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Looking for an upgrade to your kitchen? Thinking green? Brandy LeMae of VaST Architecture gives an overview of green materials available for countertops
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If you are going to put in a new countertop, are you considering going green? What kind of material are you thinking of installing?
Farooq K.
from Homestead, FL on 01/15/2012 at 12:32 PM MT
Great info, however, I wish there were some actual counter-tops made out of ALL the materials that were suggested in the video...
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David Lupberger on How to Green Your Countertops: Hi I'm David Lupberger with ServiceMagic.com there are an astounding number of counter top choices that are green in nature. I'm here with Brandy LeMae this morning to look at some of these green countertops and she is going to tell us a little more about each one. Good morning. Brandy LeMae/VaST Architecture: Hi Dave, how are you doing? We're here at Ellies Eco Home Store today to look at just a few of the options; in terms of green countertops. We've got all our samples setup on a concrete countertop that was made locally here for the folks at Ellies. What we've got here in the front is another concrete countertop that actually contains Fly Ash as part of its mix. And Fly Ash is actually a by product of the coal burning industry it's what they scrape out of the coal stacks and it would end up in a landfill but here they have used it in place of the Portland Cement. This here is another sample showing another color you can get with a concrete countertop. Over here we've got concrete based but here they have used recycled glass as the aggregate and it gives it this nice shine to it- really beautiful! Here we've got a 100% recycled glass countertop again, really amazing got this translucent quality. Over here we're moving into the agro-based countertop materials. These are really interesting and have a really eco look to them. This one is made with sunflower seed hulls, this one has wheat industry products, and this one is woodchips. If you want to do a butcher block countertop, an option is a bamboo plywood. Then we're moving into another countertop material that contains bamboo fibers and it's mixed with recycled wood from construction sites and with different colors. And then finally here is actually a flooring material; it's actually linoleum made out of cork and linseed oil but you can actually use it as a countertop material because it's a flooring material it's very durable. Lupberger: Are there also metal countertops available? Brandy LeMae/VaST Architecture: There are it's another material that we really like to use. One thing about metal it's very durable and also it's recyclable at the end of its life span. You could also conceivably find metal that has recycled content and you can also form an integral sink into a metal countertop. So that's a nice benefit as well Lupberger: What strikes me is it's not only green and practical, but really it's attractive, too. You really have a variety of textures and choices to accent any kitchen. Thank you. Brandy LeMae/VaST Architecture: Thank you.