Page 15 - Green Builder Magazine March-April 2019 Issue

This year’s product

picks trend toward

renewable energy

and fine-tuned

heating and

cooling systems.

BY GREEN BUILDER STAFF

EVER LET IT BE SAID that there’s nothing new
under the sun. One-fourth of Green Builder’s

2019 Hot 50 Products have direct ties to solar

energy, from shingles to portable power plants. It

seems tting that the most-prominent example
N of sustainability should be one of the most

important trends shaping the built environment. But our annual roster

also has plenty of items representing other facets of high-performance

building—household xtures, heating and cooling devices, insulation
tools and smart technology are just a few categories to make the cut.

Selections were based on the product’s innovative design, sustainable

manufacture, durability, degree of innovation, and potential energy
or water savings.

Here’s to another year where great building science meets good design—

50 products that add to the pedigree of the nation’s best built homes.

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