Adaptive Reuse at U-Haul at Niagara Falls Blvd

If you take a short trip down any road, you are more than likely going to pass a Shell fuel and service station. Shell Service Stations have been bringing quality gas and customer service to communities since 1912. Shell is viewed as one of the largest and most prolific oil and gas companies in the world. They merged with Texaco in 1997, which only accelerated their growth and reputation as the industry leader. The industry giant had humble beginnings going back to 1833 when a shopkeeper named Marcus Samuel decided to sell his antique business to pursue importing and exporting seashells, which were in high fashion at the time. His export and import business would soon expand from seashells to machinery, textiles, tools, rice, silk, sugar, wheat, flour and eventually oil when the first petrol powered internal combustion engines arrived in 1886. With the industrial revolution, the world would never be the same and communities would become reliant on gasoline to thrive. Shell built gas stations cross continentally to serve those communities.

U-Haul couldn't let such an iconic building, originally built in 1968,  fall into ruin, so the site was acquired in 1977. Adaptive reuse building conversions allow U-Haul to promote infill development to meet citizens’ needs while preserving the natural resources and land normally required for new construction. Adaptive reuse also allows resources to be focused on integrating environmentally thoughtful features into the existing building rather than creating waste in the form of demolition and using valuable resources for new construction. 

Serving U-Haul customers since 1977, this facility was built through adaptive reuse of an abandoned building. La réutilisation adaptative favorise l'aménagement intercalaire dans le but de renforcer les communautés. Parmi les bienfaits obtenus, la réutilisation a permis d'éviter : 

• la fabrication et le transport de 2 tonnes de métal 
• 198 tons of new concrete pours avoided 
• 200 tons of construction and demolition debris prevented 

Energy-efficiency and waste-reduction programs at this facility provide the following estimated benefits each year for the Amherst community: 

• réaliser des économies de 6 467 kWh par année 
• 91,469 lbs greenhouse gas emissions prevented 

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  Production de l'acier La fabrication et le transport de 2 tonnes (2 tonnes métriques) d'acier ont été évités à ce jour

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  Énergie Économies de 6 467 kWh par année

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  Concrete 198 tons (180 tonnes) of new concrete pours avoided to date

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  Émissions Émissions de 91 469 lb (41 490 kg) de gaz à effet de serre évitées

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  Landfill Debris 200 lbs (181 kgs) of construction debris prevented

• U-Haul at Niagara Falls Blvd
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