Green Product Guide

There are Roughly 1600 Products Listed in our Green Product Guide.

We do not accept advertising. Product manufacturers can not buy their way on to this list. These eco-friendly building products come from The GreenSpec Guide to Residential Building Materials.

How do you know when a product is really green?

Many factors affect "shade of green"—where a product is made, what it is made from, how long it will last, if it can be recycled, if it helps to save energy, its 'embodied energyEnergy that goes into making a product; includes energy required for growth, extraction, and transportation of the raw material as well as manufacture, packaging, and transportation of the finished product. Embodied energy is often used to measure ecological cost.,' and more...
—Adapted from Question #16 of 20 Questions About Green Building

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