General Casework Partners with ecoScorecard at Greenbuild Expo

published November 16, 2009

Phoenix, November 11, 2009 – General Casework, an enterprising frameless cabinet producer committed to sustainable manufacturing processes and renewable materials, is now using the ecoScorecard platform to help product specifiers evaluate the environmental attributes of their products. The announcement was made today at the Greenbuild Expo where ecoScorecard will highlight General Casework’s product offering with ecoScorecard’s new Google SketchUp integration in booth 743.

“General Casework wants to make it easier for architects, designers and other product specifiers to evaluate the environmental attributes of our products,” explained Steve Johnson, president of General Casework. “That’s why our products are ecoScorecard enabled and available in Google’s 3D Warehouse.”

ecoScorecard’s new integration will enable users to easily access environmental product attributes and rating system calculations for ecoScorecard enabled products that are in the Google 3D Warehouse, resulting in faster and more accurate rating system documentation for Google SketchUp users.

“Both ecoScorecard and General Casework share a common goal: to make green building easier,” explained Martin Flaherty, president of ecoScorecard. “And we’re delighted to have the opportunity to highlight General Casework’s products as we demonstrate the ecoScorecard platform and Google SketchUp plug-in at Greenbuild.”

About ecoScorecard
Introduced in 2007, ecoScorecard provides product specifiers with the ability to search and evaluate products based on environmental characteristics. The program does the calculations necessary for rating systems such as LEED, GGHC Labs 21, CHPS, and the NAHB Green Home Building Guidelines and includes and accounts for other third-party product certifications. The tool also produces the product documentation necessary for inclusion in the submission process. ecoScorecard is free to users and is supported by manufacturers interested in making the specification of green products easier for customers and salespeople.

About General Casework:
Based in Denver, General Casework builds environmentally-friendly frameless cabinets using materials that contain no added urea formaldehyde (NAUF) and come from plants that are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). These forests are monitored so that only a sustainable amount of wood is harvested, plus new trees are planted to regenerate the land for future generations to enjoy and harvest. Product lines include 4d Casework, for the educational and healthcare markets, and boks, a contemporary European-styled line of kitchen and bath for the residential market. Although General Casework products are available nationally, the company markets its products to specifiers within a 500 mile radius of its Denver facility in order to focus on service and more sustainable materials supply and distribution.

Media contacts:
General Casework: Steve Johnson, (303) 373-2106 ext. 301, sjohnson@generalcasework.com
ecoScorecard: Reva Revis (312) 929-5025, reva@ecoscorecard.com