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Candace Lord and Meaghan Stewart, Team Members at The Green Cocoon, Salisbury, MA

The Green Cocoon Attends 2021 PRISM Awards Gala

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Several team members from The Green Cocoon attended the 2021 PRISM Awards Gala, held at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf on October 21.

About the event

The PRISM Awards recognize the finest projects and outstanding achievements of builders, remodelers, architects, designers, developers, project owners, land planners, marketing/advertising firms, and other professionals in the home building industry. The event was hosted by the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston (BRAGB).

We work with winners!

Two builders that The Green Cocoon frequently works with won awards—Howell Custom Builders and Kevin Cradock Builders. It is thrilling to know that we are able to work with builders of such high caliper! Winning a coveted PRISM Award is a sign of excellence in your field and recognition of superior achievement. Winners receive significant regional, state-wide, and national recognition in newspapers, magazines, and on websites and social media.

Meaghan Stewart and Candace Lord, Team Members at The Green Cocoon, Salisbury, MAMore women needed in construction industry

Women are a rarity in the construction industry and the women at The Green Cocoon are laying the ground work for other women and young girls to follow in their footsteps.

Meaghan is new to our team and is eager to learn all about building science. Candace has been in the industry for over 10 years. She is a well-respected and highly knowledgeable insulation expert that people call upon regularly for technical questions and problem solving.

About The Green Cocoon

The Green Cocoon, LLC (TGC) delivers energy-efficient, eco-friendly insulation solutions to residences and businesses throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Southern Maine. Our first priority is to provide you with the safest, most effective insulation. This helps keep the heat in your house during the winter, and keeps the cool air in during the summer. After all, that’s why you’re considering an insulation solution in the first place. Great insulation means you’ll use less fossil fuel and electricity, thus leaving a smaller carbon footprint.

VP Candace Lord Featured in Spray Foam Magazine

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Our VP Candace Lord was recently featured in “Spray Foam Magazine” in their Contractor’s Corner. The article was titled, “Butterfly: How the vice president of a Massachusetts-based SPF company used her strength and determination to prevail.”

Lord, who started as the office manager in 2011 running everything from the office to marketing and sales, was promoted to Vice President in 2018 and now focuses mainly on sales. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Language from Northeastern University.  Read the article.

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Second Annual Food Drive and Ruck Walk a Success!

Giving Back, News and Awards

Food-Drive-Ruck-Walk-2021-Green-Cocoon-InsulationOn Saturday, April 24, The Green Cocoon (TGC) partnered with Integrated Fitness of Dover (IF) for its second annual Food Drive and Ruck Walk to support the Dover Food Pantry. With the help of the Integrated Fitness coaches and the community, over 140 lb. of non-perishable food items was collected!

A Perfect Distance for All to Walk

The donated food was carried in backpacks by The Green Cocoon staff, IF coaches, athletes, and friends to the Pantry. The two-mile trek from the IF Studio to the Dover Food Pantry was the perfect distance to challenge most—3.4 miles.

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“We were thrilled to be a sponsor of this year’s event,” said Jim Materkowski, President and Owner of TGC. “Getting donations from the community here in Salisbury to help people in the Dover, NH area, shows how much people care about others.

Thank You to the Community

Thank you to the employees who walked in the Ruck Walk and who donated food. A special thank you goes to Jarrod Curtis of Verizon Wireless for the huge donation of food.

Candace Lord, co-owner of IF said, “Although the numbers were a little lower this year due to the pandemic, we still donated a lot of food to a great cause. We are looking forward to having this event again next year!”

A tentative date has been set for Saturday, April 23, 2022. Watch for confirmation on our Facebook page.

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HEATLOK HFO Pro Completes NFPA 285 Fire Testing

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Huntsman Building Solutions, a global leader in high performance, sustainable building envelope solutions, recently announced that its HEATLOK® HFO Pro Closed Cell Spray Polyurethane Foam insulation has successfully completed NFPA 285 fire testing for metal and aluminum wall assemblies. HEATLOK HFO Pro is a professionally spray-applied continuous insulation solution which now passes the NFPA Standard Fire Test Method for Evaluation of Fire Propagation Characteristics of Exterior Wall Assemblies Containing Combustible Components.

