Archive for the ‘green’ Category
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
In the last post I talked about how, even if the materials are recycled, the product is not necessarily "green" if, for instance, it sucks down an immense amount of energy from conventional oil/coal/other environmentally disastrous energy technology. Utilizing alternative energy sources like solar, wind or geothermal power to process ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
To try and get a handle on all the facets of being green when it comes to interior design, building materials, and the like, I decided to explore a material widely used in interior finishing work, furniture manufacture and more recently in custom framing as well: medium density fiber board, ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Green is certainly a complicated issue when it comes to the necessities of serving lots of people at once.Acres of carpet, hundreds of chairs and bedframes, thousands of linens, window coverings and picture frames are just a small part of the resources consumed in creating a successful hospitality project. Hospitality design ...
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