Product News & Reviews

Smaller Copper Particles, Smaller Environmental Impact for Treated Wood

With its MicroPro treated wood, Osmose is one of several companies making innovations in copper preservative techniques. MicroPro's use of tiny copper particles offers environmental benefits when compared with conventional copper treatment.
Environmental Building News—February 1, 2008

SierraPine Offers Improved Fire-Retardant MDF

SierraPine has reintroduced its popular fire-resistant, medium-density fiberboard, which contains no added urea-formaldehyde.
Environmental Building News—February 1, 2008

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
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Water-Efficient Showerheads

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Armoroc Cement-Bonded Particle Board

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An Affordable Heat-Pump Water-Heater Retrofit

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Styrofoam SIS

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An Affordable Heat-Pump Water-Heater Retrofit

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D'Mand Hot Water Delivery System

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