Top 10 Green Building Products of 2006 Named This year's winners range from geothermal heating to tiny solar energy cells.

Portland, Ore./August 15, 2006/—Ten of the top green building products of 2006 have been selected and profiled by the editors of Sustainable Industries Journal. The top products, judged by a panel of green-building experts, include innovative advances in lighting, coatings, plywood, paint, concrete and alternative energy. "Thanks to the wildly successful growth of green building certification over the past decade, we've entered an era where new, innovative building materials are increasingly crucial to design practice," wrote Brian Back, founding editor of Sustainable Industries Journal. "Developers everywhere are realizing the economic advantages of green building in a market where mindless energy consumption and excessive waste are major liabilities." The 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 Recycled Metal Lighting from lighting designer and manufacturer Eleek Sphelar, a spherical microsolar cell from Kyosemi Corp. Ductal, a high-performance concrete from LaFarge Zero-VOC Paints from Miller Paint and Rodda Paint Polyx-Oil, a plant-based wood finish from OSMO Uppercut Dual-Flush Flushometer, a dual-flush toilet from Sloan Valve Co. Furniture from Salvaged Wood manufactured by Tropical Salvage Geothermal Heating System from WaterFurnace