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The Best of Greenbuild 2011: Innovative Green Building Products of the Future

What can one say about a show that attracts 23,000 green building professionals across the border to Toronto? It could only beGreenbuild, the grand spectacle put on by theU.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This was its tenth
Most Appalling of Show: The Zurn Bariatric Toilet

We all know that America and the world are getting fatter, but I didn't know that they are even now making special toilets to deal with the problem. In fact it is, um, an expanding market; The Zurn Bariatric wall hung flush
Best Of Show: Sage Electrochromic Glass Is A Thermostat For The Sun

It is a fascinating product, glazing that darkens at the flip of a switch, eliminating the
Best of Show, Booth Design at Greenbuild: Kohler And Living Machine

The point of having a booth at Greenbuild is to attract attention, and like with everything else, design matters. I immediately fell in love with the Kohler booth; In some ways it is so 2005 green, with its recycled materials
BuildingGreen's 10 Top Green Products For 2012 Unveiled

I am a huge fan of BuildingGreen, but have not given a lot of coverage of their Green Product of the Year Awards. They are, to put it bluntly, not sexy, like watching Eoncote Ceramic paint dry. But I have been doing our readers a disservice, as I
No More Buildups To Greenbuild; It's Here

The buildup is over; Greenbuild has opened in Toronto. I will be heading out to tweet and report from the Convention Centre for the next three days, and round up my buildup posts herein.
Buildup to Greenbuild: How Green Is Toronto?

Last year before Greenbuild in Chicago, one of America's best architecture critics, Blair Kamin, wrote the introduction to Chicago for GreenSource Magazine. So I was pretty nervous when I was asked to write this year's introduction to Toronto; That is
Buildup To Greenbuild: The Architourist and 5 Views of a Green Toronto

Dave LeBlanc, the Architourist in the Globe and Mail, interviews four talented green architects and me in his buildup
Buildup To Greenbuild: A Conversation with superkÃ¼l Meg Graham

30,000 green building professionals are coming to Toronto for Greenbuild in October; this series will try to explain Toronto to them. Today: another conversation with an interesting Toronto architect.
Check Your Tech Before You Come To Greenbuild

For people coming to Greenbuild and dependent on their electronics, life can be a bit like that bad horror movie where Nicolas Cage is wandering around looking for affordable coverage; it is surprising how
Buildup to Greenbuild: A Conversation with Terry Montgomery (Video)

Terry Montgomery is a principal in Montgomery Sisam
Buildup To Greenbuild: Levitt Goodman Architects From The Archives

When I did my post Buildup To Greenbuild: Green Buildings From TreeHugger Archives I somehow completely forgot the
Buildup To Greenbuild: See The Winners of the Toronto Urban Design Awards

Every two years the City of Toronto presents the Urban Design Awards, with an independent jury choosing among dozens
Buildup to Greenbuild: A Conversation with Paul Raff (Video)

Paul Raff's
Buildup To Greenbuild: Green Buildings From TreeHugger Archives

There has been a lot of green building going on in Toronto and much has shown up on TreeHugger; Here is a roundup of
Buildup To Greenbuild: Sites To See

It is hard to know what is going on, where to go and what to do when you show up in a city. In Toronto, it is amazing
Buildup To Greenbuild: The War In The Woods Heats Up

Last year at Greenbuild, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) made a big splash, having just come off a big victory at the US Green Building Council, where they maintained their status as the only wood that gets a point under LEED. They built a
Buildup To Greenbuild: A Waterfront Of Broken Dreams

Greenbuild is being held in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, which is a long way from the waterfront. In fact,