The Nature of Luxury Redefined
By chance or on purpose you have found an authentically good thing. Highland Craftsmen Inc is best known as "The Original Poplar Bark Shingle Siding Manufacturer" and designer of natural green building products. As rare as a US manufacturing company is today, HC is a company that does much more than just make and sell products.
We have designed this site so that you, the discerning client have all the tools needed to make informed decisions about your purchasing power. Our clients care about design aesthetic, product function, longevity, sustainability and a company’s social impact. You know the meaning of real value and you want quality without compromise.
Because there are vast differences between the manufacturing of wood sidings and our premiere product, Bark House brand shingle siding, we decided to get serious about how we express what we do. For years you have known the Bark House brand as the mark of distinction in all natural poplar bark shingle siding. We begin everything we do with sound research and follow up with unwavering commitment to quality. We created this industry and maintain ourselves as The Bark House Experts. Third party certifications will allow you to clearly see what makes us so unique.
A Guide for Business Leaders
A Guide for Business Leaders
As “Green” businesses grow and green-washing creates confusion for mainstream public, the need for organizations that evaluate and certify green businesses is growing. Problem is, how do you,the business leader choose which certifier to recommend to your organization’s board? This blog should help you start the process of evaluating certification organizations. It will give you questions to ask and items to consider.
[click to continue…]
Lloyd Alter out of Toronto posts an article in the Design and Architecture section of Treehugger.com titled “Bark Shingles: If it Works For Trees, Why Not Houses.”
Alter writes:
“Humans only invented vinyl siding a few decades ago, but tree bark has been protecting trees for quite a while longer. Bark shingles were often used on Craftsman style houses in the early 1900s, but they were made from chestnut, which was almost wiped out in a blight. A century later, they still look good. Chris and Marty McCurry started looking at bark shingles in the early nineties and reinvented them, reintroducing them as a product in 1996.” [click to continue…]
