The 2007 Top Ten Green Building Products, announced by BuildingGreen at last month’s GreenBuild show in Chicago, offer a variety of environmental benefits.

There are a multitude of reasons why a product grabs the attention of our editors.

Our roundup this month is intended to help expand your material design palette.

Our roundup this month is intended to help expand your material design palette.

Products that protect property and lives in the event of harsh weather conditions need to work reliably, whether or not anyone is present in the structure. Some of these products defend against the effects of a storm, while others go to work after other systems fail.

Each month RECORD reviews building product related web sites and blogs that might be of interest to our readership.

Today’s contract carpeting, whether broadloom or modular, is expected not only to focus on pattern, texture, or color, but to offer the highest green pedigree possible.

Today’s contract carpeting, whether broadloom or modular, is expected not only to focus on pattern, texture, or color, but to offer the highest green pedigree possible.

Our roundup this month includes glass partition systems, a blast- resistant curtain wall, and slabs made from 100 percent recycled glass.

Walking the rows of this renowned furniture fair, held this year during an uncomfortably warm week in mid-April, it’s easy to spot the latest work by the industry’s top product designers, many of whom are also architects.