[Greenbuilding] PaperStone Counter Tops or Richlite Countertops ormaterials

[David Bergman]

Hello Irina,

I've used Icestone on two jobs, am about to 
install it in two more and have it spec'd for yet 
another. I love the material as well as the 
business plan and attitude that are part of it. 
(I take my students on field trips to the factory here every semester.)

I'm also using a lot of 3-form, though not for 
counters. I'm making several lines of light 
fixtures with it and am installing on two 
architectural projects for partitions and cabinet 
doors. I view it as a bit of  guilty pleasure in 
that it's more eco than other resins, so I don't 
feel so bad using it, but it still has some 
issues in terms of its recycled content (max 40% 
pre-consumer) and recyclability (some of the 
patterns have non-separable materials imbedded, 
and there's currently no recycling program for 
the recyclable patterns as far as I know).

I just spec'd Alkemi for a powder room counter. 
It has, I think, some of the same issues as 
3-form in that uses resins -- in this case made 
into a non-recyclable composite with 
(pre-consumer) scrap metal. And, like 3-form, it's very cool looking.

And my related question: anyone familiar with 
"Wy'East & Wahkeena " from Canopy, http://canopyhome.com/wyeast.asp?

David
DAVID BERGMAN ARCHITECT / FIRE & WATER LIGHTING + FURNITURE
architecture . interiors . ecodesign . lighting . furniture
bergman at cyberg.com    www.cyberg.com
241 Eldridge Street #3R, New York, NY 10002
t 212 475 3106    f 212 677 7291

At 10:22 PM 9/24/2006, Irina Golfman wrote:
>I am also looking at the various counter top materials and would love to
>hear feedback on the materials already mentioned as well as Syndecrete
>http://www.syndesisinc.com/
>3form www.3-form.com,
>Icestone www.icestone.biz, and
>Alkemi www.renewedmaterials.com
>
>Any wisdom on pros/cons, installation, durability, etc., would be very much
>appreciated.
>
>Irina Golfman Rosenblum
>Belmont,
>MA
>
>At 05:22 PM 9/22/2006, Stephanie Merchant wrote:
> >What's the cost comparison?
> >
> >What about Verrazzo?
> >
> >On 9/22/06, Tom Angell <tomangell at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > Here is an environmental comparison of Richlite and Paperstone that I
> > > received from Joel Klippert, the founder of 
> both companies.  He assured me
> > > that the "other" composite is Richlite.  Paperstone is prone to warping
> > > (not
> > > sure about Richlite), so you need to mechanically fasten it.  We have
> > > friends that have installed both (color black), and both get a slight
> > > weathered look (no longer jet black, more of a mottled black) after
> > > constant
> > > water and cleaning.  These are not polished granite, which they are not
> > > trying to be. We are about to remodel our 
> kitchen, and we are going to use
> > > Paperstone.
> > >
> > > "Environmental Impact Statistics
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A 1" by 5' by 12' sheet of PaperStone 
> Certified (versus a regular phenolic
> > > composite manufactured from virgin fiber and a regular, commercially
> > > available, solvent-based resin) saves:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ·        1233 gallons of water
> > >
> > > ·        2.03 million BTU's of energy
> > >
> > > ·        131 pounds of solid waste
> > >
> > > ·        254 pounds of greenhouse gases
> > >
> > > ·        55 pounds of petroleum-based phenol
> > >
> > > ·        22 pounds of natural gas-based methanol
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regular PaperStone, with a 50% post-consumer recycled content product
> > > (versus 100% for PaperStone Certified), saves a similar amount of phenol
> > > and
> > > methanol but only 50% of the water, energy, solid waste and greenhouse
> > > gases
> > > listed above.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In either case, purchases of PaperStone products, versus the competitive
> > > products, have a surprisingly large impact on our environment."
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards, Tom
> > >
> > > Thomas W. Angell, Architect, AIA
> > > 621 South F Street
> > > Spokane, WA 99224
> > > ph: 509-747-7647
> > > fax: 509-747-5979
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Carl Peters" <cpeters at osvold.com>
> > > To: <greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 11:10 AM
> > > Subject: [Greenbuilding] PaperStone Counter Tops or Richlite Countertops
> > > ormaterials
> > >
> > >
> > >
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