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The Two Healthy Alternatives to Pink Insulation

The defacto, easy, unhealthy insulation option lurking in walls and attics, is invariably pink. When discerning clients question what is in the walls, it is inevitably gypsum and fiberglass, two energy intensive building bad-boys that get picked because they come with familiarity and a low price tag. But what is the cost of this low price tag? What are we sacrificing when it comes to the health of our homes and those that dwell within its walls? Beyond the pink, fluffy, and slightly noxious horizon lives a small handful of viable, healthy insulation options that promote the health of not just your home, but your family. 

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IWF Recap: Our Booth, Experience & Takeaways

CaraGreen IWF 2018 Recap

The International Woodworking Fair in Atlanta kicked off on August 26 with two halls filled with equipment vendors, wood product vendors, accessories vendors and wild-eyed attendees trying to weave their way through the aisles.

Our Modern Surfaces booth displayed a creative, yet practical take on the “man cave,” using PaperStone, Lapitec and reSAWN products in a number of applications. 

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A Checklist for Choosing a Building Materials Distributor

CaraGreen Checklist for Choosing Building Materials Distributor

You have a great product and you are ready to get it to market. Choosing your path to market can be difficult. Do you go at it alone or rely on a distributor to help you get there?  Let’s say you have already opted to partner with a distributor. What are you looking for in a partner? 

If you find yourself at a crossroad and are struggling to figure out what the next step is for your business, our guide can help.  Read more to get access to a checklist we made that makes this process simple. 

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Trading in the Tradeshow – Networking Just Got A LOT Smaller

CaraGreen Trading and Networking

The days of the tradeshow are waning, or largely dead if you listen to some, including me.  Tradeshows are no longer a place to reach your customers and show them what is new. They are no longer a venue for courting new customers and teaching them the valuable aspects of your business and what you can do for them. Rather, tradeshows are places where you network with colleagues, size up the competition and forget which booth they had which product at, relegating you to the internet to go look up what you didn’t know you didn’t know but would have figured out anyway.

Read more to see our bulleted list on how to set up a roundtable discussion, a truly valuable way of networking.

What’s In Your Wall?

What’s in Your Wall? Stop shoving toxic, pink fiberglass in your walls! If you can’t touch it, why do you want to breathe it? We are proud to partner with Havelock Wool, in promoting their wool insulation as a healthy…

What the WELL

the WELL? Oh great, another building standard.  Oh great, another acronym. Not so fast, my pessimistic friend. WELL is a new building standard.  But it is about you. Yes, even you.  Unlike its structure focused predecessors – LEED and Green…

Sound Control Gets SEXY

Sound Control Gets Sexy You can take your ACT and shove it up your ceiling.  Roll up your carpets, folks, the old school acoustics are sounding off. Sound control just got really appealing.  Gone are the days of a perforated…