| 1991 |
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HammerSmith’s founding mission lays out blueprint for company’s focus (and is still adhered to today): “…HammerSmith is an environmentally conscious, non-smoking, pet and family friendly company”
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| 1992 |
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HammerSmith installs its first gray water system to recapture home wastewater for landscape watering
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| 1993 |
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HammerSmith puts recycling bins on all of its projects (and gets a write-up in Remodeling Magazine for cutting edge ideas)
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| 1994 |
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HammerSmith installs its first rain harvest system to catch gutter runoff for reuse for landscape watering
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| 1995 |
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HammerSmith uses re-milled lumber and recycled flooring in three projects
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| 1996 |
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HammerSmith adds Deconstruction to its project schedules to allow for salvage of cabinets, appliances, fixtures, windows, etc
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| 2000 |
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HammerSmith helps develop the guidelines for the EarthCraft House Renovation Program
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| 2001 |
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EarthCraft House Renovation program is launched, using HammerSmith renovation as pilot house
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| 2003 |
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HammerSmith on front cover of Atlanta Building News with article titled “Going Green With HammerSmith”
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| 2004 |
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HammerSmith wins the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Best Place To Work In Atlanta” Award for focus on employee fitness, health, and sustainable lifestyles
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| 2005 |
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HammerSmith team meets with Sarah Susanka, world-renowned architect and author of The Not So Big House (a book that well represents HammerSmith’s long-term philosophy) and begins alliance
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| 2006 |
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HammerSmith implements policy of incorporating EarthCraft principles, sustainable green building practices and universal design ideas in all of its projects
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| 2008 |
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HammerSmith wins NARI “National Contractor of the Year” Award for Residential Universal Design and is featured in Forbes Magazine for timeless, efficient, sustainable building practices
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