What Makes a Product Green?

By the GreenSpec Team

When EBN started publication 20 years ago, simply finding building products designed with environmental benefits in mind was a big challenge. We tackled that challenge in the late 1990s by developing GreenSpec, our guide to the best-of-the-best green building products, and throughout the 2000s we watched the explosion of manufacturing—and marketing—of “green” products. We’ve kept pace with environmental attributes of products in many ways, including a partnership with Healthy Building Network and its Pharos tool, which offers a deep dive into product ingredient safety.

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