With his contracting firm starting to emphasize green building solutions, Marc Gunthner says collaborating with a new television show “Wasted” was one of those perfect matches.
Gunthner’s company, Paul Davis Restoration & Remodeling of Long Island, will be featured on the Discovery Channel program some time this spring. Segments featuring an Oceanside remodeling project were filmed earlier this month, Gunthner says.
“The show focuses on minimizing waste, conserving energy, those types [of] things, and it’s a niche we’re starting to be more and more concerned about as a company,” says Gunthner, whose Huntington-based firm is one of 1,800 Paul Davis franchises nationwide. Franchises specialize in insurance restoration services and commercial and residential remodeling.
For the program, Gunthner’s company installed a rain-retention system, which captures and stores rain water for landscape irrigation. In addition, the company used infrared technology to analyze indoor heat loss through windows and doors. Once the drafty areas were identified, insulation was installed to improve the energy efficiency of the house.
“Basically, we were on-site handy men on the show while working with the ‘Wasted’ production crew and on-air cast,” Gunthner says.
The show, which is scheduled to premiere this spring, features energy-saving strategies, green products and eco-friendly changes to homes and businesses. The show’s goal is to inspire a “greener lifestyle.”
“It’s a fun show with a great message, and we’re glad to be involved,” Gunthner says.
Paul Davis Restoration & Remodeling of Long Island, founded in 1990, recently restored a Huntington home to Energy Star specifications after the original structure exploded in November 2006 when a contractor severed a gas line on the property.
-- GARY DYMSKI