IceStone 은 New York 의 Brooklyn 에 공장을 두고 있다.
인테리어에 종사하는 분들이라면 이 소재를 본적이 있으리라 생각한다.
사실 뭘모르던 시절에 난 이소재의 표면에 익숙지 않아 외면했던 기억이 있다. 하지만 요즘처럼 나의 관심사가 이쪽을 향해있듯 이런 eco-friendly 제품들이 보여주는 내면의 이야기들에 외면까지 아름다와 보인다. 사실 아름답다. ^^ 24가지의 다양한 컬러까지 구비되어있으니 그 선택의 폭도 넓고 화강석처럼 강한 강도를 갖고 불이나 독성으로부터 안전한 소재라하겠다.
우리나라에서도 인테리어에 이러한 소재들이 적극사용되어지길 바란다.

 







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IceStone durable surfaces are made from 75% recycled glass and concrete. These surfaces are ideal for kitchen countertops and backsplashes, bathrooms, vanities, bathroom dividers, tabletops, interior walls, and commercial flooring applications. Beautiful shower surrounds and bathtubs could be made with IceStone durable surface material. It can be shaped, cut water jet, inlaid, mounted vertically or horizontally.

IceStone's goal is to produce beautiful materials that rival the strength of quarried stone, yet actively reduce the waste stream by redirecting glass from landfills to be cleaned and sorted and used in their product.

IceStone durable surfaces are strong like granite, not as porous as marble and heat-resistant like stone. The chemical composition is benign and 99.5% inorganic making it a very safe material from the standpoint of toxicity and fire resistance. Third party testing results are available upon request. The fabrication, installation and maintenance of IceStone surfaces follow essentially the same process as used with natural stone.

Due to its high recycled content, IceStone materials can be used for LEED qualification. To qualify, the project must use materials with recycled content such that post-consumer content constitutes at least 10% of the total value of the materials in the project or combined post-consumer and ½ post-industrial recycled content constitutes at least 20%. Using IceStone products for countertops, wall coverings, flooring, bathroom dividers, shower stalls, greatly adds to the overall recycled content of the project.