Feature
Energy Dashboards: Using Real-Time Feedback to Influence Behavior
Real-time feedback on energy use can change occupant behavior and save energy. Several products now on the market provide this feedback in varying degrees of complexity.
Letters
Making Indoor Plants Safe for Birds
Indoor plants have many benefits, but may confuse birds, causing them to fly into windows.
What's Happening
ICC Launches Sustainability Verification for Products
As part of its Evaluation Service, the International Code Council has launched a program to evaluate building products for compliance with numerous sustainability criteria.
Biomimicry Guild, HOK in Alliance
A partnership between one of the world’s major architecture firms and the preeminent biomimicry consulting firm may bring “ecological performance standards” to the built environment.
Albuquerque Lawsuit Threatens Green Building Codes
Implementation of the Energy Conservation Code in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been halted by a preliminary injunction on the basis that federal regulations may preempt it.
USGBC Announces Leadership Award Winners
The U.S. Green Building Council has announced its annual Leadership Award winners. EBN executive editor Alex Wilson is among them.
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Product Review
Innovations in Water Conservation Products
The first annual WaterSmart Innovations Conference featured dozens of new water-conservation products. We review a handful of the most exciting.
No-Compromise Green Fabrics from O Ecotextiles
O Ecotextiles offers luxury textiles made from rapidly renewable fibers. The company continues to work toward eliminating toxic chemicals, unfair labor practices, and water pollution at each step in the textile production process.
ThermaRock Brings Advanced Insulation to Wallboard
Aerogel gives ThermaRock wallboard a high insulation value of R-2.5 to R-4.1, but the product comes with a hefty pricetag.
BuildingGreen Announces 2008 Top-10 Green Products
BuildingGreen’s 2008 Top-10 Green Products include FSC-certified bamboo flooring, zero-VOC paints, and an integrated heating and ventilation system, among others.
Product News
Product Briefs
BackPage Primer
Defining Recycled Content
Accepted definitions bring some clarity to the term "recycled content," but still leave gray areas that are open to interpretation by product manufacturers.
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