Forget the garage,
The kitchen is central to our homes and how we live, work and play. Recognising the kitchen’s significance in improving our lifestyle, Cosentino also understands the kitchen’s role in our propensity for change when considering our health and the health of our planet. A leader in sustainable, high-performance, low silica kitchen surfaces, Cosentino presents a new era for design with their HybriQ® technology, a hybrid formula that blends premium minerals with recycled materials – leading to the development of the new Silestone®.
Through a move that focuses on “a more human way of living”, we explore how HybriQ® technology and the carbon-neutral
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Commitment to the evolution of Silestone® is evident through the development and use of HybriQ® technology which blends premium raw minerals, quartz and recycled glass. Describing their new production process as “an environmental success story”, Silestone® is now made using 99 per cent recycled water and 100 per cent renewable energy. The new technology also reduces the presence of crystalline silica to a maximum of 50 per cent, without losing the hardwearing, stain resistance qualities synonymous with Silestone®.
Going one step further, the carbon-neutral Silestone® Sunlit Days series is a case study of Cosentino’s commitment to the circular economy and environmental responsibility. Inspired by the Mediterranean’s evocative colours, light and way of life, the Silestone® Sunlit Days matt surface series is composed of ‘nostalgic’ yet ‘fresh’ colours;
Tapping into the colour of the Mediterranean,
As the new Silestone® series and HybriQ® technology remind us of our connection to and respect for the world around us, they challenge us to rethink the kitchen’s role in our well-being and our future. Cosentino understands that when it comes to changing the world, it’s only natural this revolution starts in the kitchen.
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