Oct 05, 2010 Author: Carrie Moore
NCSU’s first LEED Silver targeted building the Eastern 4-H Conference Center, used UltraTouch cotton insulation from CaraGreen. The architecture firm that designed the project is MHAworks, who has offices in Durham and Greenville, NC. UltraTouch cotton insulation fills partition walls. UltraTouch cotton insulation contains 85% post-consumer recycled cotton, cotton is rapidly renewable, and the insulation is non-toxic with no added formaldehyde. The project is located on a 250-acre site in Columbia, NC. The new state-of-the-art facility includes flexible multipurpose rooms suitable for large group gatherings and weddings, a 200-seat dining hall, office space, and classrooms and mechanical/AV storage space.
Photos by Richard Barlow - MHAworks
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Oct 05, 2010 Author: Carrie Moore
CaraGreen recently visited the new Vibes Media office in downtown Chicago, which features custom Durat sinks and counters. Eastlake Studio, an innovative Chicago-based architecture and interior design firm, designed the space for Vibes Media. They selected Durat #450, a fire-engine red, for the bathrooms. The long custom trough sinks have three faucets each. The sinks are angled so that the water exits through one drain on a far end. The sinks and countertops are one continuous integral piece. Durat, available through CaraGreen, is an environmentally friendly solid surface material that contains 30% recycled content, is 100% recyclable, and comes in an impressive range of brilliant colors. Eastlake used leftover Durat to create a bench in their employee locker room.
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