Eco-Friendly Flooring with Brad van Unen of EcoTimber

In This Podcast Episode

Floor guy, Rob McNealy, interviews Brad van Unen, who is the Marketing Director of EcoTimber. Ecotimber is a company which specializes in supplying wood flooring products from environmentally sound sources. They discuss trends in eco-friendly flooring, as well as specific issues related to bamboo flooring. They also talk about FSC certification.

More on About Brad van Unen and EcoTimber

Brad van Unen has been with EcoTimber since 2000, when he was brought on as the Sales Coordinator. Over the years, he has served, oftentimes concurrently, as a sales representative, IT manager, purchasing manager, database developer, graphic designer, and forklift driver.

A native of Ripon, California, Brad received a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Francisco State University in 1997, where his major was Broadcast Arts & Electronic Communications. His former career experience includes various positions at Wells Fargo Bank, Working Assets Funding Service, and more temporary assignments than he cares to count.

As Marketing Director, Brad is now focused on managing EcoTimber’s brand development, public relations, our web site, and marketing collateral. He lives in Oakland, where he enjoys kayaking, hiking, his piano, and Sudoku puzzles. His enthusiasm for travel often takes him to Mississippi, where he hopes to bicycle the entire Natchez Trace soon.

Sustainable Flooring & Architecture with Becky Alexis

In this Podcast Episode

Floor guy, Rob McNealy, interviews Becky Alexis of HIVE Architecture about sustainable flooring and LEEDS certified flooring projects. They also discuss factors that influence flooring choices from an architect’s perspective.

Becky Alexis’ Bio

Becky knew that she wanted to contribute aesthetically to the built environment since she was fourteen years old. 1989 she graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture while working for Michael Barber Architecture in Denver. Then she took a year and a half to work and travel abroad. In 1998 she graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a Masters of Architecture, where she studied abroad for 10 months in England, France, Sweden, Norway and Finland. She then returned to her home town of Denver to find that residential architecture was her forte. She loves making special places for people to live. During eight wonderful years working with D. H. Ruggles and Associates as the Director of Design, she completed over 35 projects. In July of 2007 Becky started HIVE Architecture. She works out of her home and often visits sites by bicycle. She is passionate about design that is sensitive to the environment and to the pocket book. She believes that good design does not constitute higher building costs. Becky would love to help you remodel, add on, build new, or just chat about design. Feel free to call her at 303-733-2171.