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Phillipe Bauman, The Starter Kits decided to continue to enter competitions as well as to develop a flagship product, a neatly boxed package of every day domestic products that are the most environmentally responsible items on the market - and some created by the group to fill a void in the market, meant to replace the environmentally damaging items that currently line cupboards worldwide. By focusing initially on young professionals in metropolitan areas, The Starter Kits seek to decipher and disseminate information about more efficient ways to live sustainably.
On October 21st, 2009, just six months from their initial competition discussion, The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), in concert with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), named The Starter Kits the winner of the first Sustainable Suite Design Competition in the Student and Young Professional category. Their winning design, Front Street Hotel in Brooklyn, NY, retrofits an existing building into a sleek, yet ecologically sensitive hotel.
The Starter Kit is a neatly boxed package of every day domestic products that are the most environmentally responsible items on the market - and some created by the group to fill a void in the market, meant to replace the environmentally damaging items that currently line cupboards worldwide.