Green Building Products Crack Top 10

BuildingGreen has presented its lOth annual Top 10 Green Building Products Awards for 2012, drawn from more entries than ever before.

"There are more 'green' building products than ever, but not all of them address a real need-or worse. some of them may create new problems down the road," says BuildingGreen's Alex Wilson. "In selecting this year's Top l0 products, we looked for companies that solved pressing needs in energy efficiency, reduced toxicity in building materials, enhanced retrofit applications, and offered unique solu- tions in other areas."

The Top 10 are drawn primarily from new additions to GreenSpec, BuildingGreen's database of best-inclass green building products, containing more than 2,200 listings and product lines. Winners for 2Ol2 are:

. InterfaceFlOR carpet tiles with non-PFC carpet fibers

. Lifeline PVC-free resilient flooring from Upofloor OY

. Knight Wall CI-Girt Rainscreen System from Knight Wall Systems

. EonCoat waterborne ceramic coating from EonCoat

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Aqua2use Graywater System from Water Wise Group

. Cypress Envirosystems analogto-di gital wireless thermostat

. Ritter XL solar thermal system from Regasol

. Mitsubishi Electric's ductless heat pumps and variable refrigerant flow systems with tenant submetering

. AllSun Trackers from AllEarth

Philips Lighting EnduralEDs

Everett 66Bud" Johnson, 85, owner of C&D Lumber. Riddle. Or.. died Oct.2 in Riddle.

His father bought what was known as Judd Creek Lumber in 1950 and changed the name to C&D-because their first mill was in Coos County and the second was in Douglas County. In 1996, he was honored as Man of the Year by Timber Processing.

Jim Ben Edens Jr.,75, former president of Palmer G. Lewis, Auburn, Wa., and Huttig Building Products, St. Louis, Mo., died Sept. 5 in Prescott, Az.

He attended Harvard and Southern Methodist universities, then spent most of his working life in the LBM industry. He headed PGL when it was acquired by Huttig in 1989.

Bruce Winden Rowe. 72. retired owner of Van Daal Distributors, Seatle, Wa., died Sept. 20 in Friday Harbor, Wa.

Mr. Rowe graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1950, then served as a Naval gunnery officer during the Korean War. Afterwards, he attended Harvard University, earning a master's degree in 1958.

He then purchased Van Daal and built it into one of the largest LBM distributor serving the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. He also opened several Ace Hardware stores. door/ metal products manufacturer Bruce's Building Materials, and consulting firm Rowe & Associates.

William Winn Ford, 80, longtime Northwest lumber salesman, died Oct. l3 in Portland, Or.

His first job in the lumber industry was working in his father's mill in John Day, Or. After graduating from Stanford University and serving in the Navy, he got a job as a lumber salesman for Boise Cascade. He Iater became sales manager at DAW Forest Products, before eventually retiring from Crown Pacific.

D. Keith Gordon, 88, retired lumber salesman at Western Lumber. Medford, Or., died Sept. l3 in Medford.

During World War II, he served with the Navy. After the war, he returned to UC-Berkeley, graduating in 1948 with a degree in forestry.

He started his 36-year career as a forester at Fruit Growers Supply Co., Susanville. Ca.. and retired in 1993.

Mel Smeder. 63. salesman at TMI Forest Products, Centralia, Wa., died Oct. I I in Chehalis, Wa.

He started his 40-year lumber career at age 12 at Jerstedt Lumber, Bellingham, Wa., moving to wholesale sales in Portland, Or., in 1988.

D. Dean Dodson. 83. retired Oregon lumberman, died Sept. 29 in Caldwell,Id.

After serving in the South Pacific with the U.S. Navy during World War II, he started his lumber career, eventually becoming a lumber inspector for the Western Wood Products

Association, Portland, Or., and earning his master's certificate. Before retiring, he served as sales manager for Pine Products, Prineville, Or.

Charles Emmert. 97. retired owner of Emmert Forest Products, Auberry, Ca., died Oct. I I in Fresno, Ca.

Mr. Emmert graduated from UCBerkeley in 1937 , with a degree in forestry. He served with the Air Force during World War II, helping to build landing strips in the South Pacific.

He spent most of his working years in the central Sierras, surveying for early logging roads and running his own mill.

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