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Serious Materials a Two-Time Winner of AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:59:26 -0700

SUNNYVALE, CA - Serious Materials announced today that it has been named to the AlwaysOn GoingGreen 100 list for the second year in a row. The company was voted #1 at Cleantech Venture Forum XII, Global Gypsum Product of the Year 2008, and won the first Aspen Institute award for innovation in Energy Conservation. It has also been recognized by TIME/CNN, Fortune, Business Week, GreenTech Media and Red Herring as one of the most promising green technology companies.

Serious Materials Introduces QuietHome Soundproof Doors

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:44:18 -0700

Sunnyvale, CA - Serious Materials today announced its new line of QuietHome soundproof doors. These new products provide market-leading noise reduction in an attractive, stainable wood, pre-hung door package, and are perfect for high-end home theaters, commercial studios, offices and conference rooms. Unlike most metal acoustic doors, these look like they belong in a high-end home.

World's first THX(r) Certified soundproof door joins THX-Certified QuietRock.

Serious Materials Acquires Alpen Windows

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:45:15 -0700

SUNNYVALE, CA - Serious Materials announced today that it has acquired Alpen Windows. Alpen was named a 2007 Top 10 Green Building Product by Building Green, and is recognized as the leader in high-performance, energy-efficient windows and glass. Alpen products are installed in the San Jose Convention Center, Boulder Municipal Library, McDonald's PlayPlaces, and thousands of other commercial and residential projects.

"Adding Alpen to our family of companies lets us offer highly energy-efficient windows and glass immediately", said Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials. "These windows reduce energy use and costs well beyond today's best Energy Star-labeled products, and improve personal comfort and productivity. Using our windows can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and have a meaningful impact on climate change. And, Alpen's plant in Colorado expands availability for Serious' customers."

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QuietRock Named Gypsum Product of the Year

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:23:52 -0700

SUNNYVALE, CA - Serious Materials announced that its QuietRock(R) line of soundproof drywall won the Gypsum Product of the Year award at the Global Gypsum 2008 conference held in Dubai earlier this month. Judging criteria for the award included innovation, quality of product, effectiveness of product, and fit to market need.
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CertainTeed to be Exclusive Distributor of QuietRock in Canada

Tue, 27 May 2008 10:41:26 -0700

SUNNYVALE, CA - Serious Materials announced it has entered into an agreement with CertainTeed, North America's leading manufacturer of interior and exterior building products, to be the exclusive distributor of QuietRock(R) soundproof drywall in Canada.
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Quiet Solution Introduces New QuietPad Floor Underlayment for Concrete Construction

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:15:45 -0700

SUNNYVALE, CA - Quiet Solution, the market and technology leader in soundproof drywall, today announced its new QuietPad 420 floor underlayment for impact noise reduction in high-rise concrete construction. The new product provides superior performance to other popular rubber and cork underlayments at significantly lower cost.

The highly-engineered underlayment delivers IIC ratings up to 61 - a very high reduction in the amount of 'impact' noise heard in units below. The new QuietPad is only 1/16" thick, is affixed directly to the concrete subfloor and allows attachment of wood or tile directly on top, without an extra layer in-between. The thin underlayment replaces competitive products that are often 1/4" thick or more, providing a large advantage to builders that want to make best use of every inch. QuietPad has a Robinson floor test rating of light commercial, and is designed for wood or tile flooring.

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QuietRock and QuietWood Deliver UL-Rated Sound-damped Floor/Ceiling Assembly

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:05:41 -0700

SUNNYVALE, CA - Quiet Solution, the market and technology leader in soundproof drywall, today announced that its revolutionary QuietHome(R) sound-damped floor/ceiling assembly has been awarded UL assembly number L591. This makes it immediately usable in a wide range of commercial and residential applications requiring stringent fire ratings, such as multi-family construction and high-end single family homes wanting high performance soundproofing solutions.

The QuietHome assembly delivers superb noise reduction, with an STC rating up to 65 and an IIC rating up to 70. The STC rating is a measure of sound transmission through the assembly, and the IIC measures how much 'impact' noise is heard in the unit below. These assemblies are particularly good at reducing notoriously challenging ?high heel footfall noise,' with results 20-30db better than conventional assemblies. Overall, these new assemblies deliver a very significant performance improvement of 5-8 IIC points and 8-9 STC points versus conventional poured gypsum concrete assemblies. This can reduce impact noise by half, and airborne noise by two-thirds.

