Posted by Nicole, BiOH Polyols Assistant Marketing Manager on August 13, 2010
I am soy excited to share with you that Target Home® brand memory foam pillows with BiOH® polyols will be available for purchase at over 50 selected Target® retail locations nationwide while supplies last. Whether you are a parent, student, mother or significant other, you can rest easy knowing that you have the choice of a more renewable pillow.
We have hit the bull’s-eye with this incredible opportunity to bring BiOH® polyols into bedrooms all across America. Stock up on soy and look for the logo when you’re browsing the bedding aisles of this trendy retailer (that is if you can make it past the $1 bins, which I frequent). If you can’t find what you’re looking for, I’m sure a friendly team member in red will be more than happy to help you. Hurry in today because each selected store has a limited quantity and this offer is while supplies last!
Here are the details:
Look for the BiOH® polyols label
Memory Foam Supreme Contour Pillowby Target Home™
Open cell memory foam maintains comfortable sleeping temperatures, contour design conforms to support your head and neck and has a soft velour removable cover.
Price: $19.99
SKU DPCI 62/5/56
Memory FoamDeluxe Bed Pillow by Target Home™
Temperature- sensitive memory foam is ventilated for cooler sleeping, molded design is perfect for all sleeping positions and has a removable cover for easy wash and care.
Price: $27.99
SKU DPCI 62/5/57
Here’s where you can find pillows made with BiOH® polyols in the aisle
To find a Target store that carries pillows made with BiOH® polyols near you check out our handy Store Locator.
Everyone has the ability to make a difference by purchasing products that leave a smaller environmental footprint. By buying these products at Target you can feel good about your choice to rest renewable. Hurry in today! This exclusive opportunity is while supplies last!
Posted by Jenny, BiOH Polyols Marketing Assistant on July 15, 2010
Have you ever been curious about what goes into the furniture design process? What the inside of a factory REALLY looks like? What furniture designers think about before they start sketching? What kinds of sustainable materials are available to make eco-friendly furniture? READ ON to learn more!
WHAT IS Project UDesign?
A fun way to meet people online and offline, network within the furniture industry and with the event partners, pick the winning student who creates your favorite upholstered wing chair design- which will be produced by Century Furniture- and, at the same time, learn more about eco friendly and sustainable materials like “soy foam” used in furniture!
Working together with our partners for this event – Century Furniture, Ultrasuede EcoDesign, and the students enrolled in the summer semester of the Soft Furnishings Studio course at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) – your votes and help in sharing this contest with your friends can spread the word about eco friendly furniture options and, at the same time, enable you to help the winning student receive:
1. A $1000.00 cash prize from BiOH Polyols at the close of the Fall High Point Market on Oct. 20th!
2. The addition of their winning eco friendly wing chair design to Century Furniture’s permanent line-up, with production to begin this fall!
3. Royalties from Century Furniture on each chair that gets made and sold!
HOW WILL IT WORK?
All summer, we’ll post updates and videos of the students on http://experiencebioh.com and on our YouTube channel at: http://www.youtube.com/user/BiOHpolyols so you can get to know the students, see their creative design process and understand the options available for choosing eco-friendlier materials for the furniture you buy in stores or custom order to your specifications.
On Friday, Sept. 3rd, the sponsoring industry partners will make the first cut, selecting six of the student’s designs from those submitted.
On Wednesday, Sept. 8th, those six rendered designs will be posted to http://facebook.com/BiOHFans. Then, YOU! will have almost a month to vote for YOUR favorites. On Monday, Oct. 4th your three finalists will be announced.
The final voting for your winning wing chair design will take place in two places:
1. On http://facebook.com/BiOHFans between Monday, Oct. 4th and Wednesday, Oct. 20th
2. In Century Furniture’s showroom, for those attending the Fall High Point Market, Oct. 16th-20th. Also at Century, don’t miss an industry wide Tweetup on Monday evening, Oct. 18th where you can mix and mingle with the three SCAD finalists. Mark your calendars and save the date!
HOW AND WHERE WILL THE WINNER BE ANNOUNCED?
On Wednesday morning, Oct. 20th, all votes submitted on http://facebook.com/BiOHFans and in Century Furniture’s showroom during High Point market Oct. 16th-Oct. 20th will be tallied to determine the winning design.
Will it be your favorite eco friendly wing chair design that is announced at WithIt‘s (Women In The Home Industries Today, www.withit.org) student mentoring luncheon and on the national newswire Wednesday, Oct. 20th?
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
Stay tuned and vote! Also, by spreading the word about Project UDesign, you can help to raise awareness for eco-friendly furniture options – and to make one talented, young designer’s dream come true!
The next generation of furniture designers from SCAD is excited to participate – and we hope that you are, too!
