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Phil Kabza
Senior Member
Username: phil_kabza
Post Number: 409
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Monday, October 05, 2009 - 04:22 pm: |    |
We've been told that Environ Biocomposites is not fulfilling orders for their Microstrand Wheat. Can anyone recommend other suitable agriboard sources for wood and plastic laminate veneered panel products? |
Tracy Van Niel, FCSI, CCS
Senior Member
Username: tracy_van_niel
Post Number: 281
Registered: 04-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 03:00 pm: | |
Someone told me about a recycled content particleboard by Flakeboard with the brand name of “Vesta”. I haven't done a lot of research on it yet, but I was told it is a formaldehyde free board.
Tracy L. Van Niel, FCSI, CCS |
Brett M. Wilbur CSI, CCS, AIA
Senior Member
Username: brett
Post Number: 184
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, October 08, 2009 - 03:03 pm: | |
From the website:
http://www.flakeboard.com/vestaMDF.asp
VESTA is a specialty MDF panel manufactured using a no added urea-formaldehyde resin system. This makes it the optimal choice for additional LEED points, and other no added urea-formaldehyde resin specified projects.
Along with our other panel products, VESTA is made with 100% recycled and/or recovered wood fiber, and is an EPP environmental certified product.
VESTA is available in fire-rated and a wide range of thicknesses and dimensions, and can be raw, TFM or WRM finished with your choice of design from the Flakeboard collection. |
Lisa Goodwin Robbins, RA, CCS, LEED ap
Senior Member
Username: lgoodrob
Post Number: 38
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Friday, October 09, 2009 - 01:30 pm: | |
I have not been able to find another manufacturer of agrifiber board, so that is disappointing news about Environ Biocomposites.
I have heard a rumor that a rice-based agrifiber board was planned for production in California. Is that somebody's backyard science project, or is it for real? |
Tracy Van Niel, FCSI, CCS
Senior Member
Username: tracy_van_niel
Post Number: 283
Registered: 04-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 09:57 am: | |
This one isn't wheat based but SierraPine indicates that it is manufactured from recycled wood fiber (the spec sheet I have on my desk doesn't indicate percentages though).
SierraPine "Encore FR" is a Class 1 flame retardant particleboard, manufactured from recycled wood fiber and contains no added urea formaldehyde.
Tracy L. Van Niel, FCSI, CCS |
Phil Kabza
Senior Member
Username: phil_kabza
Post Number: 413
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 06:13 pm: | |
Thanks for the help. We haven't had success in finding a "rapidly renewable" panel product suitable for millwork. The several named above and several others are suitable for contributing toward recycled content and IEQ credits. |
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