The Alfa Loud Speaker by Symbio Design

Symbio Design present you The Alfa Loud Speaker, The luxury and elegant speaker design that won’t let you down when you turn it on. Besides the great and modern design which is based on a baffle made from laminated composite, the materials, shape, and manufacturing technology provide the system with features, which are rarely found with standard loudspeaker systems with an acoustic labyrinth achieved using run-of-the-mill technology and ordinary... 

Seating and shelving by Pinar Yar and Tugrul Govsa

Been waiting for so long for the brand new collection of the designers Pinar Yar and Tugrul Gövsa from GAEAforms, and now their new collection of seating and shelving pieces furniture is already on retail. This new collection is being manufactured by GOVSA Composites, a Turkish company founded by Tugrul Gövsa in 2003, which specializes in manufacturing with advanced composite materials. Here are some of the photos. via

Cosentino ECO Countertops

Eco by Cosentino is a countertop surfacing made with 75 percent post-consumer/post-industrial raw materials—the most recycled content for this type of product on the market, according to the company. Mirrors, glass, porcelain, crystallized ash, stone scrap, and a binder made with 22 percent corn oil resin give the look and performance of quartz composite and natural stone. Stain, scratch, and scorch resistant, non-porous, and certified by Greenguard... 

Acme Brick to Distribute Green Building Products from VAST Enterprises, LLC

Acme Brick and VAST Enterprises, LLC announced that Acme has agreed to distribute VAST composite masonry products as an alternative for green building. VAST composite masonry products, which are manufactured in a patented blend of post-consumer recycled automobile tires and plastic containers, include Composite Landscape Pavers, Composite Permeable Pavers for stormwater management, Composite Deck Pavers, and Composite Thin Brick. Under the agreement,... 

Fiber Composite Crane Outrigger Pad Stronger from Composite Advantage

Composite Advantage introduced FiberRigg, a high-performance Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer (FRP) crane outrigger pad that outlasts wood pads and is more cost effective than UHMW plastic pads. Able to hold up to 125, 000 pounds, FiberRigg is especially suited to any type of construction or building activity requiring the use of crane equipment. Continuous glass fibers provide maximum strength and stiffness for enhanced safety while its polymer makeup resists... 

VAST Composite Masonry Products in Green Building and Sustainable Development Projects

VAST Enterprises, LLC, announced that using its composite pavers in construction applications can contribute to six or more LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credits. VAST produces green building products with its patented technology that transforms post-consumer recycled rubber and plastics into an environmentally friendly material: composite masonry. All VAST products are made from up to 95 percent recycled car tires and plastic... 

UPM ProFi showcases sustainable building in Shanghai

The Finnish pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai will receive a modern shingle cladding made from wood plastic composite UPM ProFi. Finland will take part in the Expo with the Giant’s Kettle pavilion, designed y the Helsinki-based architecture agency JKMM Architects. The innovative Giant’s Kettle pavilion, which will be built on a 3, 000 square metre lot, stresses the importance of minimal environmental load in its material selection.... 

VAST Composite Landscape and Deck Pavers

VAST Composite Pavers, made from over 95 percent post-consumer recycled materials (70 percent recycled scrap tire rubber, and 25 percent recycled HDPE and/or PP plastic), are available in permeable and non-permeable versions for light vehicular and pedestrian applications, such as driveways, parking lots, sidewalks, patios—and at one-third the weight of concrete, even over wooden decks. A proprietary grid system makes installation quick and clean;... 

Eco-nize Custom Storage Systems

Eco-nize designs, builds, and installs custom small-office, storage, cabinet, and closet systems using all CARB Phase 1 and federal Environmentally Preferable Product Specification compliant materials, such as no-added-urea-formaldehyde (NAUF) composite particleboards and MDF with 100-percent recycled cores. The company employs the eco-efficiency concept of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) as a corporate driver—“new... 

Integrity Block Selected as BuildingGreen Top-10 Product for 2008

Integrity Block has been selected as one of BuildingGreen’s 2008 Top-10 Green Building Products by the editors of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec®. This seventh annual award recognizes the most innovative and exciting green building products added to the GreenSpec® Directory during the past year or covered in Environmental Building News. “Our selections of the Top-10 Green Building Products represent a wide range of product...