|
|
Here comes Greenbuild again. It keeps getting bigger. For instance, last year there were 480 exhibitors in the expo hall... this year, over 800.
I've got the expo hall on the brain. Like last year, I've been mapping which of the exhibitors do and don't have products listed in GreenSpec. There's about 300 — something over a third of the hall.
Frankly, I feel really good that there's about 500 exhibitors at this year's Greenbuild that don't meet the high GreenSpec standards. A couple days ago I wrote here that "GreenSpec is a 'best of the best' directory reserved for the top 10% or so of the most environmentally preferable products available... intended to be a reference to the best stuff we know about, and a launching pad for additional research," and that "Attempting to create and maintain a fully comprehensive compendium of everything that's even slightly green would not only be practically undoable, it would actually be much less useful in defining high benchmarks."
Sure, there's undoubtedly a quite a good few new products that we'll learn about there, and some of them will end up added to the directory. Most of them won't.
Here's a graphic of the expo floor; booths highlighted in green represent manufacturers with one or more products in GreenSpec. The variety of booth sizes is another encouraging sign to me — big fish or small fry, it doesn't matter.

(Stay alert! Here it Comes: The Year of Greenwash)
There are no comments for this entry.
[Add Comment]Recent Comments
LEED-Certified Law School in Denver John Rooney says, “CORRECTION Cooley has applied for LEED - I don't know if the certificate has been granted yet. Sorry...” More... John Rooney says, “Cooley Law School's building in Auburn Hills, MI is also LEED certified.” More... The EcoDorm: Housing for 36 Lucky Students Michael Wentz says, “The EcoDorm recently received LEED-EB 2.0 Platinum certification, which has been added to the case s...” More... LEED-Certified Law School in Denver Tony W. says, “These LEED buildings are popping up all over the US, it's very awesome to see. Here in Naperville, I...” More... Studying for the LEED-AP Test Rob says, “Very proud to have passed with a 190 score. Thanks Tristan for your advice and tips. I believe tha...” More... Archives by Category
AIA Convention '08 (12) [RSS]
AIA Convention '09 (1) [RSS] Authors (13) [RSS] Awards (8) [RSS] Behind the Scenes (53) [RSS] Books & Media (68) [RSS] Build Boston '07 (2) [RSS] BuildingEnergy '08 (2) [RSS] BuildingEnergy '09 (1) [RSS] Bulletin (39) [RSS] Case Studies (24) [RSS] Events (95) [RSS] Google Earth/Sketchup (5) [RSS] Greenbuild '07 (30) [RSS] Greenbuild '08 (31) [RSS] LEED (39) [RSS] Living Futures (4) [RSS] Miscellania (32) [RSS] Nature & Nurture (62) [RSS] Op-Ed (41) [RSS] Passive Survivability (4) [RSS] Politics (26) [RSS] Product Talk (87) [RSS] Q&A (7) [RSS] Science & Tech (29) [RSS] The Industry (88) [RSS] Editorial Radar
|