Product Review from Environmental Building News
October 1, 2004

MechoShade Unveils EcoVeil

Following six years of development, MechoShade Systems, Inc., the shade screen industry leader, has introduced a new product aimed directly at the green market. Their PVC-free EcoVeil™—made of a new thermoplastic olefin (TPO) yarn called EarthTex™, developed by MechoShade’s textile partner, the Twitchell™ Corporation—is the first solar shade screen to earn a stamp of approval from McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, LLC (MBDC). “We intend for EcoVeil to be safe for people, safe for the environment, and to never end up in a landfill,” explained Jan Berman, president of MechoShade.
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