Atlas: Jewelry for your Cabinets
June 9, 2010 by jestroff
Filed under Designer Showcase
“Atlas keeps the pulse on every style. Whether you find solace in a sleek warehouse loft or bask in a sun-drenched Mediterranean villa.”-AtlasHomeWares.com
What’s not to love about the hardware at Atlas. The founders came up with the idea when they couldn’t find any decorative hardware for their own kitchen cabinets so they decided to create something similar in style to the jewelry line they owned.
Kitchens.com calls their handcrafted Hampton Collection a cross between “natural inspiration with modern design. Bound in bamboo, oil-rubbed bronze wire or silver wire, the pulls are available in a standard 5¼-inch length or a mega 10-inch size.”
HD Expo Sustainable Suite Design Competition
June 6, 2010 by lefty
Filed under Designer Showcase
Matt Kerr would like to share Sustainable Suite courtesy of HD Expo Magazine
He saw this booth exhibited at the HD Expo in Las Vegas recently and was impressed with the creative “big ideas” incorporated into this project.
Watch the Sustainable Suite video below to learn how to specify more sustainable products and about the huge increase of interest in sustainable design.
Water Efficiency Advocacy Thought Leadership
June 4, 2010 by lefty
Filed under Did You Know, Tips and Trends
We are proud to carry Toto line of products at Hutter Wholesale. Not only are the aesthetics of the line important at Toto, but they care about the environment as well. According to Toto, “Our commitment to sustainability is exemplified in our manufacturing processes. If something can be reclaimed, recycled, or reused at a TOTO plant, it is.
At our Morrow, GA plant all grey water generated during operations is stored and reused. We recycle all pallets, aluminum and paper, and we’ve successfully implemented a closed-loop process with recycled cardboard. Our forklifts use soybean-based hydraulic oil, and our imperfect and damaged china is crushed and recycled back into roadbed construction.
Our belief in the idea of doing more with less doesn’t just stop at the factory floor. We recently purchased 480,000 kilowatt-hours of Green Energy® from Georgia Power, and we encourage our employees to practice sustainability at home. For example, we offer incentives for employee owned-hybrid cars, and if their town or neighborhood doesn’t recycle, they can bring their recyclables into work to be added to our plant recycling.”
WaterSense, a partnership program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), makes it easy for Americans to save water and protect the environment by identifying high efficiency products that perform well. The WaterSense program was announced at the 2006 American Water Works Association’s Annual Conference and Exposition in San Antonio, Texas. WaterSense was created to encourage manufactures to produce water efficient plumbing fixtures and to develop a labeling system to help consumers recognize these products.
