Product News & Reviews

Bringing Green, Modular, and Historical Together

New World Home has created a portfolio of modular homes that meld environmental performance with historically sensitive design.
Environmental Building News—January 1, 2010

CalStar to Begin Production of Fly Ash Bricks

A new brick from CalStar contains 40% fly ash and no portland cement.
Environmental Building News—January 1, 2010

BuildingGreen Announces 2009 Top-10 Green Products

BuildingGreen's annual list of Top-10 Green Building Products recognizes the most exciting products from recent additions to the GreenSpec directory and coverage in EBN.
Environmental Building News—December 1, 2009

Pentadyne GTX: Backup Power from a Flywheel

The Pentadyne GTX supplies short-term power, without the use of lead-acid batteries, to cover the time between a power anomaly and the start of the generator.
Environmental Building News—December 1, 2009

EnOcean Alliance Disseminates Wireless Control Technology for Hotel Use

Environmental Building News—December 1, 2009

EPA WaterSense Label Enters Commercial Building Market

Environmental Building News—December 1, 2009

Lego Blocks from Straw

While still under development, Oryzatech’s Stak Block rice-straw, interlocking, highly insulating building block is an exciting product that could revolutionize the use of straw as a building material.
Environmental Building News—December 1, 2009

Building a Better Building Block—Pozzotive Plus

Kingston Block & Masonry Supply has introduced a line of CMUs and concrete facing brick made with a post-consumer-recycled-glass pozzolan substituting for 30% of the portland cement as well as about 50% post-consumer recycled aggregate.
Environmental Building News—November 1, 2009

Silva Cell Facilitates Urban Tree Growth

The Silva Cell provides a framework that supports streetscapes and paved surfaces and encloses uncompacted subsurface soil so it can be used for tree-root growth or stormwater mitigation.
Environmental Building News—November 1, 2009

Heat-Pump Water Heaters Ready for Prime Time

Heat-pump water heaters offer significantly greater water heating efficiency than conventional electric water heaters. EBN takes a look at three new products, along with two existing products and one that is expected out soon.
Environmental Building News—October 1, 2009
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