All Posts Tagged With: "Buying Green"

Green Floors is located in Fairfax, Va and has been specializing in recycled flooring since 1991. Many of the their carpet styles are made from recycled plastic bottles or old car tires. Other flooring options include cork, bamboo, linoleum, and natural fiber. In addition to providing extensive information on the production and life cycle of their products Green Floors is “dedicated to keeping as much carpet out of landfills.” Send then a sample of your old carpet, it’s possible they’ll be able to have it recycled.

Located in Baltimore’s new Clipper Mill area, Typecast Press uses antique printing press methods, manual paper feeds, and mixes its own ink for an old polished design quality. Typecast focuses on craftsmanship with decades of graphic design experience. They personalize every project and offer stationary and invitations on alternative tree-friendly materials, and environmentally friendly soy-based inks.

The owner of Thermal Loop Corporation has been in the well drilling business for almost thirty years and has extensive experience with pump installation and geothermal technologies. Geothermal technologies is a renewable energy resource that uses heat emitted from the earth’s core as energy for heating and cooling residential or commercial buildings. To those unaware of the potential economic and environmental benefits of geothermal energy, Thermal Loop Corporation, based out of Bel Air, will be happy to guide you.

Green Clean specializes in an environmentally friendly cleaning service for residential, commercial, or mixed use buildings. They focus on using only non-toxic, bio-degradable, and eco-friendly materials and methods. Green Clean, based out of Greenbelt, MD, was created in 2004 by Loren LaVoy and services all of Baltimore and the DC metropolitan area. They also offer to stay until you feel satisfied and offer a job-evaluation survey to maintain a high standard of service.

Sprout is a local organic hair salon for both men and women specializing in your classic trim to authenticity artful “Rock Star” hair cuts “without exposing you to harmful chemicals.” All of Sprouts products are certified organic and even their floors are made with sustainably harvested bamboo and reclaimed wood.

Based in Cabin John, Maryland, Renewed Materials works to develop ecologically- and economically-sound alternatives for the design community. Their flagship product, Alkemi, is composed of 60% post-industrial scrap aluminum and can be used for a variety of interior-design fixtures — as a replacement, for example, for stone, plastic, or glass.

The Amicus Green Building Center is a collection of genuine “green” products, resources, and expert support for the Mid-Atlantic region. Their mission is to create healthy, environmentally-friendly, stylish, energy-smart, and sustainable buildings. Through services like design consulting, energy analysis, and research reports, and offering green products in the way of paints, flooring, kitchen fixtures, lumber, tile and lighting, among others, the center is a able to assist just about any project toward becoming a little, or a lot more, eco-friendly.