William McDonough Announces New Cradle to Cradle Design Certification Awards

Charlottesville, VA (February 28, 2006) – Environmental leader, architect and designer William McDonough today announced nine new products received the coveted MBDC Cradle to Cradle Design Certification award. The Cradle to Cradle Certification recognizes "significant, tangible progress in designing more environmentally sustaining products" and is widely recognized as a leading indicator of environmental excellence in product design. 

Awards were made to companies as follows:

Biological Nutrients

• Wet Women International, LLC Wet Women Surf Wax
• gDiapers Flushable Insert

Technical Nutrient

• Cabot Corporation Nanogel® Aerogel

Silver Award

• CENTRIA Formawall Dimension Series

Gold Awards

• Energy Barriers, Inc. SuperTherm®
• Energy Barriers, Inc. Hot Pipe Coating
• Energy Barriers, Inc. EnamoGrip W.B
• Energy Barriers, Inc. Sunshield 2000
• Energy Barriers, Inc. Superbase

McDonough said, “It is very exciting to see companies fulfilling their commitment to implement the principles of Cradle to Cradle design. More and more companies are finding compelling business and environmental reasons to move their product design in this direction. I encourage everyone to actively support the companies making Cradle to Cradle design a key component of their new product development.”

About MBDC

MBDC is a product and process design consulting firm co-founded by William McDonough and Dr. Michael Braungart (co-authors of “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things”).