The Green Cocoon shows HEATLOK HFO Pro fire test. Photo courtesy of huntsmanbuildingsolutions.com
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“HEATLOK HFO Pro spray foam acts as a combined air barrier, vapor retarder, water barrier and thermal insulator in one,” says Doug Brady, vice president of global innovation and product management for Huntsman Building Solutions. “Already a standout insulation system that optimizes the building envelope, it now boasts this key fire safety certification which will undoubtedly advance its marketability even further among builders, architects, contractors and building owners.” Read more.

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Second Annual Food Drive & Ruck Walk to Benefit Dover Food Pantry

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The Green Cocoon is excited to join the coaches, clients, and volunteers of Integrated Fitness of Dover for their 2nd annual Food Drive & Ruck Walk, April 24 at 9 a.m. You are invited to bring your backpack/rucksack (filled or ready to be filled) to 44 Dover Point Road, Dover, NH. Walkers will carry all goods in rucksacks and walked two miles from Integrated Fitness to the Dover Food Pantry. Then items will then be donated to the pantry and the group will walk back to Integrated Fitness. Last year, the Walk attracted over 30 walkers who donated over 400 lbs. of food!

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Additionally, if you can’t walk you can drop off canned food and non-perishable items up until the day of the Walk. There is a box in the entryway at Integrated Fitness for donations or bring them with you the day of the Walk.

Please practice social distance protocols while walking. Masks are required to unload the food once at the Pantry. Paper masks will be available.

To get involved, email info@integratedfitnessnh.com.  Download the flyer and share it with friends!

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We Won the “Best of Customer Service” on Houzz!

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Each year the prestigious “Best of Houzz” Awards (Houzz’s version of a people’s choice award) are presented to many top-rated professionals and popular home designs around the world. This year, The Green Cocoon, LLC (Green Cocoon) was recognized as an industry leader with receipt of Houzz’s “Best of Customer Service” award. Green Cocoon is a Massachusetts-based insulation company that delivers energy-efficient, eco-friendly insulation solutions to residences and businesses throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Southern Maine. Equally important, this exclusive award recognizes just 3 percent of the more than 2.5 million active home professionals and interior and architectural photographers on the Houzz platform.

The community-led awards celebrate the very best in-home renovation and designs, and are split across three categories: design, customer service and photography. Furthermore, customer service honors are determined by a variety of factors. These include the number and quality of client reviews. Green Cocoon received five stars for every client review in 2020!

The Green Cocoon spray foam nh owner, Jim“Earning an award from a company as distinguished as Houzz is truly an honor,” said Green Cocoon President James Materkowski. “This is the first year we’ve won the award and it is a great honor! It instantly builds a level of trust and confidence in our company. The Green Cocoon team is honored to receive the Customer Satisfaction award from Houzz. Thank you to our amazing community of homeowners and partners and the surrounding areas we serve.”

In short, this Best of Houzz award serves to confirm The Green Cocoon’s philosophy of conducting business honestly and with integrity, while sticking to their motto, “For the People, with the Planet in Mind.”

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Study Showed Insulation Industry Supporting U.S. Economy

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The American Chemistry Council (ACC) released a study in October 2020. The study looked at the contributions of insulation to the U.S. economy in 2019. It showed that the insulation industry—including the manufacture, distribution and installation of insulation—generated more than 564,000 jobs in the United States. Also, it contributed to more than $36 billion in payrolls that support families and local communities around the country. This is great news!

Insulation not only protects us from the heat and cold, it also keeps us employed!

Read the full news release.

The Green Cocoon loves to protect you from the heat and cold, especially with insulation in southern New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. Contact us with any questions.

