January 20, 2003—BuildingGreen, Inc., publisher of the GreenSpec Directory and Environmental Building News, recently announced its pick of the top ten new green building products. This award recognizes the products added to the GreenSpec Directory during the past year (though some products may have been on the market longer).
The ten products chosen represent a wide range of materials, products, and equipment that can help to reduce the environmental impacts of a building. Selected products include a low-impact foundation system to a line of fiberglass insulation produced without formaldehyde, and a high-efficiency electric hand dryer that dries hands in 10 to 15 seconds.
The 2002 GreenSpec Top 10 products are listed below in the order of their appearance in the directory:
L.I.F.T. Foundation System from Pin Foundations, Inc. FSC-Certified Tuff-Strand OSB from the Roy O. Martin Lumber Company WoodStalk Fiberboard and Underlayment from Dow BioProducts, Inc. Fiberglass Insulation from the Johns Manville Company Kalwall R-20 with Nanogel from Kalwall Corporation Pittsburgh Paints Pure Performance from PPG Architectural Finishes, Inc. Decato Office Partition Systems from Preform Manufacturing, Inc. XLerator Electric Hand Dryer from Excel Dryer, Inc. McDry Non-Water-Using Urinal from Duravit USA, Inc. WatterSaver Heat Pump Water Heater from ECR International, Inc.
The 1,650 products listed in the GreenSpec directory are selected by editors of Environmental Building News (EBN) based on criteria developed over the past seven years. Manufacturers do not pay to be listed in GreenSpec, and the publication is supported by users of the information, rather than advertising.
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