Building Green - Products
| Baths: | |
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www.behance.net |
Behance Network. Indulgence shower uses a "rinse-mist-rinse" claiming a 56 percent water and energy savings over a regular shower head. |
| Carpets: | |
www.earthweave.com |
Earth Weave. Using Mother Nature's vast renewable resources, Earth Weave manufactures innovative, high quality floor coverings for both residential and light commercial applications. Georgia. |
| Flooring: | |
sustainableflooring.com |
Sustainable Flooring is a manufacturing co-operative specializing in sustainable and environmentally friendly flooring. Cork, bamboo and wood. Boulder, CO. |
www.naturalcork.com |
Natural Cork & More. Cork, corkoleum, bamboo and antique wood floor company. Good pictures and maps their U.S. distributors. |
www.plyboo.com |
Plyboo Bamboo flooring- 100% bamboo planks, click-lock floating-floor, strands and trim moldings. Unique finishes, colors and patterns. Contibuting LEED points: 3-4. |
www.johnsonite.com |
Johnsonite’s Ecolibrium rubber wall base is manufactured with an innovative and unique blend of rapidly renewable and pre-consumer recycled content, including walnut and oyster shells. Ecolibrium does not contain PVC and is also FloorScore certified. Ohio & Ontario. |
| Insulation: | |
www.glacierbay.com |
Glacier Bay, has invented Barrier Ultra-R™ a high- performance superinsulation panel. At R-50 per inch (10x the insulation value of polyurethane foam), it has the highest thermal insulation performance currently available anywhere. So far the panels are only being used for boat refrigerators, but potential for other applications shortly. |
www.goodshepherdwool.com |
Good Shepherd Wool Insulation. Wool Batts for frame homes. Wool rope for log homes. Healthy, non-carcinogenic wool insulation. R values are similar to or better than other products. Raise their own sheep, but wool is treated with Boron to repel mice, moths, mildew and insects. Interlaken, NY. |
www.ecovativedesign.com |
Greensulate™ is literally grown, not manufactured. A growing organism transforms agricultural byproducts, like cotton burrs and rice hulls, into energy-efficient insulation. Uses a filamentous fungi (mushroom roots) to bond seed husks into a strong rigid board. Green Island, NY. |
| Kitchen: | |
www.greendemolitions.org |
Green Demolitions. Donate your kitchen, bath, etc. Green Demolitions comes and removes it for you, then they resell it, and donate the proceeds to charity. Pick ups only in NE states, but will deliver to all 50. Great idea ! |
| Rain: | |
www.raintube.com |
RainTube prevents downspouts from clogging while collecting rainwater at high volumes—even through heavy debris. Made from 100% recycled HDPE which is virtually indestructible and comes with a transferable lifetime warranty. |
| Reuse: | |
www.retreadproducts.com |
Retread Products. The Tire Log like the Tire Pole is suitable for a wide variety of applications that require a material that can withstand the most demanding environmental and physical stresses without deterioration or deformation. Industrial products from waste tires. NY. |
| Solar: see solar page as well... | |
www.affordable-solar.com |
Affordable Solar. Energy Efficient Solar Products at Wholesale Prices, System Monitoring, Meters & more... Major brands. New Mexico. |
| Tile: | |
www.modwalls.com |
Modwalls a modern and colorful alternative to what is available in most tile and hardware stores. Glass tiles in a range of colors, sizes and finishes to stainless-steel tile, glazed porcelain penny rounds, modern glazed ceramics, and eco-friendly cork, natural pebble mosaics and recycled glass pebbles. Scotts Valley, CA. |
www.fireclaytile.com |
Fire Clay Tile uses recycled materials and sustainable manufacturing practices. Hand-made ceramic materials using “old world” methods that are unique, affordable and green. 100% leadless glazes since 1988. Debris Tiles are 60% recycled materials with 112 glaze colors to choose from. BottleStone tiles -- 80% recycled glass bottles for countertops. Based in San Jose, CA and the majority of their products are manufactured in the United States. |
| Toilets: | |
www.nytimes.com |
A case for Composting Toilets. "Yellow Is the New Green" NY Times Editorial, Feb 27, 2009. *** |
www.metaefficient.com |
Office Building Is 100% Sewer-Free. Mets-Efficient. September 8, 2008. |
terrylove.com |
Terry Love's consumer toilet report. Report and reviews on low flow water efficient toilets. |
www.compostingtoilet.org |
Composting Toilet World is an advocate for the use of composting toilets worldwide. Our goal is to educate, promote and facilitate the use of compost toilets. Lots of info, links. |
| "civilized people ought to know how to dispose of the sewage in some other way than putting it into the drinking water." Teddy Roosevelt |
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| Windows: | |
www.efficientwindows.org |
Efficient Windows Collaborative. Provides unbiased information on the benefits of energy efficient windows, descriptions of how they work, and recommendations for their selection and use. Site developed jointly by the Center for Sustainable Building Research, Alliance to Save Energy, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. *** |
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