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There's always something new happening with Teragren. On these pages you can peruse video clips, events, books and articles from consumer magazines, business journals and trade publications that focus on the company, its products and bamboo's growing role in green building and sustainability practices.

 

Greenbuild Expo 2010
Teragren showcased their latest product innovations at Greenbuild 2010 in Chicago. See us in Toronto in 2011!

 

Teragren Bamboo Countertops featured at Country Living's 2010 House of the Year at the World Financial Center, June 4 – 17ouse of the Year at the World Financial Center, June 4 – 17

Teragren's Bamboo Parquet Butcher Block Countertops/Table Tops were featured in Country Living’s 2010 House of the Year building project, “Home Green Home” June 4-17 at the World Financial Center in New York City. The prefabricated house was designed by Country Living’s editors and developed by New York-based design-builder New World Home. All of New World Home’s modular houses are built with FSC-certified lumber under a scant 60-90-day production schedule and cost between $175 and $225 per square foot. Each home is designed to seek LEED certification under the LEED for Homes program.

 

The 1600-square-foot Hudson cottage is part of New World Home’s Country Living Collection, which the design-builder created earlier this year in collaboration with Hearst Brand Development in an attempt to fuse green living with a classic country architectural vernacular. The house will be featured in the October 2010 issue of Country Living and includes 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, and a 1100-square-foot wrap-around porch. New York-based interior designer Katie Riddler furnished the house with a variety of green furnishings and products for the exhibit, and the house’s specific interior and exterior details were selected by Country Living’s editors in cooperation with New World Home. The house will reside in Crystal Springs Resort near Vernon, New Jersey and become a permanent Country Living Green Modular Home design center.

 

Teragren Bamboo Products Featured in National Solar Decathlon Competition

Teragren's Traditional Bamboo Panels and specially-developed bamboo open web joists were featured in the Refract House, a collaboration between Santa Clara University and the California College of the Arts, designed to showcase a holistic approach to green living. The home was on display during October, 2009, at the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon competition, a nationally-recognized event in which 20 college and university teams compete to design, build and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house.

Created to employ an innovative and cost-effective strategy to climate-friendly building, the Refract House featured Teragren's Traditional Bamboo Panels for kitchen cabinetry and furniture; SCU worked closely with Teragren's R&D team to create special Teragren bamboo open web Joists for structural support. The SCU team handpicked Teragren products for the entry; Teragren also provided Traditional Bamboo Panels to fabricate I-Joists for SCU's winning 2007 Solar Decathlon entry.

 

The Solar Decathlon competition was open to the public at the National Mall in Washington D.C. from October 9-13 and October 15-18, 2009.

Interior, Refract House


Custom ceiling beams, Refract House

 

Teragren introduces the Portfolio collection at Surfaces 2010
The leading flooring industry trade show, Surfaces 2010, was held at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, February 2-4, 2010. Teragren debuted their latest innovation — the Portfolio Collection, strand bamboo floating floors, available in 10 designer colors, patterns and textures, including hand scraped options. These beautiful wide-plank floors feature a fold-down, self-locking system for easy installation and Xcora™ technology, resulting in extra hardness perfect for high-traffic interiors.

 

Teragren and GreenBuild
Teragren showcased their FloorScore-certified bamboo flooring and SCS Indoor Advantage Gold-certified panels and veneer at U.S. Green Building Council's GreenBuild Expo in Phoenix, AZ November 10-12, 2009. This jam-packed show featured the latest products and technologies for environmentally responsible and sustainable building and how they can be used to build projects under USGBC's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design® rating system. Teragren's products qualify for LEED credits—please see our downloadable LEED At A Glance for Panels + Veneer and Flooring in PDF format.

 

Sunset Dream Kitchen featuring Teragren bamboo countertops
Web site visitors designed the Dream Kitchen by voting each week for their favorite products at each building stage. For the counters, viewers chose the Teragren traditional bamboo countertop. Watch a video tour of the Dream Kitchen.

 

Teragren bamboo at K/BIS 2009
Teragren exhibited at the Kitchen/Bath Industry Show at the Georgia World Conference Center in Atlanta, GA, May 1-3, 2009. In addition to bamboo flooring, panels and veneer, Teragren introduced beautiful new countertops, perfect for kitchen counters, island and table tops.

 

Teragren Signature Colors Espresso bamboo flooring was installed in the "2009 Dream Home" as part of the National Home Show at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Inspired by the hit TV show Mad Men and 1960s-era Las Vegas, the home was designed to reflect the top trends in home décor and interior design.

 

Other recent events
Smart Home – Green and Wired, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, May 7, 2008-January 4, 2009
Domino California Style Bazaar, HD Buttercup, Los Angeles, Oct. 17-19, 2008
Harbinger House at West Coast Green, San Francisco, Sept. 25-27, 2008
North American Assoc. of Floor Covering Distributors Convention
Chicago IL, October 28-31, 2008
NRF Distributors, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville CT, October 21-22, 2008
Sunset Menlo Park Idea House, Menlo Park CA, June 21-August 31, 2008
Starnet, Orlando FL, April 24-26, 2008
T & A Supply, Safeco Event, Seattle WA, May 15 2008
Greening of the Market, Nashville TN, May 13, 2008
NRF Distributors, Turning Stone, Verona NY, June 10, 2008