at home
If you use squak mountain stone with a solvent free adhesive for installation, and upkeep the existing finish with the low toxic finish "Top Coat" this can be a great solution for chemically sensitive customers.
in the community
Every part of Squak Mountain Stone is sourced locally, except the cement. Recently, Squak Mountain Stone changed from using Portland cement to Low Carbon Cement made in Mexico. Squak Mountain Stone is hoping that a local source for Low Carbon Cement will soon be available.
on the planet
If recycling and local sourcing were not enough to make this one of the greenest building materials around, our vendor also participates in the Green Tags program to help offset carbon dioxide generated from the manufacturing process of the cement used in Squak Mountain StoneTM.
For every pound of cement manufactured, one pound of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, is released into the atmosphere. In addition to substituting fly-ash for cement in the Squak Mountain Stone countertop, the manufacturer makes a pound for pound investment in renewable energy through a program called Green Tags. The manufacturer calculates how many pounds of cement (and subsequently, carbon dioxide) is used to make Squak Mountain Stone countertops and then purchases enough Green Tags to offset that amount by 100%. The result is a net zero impact of Squak Mountain Stone's cement on global warming.
Every Green Tag prevents 1,400 lbs. of greenhouse gas emissions such as CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere. This is approximately equal to the effect of not driving your car for six weeks.
Here's how it works: When you buy a Green Tag, your money is supporting the production of electricity at wind and solar facilities in the Pacific Northwest. When a wind plant produces energy and adds it to the power grid, less energy needs to be generated at inefficient fossil fuel plants. When these fossil fuel plants generate less power, they also generate fewer CO2 emissions. As a result, one Green Tag representing 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity causes a reduction in CO2 equal to 1,400 pounds.
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