BuildingGreen s Top-10 Green Building Products Jim Newman BuildingGreen, Inc. The First Five
BuildingGreen's Top 10 Green Building Products
Jan 21, 2015
Join BuildingGreen, publishers of the GreenSpec product directory and Environmental Building News, at the NEXUS SaWhat Makes This Material Green?
This lecture will address the processes and tools used to determine the "greenness" of products and materials typically used in the construction process. We will begin with a brief discussion of Embodied Energy as a central factor in Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), one of the primary methods for judging a material's sustainability. We will then present some simple tools and techniques that allow for the practical application of these concepts to the materials selection process. Primary criteria for judging the "best in class" in specific product categories will also be discussed, as well as sources of supply. This lecture is intended as a general introduction to the green materials selection process. (Level 1)
Samples Library. A representative from Building Green will discuss some of GreenSpec's top 10 products of 2007. Emphasis will be placed on qualities to look for when specifying green products in these categories. Bring questions and a brown bag lunch.
This lecture will address the processes and tools used to determine the "greenness" of products and materials typically used in the construction process. We will begin with a brief discussion of Embodied Energy as a central factor in Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), one of the primary methods for judging a material's sustainability. We will then present some simple tools and techniques that allow for the practical application of these concepts to the materials selection process. Primary criteria for judging the "best in class" in specific product categories will also be discussed, as well as sources of supply. This lecture is intended as a general introduction to the green materials selection process. (Level 1)
Samples Library. A representative from Building Green will discuss some of GreenSpec's top 10 products of 2007. Emphasis will be placed on qualities to look for when specifying green products in these categories. Bring questions and a brown bag lunch.
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BuildingGreen s Top-10Green Building Products
Jim NewmanBuildingGreen, Inc.
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
www.LLFinc.com
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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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