Countertops and other specialty products we manufacture can add tremendous impact to your home’s interior décor. At the same time, Construction Resources, Inc. understands the manufacturing of these products can have a potentially negative impact on the environment.
Because if this, Construction Resources, Inc. practices several Earth Friendly initiatives including:

• 100% of the water in fabrication plant is recycled.
• Construction Resources utilizes clean burning natural gas fork lifts.
• Over 85% of our scrap granite and quartz is recycled.
• All diamond-metal tooling is retooled and re-used.
• All computer equipment and batteries are recycled.
• General office waste is recycled (paper, plastics, ink cartridges, etc. ) are recycled.
• Environmental best practices are promoted through training programs throughout the year.

Construction Resources, Inc. will continue to team with products that offer Earth-Friendly options without sacrificing style or workmanship. In addition to our own Earth Friendly business practices, we also offer a wide selection of products from others who also make the environment a priority every day of the year including:

Cambria Natural Quartz

• Natural quartz; strong, durable and long lasting.
  
• Cambria is nonporous and nonabsorbant, and therefore resists stains from common household items such as coffee, tea, and wine.
• As the only quartz countertop produced in the USA, Cambria has lower transportation requirements than other quartz surfacing products produced in the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
• Cambria is GREENGUARD For Children and SchoolsSM certified.
• Cambria is GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified®.
• Cambria can contribute to projects achieving LEED points.
• Cambria is certified by NSF International (Standard 51-Food Equipment Materials) as safe for use as a food preparation surface.
• Cambria is radon free.

Heritage Wood Collection
Our Heritage Wood Collection countertops offer a beautiful warm and inviting look and are available in a wide range of colors and finishes. If you’re looking for a sustainable countertop, reclaimed wood is a great option because it complies with LEED standards and is the most eco-friendly of countertops.

Advantages of Wood

• Natural with many eco-friendly options
• Easy to clean
• Provides a smooth, even surface
• Warm appearance and renewable surface
• Very sanitary with inherent anti-bacterial properties
• Won’t dull knife blades; great for cooking
• Provides a convenient, built-in chopping/food prep area
• After heavy usage, most knife marks and deeper scratches can be removed by sanding and re-oiling
• Works well with undermount sinks

ECO by Cosentino is a durable surface made of 75% recycled content composed of post-industrial or post-consumer materials and is bound by an environmentally friendly resin.

Did you know that ECO™ by Cosentino is composed of:

• mirrors salvaged from houses, building and factories;
• glass from windshields, windows and bottles;
• granulated glass from consumer recycling practices;
• porcelain from china, tiles, sinks, toilets and ECO by Cosentinorative elements
• industrial furnace residuals from factories in the form of crystallized ash

ECO by Cosentino uses products that have reached the end of their lifecycle - this means materials being used in ECO by Cosentino cannot be incorporated in to any other industrial product that would otherwise collect in landfills.

IceStone Durable Surfaces are made from 100% recycled glass and cement to create a high performance, green concrete material.
IceStone® surfaces are the ideal choice if you are searching for an eco-friendly, green countertop. IceStone surfaces can also be used for backsplashes, bathroom vanities, table tops, bar tops, interior walls, and commercial flooring applications. Beautiful shower and bathtub surrounds and kitchen sinks can be made with IceStone as well. IceStone surfaces can be mounted vertically or horizontally.

The mixing of non-toxic pigments and various glass colors and sizes results in our versatile IceStone color palette.  Currently, we have 29 available colors, but the palette is infinite. Custom color options are available for commercial projects only.

All IceStone slabs are manufactured in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

IceStone durable surfaces do not contain any petrochemicals and therefore will not fade from direct sun exposure. IceStone products are a healthy and safe choice for your surface needs, as they are chemically benign and 99.5% inorganic. Third party testing results are available upon request.

• Compliance with ISO 14001: 2004 to intensify environmental protection activities both in the manufacturing facilities and the outside world.
• Adherence to an environmental management policy defined by our management
• Guidance and instruction of personnel, sub-contractors and suppliers concerning our policy issues
  
• Compliance with ISO 14001: 2004 to intensify environmental protection activities both in the manufacturing facilities and the outside world.
• Adherence to an environmental management policy defined by our management
• Guidance and instruction of personnel, sub-contractors and suppliers concerning our policy issues

Vetrazzo Countertops

On October 16th the San Francisco Business Times honored Vetrazzo as one of the East Bay's top 20 greenest and most sustainable businesses. To quote associate editor Judy Jacobs, "These East Bay companies and organizations are among the leaders nationwide in sustainability efforts and through their accomplishments continue to set examples for others to follow."

Vetrazzo® was named to the winner's circle in the first annual Green Log Home & Lifestyle Awards in the countertop and surfaces division. Vetrazzo was judged the winner in a crowded field of new surfacing options that are considered eco-friendly.

August 5, 2008, Burlingame, CA
At their 32nd annual conference, the California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA) today named Vetrazzo, makers of the original recycled glass countertop surface, winner of their annual "Outstanding Closing the Loop Commitment" award. The award recognizes a business, government agency or organization that has implemented an innovative program or created a product that reduces waste or has a high recycled content.

ClosetMaid Ventilated Shelving
All steel products that are produced by Gerdau Ameristeel for ClosetMaid are melted from 90-100% scrap. the scrap mix is approximately 20% post industrial and 80% post consumer.

ClosetMaid vinyl coated shelving and accessories do not contain formaldehyde or any significant levels of VOCs as tested by an independant laboratory. ClosetMaid's laminated particleboard meets current federal guidelines for formaldehyde emissions.

At C.H.I. Overhead Doors, it’s more than just doors; it’s our commitment to the environment.
We build doors in Arthur, a small town in the middle of Illinois Amish country. Our community is quiet, safe, and clean – and we like to do our part to keep it that way. C.H.I. Overhead Doors has taken numerous steps to make our operations as green as possible by recycling waste products, reducing transportation emissions, and increasing our energy efficiency.

Recycling
By separating our recyclable materials, we are doing our part to reduce landfill waste. We recycle all of the steel that is not usable in the production process, as well as the cardboard packaging material surrounding the shipments we received from our vendors and suppliers.

Many of the raw materials that C.H.I. utilizes in the manufacturing process contain recycled content. Everything from the steel on the outside of the door to the foam insulation on the inside, as well as the glass and plastics that make up our windows, is fabricated by taking advantage of recycled content.

Reducing Transportation Emissions
C.H.I. Overhead Doors utilizes an energy efficient fleet of trucks in the Transportation Department. An on-site maintenance facility ensures that each truck is in top shape, resulting in better fuel mileage and reduced emissions. We also purchase many components locally, reducing in-bound freight emissions. Many of the components supplied by outside vendors are transported to our manufacturing facility in C.H.I. trucks returning from product deliveries. This process adds to energy savings and reduces exhaust emissions.