Products
About Products
Rather than start a database of our own – a costly and time-consuming endeavor – the RIGBC would like to call attention to some organizations already reviewing the myriad of “green” products available in the marketplace.
By listing these publicly available databases, the RI Green Building Council does not necessarily endorse any product or service provider listed. The RIGBC recommends green building products and service providers that meet certain qualifying criteria, so as to avoid consumer “green-washing”, meaning that the product has been tested or verified in some manner.
The Products section will be redesigned to match the Service Providers section as funds become available. To help support the website, or to be listed here, contact us!
Featured Products and Systems Databases
These online databases are Featured because they do a particularly good job vetting and reviewing products to ensure that they meet green criteria.
BuildingGreen Inc.
The online GreenSpec® Directory lists product descriptions for over 2,000 environmentally preferable products primarily for the commercial market. BuildingGreen.com editors conduct their own independent research to ensure that product descriptions contain unbiased, quality information.
The BuildingGreen Suite features online product reviews, feature articles, news, and opinion from Environmental Building News that are cross-referenced with product listings from GreenSpec® and project case studies from the High Performance Buildings Database–all searchable by CSI MasterFormat divisions, LEED™ credits, or by Green Topics.
RIGBC members are now entitled to a 25% discount on products!
Green Home Environmental Store
Green products, from light bulbs to lawn furniture, are analyzed using three major categories: 1) Toxicity In Use, 2) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and 3) Corporate Citizenship. These three categories cut across all 160 subcategories of products in the store.
Nexus Boston
This is a directory of green product manufacturers throughout New England and New York maintained by The Green Roundtable.
Click here for criteria The Green Roundtable uses to qualify green materials.
Click here for a directory of regional service providers.
Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Forestry
To help builders locate suppliers of FSC-certified building components, the Rainforest Alliance compiled and introduced the SmartGuide, a listing of FSC-certified suppliers, with contact and product information,arranged according to product type. These suppliers are FSC-certified by the Rainforest Alliance™ SmartWood program or other accredited certifiers.
A Smart Guide to Green Building Sources
A Smart Guide to Sustainable Furniture and FSC-Certified Products
Residential Green Advisor
This website is dedicated to providing the most useful, accurate, and complete information about designing, building, and remodeling energy-efficient, sustainable, and healthy homes. GreenBuildingAdvisor.com draws on the resources and expertise of the Taunton Press, the publisher of Fine Homebuilding magazine, along with BuildingGreen LLC.