Case Study: A Circular Economy and LEED Accreditation Success Story

Thursday, October 29th 2020 Watch our short video on the circular economy success story at 1745 Broadway and read about how Quiet-Tech can deliver an eco-friendly, safe, certified product to dampen sound in your space. Project Overview & Challenge:  In 2018, Quiet-Tech acoustic insulation and parent company Carp...

Gaias Way Farm and Quiet-Tech

Tuesday, October 13th 2020 Gaias Way Farm is a 275-year-old historic farmhouse located in Lambertville, New Jersey. The owners of the farmhouse goal are to renovate it using as many sustainable materials as possible that are healthy and contain no toxins or chemicals. They like to promote and source locally and look for high...

Sound-Proofing Your Home Office During COVID-19

Wednesday, September 9th 2020 Since the pandemic began, most of the country's workforce was required to adapt to a work from home environment. For many, this shift continues to last longer than anticipated and may even be their company's permanent future plan. And now that we have been home, working in these new settings, we rea...

Coworking space utilizes Quiet-Tech in walls and ceiling

Saturday, April 4th 2020 In 2018 the designers of a modern communal work space in Bushwick, Brooklyn decided to use Quiet-Tech for their project. They liked the fact that it was a green recycled products that could he satisfy the LEED requirements for this space. They also like Quiet-Tech's sound absorbing properties and th...

Managing Noise in Healthcare Spaces - Construction Specifier

Friday, March 20th 2020 According to the research paper, “Shades of Florence Nightingale: Potential Impact of Noise Stress on Wound Healing,” “Noise has long been recognized as an environmental stressor that causes physiological, psychological, and behavioral changes in healthy subjects. Environmental noi...

Walsh Company

Monday, January 13th 2020 The Walsh Company moved into their new headquarters in Morristown, NJ back in November 2019. Like many companies, they created an open work space to encourage collaboration amongst  their employees. A key aspect of their project was how best to to reduce ambient noise in their open space design...

Parsons Healthy Materials Lab CEU Courses

Tuesday, August 28th 2018 Parsons Healthy Materials Lab has created a series of online learning courses specifically designed for professionals, dedicated to making the built environment the best (and healthiest!) that it can be. This innovative program is the first of its kind and brings together a group of 60 interdisci...

Music to Interiors's Ears: Using Sustainable Acoustic Insulation

Sunday, June 17th 2018 One of the best ways architects can select the most sustainable insulation option is by researching alternative material types. Materials composed of high recycled content are critical because they directly decrease the industry burden on landfills. Some organic insulation types are also rapidly ren...

Construction Specifier : Circular Economy

Sunday, June 10th 2018 Sean Ragiel and Robert Phillips of the CarpetCycle team discuss "The Circular Economy" in this months issue of Construction Specifier Magazine   Presently, natural resources are being extracted at unsustainable rates. The United Nations reports that the extraction of primary materials has mor...

Media Spotlight: Walls & Ceilings features Quiet-Tech Insulation

Wednesday, June 6th 2018 Quiet-Tech is an acoustic insulation made from from 90% post-consumer recycled materials. With Quiet-Tech, CarpetCycle is diverting waste from landfills by taking used material and putting it right back into the walls of building construction.  The product is environmentally friendly, safe...

Green Builder Magazine feat. CarpetCycle's Quiet-Tech

Thursday, May 24th 2018 Green Builder magazine is the award-winning, international print publication produced by Green Builder Media. The nation's oldest and best known business-to-business publication dedicated to green building, remodeling and building science. Green Builder Magazine's 2018 Special Awards Issue featur...

School Construction News

Sunday, April 15th 2018 CarpetCycle is closing the loop on carpet recycling with the creation of Quiet-Tech, an acoustic insulation made from 85 to 90 % post-consumer recycled materials, making it a healthy and sustainable insulation alternative for educational facilitites. With nearly 4 billion pounds of carpet entering...

Acoustic Insulation via Consumer Recycled Materials

Saturday, March 17th 2018 CarpetCycle, known for its services for safely removing, collecting and recycling commercial carpet and post-consumer building materials, is now manufacturing a sustainable insulation: Quiet-Tech. Quiet-Tech is an acoustic carpet insulation made from 85-90 percent post-consumer recycled materials...

Hush Rooms by Parsons Healthy Materials Lab featuring Quiet-Tech

Sunday, December 10th 2017 1. Choosing the Materials Jonsara Ruth decided to use this opportunity to experiment with products Healthy Materials Lab had been researching. "It was exciting to test material in a space that will have consistent use by a large group of people. It's a great opportunity to get people's reactions...

Auditory Learning Styles & Quiet-Tech Insulation

Sunday, October 8th 2017 Here are a couple of ways of how auditory learning can be advantagous.  1) Multi-Tasking Learning by ear helps individuals be flexible when trying to complete several tasks. Listening to audio recordings allows children and adults to process information without using their other senses. Multi...