Posted by Jenny, BiOH Polyols Marketing Assistant on June 16, 2010
Interior designer Gloria Battista Collins, who sent us the video below, is a key proponent of this new movement.
Slow Home means being mindful and knowledgeable about the furniture you purchase for your home and the impact on the environment of the materials that are used to make it. It means buying the best furniture you can afford so that it will last and not end up in a landfill. It means slowing down to appreciate and remember the memories that accrue to each well-loved piece you own.
Thank you, Gloria, for using furniture made by TLSbyDesign, an Indiana based manufacturer, who uses foam made with BiOH’s soy ingredient in each piece.
But, especially, thank you for sending us this beautifully produced and unsolicited video of your slow home living room to share with our readers. We wish you and your family many years of happy memories there.
Posted by Jenny, BiOH Polyols Marketing Assistant on June 7, 2010
Congratulations to Tiffany Bradley for winning our Bed Head is Soy Stylish photo contest! Her “Morning Me… Bleh!!!” bed head photo garnered the most public votes and was also the favorite among our judges. The Bed Head is Soy Stylish contest is a partnership with Serta® Mattress and the 2010 HGTV Green Home. Tiffany will receive a top of the line, queen size mattress set from the new collection of HGTV Green Home mattress collection by Serta® shipped directly to her home!
Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest! To see all entries and the runners-up, please view our slideshow below:
Posted by Jessica, BiOH Polyols Marketing Manager on May 10, 2010
Jump for Soy! At the April 2010 High Point Market, LEE Industries introduced a new cushion option in their upholstered leather collection that is made with >30% soy content in the foam - the highest renewable content currently offered in the industry!
Two chairs from LEE's Leather Collection in their High Point Showroom
The cushions are made with Bio-Lux™ Max technology from NCFI Polyurethanes where 50% of the foam’s petroleum-based polyol is replaced with BiOH® Polyols. NCFI has been using BiOH technology in their foams since 2006 and continues to explore ways to add more renewable content to their foam products.
LEE has a long history of embracing sustainable processes and materials. In fact, they were the first manufacturer to adopt soy-based foams made with BiOH® Polyols back in 2006. Additionally, they are founding members of the Sustainable Furnishings Council. We shared some fun facts about LEE Industries in a previous blog post - including their extensive fabric and leather options! You can contact LEE directly to inquire about their furniture and/or new cushion options.
LEE's leather collection featured a new cushion option with Bio-Lux Max Technology
Hats off to LEE Industries and NCFI for embracing the soy story and taking the lead in ”raising the bar” around renewable, soy content in foams! As BiOH® Polyols are incorporated at higher levels across the industry, the positive environmental impacts and petroleum savings can continue to increase. Every additional percentage of soy embraced by manufacturers along with each individual furniture or mattress purchase decision adds up!
PS – For those that would like to learn more about Bio-Lux™ Max foam made with >30% soy content, contact NCFI around supply and performance questions.
Posted by Jessica, BiOH Polyols Marketing Manager on May 3, 2010
It’s official! Today kicks off our “Bed Head is Soy Stylish” contest in partnership with Serta® Mattress and the 2010 HGTV Green Home. We’re celebrating the new HGTV Green Home mattress collection by Serta®featured in the design home this year. The Grand Prize winner in our “Bed Head is Soy Stylish” photo contest will receive a top of the line, Queen Size mattress set from this new collection shipped directly to your home! You can enter today from the BiOH Facebook page and clicking on the “Contests” tab to view the contest application shown below.
Here are the contest details!
Phase 1 (May 3- 28) – Submit Your Photo Entry: Get your cameras and get creative! It’s fun and easy to participate – just submit a photo of a family member, a friend, a pet, or yourself with crazy Bed Head – you know, they type of hair you have in the morning after going to bed with wet hair or after a lot of tossing and turning. (Limit of one entry per individual.)
Phase 2 (May 29- June 4) – Public Voting: This is your chance to lobby your family and friends to vote for your photo! The top five entries with the highest number of votes will be selected as finalists!
Phase 3 (June 4) – Judging: Judges will include a three member panel with representatives from BiOH, Serta® and HGTV. One Grand Prize Winner will be selected from among the five Finalists based on the following criteria: creativity (50%) and originality (50%).
Phase 4 (June 4) – Winners Announced: Winners will be announced the afternoon of June 4! The Grand Prize winner will receive a queen mattress set from the HGTV Green Home Collection, and the four Runners Up will receive $100 iTunes gift cards.
Here’s Jessica Koster, Marketing Manager for the BiOH Polyols business talking about the contest…with her Saturday morning Bed Head!
We can’t wait to see the photos you submit. Maybe you’ll want to go to bed with your hair wet. Or maybe you can try to some new hair styling products before bed. Whatever you do…. we hope you’ll spread the word to your friends and have fun! Good luck!
