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  • Container of Hope

  • Container of Hope

    • By Lara Burke
    • Added on Aug 13, 2025

    In April, a nonprofit food pantry in Barnegat Township, New Jersey received help expanding its food storage capacity, thanks to a partnership with Tim Newmeyer, Technical Service Manager of Polyurethane Machinery Corporation.  Starve Poverty is a grassroots organization focused on alleviating poverty and food insecurity in Ocean County, NJ and surrounding areas. They recently began transforming a shipping container into an insulated storage space to meet the growing demand in its community. read more

  • The Wheels on the Bus

  • The Wheels on the Bus

    • By Spray Foam Magazine Team
    • Added on Apr 15, 2025

    In today’s world, we often forget that objects, buildings, and even modes of transport can serve purposes other than their original intentions. Take, for instance, the bright yellow school bus, a symbol usually associated with transporting children to school. However, one decommissioned school bus is being repurposed in a creative and educational way. The Spray Foam Magazine team delves into this innovative project. read more

  • USGBC Honors 2025 Best of Green Schools Award Winners for Leadership in Sustainable Education

  • USGBC Honors 2025 Best of Green Schools Award Winners for Leadership in Sustainable Education

    • By USGBC
    • Added on Mar 03, 2025

    Today, the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Green Schools National Network (GSNN) announced the 2025 Best of Green Schools Awards recipients, recognizing top schools, school districts, lawmakers and others who work to advance safer and more resilient schools across communities. Among this year’s recipients are Denver Public Schools, a K–12 school in Colombia and the sustainability director for the Austin Independent School District. read more

  • Stronger Together

  • Stronger Together

    • By Spray Foam Magazine Staff
    • Added on Feb 09, 2025

    In late September, torrential rain from Hurricane Helene rushed down the Appalachian mountainside, flooding valleys and leaving rural communities underwater. In Lexington, South Carolina, Todd Bolton of Synergy SprayFoam & HVAC was spared the worst of the storm, but devastation rippled through a tiny community just four hours away—Green Mountain, North Carolina. read more

  • Ice & Easy

  • Ice & Easy

    • By Ashley Brooks
    • Added on Sep 13, 2024

    The Otterburne Curling Club in Manitoba, Canada is the latter. The club has been a fixture in the community since 1949, inspiring a love of the sport in generations old and new. But at 75 years old, the building’s age was beginning to show. The rink faced a host of issues related to the fiberglass insulation lining its walls and roof, such as high energy bills, fluctuating ambient temperatures, pesky condensation, and, perhaps worst of all, problems keeping the ice in prime condition. read more

  • Pinning Down the Insulation

  • Pinning Down the Insulation

    • By Ashley Brooks
    • Added on Nov 30, 2023

    DeWitt Driscoll of Positive Energy North Carolina knows how important it is to remember your roots. Driscoll grew up in Connellsville, PA, about 400 miles from where he currently calls home in Chapel Hill, NC. Earlier this year, he was contacted by an old coach from his former high school in Connellsville, who informed him that the school was planning to build a new wrestling gym. read more

  • Saving Face & a Farm

  • Saving Face & a Farm

    • By Spray Foam Magazine Staff
    • Added on Jul 21, 2020

    Saving a farm shop and settling a family feud with spray foam insulation read more

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