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Which company offers                                          Which company offers the
the greenest SOLAR                                            greenest PLUMBING FIXTURE
THERMAL products?                                             products?

SunMaxx Solar	   210 	21.0%                                   KOHLER	             325 	32.5%
LG	              193 	19.3%                                   Moen	               201 	20.1%
SolarUS	         161 	16.1%                                   Delta	              124 	12.4%
Rheem	           144 	14.4%                                   American Standard	  75 	7.5%
Heliodyne	       86 	8.6%                                     Pfister	            63 	6.3%
Daikin	          83 	8.3%                                     TOTO	               60 	6.0%
AET Solar	       75 	7.5%                                     Hansgrohe	          49 	4.9%
Steibel Eltron	  37 	3.7%                                     Grohe	              40 	4.0%
Apricus	         12 		1.2%                                    Niagara	            23 	2.3%
                                                              Brizo	              23 	2.3%
SOLID PERFORMERS. Interest in hybrid systems, where solar     Gerber	             9 	0.9%
thermal water heating is supplemented by an electric or gas-  Geberit	            9 	0.9%
fired backup, is driving interest in this category.

                                                              FIXTURES. Delta and Moen made gains this year, but KOHLER
                                                              is still the leader in this category, thanks to consistent quality
                                                              and a commitment to water conservation. KOHLER and Delta
                                                              earned the WaterSense Sustained Excellence award last year.

Which company offers the greenest                                                 IT’S A WRAP. There wasn’t
BUILDING WRAP products?                                                           much change in this category,
                                                                                  for which Tyvek remains the
Tyvek HomeWrap	             302 	30.2%                                            undisputed brand leader. As is
Pactiv GreenGuard	          121 	12.1%                                            true of many building
Dow WEATHERMATE	            101 	10.1%                                            products, pros tend to stick
Owens Corning PinkWrap	     101 	10.1%                                            with what works.
Tremco Enviro-Dri	          98 	9.8%
Kimberly Clark BLOCK-IT	    81 	8.1%                                              Tyvek
Typar HouseWrap	            66 	6.6%                                              30.2%
CertainTeed	                35 	3.5%
Sto Corp StoGuard	          32 	3.2%
Keene Driwall	              26 	2.6%
Cosella-Dörken Delta Dry	   20 	2.0%
Benjamin Obdyke HydroGap	   20 	2.0%

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