Posted by Jessica, BiOH Polyols Marketing Manager on April 30, 2010
We have such BIG NEWS that we couldn’t wait until next week to announce it! Get your cameras ready for our “Bed Head is Soy Stylish” photo contest that kicks off next week! It’s fun and easy to participate – just submit a photo of a family member, a friend, or yourself with crazy Bed Head (You know, they type of hair you have in the morning after going to bed with wet hair or after a lot of tossing and turning!) through the Bed Head tab that will be added to our Facebook page in the next couple of days. You’ll have a chance to win a fabulous, new Serta® mattress currently featured in the HGTV Green Home!
Stay tuned for more contest details on Monday! Until then, you can capture some great Bed Heat photos this weekend… Have fun!
Posted by Jessica, BiOH Polyols Marketing Manager on March 24, 2010
Did you know that you might be sitting on soy while waiting for your next flight? Arconas became the first airport-seating manufacturer to incorporate soy-based BiOH® polyols from Cargill in late 2009. Arconas is a global leader in airport seating, servicing some of the world’s largest airports such as Boston Logan, Dallas/Fort Worth, JFK, Hong Kong, La Guardia, Lisbon, and Orlando, among others.
So where will you be able to sit on soy? Arconas seating with BiOH polyols is coming soon to these airports:
Los Angeles International Airport, CA
Raleigh-Durham International Airport, NC
Winnipeg International Airport, MB
Des Moines International Airport, IA
Newport News International Airport, VA
Calgary Executive Flight Center, AB
San Antonio International Airport, TX
Flyaway Seating from Arconas
This week the Arconas team is highlighting their innovative products – including those containing soy foam with BiOH Polyols - at the Passenger Terminal Expo in Brussels, Belgium. Among other things, visitors to their booth may receive a reusable shopping bag crafted by Arconas from 100% recycled textiles as shown in the picture below!
These reusable shopping bags from Arconas made from 100% recycled textiles will be handed out during the Passenger Terminal Expo.
You can keep up with Arconas and their innovative products on Facebook, Twitter: @Arconas, or their You Tube channel. And next time you’re at the airport… consider if you might be sitting on a soy innovation while waiting for your flight!
Posted by Jessica, BiOH Polyols Marketing Manager on February 22, 2010
At the Experience Soy Style event at Room & Board last fall, we captured video clips from people of all ages talking about issues around sustainability. From recycling to conserving energy, kids were full of ideas to help the environment. We thought we’d share a short compilation from some of those video clips with you – Enjoy!
Posted by Jessica, BiOH Polyols Marketing Manager on January 22, 2010
Copeland Furniture!Congratulations to Copeland Furniture on winning this prestigious industry award. The Sage Award was created in 2008 by the BiOH®polyols team in partnership with the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) to recognize industry innovators that embrace the value of environmnetal and social responsibility with profitable growth. See my last post or watch the video below to hear stories from all of the 2009 finalists!
About the 2009 Winner
Copeland Furniture was singled out among this year’s entries for its “exceptionally focused” approach to sustainable business operations. The company holds a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain of custody certificate and currently manufactures eight product groups that qualify for FSC on-product labeling. Wood for these collections is sourced from forests within 100 to 500 miles of the plant. Ninety percent of the electricity used to power the manufacturing equipment comes from low emission sources.
According to Copeland President and CEO, Tim Copeland, the company is in the process of converting its heating plant from oil-fired hot water to wood-fired, using its own waste scrap as fuel. The scrap not used as fuel is reprocessed into wood pellets that are being sold locally to fuel wood stoves – a popular item in Vermont households.
Copeland was also recognized for urging its finish suppliers to formulate better water-based wood finishes – a key challenge for eco-minded furniture producers. Further, the company is taking steps to reduce the use of non-recyclable materials in product packaging and is posting its entire product catalog on its website rather than printing hundreds of copies for retail customers.
Copeland was awarded a $2,500 check from Cargill’s BiOH® polyols business unit to be donated to the charity of the company’s choice. Copeland chose to add another $2,500 to the amount, so $1,000 could be contributed to each of the following: Bradford Conservation Commission, Bradford Food Shelf, Orange East Senior Center, and the Bradford Library, all in Bradford, Vt.; and Dougscamp.org, Plymouth, Vt.
Copeland Furniture is a 32-year-old family owned and operated enterprise that produces quality bedroom, dining room, living room and home office furniture crafted from sustainably harvested hardwoods from the American Northern Forest. The company also holds the exclusive license to produce the furniture designs of Frank Lloyd Wright.
The BiOH experience offers resources for you to learn and participate in helping communities and the environment. It is brought to you by the BiOH polyols business — a maker of soy-based ingredients for foam. Please explore our site and then share your thoughts with us. We want to hear from you!
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