About Us

            Earth Friendly Building Materials, LLC (EFBM) is owned and operated by Dan and Sue Ellen Chouinard.  Dan has been in construction since 1969 when he started framing with his father, Ernie Chouinard, and American Framers, LLC.  Dan started construction with CMU (Concrete Masonry Unit), switched to wood-frame construction, and then in 1994 started looking at several alternative building materials due to the quantity and quality of wood products available.  Dan has complete knowledge of construction through general contracting in both residential and commercial fields.  Dan and his son, Jason, partnered in 1994 to form Earth Friendly Building Materials and sell RASTRA^TM and PerformWall^TM as environmentally friendly solutions to building.  The desire for quality had led them away from using wood as the only means for construction.

            Earth Friendly Building Materials was the exclusive dealer for PerformWall^TM in Arizona for 15 years.  During that time, innovative variations of the PerformWall^TM concept were established, but few carried the ICBO seal of approval.  In recent years, however, those innovations have matured and achieved ICBO status.  These locally manufactured alternatives are now a viable source of affordable materials at a time when fuel and shipping costs have reached an all-time high.  EFBM is proud to represent APEX Block^TM as a locally produced, ICBO-approved alternative to PerformWall^TM.  We also promote Earth Friendly Doors^TM and innovative products, like Flex-C-Ment^TM, which enhance custom construction.  EFBM has a network of qualified sales representatives statewide.  Together, Earth Friendly's experienced sales staff offers complete sales and service for APEX Block^TM throughout Arizona.  We provide materials lists, unloading, on-the-job training at one of our sites, and we'll even send a man to your site.  Earth Friendly Building Materials has been working with the Green Building Program in the city of Scottsdale, Arizona.  It is a sponsor of the American Lung Association home at Civano in the city of Tucson, Arizona.  EFBM has also helped other communities reduce the environmental impact of residential and commercial construction.

"A typical 1700 square foot wood-framed home requires the equivalent of clear-cutting one acre of forest.  Less than 5 percent of the virgin old-growth forest in the United States remains uncut, and global forest cover is disappearing at an unprecedented rate."

 -- City of Scottsdale Green Building Guide

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