Product News & Reviews

Revolutionary Vacuum Glass Coming from Guardian

Revolutionary vacuum-insulated glass coming from Guardian provides an insulating value of R-12, and should be available in 2009.
Environmental Building News—February 1, 2008

LED Lamp Sets Efficiency Record

A prototype reflector-style LED lamp from LED Lighting Fixtures has shattered efficacy records, achieving an efficacy of 113.6 lumens per watt.
Environmental Building News—February 1, 2008

Beneficial Bacteria Reduce Urinal Water Use

The Ecoblue Cube uses beneficial bacteria to convert conventional flushing urinals to virtually waterless operation without significant installation costs, and avoiding the common pitfalls of waterless urinals.
Environmental Building News—January 1, 2008

PlybooPure is Formaldehyde Free

The PlybooPure line of bamboo flooring and panel products from Smith & Fong uses a polyisocyanurate binder, making it urea-formaldehyde-free.
Environmental Building News—January 1, 2008

CorrectDeck CX Using Recycled Polypropylene

Environmental Building News—January 1, 2008

Fire-Rated, FSC-Certified Panels from S.J. Morse

Environmental Building News—January 1, 2008

BuildingGreen Announces 2007 Top-10 Products

BuildingGreen, Inc., publisher of the GreenSpec Directory and Environmental Building News (EBN), announced its annual Top-10 Green Building Products, representing the most exciting products covered in those publications in the last year.
Environmental Building News—December 1, 2007

Migrations Biobased Tile from Armstrong

A new biobased composition tile from Armstrong offers a more attractive alternative to popular vinyl composition tile.
Environmental Building News—December 1, 2007

Innovation in Urinals from Caroma

Caroma has introduced two new urinals, one with a pint-sized, fluid-sensing flush mechanism and the other a waterless unit with a diaphragm rather than a trap.
Environmental Building News—November 1, 2007

LED Downlight from LLF—Most Efficient on the Market

A new LED downlight module from LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc., offers high efficacy and good light quality using a unique way of producing a diffuse, white light.
Environmental Building News—November 1, 2007
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