Quiet Solution Ships 1,000,000th QuietRock Panel to Joie de Vivre Hotels

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:40:25 -0700

SUNNYVALE, CA - Quiet Solution, the market and technology leader in soundproof drywall, announced today that it has shipped over 1,000,000 panels of QuietRock(R) soundproof drywall. QuietRock delivers high performance noise reduction at the lowest total cost which has helped Quiet Solution attain the leadership position in the industry with over 90% of product sales every year since the company pioneered the soundproof drywall category in 2002.

Pinn Brothers Delivers the Luxury of Quiet with Hundreds of New QuietHome® Sound-Engineered Residences

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:11:58 -0700

Sunnyvale, CA, November 13, 2007 - Quiet Solution and Pinn Brothers Fine Homes announced today that Pinn's new Tralee Village and Silvera Ranch developments in Dublin, California, were designed and built as QuietHome(R) sound-engineered residences. These 331 new units make extensive use of QuietRock(R) acoustic drywall, QuietWood(R) subflooring and high-STC QuietHome(R) Windows to enhance each unit's luxury feel and residents' quality of life.
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Serious Materials Receives $50 Million in Funding to Reduce the Impact of Building Materials on Climate Change

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:09:20 -0700

Sunnyvale, CA, November 1, 2007 - Serious Materials today announced that it has closed $50 million in additional investment, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Foundation Capital, along with Rustic Canyon Partners. Serious Materials develops and manufactures sustainable green building materials that considerably reduce the impact of the 'built environment' on the climate.

The investment will be used to build state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities for EcoRock(tm), which will go into production in 2008, ThermaProof(tm) high-insulating windows (2008), and to expand the company's successful Quiet(R) product line. EcoRock looks, feels, performs and is used the same way as standard drywall. However, it uses virtually zero energy in its core production resulting in zero CO2 emissions, giving it the lowest carbon footprint of any drywall product by an order of magnitude. Using EcoRock instead of gypsum drywall could reduce U.S. CO2 emissions by 25 billion pounds per year.

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum and Quiet Solution Announce Paperless Soundproof Drywall

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:56:55 -0700

Sunnyvale, CA, October 16, 2007 - Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC and Quiet Solution announced they have partnered on a paperless soundproof drywall panel. The new product, QuietRock DensArmor Plus 528, combines the moisture and mold resistance, fire resistance, abuse resistance and low indoor air emissions of paperless DensArmor Plus wallboard, with the proven noise reduction of QuietRock, the leading soundproof drywall.

A single layer of the new product on a single wood stud wall provides an STC rating of 50 - a noise reduction of 75% compared to many other interior wall systems. QuietRock DensArmor Plus 528 is a 5/8" thick, Type X, UL-classified, contains no metal inside the panel, and installs in the same manner as standard drywall.

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New Survey Shows Soundproof Drywall Awareness Grows

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:29:27 -0700

Sunnyvale, CA, September 25, 2007 - Quiet Solution, the market and technology leader in soundproofing solutions, announced today the results of a nationwide survey focused on acoustic issues in construction, and awareness of specific products. The results reflect strikingly fast growth in awareness of and preference for the 5-year-new category of soundproof drywall.

QuietRock 525 and 527 Soundproof Drywall Now UL-Rated in 29 UL Assemblies

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:36:04 -0700

Sunnyvale, CA, September 18, 2007 - Quiet Solution, the market and technology leader in soundproofing solutions, announced UL ratings for US and Canada today for two more of their soundproof drywall products, QuietRock 525 and QuietRock UltraSTEEL 527.
Both products deliver superb noise reduction, are 5/8" thick, and 1 hour fire-rated Type X. UL assemblies for QuietRock 525 are U386, L591 and W317 which include 16" OC and 24" OC single, staggered, and double wood stud configurations.

UL assemblies for QuietRock UltraSTEEL 527 are V464 and W460 which include 16" OC and 24" OC single, staggered, and double metal stud configurations. Various QuietRock models are now part of 29 UL listings, including U301, U305, U309, U311, U320, U331, U334, U340, U341, U342, U440, U451, U453, U455, U465, U473, U493, U386, L591, W317, V464, W460, U376, U385 and V463. Quiet Solution pioneered the soundproof drywall category in 2002, and leads the market with over 90% of installs. The company has 22 filed patents and makes over 25 Quiet-brand products.

