CMI's New CraftMaster Green Doors Offer More Environmentally Friendly Options

May, 2009 -- Builders, remodelers and other industry professionals seeking molded interior doors that meet or exceed green building industry standards, can specify CraftMaster® Green Doors from CMI. The new, environmentally friendly doors are made with sustainable materials, recycled content, and low VOC primers and adhesives, and they produce low formaldehyde emissions.

CraftMaster Green Doors are available in all CraftMaster raised panel, molded door designs from the original six-panel Colonist® and four-panel, square-top Coventry® to the two-panel, square top Carrara®; arched top, two-panel plank Cashal™ and others. To complement a wide range of home styles and decorating tastes, many passage and bifold doors can be specified in two thicknesses (1-3/8" or 1-3/4"), three heights (standard 6'8", 7'0" and 8'0") and various widths.

CMI's CraftMaster Green Door

In addition to standard hollow core construction, CMI offers CraftMaster Green Doors with a solid GreenLite™ fiberboard door core. The rigid, lightweight core provides the heft, weight and sound deadening properties of a solid wood door, plus it is made using wood obtained from forest lands that are certified by Sustainable Forestry Initiative.

CraftMaster Green Doors made with this sustainable solid core contain a minimum of 65 percent by weight, pre-consumer recycled content. Hollow core CraftMaster Green Doors contain a minimum of50 percent by weight, pre-consumer recycled content. All CraftMaster Green Doors have no added urea formaldehyde, and they produce very low formaldehyde and VOC emissions, exceeding the California Air Resources Board's Airborne Toxic Control Measure 93120.

"Because the building industry remains at the forefront of the green movement, there is strong demand for interior doors that maximize the Earth's natural resources without sacrificing quality and performance," said Bob Merrill, CMI's president and CEO. "By specifying CraftMaster Green Doors, builders and remodelers gain the environmental benefits consumers desire, while maintaining the beauty and functionality of molded door designs that resist shrinking, swelling, cracking and joint separation."

CraftMaster molded door designs, which are used to make CraftMaster Green Doors, have received Scientific Certification Systems' (SCS) certification for key green building elements. They also are certified to contain a minimum of 63 percent by weight, pre-consumer recycled content and have no added urea formaldehyde.

CMI uses sawmill chips generated as residual waste from sawmill operations and field chips tomake CraftMaster doors and molded door designs. Field chips are the residuals from field chippingoperations of tree tops and leftover wood. Left unused, this wood would simply rot or be sent to landfills.Instead, it is broken down into fibers, and then exposed to intense heat and pressure and converted intoengineered durable, beautiful wood products.

With the combination of environmentally friendly raw materials and sustainable manufacturing practices, CraftMaster Green Doors help building professionals contribute to important green building industry programs, including LEED® for Commercial Interiors, LEED for New Construction and MajorRenovations, LEED for Homes, NAHB's National Green Building Standard™.

About CMI
CMI is the Chicago-based manufacturer and marketer of CraftMaster Interior Doors; MiraTEC®Treated Exterior Composite Trim; and Extira® Treated Exterior Panel. Since 1968, the company's stateof-the-art manufacturing facility in Towanda, Pa., has produced high-quality building products for thecommercial, industrial and residential markets. Today, CMI operates door-manufacturing facilities in Christiansburg, Va., Ozark, Ala., and Garland, Texas. As an environmentally responsible manufacturer,CMI uses sustainable products throughout its production processes, has initiated energy saving programsin its facilities, and has earned third-party certification for no added urea formaldehyde and the use ofrecycled content in its products. For additional information, call the CMI Help Desk at 1-800-405-2233,e-mail info@cmicompany.com or visit www.cmicompany.com.