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Photo Credit: Jacob Elliot/Project Frog
TOP 5 Green Building Products for SCHOOLS (incorporated into LEED BD&C)
This years’ 2009 GreenBuild International Conference and Expo drew more than 27,000 architects, developers, and builders & innovators. 1,800 exhibitors showcased their wares, including sustainable materials such as recycled wood flooring; energy and water efficiency products including rainwater harvesting systems and vertical wind turbines, all for building greener, healthier homes, office buildings, schools and healthcare facilities.
From them, we’ve selected our Top 5 Green Building Product for Schools.
1. Project Frog’s smart buildings are a gorgeous alternative to the mundane modular classroom trailer that seems to be creeping across America as a result of overcrowding in schools. If a child is going to be confined to a modular classroom, I want mine in this one! www.projectfrog.com
2. Play Mart Playgrounds offers play systems for the playground, fitness equipment, swings, benches and tables made from 100% recycled HDPE, like milk jugs, diverting a million pounds of plastic from landfills each year. www.playmart.com
3. ORCA, Food Waste Disposal system by Burgis Envirolutions. An alternative when traditional composting is not an option, the ORCA system can offer schools a great way to keep food scraps out of the landfill pile by converting up to 2400 lbs. of food waste to liquid each day. www.burgisenviro.com
4. Community Playthings now uses FSC certified woods and non-toxic adhesives and coatings in the manufacture of the U.S. made furniture for kids’ classrooms. www.communityplaythings.com
5. Horner Sports Flooring, is one of the options for sports flooring that uses FSC certified wood sourced from an Indian Reservation so it’s U.S. sourced and made. And they export to other countries, rather than the other way around. www.hornerflooring.com
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