1. Build Reuse Survey

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* 1. What is the name of the reuse organization for which the survey will be completed? (if the respondent represents a parent organization, please respond for only the reuse operations)

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* 2. How many retail or wholesale sales facilities are included in this response?

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* 3. How many years has your reuse organization been in operation?

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* 4. What resources were used to start-up the organization? (please select all that apply)

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* 5. What are the reuse / recycling services of the organization and who are the primary users of each service? (select any service that applies for any category of user)

  Building or Sub-Contractors Homeowners Commercial Building Owners Rental Landlords / Property Managers NGOs Architects / Interior Designers
Whole building deconstruction
Selective salvage
Retail sales
Wholesale sales
Consignment sales
Donation drop-off
Donation pick-up
Recycling services

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* 6. What is the proportion of materials supply from each source? (all choices should add to 100%)

  0-5% 6-10% 11-25% 26-50% 51-75% 76-100%
Deconstruction / salvage by organization
Donation drop-off
Donation pick-up
Purchase of surplus / salvage
Consignments
Not Applicable

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* 7. What is the range of the reuse organization's total annual revenue in a "normal" year? (please indicate the most current figure available)

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* 8. What is the proportion of total annual revenues from each source? (all choices should add to 100%)

  0-5% 6-10% 11-25% 26-50% 51-75% 76-100%
Materials sales
Deconstruction services
Grants
Cash donations
Volunteer hours
Organization's fundraisers
Fee-for-service (ex. consulting / workshops / trainings)
Other

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* 9. Select the categories of reused products sold as applicable.

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* 10. What metrics does the organization track on an annual basis? (please select all that apply)

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* 11. What are the senior management positions in your organization including those of a parent organization providing management ? (please check all that apply)

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* 12. How many full-time equivalent employees do you have?

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* 13. How many full-time equivalent volunteers do you have annually?

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* 14. What senior or regular staffing shortfalls are you currently experiencing, or positions you would like to add to improve your operations? (please reply NA if none)

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* 15. How many square feet of both indoor and outdoor facilities do you have dedicated to reuse operations?

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* 16. What is your tenure in your facilities?

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* 17. What is the proportion of total material sales revenue from each transaction type? (all choices should add to 100%)

  0-5% 6-10% 11-25% 26-50% 51-75% 76-100%
On-site sales
Consignment sales on-site
On-line sales by self-created platform
E-bay
Etsy
Houzz
PayPal
Other on-line platform (please specify in Other)

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* 18. Please select the top 3 product types recovered or sold by $ value annually.

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* 19. Please select the 3 most important motivations or values for donors or suppliers of reclaimed materials.

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* 20. Please select the top 3 the most important motivations or values for purchasers or users of reclaimed materials.

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* 21. What aspects of obtaining reused materials of desired types, quantities and qualities, and avoiding inefficiencies, pose the greatest challenges and how has the organization successfully, or to the best of its ability, met these challenges?

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* 22. What aspects of selling reused materials of desired types, quantities and qualities, and avoiding inefficiencies, pose the greatest challenges and how has the organization successfully, or to the best of its ability, met these challenges?

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* 23. What activities does the organization conduct to increase community-benefits, build infrastructure, and socialize reuse? (please select all that apply)

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* 24. Please select the top 3 most successful methods of outreach or advertisement.

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* 25. What types of government regulation or support do you believe would be the most impactful to support deconstruction and reuse? (please choose all that apply)

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* 26. What topics have not been included, or topics that have been included and need to be expanded, for follow-up discussions or future surveys?

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* 27. Thank you for your participation ! Would you like to be entered into a raffle to win a Build Reuse membership or free conference registration to the Build Reuse conference in October, 2022? If yes, please enter your email contact information below, otherwise leave blank.

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