Corporate Giving:
Habitat for Humanity
James Hardie Offers Siding Materials, Volunteers for San Diego Habitat for Humanity Projects
San Diego Habitat for Humanity has been modifying its home designs to make them more eco-friendly and low maintenance—two areas in which James Hardie siding materials are an ideal match.
"James Hardie's thoughtful and generous gift has made homes more affordable for us to build and for families to maintain, because of reduced energy costs," said Bradford Bates, Executive Director San Diego Habitat for Humanity. "We are grateful there are companies such as James Hardie in existence that care about more than just the bottom line; they are truly making the world a better place."
The Habitat homes will also include energy efficient appliances and lighting, drought-tolerant landscaping, and even solar panels on some of the homes.
"We applaud San Diego Habitat for Humanity for wanting to change substandard housing into sustainable housing and we're happily contributing our fiber cement siding products to help accomplish that," said John Capuzelo, James Hardie's National Sales Manager. "In addition to these donations, we also strongly encourage volunteerism among our employees. Building these homes results in a pretty amazing experience for everyone."
In all, James Hardie contributed to three area San Diego Habitat for Humanity projects:
National City, CA
San Diego Habitat for Humanity is currently constructing three single-family homes. James Hardie's donation of eco-friendly fiber cement siding contributed to the development's expected Platinum certification—the highest green rating level a home can receive through the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system.
El Cajon, CA
James Hardie donated fiber cement siding to four homes in El Cajon being built in partnership with the Jimmie Johnson Foundation. In addition to the James Hardie siding,
homes in the El Cajon development showcase a variety of sustainable features, including solar panels and recycled doors and windows from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore, solar water heaters, tile flooring, drought tolerant landscaping, ENERGY STAR-rated appliances, zero-emission VOC paint, and Forest Stewardship Council-certified products.
Oceanside, CA
James Hardie provided HardiePlank® lap siding and HardieTrim® boards for the 2008 and 2009 Builder Blitzes, where four homes were built in five days, each year. The homes include tankless water heaters, drip irrigation systems and drought tolerant landscaping, tile floors, ENERGY STAR appliances, dual pane windows, and solar panels. The entire development has solar street lights.
James Hardie is proud to support San Diego Habitat for Humanity as part of our Corporate Giving Program. If you would like your organization to be considered for a future corporate giving initiative, please visit our Corporate Giving Program page.
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