Top Green Building Products of 2006 Selected by Editors of Sustainable Industries Journal.PORTLAND, Ore. -- The top ten green building products of 2006 have been selected and profiled in a new print and online supplement produced by the editors of Sustainable Industries The earliest mention of the phrase sustainable industries appeared in 1990 in a story about a Japanese group reforesting a tropical forest to help create sustainable industries for the local populace. (Dietrich, Bill. "Our Troubled Earth – Japan." The Seattle Times. Journal. The top ten products were judged by a panel of green building experts and include innovative advances in lighting, coatings, plywood, paint, concrete and alternative energy. The 2006 Top Green Building Products supplement was mailed to all subscribers of the monthly business magazine Sustainable Industries Journal and is available for free online at www.sijournal.com/resources. "Thanks to the wildly successful growth of green building certification over the past decade, we've entered an era where new, innovative building materials Building materials used in the construction industry to create . These categories of materials and products are used by and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for . are increasingly crucial to design practice. Developers everywhere are realizing the economic advantages of green building in a market where mindless energy consumption and excessive waste are major liabilities," wrote Brian Back, Founding Editor of Sustainable Industries Journal in the Top Green Building Products 2006 supplement. The top ten winners profiled in Top Green Building Products 2006 are: --Nanogel, an innovative insulation product produced by Cabot Corp. --PureBond Plywood, a formaldehyde-free plywood product from Columbia Forest Products Columbia Forest Products is the largest manufacturer of hardwood veneer, hardwood plywood and laminated products in the United States. Founded in 1957, it is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. --Recycled Metal Lighting from lighting designer and manufacturer Eleek --Sphelar, a spherical spher·i·cal adj. Having the shape of or approximating a sphere; globular. microsolar cell from Kyosemi Corp. --Ductal, a high-performance concrete from LaFarge --Zero-VOC Paint from Miller Paint and Rodda Paint --Polyx-Oil, a plant-based wood finish from OSMO --Uppercut Dual-Flush Flushometer flush·om·e·ter n. A device for flushing toilets and urinals that utilizes pressure from the water supply system rather than the force of gravity to discharge water into the bowl, designed to use less water than conventional flush toilets. , a dual-flush toilet from Sloan Valve Co. --Furniture from Salvaged Wood manufactured by Tropical Salvage --Geothermal Heating System from WaterFurnace Sustainable Industries Journal is the leading source of sustainable business A business is sustainable if it has adapted its practices for the use of renewable resources and holds itself accountable for the environmental and human rights impacts of its activities. news on the West Coast and beyond and is published by Portland, Ore.-based Celilo Group Media. About Celilo Group Media Celilo Group Media, Inc. is a media company with offices in Portland, Seattle and St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery , Minn. With a mission of expanding markets for sustainable products, the company publishes the business magazine Sustainable Industries Journal, the healthy lifestyle coupon books Chinook Chinook, indigenous people of North America Chinook (shĭn  k`, chĭ–), Native American tribe of the Penutian linguistic stock. Book and Blue Sky Guide and the clean energy news service nwcurrent.com. For more information visit www.sijournal.com and www.celilo.net.
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