Information on green, recycled, eco-friendly and sustainable surfaces
According to the Los Angeles chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), 1,500 delegates from 194 countries took part in the 2017 One Young World (OYW) Summit this past October. At this conference, young leaders from around the world were given a platform to share...
OSHA is reminding everyone in the construction industry that it is fully enforcing the new silica rule as of October 23. Along with the reminder came a link to a memorandum for OSHA regional administrators with detailed guidance for enforcement of the rule. According to these...
Rubner Holzbau, an Italian company focusing on glulam timber constructions is collaborating with the consultant and design firm Bear Stadiums to design futuristic stadiums that are modular, made of environmentally friendly glulam wood, comfortable and totally green. The first stadium is cost effective and can be...
We’ve covered TigerStop’s detailed and authoritative white papers before, and now the company has a new white paper that is so informative we wouldn’t dare keep it from our readers. How to Reduce Scrap is available as a free PDF download, and although it focuses on...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the recipients of its annual LEED Homes Awards, which recognizes projects, architects, developers and homebuilders who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation in the residential green building marketplace. The LEED Homes Award recipients include multi-family, single-family and affordable housing...
According to Construction Dive, a notable website covering news and analyses of importance to the construction industry, the trade in used architectural and structural materials is a driving force behind the green-building movement. Companies, such as Pioneer Millworks in Farmington, N.Y., are increasingly using reclaimed wood,...
by Jessica McNaughton Hard and shiny are out. Warm and textured are in. This is a trend. This is happening now. The granite and quartz de facto polished finish, while the standard, is trending out. Most manufacturers are finding themselves forced into a honed or matte...
The 2017 European Capital of Culture is Aarhus, Denmark, and to celebrate the event, the city has erected a municipal pavilion in support of building culture. The pavilion has been named the Dome of Visions 3.0 and was constructed with sustainable Kerto LVL beams from MetsaWood....
CoveringsETC showcased their new “Tecknik Project” for Lufthansa Airlines during Miami Ironside’s first “Open Friday Breakfast” monthly event. Their Eco-Terr® “Venetian Terrazzo” in the shade Bergamo Black G was used by the artist Linus Ilario Spano, to re-purpose an engine spool. The table and stools will...
By Jessica McNaughton PaperStone has come to the forefront of the countertop market as a warm surfacing alternative to cold, dated stone. The idea that a material from paper could outperform stone and quartz is hard to grasp. But it is true. PaperStone is more workable...
In a blog post by Stacy Fitzgerald-Redd on the Insulation Institute website, Antonio De la Carrera of ADLCL Architecture gives some good advice on how builders can sell energy efficient upgrades to customers. De la Carrera has a great deal of experience with energy efficient, Net...
Each year, the International Surface Fabricators Association (ISFA), conducts extensive research and analyzes a wide range of statistics to develop the Countertop Industry Outlook, and although the outlook does not specifically name sustainable surfaces, it provides some important indicators on this segment of the market. Economic...
According to numerous trusted sources, such as Reuters news service and Scientific American,President Donald Trump’s new administration has been taking measures that appear to be undermining green initiatives by the United States. His administration reportedly ordered on Jan. 24 that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to...
Genesis Associates, a leading national design firm, has chosen to use three green materials manufactured by TorZo Sustainable Surfaces in the redesign of Hollywood Casinos in Jamul, Calif., just outside San Diego. The firm has partnered with Hollywood Casinos for several years now, designing remodels at...
Using materials made from or that contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a sure way to reduce your chances for LEED certification and building or remodeling a truly green habitable structure. However, some builders and fabricators forget that many of the cleaning solutions they recommend to...
A group of influential architects and green-building advocates have expressed concerns about the future of the sustainable building movement under the administration of President Donald Trump. These concerns were recently brought to light in an article published in the Architectural Record: What the New Administration Could...
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