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Products: BuildingGreen Top 10

BuildingGreen's top 10 green products of the year were announced in October 2007 at Greenbuild Chicago.

Compiled by Mark Piepkorn

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Cube3 Ultra Urinal from Caroma
Caroma’s Cube3 Ultra urinal flushes with just one pint of water. It features a bowl optimized for very low water use and a liquid-sensing—rather than motion-sensing—automatic flush mechanism that prevents false flushes. The high-gloss vitreous china surface minimizes staining while improving sanitation and cleaning. With the mixed success of waterless urinals and lingering resistance by building staff, ultra-low-flush urinals provide an attractive alternative.

What makes this product green?
Fixtures and equipment conserve water

LEED credit relevance:
WE Credit 2—Innovative wastewater technologies
WE Credit 3—Water-use reduction

Caroma USA, Hillsboro, OR. www.caromausa.com; 503-681-2720, 800-605-4218.

800 Series SHE98M Evolution Dishwashers from Bosch
The top-of-the-line 800 Series SHE98M Evolution Dishwashers from Bosch are the most energy- efficient and quietest full-size dishwashers available in America. The 1.14 Energy Factor is 148% higher than the federal standard, and 73% higher than the Energy Star threshold. This dishwasher is also available in the Integra line as the SMX98M model. Bosch is the only appliance manufacturer with 100% of applicable products currently meeting Energy Star standards.

What makes this product green?
Equipment conserves energy and manages loads Fixtures and equipment conserve water
Noise control

LEED credit relevance:
EA Credit 1—Optimize energy Performance
WE Credit 3—Water-use reduction

BSH Home Appliance, Huntington Beach, CA. www.boschappliances.com; phone: 714-901-6600, 800-944-2904.

Wireless Controls from EnOcean
EnOcean produces wireless controls for lighting and other building-automation equipment. The radio-frequency devices use one-tenth the power of most such controllers and are powered not by batteries but by harvesting ambient energy—such as mechanical energy from operating a light switch or photovoltaic energy from lighting in a room. Because wiring is not required, advanced controls may be more widely used, resulting in significant building-energy savings.

What makes this product green?
Reduces material use
Equipment conserves energy or manages loads
Improves light quality

LEED credit relevance:
EA Credit 1—Optimize energy performance

EnOcean, Salt Lake City, UT. www.enocean.com; 801-733-6118.

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Greenplay Children’s Furniture from Skyline Design
Skyline Design’s Greenplay furnishings for children’s environments are made with environmentally responsible and healthy materials and finishes, including post-consumer recycled plastic, sunflower hulls, and FSC-certified wood. All coatings are zero- or very low-VOC; adhesives are entirely avoided in favor of mechanical attachments, improving end-of-life recyclability. Skyline Design will also accept outgrown Greenplay components to repurpose and donate.

What makes this product green?
Agricultural waste material
Pre-consumer recycled content
Post-consumer recycled content
Releases minimal pollutants
Rapidly renewable

LEED credit relevance:
MR Credit 4—Recycled content
MR Credit 6—Rapidly renewable materials

Skyline Design, Chicago, IL. www.skydesign.com; 773-278-4660, 888-278-4660.

Collins Pine FreeForm from The Collins Companies
FreeForm FSC-certified particleboard is produced with a melamine-formaldehyde binder rather than the industry-standard urea-formaldehyde. It meets Phase-one California Air Resources Board (CARB) standards for formaldehyde emissions; the company anticipates achieving Phase II within a year. While low-formaldehyde particleboards made with phenolic binders are darker than conventional particleboard, FreeForm is lighter in color, because the melamine binder is white.

What makes this product green?
Pre-consumer recycled content
Certified wood
Releases minimal pollutants

LEED credit relevance:
MR Credit 4—Recycled content
MR Credit 7—Certified wood
IEQ Credit 4—Low-emitting material

The Collins Companies, Portland, OR. www.collinswood.com; 503-417-7755, 800-329-1219.

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