Product News from Environmental Building News
August 1, 2004

Would You Like Some Trees with that Refrigerator?

Through the collaboration of the nonprofit American Forests and appliance manufacturer Danby Products, Inc., Danby Art Coolers combine refrigeration, fine art, and, believe it or not, curbing global climate change. Each Danby Art Cooler, including refrigerators, keg coolers, and wine coolers, comes with one of 113 works of art on its door, including ten designed especially for this project. For each purchased Art Cooler, at a cost between $499 and $899, American Forests will plant 10 trees through its Global Releaf program—enough to offset the anticipated carbon emissions resulting from the lifetime use of the refrigerator.
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