Material Selection
Selecting building materials can be complex. You have to take into account toxicity, performance, the environmental life cycle, cost, and other factors.
Understanding what makes a building product green is a long-term prospect. Green characteristics differ from product category to product category, and multi-attribute vetting is critical.
Material Selection
Deep Dives
Get up to speed on complex topics. You can also earn CEUs and download PDF Spotlight Reports.
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What Makes the Building Envelope Green? BuildingGreen’s Guide to Thermal & Moisture Protection Products
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From insulation to flashing tape to cladding, we look at the attributes of the greenest building envelope products.
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The Great Eight: High-Impact Material Choices for Green Building
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We’re at a tipping point in insulation, flooring, textiles, and other product categories. Here’s what to spec and what to avoid.
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Protect Your Spec: 14 Strategies
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You’ve selected the ideal materials for your project: now get them into the building.
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VOCs: Why They’re Still Here and What You Can Do About It
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“Sick building syndrome” was one of the first problems the green building community tried to solve. We’ve come a long way, but we’re not done yet.
Quick Takes
Jump straight to the essentials with these short explanations of green building concepts.
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Product Guidance
Unbiased information from our product experts helps you separate green from greenwash.
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Acoustic Panels: Cutting through the Product Noise
Product Review
Choosing interior acoustic products that contain fewer potentially hazardous materials will improve the overall interior environmental quality without compromising designs.
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Can U.S.-made Wood Insulation Go Mainstream?
Product Review
Imported European wood insulation has been available for years, but high costs, limited availability, and code challenges have kept it from going mainstream. U.S.-made TimberHP is out to change that.
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Innovative Products: 20th Greenbuild Edition
Product Review
The Greenbuild expo floor was a mix of familiar faces, updates, and new, innovative products.
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BuildingGreen Announces Top 10 Products for 2023
Product Review
BuildingGreen’s Top 10 industry-transforming products this year include heat pumps that use low-GWP refrigerants, products that encourage recycling and re-use, wood insulation, and more.
In The News
We break news down to the essentials and provide expert analysis.
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Setting Carbon Footprint Rules for Concrete
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New rules standardize how we calculate the carbon footprint and other impacts of concrete.
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Heat-Pump Clothes Dryers Really Work, Study Confirms
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The technology, prevalent in Europe, could be adapted for super-sized American laundry loads.
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Passivhaus Windows, Made in the U.S.A.
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Is That Drywall "Just"? New Label Aims for Social Equity
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Building product manufacturers and other organizations can now declare their performance on metrics like worker safety, diversity, and happiness.
Perspective
Thought-provoking opinions from the most trusted minds in sustainability.
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Learning Resources
Syllabus supplements and CEU content, with automatic reporting for AIA and GBCI.
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