Serious Materials Selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen 100 Top Private Company Award Winner

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:28:21 -0700

Sunnyvale, CA - Serious Materials received further recognition of its cleantech strategy and products today, winning a spot on the first annual GoingGreen 100 list at the prestigious AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference. The Top 100 competition recognizes the top emerging companies that are creating game-changing green technology and demonstrating significant market traction.

Feature Article - Serious Materials Makes GreenTech Media Top 10

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:39:26 -0700

Top 10 best private greentech companies that have a strong founding team, impressive financing and a technology or business approach with the potential to upset the status quo and make a lasting market impact within three years. Cash-flow positive and with current customers is helpful, but not a requirement.

Quiet Solution Launches Million Dollar Ad Campaign

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:00:00 -0700

Quiet Solution is breaking through the noise this month with an ad campaign showing how to stop noise from breaking through - walls, that is. The dramatic images - of rock musicians crashing through walls or of big-screen TVs (as two examples - are expected to grab readers' attention and stamp the company in their minds.

Quiet Solution Deepens Involvement in ASA

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:00:00 -0700

Quiet Solution announced today that it is increasing its participation in and enrichment of the field of acoustics. Dr. Brandon Tinianov, chief technology officer, has been elected by the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) as 2007-2010 chairman for the society's Technical Committee on Architectural Acoustics (TCAA). Dr. Tinianov has also been elected to ASA's College of Fellows.

2007 Most Valuable Products Announced by Building Products Magazine

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0700

Building Products magazine released the results of the sixth Annual Most Valuable Products Contest today. The thirty-two winners represent eight product categories, including kitchen and bath, interior and exterior, tools and equipment, windows and doors, construction and high tech products.

Quiet Solution Awarded First Patent on Soundproof Drywall

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:00:00 -0700

Quiet Solution announced today it has been granted its first patent in the field of soundproof drywall. The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Quiet Solution United States Patent Number 7,181,891, issued on February 27, 2007. The patent is titled 'Acoustical sound proofing material and methods for manufacturing same' and includes four independent claims and 14 dependent claims fundamental to soundproofing technologies offered by Quiet Solution.

Homeowners Get New Way to Knock Out Noise Between Rooms

Wed, 30 May 2007 09:00:00 -0700

Quiet Solution announced today a new product to help families sleep easier, and knock out noise from their teenager's stereos, spouse's home theater or their laundry room. QuietRock 516 provides the lowest-cost soundproofing solution for single-family residences and takes its place as the seventh member of the world's best-selling family of soundproof drywall products.

Quiet Solution Opens Second QuietRock Manufacturing Plant

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0700

Quiet Solution announced today that it has opened its second manufacturing plant, in Newark, California. The dedicated facility on 12 acres will add production capacity of 100 million square feet per year of the company's patented QuietRock soundproof drywall as well as QuietWood products. A new high-speed fully automated manufacturing line has been designed and installed which continues Quiet Solution's status as the lowest cost manufacturer. The new plant also has direct rail access on site, which speeds order fulfillment and further reduces costs.

Dietrich and Quiet Solution Announce Soundproof Drywall for UltraSTEEL Framing

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:00:00 -0700

Dietrich Metal Framing and Quiet Solution announced at INTEX today that they have partnered on a specially-engineered soundproof drywall panel to deliver superior noise reduction for interior walls built with Dietrich's UltraSTEEL studs.

Supress Products Sued for Patent Infringement

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00:00 -0700

Quiet Solution announced today it has filed a lawsuit against Supress Products LLC for patent infringement. The Quiet Solution complaint, filed with the Federal District Court, Northern California, requests an injunction to halt the manufacture and sale of products believed to be infringing by Supress, its affiliates, distributors, dealers and partners. The suit also demands compensation for infringing activities to date.

Quiet Solution Introduces Lowest Cost Soundproofing Panel on the Market

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:00:00 -0700

Quiet Solution, the nation's leading manufacturer of soundproofing products, is making high-performance noise reduction more affordable with QuietRock 510 soundproof drywall, the most cost-effective sound damping wall panel on the market.