I just picked up another gallon of paint today for the coworking space. I decided to compare the VOC content of Sherwin Williams Duration paint versus Sherwin Williams Super Paint.
Paint Type g/l lb/gal
Duration 48 0.40
Super Paint 145 [...]
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We’ve completed our bamboo wrapped whiteboards for our office space at thinkspace. One of my original ideas was to have the contractor who was building out our space do this, but, when I got the cost estimate I about choked. It was another classic case of “it’s green let’s charge ‘em more”! I immediately looked [...]
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I’ve finally got a little time to write about my office chair. While out shopping for new office furniture, I had my sights set on a Herman Miller Aeron. The same kind of chair that I used to sit on back when I was working for “the man”. I had been looking around for a long [...]
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We have put a lot of focus on air quality for our executive office suites build-out. Early on in our design process we decided to use either a low or no-VOC paint. Yes, it’s good for the environment (reduces smog and ozone pollution) but even more important it is good for your health.
“VOCs” are Volatile [...]
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On March 13th, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) issued a report stating “buildings represent the greatest opportunity for considerable reductions in CO2 emissions”.
“Every year, buildings in North America cause more than 2,200 megatons of CO2 to be released into the atmosphere, about 35 percent of the continent’s total CO2 emissions. In the United States [...]
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