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  • Surfs Up, Toxins Down

    • By Danielle Macdonald
    • Added on Mar 23, 2021

    On first glance the spray foam industry and surfboard manufacturing appear to have little in common. However, their environmental vision is remarkably similar: incorporating sustainable and recycled materials into their foam while looking for alternative eco-friendlier bio-oils. read more

  • Aquatic Eco Living

    • By Danielle Macdonald
    • Added on Mar 23, 2021

    Images of canals in Holland, rivers in England, or the Keralan rice barges in Southeast Asia spring to mind when thinking of a traditional houseboat. The team at ARKUP, whose ethos is ‘avant-garde life on water,’ has taken a traditional concept of the houseboat and transformed it into something new and exciting. How did SPF have a role in the build of these million-dollar floating eco-villas? The Spray Foam Magazine team put on our white pants and sunglasses and headed to Miami to find out. read more

  • Unsinkable Boats

    • By Robert Naini
    • Added on Mar 23, 2021

    The use of polyurethane foam in the marine and boating industry is well documented. Polyurethane foam is built into boat cores and is added to areas of dead space within a boat’s hull to improve the buoyancy and add to the vessel’s flotation capability. read more

  • The Big Dig

    • By Danielle Macdonald
    • Added on May 29, 2020

    SPF assists in resolving traffic congestion with Boston’s historic Big Dig megaproject read more

  • Building High-Performance Homes for a Lifetime of Value

    • By Provided By Demilec
    • Added on Apr 22, 2020

    Increasingly, New Homebuyers Cite Heating and Cooling Costs as The Most Important Environmental Features. Demilec examines the role spray foam insulation can play in terms of building high-performance homes for a lifetime of value. read more

  • It's Alive!

    • By Danielle Macdonald
    • Added on Mar 24, 2020

    Dr. Will Srubar’s lab is situated in the University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science, where concrete has been given a new life. It sounds like some ham-horror movie, and the Spray Foam Magazine team were eager to chat with Dr. Srubar to ask why this new invention could potentially be used in the construction industry. read more