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Green Cocoon Purchases New IDI DV18 Vacuum + Defender

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The Green Cocoon (TGC) is thrilled to announce it recently purchased an IDI DV18 Vacuum + Defender (DV18). The DV18 Gas Vacuum is the first of its kind with the debris containment system integrated directly with the vacuum. The DV18 features a steel fan and chamber and is powered by a rugged 18hp Briggs & Stratton V-Twin engine. This vacuum is intended for removing all types of blown insulation and for recycling damp spray.

New Machine Improves Indoor Air Quality

“We purchased this new machine to remove old insulation before we add anything new,” said James Materkowski, owner and president of TGC. “In the past, we used other contractors to do this work, but now we can do it ourselves! This helps to keep our costs down and also helps with quality control. Removing old insulation before adding new helps to improve indoor air quality and make the new insulation more efficient!

Some of the features of the DV18 are:

  • 6” (15.2cm) inlet and outlet allows for substantial volume
  • Engineered and designed to eliminate engine vibration and fan blade stress
  • 12-volt Magnetron® Electronic Ignition system
  • Input/output safety switches
  • And more!

If you’re feeling cold and have been putting off updating your insulation, contact us!

About The Green Cocoon

The Green Cocoon, LLC delivers energy-efficient, eco-friendly insulation solutions to residences and businesses throughout Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Southern Maine. Our first priority is to provide you with the safest, most effective insulation. This helps keep the heat in your house during the winter, and keeps the cool air in during the summer. After all, that’s why you’re considering an insulation solution in the first place. Great insulation means you’ll use less fossil fuel and electricity, thus leaving a smaller carbon footprint.

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The Coronavirus and Your Safety

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Updated April 1, 2021
New Hampshire Governor Sununu has extended the statewide mask mandate through April 15, 2021. More.

Updated November 20, 2020
New Hampshire Governor Sununu issued a statewide mask mandate in an effort to slow spread of COVID-19. The mandate applies to all indoor public spaces, in addition to outdoor spaces when social distancing cannot be maintained. More.

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker also issued a statewide mask order on November 6. Governor Baker is requiring face masks or cloth face coverings in all public places, whether indoors or outdoors, even where they are able to maintain 6 feet of distance from others.

Due to the nature of our work, we require our insulation experts to wear protective gear, which protects you and them from the coronavirus. Our sales people also wears masks while inside your home. They also have hand sanitizer in their vehicles.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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March 20, 2020
At The Green Cocoon, the safety and well-being of our employees and our customers is always our priority. We are actively monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation and taking steps to help keep our employees and customers safe. We wanted to share with you some steps we are taking.

Protecting our employees and customers

As our employees interact with customers and the general public, we have taken steps to limit exposure to the virus.

Employees

closed cell spray foam insulation ma TGC gangThe Green Cocoon has 12 employees, so we are a small, but mighty group. We are postponing our team meetings, providing remote-work solutions, and continue to reinforce safe behavior in every environment—from customer homes and businesses to our offices. We are in continuous communication with our employees reminding them about the importance of good hygiene, providing them with health education and support whenever needed. Employees who feel ill have been told to not report to work.

Customers

When we first meet you, The Green Cocoon sends one sales person to your home. They have washed their hands and sanitized their vehicles before coming into your home. Once we are hired by you, we send a crew of two people to perform the actual work. Safety regulations mandate that homeowners be absent from the home while insulation is being installed. And, our employees must wear a protective suit, thus limiting your and their exposure while they are in your home.

If you have any questions, please contact us. We are open for business!

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The Green Cocoon Is a Member of the US Green Building Council

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The Green Cocoon (TGC) is a member of the USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council). This organization is committed to a sustainable, prosperous future through LEED, the leading program for green buildings and communities worldwide. The USGBC’s vision is that buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation.

Education and Resources

“USGBC offers a wide-variety of courses and certifications,” said James Materkowski, president of TGC. “I love that they are helping to advance the knowledge of green building and sustainability concepts and practices.”

To learn more about USGBC, go to their website, https://usgbc.org.

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