NewGrass Partners with Major Group Purchasing Organization
August 5, 2010
NewGrass® is proud to announce it has been awarded a contract with National Purchasing Partners, empowering NewGrass to offer non-profits and school districts, municipalities, colleges and other public entities a cost-savings solution for synthetic turf purchases and installations.
NPP is a group-purchasing organization (GPO) whose members – all of which are public agencies or non-profits – join together to leverage purchases of goods and services at their best pricing, terms and conditions, and often lower than any single member would be able to obtain individually. In addition, NPP offers its members negotiated prices and assures them they meet the legally requirements for competitive bidding when they purchase through NPP.
“For all of those reasons and more, NewGrass is pleased to be a major brand supplier of artificial turf to the public agencies that are members of the NPP,” said Greg Goehner, president of NewGrass, the artificial grass of choice for people and businesses that are concerned about water conservation and protecting the environment as well as having more green grass to enjoy year-round.
NewGrass has a demonstrated history of applications for schoolyards and public areas.
“NewGrass is excited about helping municipalities, school districts and other public agencies make a difference in their communities as the need becomes more urgent to reduce the amount of water, pesticides and herbicides public entities use year-round, and yet still provide safe, usable green areas for their constituents,” Goehner said.
NewGrass was thoroughly reviewed by NPP to ensure it met the organization’s mission to provide its members the highest quality products and most cost-effective price agreements in each of the product categories it offer.
“That there is no fee to NPP members to use their membership to take advantage of NewGrass quality, pricing and commitment to service is another big advantage of this partnership,” Goehner said.
Contact NewGrass today to learn more about NPP and NewGrass pricing for NPP members. To become an NPP member, contact NPP at 800.810.3909 or email the organization CustomerService@myNPP.com.
No CommentsUnbiased Research Answers Concerns of Summer Heat on Synthetic Grass
June 21, 2010
An extensive study by an independent environmental science firm further puts to rest concerns about the temperature of synthetic grass in the heat of summer, concluding that while NewGrass and other artificial grasses do get relatively hot, they cool down quickly and easily under shade or with slight watering.
The research was part of a year-long series of studies and literature review by Milone & MacBroom, Inc., which conducted a variety of tests of artificial grass installed on athletic fields in Connecticut. In 2007, laboratory tests at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) raised a number of questions concerning the safety of fake grass used on athletic fields and led to national debate.
The new study supports previous research conducted in Arizona and reported on the NewGrass blog about the effect of high temperatures on synthetic grass.
“We’re pleased to see those findings backed from another independent source,” said NewGrass President Greg Goehner.
As with the Arizona study, which was sponsored by the country’s third-largest public utility company, the Salt River Project, the more recent research by Milone & MacBroom found that although synthetic grass blades do heat up, they also cool down very rapidly when the lawn is covered, put under shade or watered even a little.
“Rapid cooling of the fibers was noted if the sunlight was interrupted or filtered by clouds,” according to the findings in Evaluation of the Environmental Effects of Synthetic Turf Athletic. “Significant cooling was also noted if water was applied to the synthetic fibers in quantities as low as one ounce per square foot.”
“The bottom line is that NewGrass provides a safe, enjoyable lawn year-round, even in the hottest temperatures, where the alternative – natural turf grass – requires an exorbitant amount of watering, fertilizing and applying pesticides just to stay green,” Goehner said.
