I enjoyed reading your blog. What a great thing it is to be able to share information like this on the Internet….

Elena: Hiking Trails
Dennis: Fees, Hours of operation, Prime seasons
Michelle: lodges, visitor centers, and other places of interest within the park
Eric: endangered species
Cate: Meadow
Brittany: camping opportunities including backwoods camping
Dalton: Skyline Drive
John: Rocky Outcrops
Beth: Streams

If you have any questions, please see me, and if not i will see you at the next meeting on Thursday.

Also, if you need any assistance with articles on litter prevention, recycling, pollution, or water conservation, please let me know. I may be able to help.

Holly Miller
Environmental Educator
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
(757) 413-9302

If you think about it, a new home, commercial building or school is an entity that will impact the environment for the next 50-100 years. Using environmentally friendly building materials and techniques is a great way to save energy and lessen the “carbon footprint” of a building for a very long time.

We apply spray foam insulation to homes, warehouses and schools. If the students go to my web site at http://www.combatcoatings.com, and click on “Services” and then “Foam used in new school construction,” they can watch a video of our men spraying foam insulation on a new school in VA Beach. The foam not only super-insulates the walls, it also acts as a one-step waterproofing material that has proven to prevent “Sick Building Syndrome” or SBS. SBS usually forms when moisture that is driven by the sun through the exterior course of brick is able to penetrate the interior cinder block walls. Mold then forms and sick teachers and students are the result. VA Beach was forced to bulldoze three schools in 2005 due to SBS. Now, all schools built in Norfolk and VA Beach are insulated with spray-on foam.

We also spray foam in new and existing homes to help seal out temperature, noise and moisture. Our foam works great in crawl spaces, walls and attics.

We spray foam on the roofs of commercial buildings and the foam acts to not only stop leaks, but also to save heating and cooling dollars. If you go to my site, click on “Services” and then “SPF Roofs.” SPF stands for Spray Polyurethane Foam.

Your young students are on the right path and they can learn a lot about energy saving construction techniques from the following web sites:

http://www.vsbn.org

http://www.buildingscience.com

http://www.chemicaldesigncorp.net

http://www.dom.com Type-in “Conditioned Crawl Space” into the search block!

http://www.sprayfoam.org

All the best,

John P. Kuchta, Jr.

President

Combat Coatings, LLC

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Also, if you need any assistance with articles on litter prevention, recycling, pollution, or water conservation, please let me know. I may be able to help.

Holly Miller
Environmental Educator
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
(757) 413-9302

thank you