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By Jessica McNaughton Everyone is familiar with this simple game of odds. You have a one in three chance of winning. But one of the biggest winners in the Green Countertop space transcends logic and actually turns Paper into Stone. In reality, that would mess up...
Earlier this year, Ewa Gromadzka, a renowned sustainability consultant, released what is quickly becoming known as the definitive outlook on Green Skyscrapers in conjunction with the Copenhagen School of Design and Technology. In his paper, Green Skyscrapers: Crucial Transformation in the Construction Industry and the Paradigm...
Whether you focus on countertops, flooring, walls or other surfaces, there is no question that trade shows are a big part of the industry and necessary to help drum up business and learn what’s new. Trade shows, however, are also notoriously big on waste. There may...
By Jessica McNaughton A lot of companies don’t like OSHA, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. They make companies ensure that their employees are safe, which is supposed to be a good thing. They require a lot of documentation and, sometimes, costly equipment to ensure safety....
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As you probably already know, Earth Day is just a little over a week away, and it presents a prime opportunity for everyone to get involved in improving the health of our planet. The first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, activated 20 million Americans from all walks...
By R. Yuvarani It is becoming extremely difficult for business owners to ignore the relevance of protecting the environment, improving the quality of life and similar issues, including the conservation of natural resources, reducing environmental pollution, protecting endangered species and controlling land use. Many companies are...
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GreenSurfacingResource.com recently launched the inaugural edition of its email newsletter for those interested in the industry – The Green Surface Insider. In its first year the newsletter will be quarterly, with a fifth “Best of” special edition. The frequency will then increase in future years based...
By Jessica McNaughton A common question that I hear is, “What are we going to do about China?” Everyone’s concern with China seems to center around the fact that it can copy anything and make it cheaper than U.S.- or European-based manufacturers. So, the solution for...
The construction model of using prefabricated modules has been around since the 1950’s. Early modular construction, such as Habitat 67 (pictured above), were the pioneers of the green construction movement. Habitat 67 was designed by architect Moshe Safdie and built for the 1967 World’s Fair in Montreal...
By Jessica McNaughton One of the most aggravating things about being a supplier of sustainable building materials is greenwashing, or manufacturers making claims that something is good for the environment when it is, in fact, not. There are various methods people use for this “greenwashing” –...
By Bill Callahan If Only We Had a Sense of Urgency, Great Opportunity and Benefit Could Prevail We now know that our numbers and our planet’s capacity to support human life are threatened, and it is because of us. We’ve reached this point by acting uncivilized,...
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently issued a press release identifying and predicting the 10 Major Residential Design Trends for the Next 10 Years with a detailed analysis published in the organization’s official journal: Architect Magazine. Among these trends are healthier homes and with sustainable...
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By Heather Stegner, Senior Director, Communications, American Wood Council More and more people – from builders to homeowners – are interested in using green materials to reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment. The Reuse Wood Directory at www.reusewood.org aims to make it easy to...
We here at GreenSurfaceResource.com just returned from Design & Construction Week in Las Vegas, and the various trade shows both had some interesting offerings when it comes to green buildings, green construction and green renovation. In addition to learning about several new eco-friendly surfacing products that...
By Eric Monson Infrastructure and civil engineering projects present significant opportunities for waste minimization, re-use and recycling. Designing out waste in these sectors not only makes economic sense but it should be a sustainable environmental cornerstone of any well designed project. All good project design presents...
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GreenSurfacingResource.com is currently developing a newsletter for those interested in the industry. The newsletter is slated to be quarterly, with a fifth “Best of” special edition in it’s first year, will be called The Green Surfacing Insider. The frequency will then increase based on demand and...
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