Blue Marble Project

President of BMP, Mike Tadros, was interviewed for an article about SketchUp for GigaOM. The Article talks about a bunch of great tools and plugins for Google SketchUp that allow designers to make environmentally responsible decisions more fluidly during the early stages of design. The article cites the work that Blue Marble Project has done, creating 3D models of green building products for Google’s 3D Warehouse, as playing a crucial role in the decision making process for designers who are focused on designing greener buildings.

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Sustainable Industries has released their annual supplemental issue - 2008 Top 10 Green Products. Blue Marble Project is proud to have played a role in the creation of this year’s issue by supplying Sustainable Industries with the 3D computer models that were embedded in the downloadable PDF version of the issue. The 3D SketchUp models can also be downloaded from the Google 3D Warehouse.

From the article: “Blue Marble creates models for customers such as Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) that want to encourage designers to use their products in conceptual drawings—a way of subtly marketing products to prospective buyers.”

We first found out about Liberty Valley Doors when we stumbled across their booth at the West Coast Green Expo back in September. With the Green Build Conference coming up around the corner, and in an effort to further the work we’ve done with our ‘Top 10 Green’ collections Liberty Valley Doors was the perfect company to work with. Their beautiful product line of doors that are manufactured using FSC, recycled and salvaged woods make for a stunning collection of textured SketchUp models.

Continuing an effort to supply the highest quality information about sustainable products, Sustainable Industries has agreed to partner with the Blue Marble Project to provide copy for product information listed in the “Top 10 Green“ collection. The models are being gathered by BMP to draw attention to sustainable products and places contained in the 3D Warehouse.

Furthering our commitment to sustainable design and build, we’re announcing the creation of the “Top 10 Green“ collection on the Google 3D Warehouse. Our team modeled several “green” products, places and things, uploaded them to the Top 10 Green collection, and gathered other related content - all in an effort to provide a useful resource to designers focused on sustainability.