Building Green\'s top products of 2007

BuildingGreen s Top-10Green Building Products

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The First Five

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Drivers of Green BuildingProduct Development

• Environmental concerns– Especially global climate change– Loss of rainforests and other important ecosystems– Toxic releases

• Higher energy costs– Gasoline prices– Electricity prices

• Health concerns– Americans spend 90% of time indoors

• Water shortages and drought

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BuildingGreen s basis ofproduct assessment

• “Life-cycle thinking”• Detailed criteria we’ve developed over ten-

plus years• Frequent revisions to GreenSpec criteria

– Periodic changes to criteria

• Eventually we hope to base selection onthird-party EPP certification, perhaps evenfull life-cycle assessment (LCA)

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What Makes a Product Green?

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What s New With Products?

• New products coming out all the time• Tremendous breadth of green

building products in the marketplace• Plan to review a small sampling of

new and particularly innovativeproducts

• All products from our GreenSpecresearch

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Top-10 Product: Collins PineFreeForm Particleboard

• FSC-certified– Not as an extra-cost

option, but all product– Most FSC products are

extra cost

• No added urea-formaldehyde

• Meets CARB Phase 1standards forformaldehydeemissions

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Collins Pine FreeForm Particleboard

• Melamine binder– Contains formaldehyde,

but meets LEED Credit– Does not darken material

as does phenol-formaldehyde binder

• Company working onbinder formulations to meetPhase II of CARB standard

• Hopes to eventuallyeliminate formaldehydeentirely– Experimenting with soy

binders

FreeForm is commonly used asveneer-core material

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Collins Pine FreeForm Particleboard

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What Makes it Green?

• GreenSpec Criteria:– Pre-consumer recycled

content– FSC-certified wood– Releases minimal

pollutants

• LEED credit relevance:– MR Credit 4: Recycled

content– MR Credit 7: Certified

wood– IEQ Credit 4: Low-

emitting materials

FSC-certified raw material forFreeForm particleboard

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Collins Pine FreeForm Particleboard

In the Collins Pineparticleboard plant,orange bandingmeans FSC-certified;blue means no-addedurea formaldehyde

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Top-10 Product: 180 Walls fromMilliken & Company

• 100% Pre-consumerrecycled commercialwallcovering

• Vapor-permeable• Self-adhesive backing

eliminates need for paste• Silver rating in McDonough

Braungart DesignChemistry Cradle-to-Cradlecertification

• Certified to GreenguardChildren & Schools Program

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180 Walls from Milliken

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What Makes it Green?

• GreenSpec Criteria:– Alternatives to

hazardous components– Pre-consumer recycled

content– Releases minimal

pollutants

• LEED credit relevance:– MR Credit 4: Recycled

content– IEQ Credit 4: Low-

emitting materials

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Top-10 Product: BoschEvolution 800 Series Dishwasher

• Most energy efficientfull-size dishwasheravailable

• Energy Factor of 1.14– 148% higher than federal

standard– 73% higher than Energy

Star Standard

• One of the quietestdishwashers on themarket at 42 dBA

Evolution 800 Series SHE98M

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Bosch Evolution 800 Series

• Also available inIntegra Line– Slightly different

styling• Bosch commitment to

energy efficiency– Only appliance

manufacturer with100% of products inapplicable productareas achievingEnergy Star ratings

• Manufactured in theU.S. by Germancompany

Evolution 800 Series SHE98M -Controls on door

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What Makes it Green?

• GreenSpec Criteria:– Equipment that

conserves energy ormanages loads

– Fixtures and equipmentthat conserve water

– Noise control

• LEED credit relevance:– EA Prereq 2: Minimum

energy performance– EA Credit 1: Optimize

energy performance

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Bosch Integra 800 Series

Identical to EvolutionLine; different styling

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Top-10 Product: LifeGuard Cablefrom Houston Wire & Cable

• Nearly all electrical anddata cable today containhalogens, heavy metals,plasticizers

• LifeGuard one of the onlyalternatives

• Low-smoke• Available with no PVC, nofluoropolymers (Teflon)

• Most are lead-free• Meet European RoHS

requirements (Reduction inHazardous Substances)

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What Makes it Green?

• GreenSpec Criteria:– Alternatives to

hazardouscomponents

– Reduces impactsfrom construction ordemolition

– Releases minimalpollutants

• LEED creditrelevance:– None

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LifeGuard Cablefrom Houston Wire & Cable

• Used primarily for high-reliability needs– Utility– Industry

• Also in densely occupiedcommercial spaces:– Hospital– Transportation– Universities

• Little if any use inresidential projects to date

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Top-10 Product: LED Downlights fromLED Lighting Fixtures, Inc.

• Efficacy 60 lpw– Higher than CFLs

• CRI 92– Higher than fluorescent

• 42 LEDs per fixture– Red & yellowish-green

LEDs to create white light

• 10.7 watts - 650 lumens• Long life (50,000 hours)

No mercury• Fits standard 6” cans• Cost: $125-130 list

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LED Downlights from LLF

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What Makes it Green?

• GreenSpec Criteria:– Alternatives to

hazardous components– Equipment that

conserves energy ormanages loads

• LEED credit relevance:– EA Credit 1: Optimize

energy performance

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LED Downlights from LLF

Century Equipment Corp• First commercial

installation• Installed 90 LLF lights• Very happy with

performance

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LED Downlights fromLED Lighting Fixtures, Inc.

Sentry Equipment Corporation,Wisconsin

Grand Award winner:2007 Lighting forTomorrow Competition(sponsored by U.S.DOE and others) -Solid State Lightingcategory

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Information:800-257-7300

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