[Greenbuilding] Green counters?

[David Bergman]

I've become a fan of the recycled-glass-and-cement slab materials -- 
the kind without resin binders. I'm doing several projects with 
Icestone (made in NYC ) and on the West Coast, I understand that 
Counterproduction/Vetrazzo is back in operation. (They were closed 
until this month, so for a current California job I ended up getting 
Icestone from a West Coast distributor.)

David Bergman
David Bergman Architect/Fire & Water Lighting + Furniture
architecture . interiors . ecodesign . lighting . furniture
bergman at cyberg.com    http://www.cyberg.com
t 212 475 3106    f 212 677 7291

At 02:27 PM 7/6/2006, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 7/6/2006 1:38:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>tebewebb at email.com writes:
>
>And, of  course, the counter was shipped from Washington State to Washington
>DC for  installation.
>
>Those two strikes (sustainable and less shipping) were  two reasons I ruled
>out marble/granite countertops, but Richlite isn't perfect  on these counts
>either.
>
>Could there have been a better choice?
>
>
>
>the soapstone capital of the world is in Schuyler VA about 2 1/2 hours from
>DC - see _www.alberenesoapstone.com_ (http://www.alberenesoapstone.com)
>Linda Lloyd
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