February 22nd, 2012 at 9:00am |
There are multiple factors involved in making spray foam insulation effective, but let’s begin with how the product is created. There are two main chemical compounds used to produce spray foam insulation, polyurethane and polyisocyanurate, although the latter is merely a more advanced form of the former. They are made from a chain of polymers [...]
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November 6th, 2009 at 9:20am |
Just because a product is made from renewable resources doesn’t mean it has a low carbon footprint. Being the greenest minded polyurethane foam company, we get a lot of calls from people who try to go green in all the aspects of their lives. They get pretty fiesty with us about how our product is [...]
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May 28th, 2009 at 6:29pm |
Did you know that 30% of Foam It Green’s Chemical B is sucrose made from corn? That’s right! Some posers put 5% soy in their formula to market themselves ‘green.’ Here are the issues with that. 1) Soy breaks down the chemical composition of foam, giving you worse cell structure. 2) Those manufacturers have to [...]
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May 18th, 2009 at 7:50am |
OK- so not everyone wants or can have an Earth Ship, as cool as they are! That doesn’t mean a traditional home can’t be converted to a really GREEN home! Getting a tight air seal in your walls and attic will dramatically cut down on the energy your home needs to heat and cool itself. [...]
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May 7th, 2009 at 1:22pm |
Foam It Green Polyurethane Spray Foam Kits are manufactured using the most environmentally friendly blowing agents and fire-retardant chemicals available on the market. And, our kits are made in the USA! Foam It Green Kits are carbon offset through Terrapass! Foam It Green conains ZERO VOCs, CFCs, Urea-Formaldehyde or PENTA-BDEs. Foam It Green comes in completely self-contained “Do It [...]
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May 3rd, 2009 at 9:21pm |
Look, the truth is not comforting, but owning up to it is the only way forward. Most homes are horribly insulated because we, as a nation, really haven’t cared about it. Energy has been monetarily cheap until recently. We’re so busy doing other things, and frankly, we’re very late to the GREEN party. When [...]
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March 17th, 2009 at 7:48am |
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Everyone is seeing GREEN today! This is the day that everyone is Irish and the smell of corned beef and cabbage fill the air! Green balloons, apparel, hats, BEER, everything GREEN! Why not green insulation? Stop by www.Sprayfoamdirect.com and see a lot of green…the green of an energy efficient home! The [...]
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March 10th, 2009 at 3:31pm |
Guardian Energy Technologies, Inc, manufacturer of Foam It Green is GreEn-thusiastic about the environment. Actress Alicia Silverstone said, “If your house had a gas leak, you’d fix it. Well, this is our house!” GET agrees and believes sealing our individual homes to stop air infil/exfiltration (which is the leading cause of energy loss) is the way to save [...]
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February 24th, 2009 at 8:44am |
Some green-minded people think polyurethane foam is not green because it is petroleum based. Guardian Energy Tech is green minded and we are here to inform people that while yes, polyurethane spray foam is petroleum based, no “natural” material can compete with the benefits that closed cell foam can provide. Using a small amount of petroleum to save a lot of [...]
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October 12th, 2008 at 5:33pm |
Foam It Green is a fantastic green building material, but it’s not the ONLY one! You may have other projects that you need to do around your home that don’t require Foam It Green Spray Foam Insulation Kits. If so, check out www.GreenMakerSupply.com, a neighbor Chicago based company that supplies energy intelligent, environmentally sensitive and healthy building [...]
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