2011 10 11Carrie Moore
The Triangle USGBC’s October Green Drinks will be held at LIGHT Art+Design in downtown Chapel Hill on October 20th, 6-8pm. LIGHT, a sister company to CaraGreen, is a curated design shop offering art and functional items for the home by local artists, crafts people, and innovative design brands. All are chosen for their fine craftsmanship, modern point of view, and commitment to a more sustainable future. LIGHT’s current exhibit, RE:, has an environmentally conscious slant, embodying recycling, reuse, restoring, and renewable materials in the work. We invite you to come out and enjoy the RE: show as you network with members of the sustainability community. Beer and wine will be available for purchase. LIGHT is located at 601 W Rosemary St (in Greenbridge), Chapel Hill, NC.
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2011 09 02Carrie Moore
CaraGreen will be exhibiting at the AIA North Carolina Design Conference in Raleigh, NC September 7-10. We will have the latest innovations from Durat, EcoTimber, Meld, TorZo, UltraTouch, and Barkhouse. The show is being held at the Raleigh Convention Center and this year’s conference theme, “Transform,” is a call to AIA North Carolina architects to reinvigorate their businesses, designs, and practices for a new era. CaraGreen will occupy booths 424 and 426 - stop by, see our sustainable product portfolio, and say hello!
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2010 12 05Carrie Moore
There will be a ground breaking ceremony
for the new NC AIA
Center for Architecture & Design this
Thursday, December 9 at 11:30 AM.
It will take place at the site of the
new building, 14 E. Peace Street (corner of Wlimington Street and Peace Street), Raleigh, NC.
Please call the AIA NC Chapter Office at 919-833-6656 to R.S.V.P.
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2010 09 12Carrie Moore
CaraGreen will be exhibiting at the AIA GA 2010 Conference, "Waves of Change".
The show is September 30th-October 3rd in Savannah, GA at the Hilton Savannah Desoto hotel.
CaraGreen has booth # 27, so stop by to see our latest sustainable materials!
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2010 08 31Carrie Moore
CaraGreen will be at the 3rd annual Chicago Comes to Charlotte event taking place at Modular Designs. Find out about the latest NeoCon introductions. Lunch 11am-2pm, Social Beverage & Appetizers 5pm-8pm.
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2010 08 17Carrie Moore
Habitat for Humanity Greensboro is hosting a Blitz Build in September called Raising Roofs and UltraTouch Cotton Insulation is being donated to support the cause. Six houses will be built during a five day period. All of the volunteers building the houses will be local professional builders. On the first day of the build, Monday, September 20, builders will learn about many of the new green products being used on the build. Stacy Glass from CaraGreen will be demonstrating how to work with UltraTouch insulation. To learn more about UltraTouch, click here.
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2010 08 17Carrie Moore
CaraGreen will be displaying our materials at the NKBA Eastern Carolinas Chapter "Show Us Your Green" event on August 19, 2010 at the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro, NC. This event is intended to not just show you the green products out there, but WHY and HOW they are green!
Registration/Social begins at 5:30 PM
Event begins at 6:00 PM
Heavy Hors d’oeuvres will be served while attendees mingle and learn about sustainable design for the kitchen and bath industry.
Member Registration: $15.00
Non-Member Registration: $25.00
NKBA Endorsed Program student Registration: $5.00
For more information, click here.
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2010 03 08Carrie Moore
Gap invites customers to "Recycle Your Blues" and get 30% off new Gap denim. Cotton Incorporated will be working with Gap to launch the COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.® denim drive in about 1,000 Gap stores. From March 5 through March 14, consumers can donate old denim at their local Gap, which will then be given a “new life” by being converted into UltraTouch Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation, and donated to communities in need. Consumers who donate their denim will receive a 30% discount off new denim purchases. Since the COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.® denim drive program began, enough denim has been recycled to create natural cotton fiber insulation for over 540 homes.
The in-store program will be featured on Gap’s online consumer site, www.gap.com, as well as the COTTON. FROM BLUE TO GREEN.® Web site, www.CottonFromBluetoGreen.org.
For more information on UltraTouch Cotton Fiber Insulation and 2010 homeowner tax incentives, contact us.
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2009 11 02Carrie Moore
On November 10th, the AIA will be offering 3 Continuing Education Seminars on one day in Raleigh, NC:
-Building Materials for Sustainable Interiors (updated for LEED 2009) and Life Cycle Assessment
-The Business and Professional Risks of Integrated Project Delivery
-Don't Let Green Design Cause Red Ink
Stacy Glass from Caragreen will be presenting the Building Materials for Sustainable Interiors and Life Cycle Assessment course from 10AM to 12PM for 2 HSW-SD CEUs.
Course Summary:
Once energy and water efficiencies have been achieved in a project, attention turns to the interior finishes. Carefully considering material selection can help optimize LEED credits in the areas of Materials & Reuse as well as Indoor Environmental Quality and may make the difference between silver and gold or gold and platinum ratings. Even more importantly, careful material section can help to engage tenants in the sustainable intents of the building. This course will examine what material credits are available in LEED-NC and how to choose the right interior products to optimize LEED credits. This course considers a range of new materials being used for building products, including rapidly renewable, high recycled content, local, reclaimed and reused building products available for architects to specify in new projects focused on sustainable design. Actual product samples will be demonstrated.
AND....With so many options and ‘green’ messages in the marketplace, how do you know what is really green and what is green washed? This course is designed to provide architects and designers with a toolkit of options to truly evaluate the sustainability of interior products based on Life Cycle Analysis. Several existing tools are considered, including BEES 4.0, Pharos lens and many of the certification bodies that evaluate green products including SCAQMD, GreenSpec, GreenSeal, GreenGuard and others. Participants are provided with guidelines for evaluating products, an interview guide to truly assess sustainability, and a listing of resources to assist in Life Cycle Analysis of interior building products.
Stacy Glass, President at CaraGreen, has her BA from the University of Minnesota and MBA from Duke University. Stacy has worked on an international level developing and executing start-up strategies for businesses and social enterprises, as well as contributing to rapid growth and expansion by developing new markets and managing multi-million dollar projects.
Register HERE prior to November 6th.
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2009 10 23Carrie Moore
CaraGreen is heading to Baltimore October 28th and 29th where we’ll be exhibiting at NeoCon East. NeoCon East is the premier design exposition and conference for the mid-atlantic design community and we are excited to be part of this show!
The CaraGreen booth has installations of Durat, Meld, TorZo, and Turning House Millworks, so designers can see these sustainable products in action. Durat will have a vibrant and playful lime green tub and kelly green sink on display. Meld will have two stunning ecoX countertops, one of which shows their new micro glass option, which uses finely ground glass as the aggregate. TorZo Indure, Tiikeri, and Orient will be featured as wall coverings and shelving in the booth, which adds texture and warmth to the space. And, Turning House Millworks will cover the floor with their reclaimed multi-plank (engineered) wood flooring.
If you are heading to the show, we hope to see you there! Otherwise, look for a recap of the event on our blog next month.
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