GreenBuild Conference: Top-10 Product List
11/21/2008
SustainableBusiness.com News
Interior products and those designed to save energy dominated the list of 2008 Top-10 Green Building Products released this week at the U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild Conference in Boston.
The list, published by BuildingGreen, LLC, includes the first FSC-certified and formaldehyde-free bamboo flooring; doors made with wheat-straw particleboard; a line of zero-VOC paint; a transparent finish produced from a byproduct of cheese making; and a line of organic fabrics.v
Three of the products this year save energy, including a low-cost, solar water-heating system; a combination heating, water heating, and heat-recovery ventilation system; and a system for monitoring real-time energy (and water) use in buildings. Water saving products are represented by a line of rainwater storage tanks--the first rainwater storage equipment ever recognized in seven years of Top-10 lists.
Half of the products this year are green in part because they are made from natural, rapidly renewable, or agricultural waste materials; natural materials often require significantly less energy to manufacture. A new compressed-earth masonry block is particularly noteworthy in this regard.
"Most of the Top-10 products this year have multiple environmental attributes," BuildingGreen president Alex Wilson said.
"Designers of LEED buildings are looking for green products, and manufacturers are responding." Wilson added.
The 2008 Top-10 Green Building Products are:
Link to more info about these companies below.
Website: https://www.buildinggreen.com/press/topten2008/top-10-list-2008.cfm