Green Building Product Discussions

Solatube International - Natural Daylighting through Sun Tunnels for your Home or Business (Video)

Healthy Building,Lighting,Daylighting,Wellness,Solatube,Sun Tunnels,Daylight Tunnels,Tubular Daylighting Devices,Natural Light

by Rate It Green Team

If you aren’t aware of daylight or sun tunnels, or you want to know more, join green builder Matt Hoots as he speaks with Dr. Neall Digert, Vice President at Solatube International to learn more about Solatube’s techn… more...

  Filed under: Tubular Daylighting Devices

Clean Surfaces - Bringing CASPR (Continuous Air & Surface Pathogen Reduction) to Hospitals, and Homes, Offices, Facilities & Schools

Mold,Air Quality,Indoor Air Quality,Disinfectant,Sanitizing,Cleaning,Pathogens,Fungi,Bacteria,Viruses

by Rate It Green Team

Brett Duffy with Clean Surfaces recently shared a helpful introduction to CASPR Group’s "hands-free” disinfecting technology with Rate It Green’s Matt Hoots. Clean Surfaces is a distributor for… more...

  Filed under: Disinfectants

Green Building Myth Busting: Nope, You're Not Allergic to Wool (Video)

Green Building,Sustainability,Insulation,Green Myth Busting,Green Building Myth Busting,Wool,Wool Insulation,Allergies,Caragreen,Myth Busting

by Rate It Green Team

Matt Hoots is always ready to bust a myth.  Recently, he was talking with Daman Dillon and Kristine Hart of Caragreen Healthy Building Materials about Havelock loose fill wool insulation (100% wool and no synthetic mix - it&rsquo… more...

  Filed under: Insulation

Stone and Brick Veneers from Eldorado Stone and Cultured Stone - Lighter and Easy to Install (Video)

Walls,Stone Veneer,Cementitious Stone,Manufactured Stone,Thin Brick,Stone,Brick

by Rate It Green Team

Green Builder Matt Hoots brings you “live"* to the expo floor in this multi-part interview with Allie Roqueta, Marketing Brand Manager at Boral Stone Division, from the International Builders Show (IBS).… more...

  Filed under: Other

The Ghost of 1953 - An Installation Story 

Water Conservation,Plumbing,Green Plumbing,Leak Detection,Leak Monitoring,Scary Building Stories,Toilet Sensors

by RichardL Improving NOI through water/energy conservation

It appeared to be a typical installation—or so it seemed. The bright and crisp fall morning of Santa Monica, California, boasted the fragrant perfume of night blooming jasmine coalesced with ocean air.   Our technical manag… more...

  Filed under: Water Conservation

Artificial Intelligence in HVAC system

by Arloid

Did you know that with the help of artificial intelligence in the HVAC system, you can reduce the carbon footprint in the building and save on electricity bills? AI-powered energy efficiency. In Arloid we believe that the technology crea… more...

  Filed under: HVAC Instrumentation and Controls

Net Energy Optimizer (NEO) - A Commercial Energy Modeling Tool (Video)

LCA,Energy Modeling,Life Cycle Analysis,Net Energy Optimizer - NEO

by Rate It Green Team

The Net Energy Optimizer tool, or NEO, is a web-based energy modeling software tool, designed to provide customized building energy modeling for architects, engineers, product manufacturers, utilities and building owners.  N… more...

  Filed under: Software

"Perfect Wall" demonstration

by SawHorse, Inc.

Several years ago, when the term "perfect wall" was mentioned, I thought it meant a "plumb and square" wall.  Many of us green builders and architects throw around the term as if everyone understands it.  M… more...

  Filed under: Mineral Wool Insulation

Electric Vehicles need to be powered by Solar (not Coal) to be green

by SawHorse, Inc.

Electric Vehicles are NOT sustainable. The argument that Electric Vehicles are not sustainable is only partly true.   Depending on where you live, they can be powered by electricity created by fossil fuels.  How… more...

  Filed under: Solar Energy

rheia's Comfort by Design - Smaller, Energy and Labor Efficient Air Distribution Systems

Energy Efficiency,HVAC,Ventilation Systems,Ventilation,comfort,rheia

by Rate It Green Team

Now that we think about it, thanks to rheia, why is HVAC ductwork so big and bulky, and tangled?  We’ve made changes to electrical and plumbing systems, so why not HVAC ducts? Clearly, it’s time for something new.  How… more...

  Filed under: Ductwork