New Starbucks Stores Earn Pioneer Millworks Grand Prize Awards for Their Reclaimed Antique Barn Wood

Wednesday, March 17th 2010
New Starbucks Stores Earn Pioneer Millworks Grand Prize Awards for Their Reclaimed Antique Barn Wood

Pioneer Millworks reclaimed barn siding received two Grand Prize awards from the Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.) for specialty food retailer of the year at the 2010 A.R.E. Design Awards. Pioneer Millworks salvaged barn siding was used as wall treatments in interior and exterior applications at both the Starbucks Coffee Company’s 15th Avenue Coffee & Tea Shop and Roy Street Coffee & Tea Shop. “We love working with retail... 

Dunn-Edwards Ultra-Grip Multi-Purpose Primer

Sunday, August 23rd 2009
Dunn-Edwards Ultra-Grip Multi-Purpose Primer

The stain-blocking, 100 percent acrylic, multi-purpose Ultra-Grip primer from Dunn-Edwards is appropriate for interior and exterior residential and commercial applications including wood, masonry, metal (non-ferrous), drywall, even fiberglass. It also sticks to old enamel paints. The high-solids primer forms a tight film that offers superior hide properties—stains won’t rise. In addition to meeting the Master Painter Institute’s Green Performance... 

Tournesol Greenwall Systems

Sunday, August 23rd 2009
Tournesol Greenwall Systems

Tournesol Siteworks offers two exceptional greenwall applications. TerraScreen is an easily installed galvanized grid for hanging plants that looks great inside or out, and has a nice price point. But the Tournesol VGM is even cooler. A direct-planted, commercial exterior system, the generous 4- or 8-inch soil depth allows a wide range of greenery in a variety of climates. The planting modules are 100-percent recycled polypropylene, and the stainless... 

OSRAM Ceramic Lamps Now as 100W Systems

Monday, August 10th 2009
OSRAM Ceramic Lamps Now as 100W Systems

With its Powerball HCI 100W lamps Munich lighting manufacturer OSRAM now provides 100W systems for halogen metal halide lamps with ceramic burners for the first time. It means the company is meeting the demands of OEMs and lighting designers for a Powerball lamp solution between 75W and 150W. Now 100W luminaires can be equipped with tried and trusted Powerball technology for various applications. PowerballHCI-T, HCI-T/P und HCI-E/P lamps are now available... 

CertainTeed Introduces GlasRoc Tile Backer

Monday, February 16th 2009
CertainTeed Introduces GlasRoc Tile Backer

With the introduction of GlasRoc Tile Backer by CertainTeed Gypsum, building professionals can protect walls, ceilings and countertops in high-moisture areas with the highest level of mold-resistance for residential and commercial applications. GlasRoc Tile Backer features Embedded Glass Reinforced Gypsum (EGRGTM) technology which combines reinforcing glass mats, fully-embedded into a water-resistant gypsum core and a gray textured acrylic coating... 

Green Star’s Consumer Products Launches Supertherm Insulation Coating

Thursday, November 20th 2008

Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI ), Consumer Products Division announces their endorsement and commercialization of a new energy-saving and Earth-friendly insulation coating for industrial and residential applications – Supertherm® Insulation Coating. Supertherm is a ceramic based insulating and weatherizing coating. A 10-mil dry layer is equivalent to a R-19 insulation material. Its high reflectivity stops over 95% of the heat from loading... 

International Barrier Technology Blazeguard Fire-Rated Sheathing Panels Added to California Wildfire Products List

Wednesday, September 10th 2008

International Barrier Technology Inc. California architects, builders and designers looking to meet new fire codes for wildfire-prone areas now have a new, eco-friendly alternative — Barrier Technology’s Blazeguard® fire-rated structural sheathing panels. Blazeguard panels feature Pyrotite(TM), a patented, cementitious coating over either oriented strand board (OSB) or plywood of various dimensions. The coating not only resists ignition... 

Amvic Releases a New ‘T-block’ Insulated Concrete Form

Saturday, August 2nd 2008

Once again Amvic Building System demonstrates excellent responsiveness to the needs of their customers as the company continues to innovate and expand their Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) product line. On August 15th, 2008 Amvic will release a new T-block ICF for the company’s current 6″ and 8″ ICF lines for field testing. The T-Block is designed for applications where two walls intersect. In most cases this occurs where an interior... 

Talon Architectural Area Luminaire

Sunday, July 13th 2008

Cooper Lighting has introduced the McGraw-Edison Talon, an outdoor area site light offering unmatched optical versatility and performance with premium construction to satisfy every specific exterior lighting need. An innovative optical design includes a choice of 14 high efficiency, field rotatable optical systems including the unrivaled Spill Light Eliminator optic for areas mandating strict light trespass control, and a new Automotive Front Row... 

Senco 3P0001N DS202-14V 14.4-Volt Ni-Cad Cordless Screwdriver

Thursday, March 15th 2007

The Senco DS202-14V screw system is designed for a wide variety of screw fastening applications,from Drywall to wood,Drywall to steel,interior wood to wood,Exterior wood to wood with screws from 1″-2″.It featurs a powerfull 2,300 RPM high-torque motor with reverse switch to back out driven screws. It’s easy depth of drive adjustment regulates the precise amount of countersink.With a one hour charger and a back up battery ensuring...