Skyline Design’s commitment to sustainability begins— and continues— in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood, where the company occupies a 150,000 square foot building originally constructed in the 1920s.

We believe in local sourcing: for our line of back-painted Vitracolor glass, the low-VOC, water-based paint is manufactured within fifteen miles of our Humboldt Park factory.

We believe in environmentally-friendly materials: our proprietary Eco-etch® process does not use chemicals as an abrasive but instead recycled aluminum oxide, which is chemical-free, reusable, and results in a surface so resilient that it renders additional sealants unnecessary.

We believe in efficiency and economy: glass is custom-cut for every order, rather than inventoried, to achieve the highest yields possible.

We believe that every aspect of our practices can be evaluated and improved in light of our environmental impact— from custom-building our shipping crates in order to reduce packing material to replacing thousands of light bulbs in our factory and offices in order to reduce energy consumption.