streamlining appraisals for the deconstruction industry

The exciting work of deconstruction continues across the country with Pittsburg being the latest city to adopt a deconstruction ordinance: PITTSBURGH, PA (April 20, 2021) Today, Mayor...

The Exciting Environmental Benefits of Deconstruction

Deconstruction is the process in which a building is taken apart, piece-by-piece, with the aim of salvaging and reusing as many materials as possible. The scope of a deconstruction project...

Donating Building Materials to Charity through “Deconstruction”

Tax policy aligning with environmental initiatives is a wonderful and rare occurrence within the Internal Revenue Code. An individual may choose to deconstruct, or “un-build” a structure....

Caveat Emptor for Deconstruction Appraisals and Appraisers

As a practicing CPA of 19 years, mid-February is when I question my career choices as days disappear in tax and appraisal work with very little sleep. My experiences preparing work for IRS review carries over...

EVERYONE Needs Charitable Contributions - ensuring clients hire the best appraiser

Nonprofits, charities, churches, and governmental entities need charitable contributions to support their missions and operations. Whether educating children, helping families move...

Encouraging Deconstruction During and After a Global Pandemic

n light of Covid-19, a global pandemic, our economy is in a potential freefall and entering unchartered waters. Our country’s climate emergency continues to be of utmost importance despite the fact...

Dubuque, Iowa - a hidden treasure of historical preservation and waste diversion

Last week, Mayur Dankhara, COO, of The Green Mission Inc., LEED AP, ISA AM and I enjoyed the privilege of traveling to Dubuque, Iowa, to tour the city and observe the actions taken by...

Architects Can Achieve More Sustainability and Better Client Satisfaction by Adopting Deconstruction

The practice of architectural preservation and green design is not a new concept to those in the business of practicing sustainable architecture methods. Both practices seek to minimize negative environmental impacts by choosing to reduce, reuse, and recycle building materials......

The Benefits of Waste Diversion for Commercial Property Owners

Are you a commercial property owner facing the daunting task of orchestrating a corporate clean-out or remodel? Are there perfectly reusable furnishings, appliances, desks, computers, cubicles...

The Daily Beast Race to Save the World Conference Report

“Remember our duty to nature before it is too late,” Margaret Thatcher warned. “That duty is constant. It is never completed. It lives on as we breathe.” A prophetic statement with regard to the current...

The Challenges of Commercial Deconstruction

Deconstruction is the purposeful and careful disassembly of a building so as to salvage construction materials and property suitable for reuse. The mandatory deconstruction of buildings has been implemented in cities like Portland..

Educating Youth about Sustainability

This month, The Green Mission Inc. was lucky enough to be included in the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce’s Discover Your Future event, which is aimed at educating area middle and high schoolers about career opportunities as they start..

Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Diversion Through Deconstruction

The Environmental Protection Agency created a valuable publication entitled “Design for Deconstruction.” The aim of this article is to add our observations of industry practice using the ample research produced..

Deconstruction to Drive Sustainability

Deconstruction involves salvaging building materials through careful and selective disassembly of an existing structure with the goal of diverting as much material as possible away from landfills and towards reuse and recycling..