Comments on: Green Cabinets: When Wood is Good

By: Donizi

Donizi — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:18:12 +0000

Thank you for info on cabinets. Can you tell me the toxic/chemical content used in creating thermofoil cabinetry. Formaldyhde? I’m renovating a whole kitchen and struggling to be sure I maintain as green as possible within budget and up against a deadline to choose. THANK YOU!!

By: Donizi

Donizi — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:18:00 +0000

By: Todd Vogelsinger

Todd Vogelsinger — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:21:43 +0000

We are a major producer of cost-neutral hardwood plywood that uses a soy-based resin technology instead of urea formaldehyde adhesives. It’s called PureBond.

We are overwhelmed with homeowners who have read about PureBond but are frustrated when they ask their cabinet shop or builder about using it.

To resolve this, we’ve created the PureBond Fabricator Network, where people who make finished goods like cabinets, furniture, and fixtures can be listed and easily found. Here’s a link: http://www.cfpwood.com/PFN.aspx

If you know of any quality-oriented, green-minded shop that might be interested in being part of this, please let them know about it. We want to eliminate every possible barrier between people who want to invest their money into healthy, accountable home imporovements – while reducing their exposure to VOC’s and toxins. It should be a growing market area for a long time!

By: Todd Vogelsinger

Todd Vogelsinger — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:21:00 +0000

We are a major producer of cost-neutral hardwood plywood that uses a soy-based resin technology instead of urea formaldehyde adhesives. It’s called PureBond.

We are overwhelmed with homeowners who have read about PureBond but are frustrated when they ask their cabinet shop or builder about using it.

By: Seven Ways To Avoid Greenwashing Your Building Products « Norsteel

Seven Ways To Avoid Greenwashing Your Building Products « Norsteel — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:33:00 +0000

[...] 6. Your manufacturing practices do not affect LEED credits. While it is perfectly appropriate in your literature to highlight that you use a zero-waste, VOC free, daylit manufacturing facility, only the final product matters when it comes to LEED credits. So don’t cite the credit on reducing waste on the job site and then explain your zero-waste manufacturing process. The energy efficiency of your plant plays no part in the energy efficiency of the new building. This is not to say that your manufacturing practices aren’t extremely important to the environment, and consumers will want to know about them, but the USGBC doesn’t have a way to recognize them in particular green building projects. For more on this, read Green Cabinets: When Wood is Good. [...]

By: Laura Wolf

Laura Wolf — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:10:52 +0000

Is there a location on the atlanta, ga. area?

By: Laura Wolf

Laura Wolf — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:10:00 +0000

Is there a location on the atlanta, ga. area?

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