Program areas at Lifecycle Building Center
Lifecycle Building centers material reuse Center provides affordable, reclaimed Building materials, with priority given to residents, businesses and nonprofits in low-income communities near lbcs facility in southwest atlanta. Since beginning operations in 2011, lbc has saved 12.9 million pounds of usable Building materials from disposal and created $6.1 million in community savings through deep discounts on Building materials and 450+ in-kind material grants to 350+ nonprofit organizations. The Center is open 5 days per week, tuesday through saturday, and visitors can drop off material donations during business hours. The Center houses salvaged materials such as doors, windows, cabinets, hardware, flooring, appliances, plumbing, lighting, lumber, architectural components and more. In 2024, lbc saved over 790,000 pounds of material from disposal and generated over $600,000 in material cost savings. Lbcs 2025 goal is to save 1.1 million pounds of material.
Provide assistance to qualifying nonprofits through in-kind bldg material donations to lower the cost of their construction projects. Lbc has awarded 450+ Building material grants to 350+ nfp organizations since 2011. In 2024, lbc awarded over $182,000 in material grants to 54 organizations, with priority given to orgs serving southwest and westside atlanta communities, and nonprofits who are Building affordable housing. Grant recipients include atlanta beltline partnership, atlanta land trust, big brothers big sisters of metro atlanta, boys & girls club, food well alliance, Georgia trust for historic preservation, grove park foundation, habitat for humanity, hollis innovation academy, homeaid atlanta, hosea feed the hungry, nicholas house, partnership for southern equity, rebuilding together atl, southface institute, the stonehaven school, trees atlanta, united way, west atl watershed alliance and westside future fund.
Provide deconstruction svcs to maximize the amt. Of usable bldg materials recovered for reuse as an alternative to demolition. Deconstruction is the practice of disassembling a buildings components so bldg materials can be reused. Deconstruction can also serve as a sustainable career path for at-risk individuals. Between 2016-2020, lbc provided deconstruction training to 60 men transitioning from homelessness and incarceration. In 2023, lbc launched a workforce training program called breaking barriers through deconstruction using an asset-based community development approach with our rebuildatl coalition partners. (see lifecyclebuildingcenterorgrebuild... breaking barriers trains 20 individuals each year in deconstruction, construction, weatherization and energy-efficiency, and connects them with employment. (see vimeo.com/xxx-xx-xxxx)