Category Archives: Alternative Energy
CIMA On Weatherization At The White House
Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association President Chris Hoch was a featured speaker at the White House this month. The first-ever Weatherization Supply Chain event was held June 15 as a forum to discuss the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP.) … Continue reading
GreenPower Leadership Awards
Insulation helps us make more efficient use of energy, but that’s only one element in the pursuit of a greener, more sustainable energy infrastructure. Each year the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy and the Center for Resource Solutions cosponsor … Continue reading
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Innovation Is Good – Practical Is Perfect
The Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011 winning design is going on display in California. The “CHIP” had its ribbon cutting Tuesday, January 17th in downtown Los Angeles. You can learn about this innovative solar house of the future here. … Continue reading
GreenBuild Expo 2011-Green Build Is Building
The first thing you noticed about the 2011GreenBuild International Expo is the scale. Displays and exhibits covering virtually every aspect of green building, energy efficiency and sustainability filled two giant halls in the beautiful Toronto Convention Centre.
Walking the show aisles, among thousands of attendees, was quite a workout covering what felt like several miles. Along the way was a veritable extravaganza of innovative products and ideas. Here are just a couple of the new innovative products that were on display:
XLERATOR: It’s a hand drier on steroids that qualifies for LEED credits. It dries hands in 10-15 seconds with a high burst of air, uses 80 percent less energy than conventional dryers and purportedly represents a 95 percent cost savings versus paper towels. We were impressed with the “hurricane” forced air alternative to the typical process of waiving hands under a weak stream of heated air and then drying them off on your trousers.
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS: One of the oldest names in paint introduced its new Pro Industrial Zero VOC Acrylic. It is an 
almost odorless acrylic with no VOCs. It also offers superior stain and corrosion resistance, fast drying times and is GreenGuard Indoor Air Quality Certified.
CORIAN: The solid surface counter tops by DuPont are new again. They look great, achieve sustainable design through the use of recycled resin content and according to the company do not support the growth of mold or mildew when used properly.
SYBTHEON: Elemix’s concrete additive is engineered for sustainability. The Elemix additive creates a lighter weight product that is designed to deliver several key improvements to the physical characteristics of concrete including resistance to cracking and fire, ease of placement, and durability to freezing and thawing.
CIMA was also on the expo floor joining forces with CIMAC (Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association of Canada) to share the “greenest of the green” cellulose insulation message.
We at the Greenest Insulation Blog support the efforts of GreenBuild and encourage everyone who shares our enthusiasm to join the organization and support sustainability. If you can, plan on attending the Expo in San Francisco Nov. 14-16, 2012 where we know more great innovative products will be on display.
Leading The Way Toward Carbon Neutral Housing
The European Union and several of its member nations are moving forward rapidly with the concept of lowering the carbon footprint of houses. Concerns over climate change have driven this movement but many groups are now recognizing the practical implications–carbon … Continue reading
CIMA Offers Presentations On Saving Energy
It is certainly no secret that energy costs are rising for U.S. households and businesses. While the estimates vary, studies in the past few years have put the average energy cost for the typical household ranging from 10 to as … Continue reading
Extreme Retrofit Winners Get Door Blown Out
CIMA awarded the Extreme Insulation Retrofit to a Kentucky couple selected at random in April from the hundreds who visited the online sweepstakes. Now, CIMA is blowing the door out of the Extreme Insulation Retrofit winner’s house. Well, to clarify, … Continue reading
Although It’s Been Cold We’re Getting Hotter
Whether you believe climate change is a planetary or man-made phenomenon, it’s hard to refute that our world is getting hotter. Even though much of the nation has suffered through a harsh winter, the global thermostat continued to set records … Continue reading
Weatherizing Homes: Winter of Discontent
The record winter that 2011 is producing across the nation is focusing more people to seriously think about green building and home weatherization. This snowy, icy cold winter comes on the heals of very frigid seasons in 2010. As the … Continue reading
Solar Panels – The (Smallest) Footprint
We are often confronted with questions about the “greenest” way to generate electricity in the home. In doing some research on the embodied energy / carbon footprint of a variety of different solutions we came across a company in the … Continue reading
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