I recently stumbled upon this video from New York’s 2007 HauteGREEN Design Exhibition with River Wired which highlights great green designs for the home. Check it out! It showcases new products such as paperstone, a rug made from felt scraps, and an air-purifying system using plants and solar panels. The premise is small designers that manufacture higher quality products that are meant to last a lifetime. There is also an emphasis on nature based materials that are biodegradable and/or recyclable. Paperstone:
GreenLight: How it works: Photovoltaic panels power LED lights which in turn feed the plants. Who would have thought to prescribe plants as a remedy!? Interested in seeing other products from the 2007 HauteGREEN Expo? I was unable to find information about the next expo, so if you come across any thing, let us know! Comments (4)4 Responses to "Haute Green Expo: Innovative Green Designs for The Home"Leave a Reply |
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Noticed your article on the LEED Accredited… Linkedin group. Have you looked at Paperstone? And read of some of their problems? They have been manufacturing for about 5 years now. The earlier productions faded in UV light, so you ended up with shadows similar to cherry wood. And they do not recommend seaming the product where water could stand. (what are countertops for?) I think the UV issue is being resolved with darker pigments, and the resin has fewer VOC’s than earlier productions.
Just FYI – the basis of my response comes from being a former marketer of IceStone, also touted as a green countertop. Priced similarly to paperstone. We had problems with hairline fissures developing in that product as it sat in the dry warehouse, and cracks in the concrete product are not as easily repaired as cracks in natural stone…
Michael
Hi Michael,
The articles I read did not mention those issues. Thank you for bringing them to our attention! Hopefully future product lines will be much improved.
Also saw your article through Linked In. Thanks for the link.
Have you heard of Eco Top? It is manufactured by the company who originally created PaperStone. It is made from bamboo fibers, FSC certified recycled paper and a water-based binder. I just learned of it at Greenbuild this year and it seemed to stand up to the claims of being more durable. The color was more consistent through out than PaperStone or Richlite. I was impressed and will likely specify it over PaperStone, but I would need to research it more first.
Nikki
Hi Nikki,
It sounds like a great product! The fact that its made out of bamboo fibers seems like it would be more durable. I’ll have do more research too on PaperStone and Eco Top. Let me know if you come across anything else!
Danielle