Green by design

As I've been researching for countertop ideas for our kitchen island that I want to build and I ran into this site, www.concreteexchange.com. Fu-Tung Cheng, award winning designer, talks about the benefits of concrete countertops. He says, "concrete is local, renewable + recyclable." But he also says that "#1 greenest countertop you could possibly own: the one you already own!" Cheng ends by saying, "consider concrete. While not the only responsible choice, it is local, durable, sustainable, recyclable, and uniquely beautiful with its earthy appeal combined with the personalization and nuances you can customize to your style and functional needs. By choosing concrete as a decorative building material, particularly for countertops, you affirm your consideration for the earth as well as a desire to be a little different, casting your own unique character in concrete." Since we don't have an island currently I like the idea of concrete to bring a twist of modern and personalized feel to our kitchen and I like the idea of boosting the local economy by having it done locally and being little green is good too.

Some examples of Cheng's work: