Products - February 2010

Project FROG Modular Green Classroom
Project FROG designs and custom- fabricates modular classrooms and other commercial buildings that feature high-performance envelopes, natural daylighting, high-efficiency mechanical systems, healthy materials, and green components. Built using central “spines,” different-shaped wings, porches, and mechanical rooms, these modular units come in a wide range of price points, from relatively affordable trailer alternatives to state-of-the-art, net-zero-energy, LEED Platinum classrooms. Project FROG’s modular buildings can be assembled quickly with almost no construction waste, are sturdy enough for Zone 4 seismic areas, and can withstand 110 mph winds.

What Makes This Product Green?
>>Building components that reduce heating and cooling loads
>>Equipment that conserves energy or manages loads
>>Improve light quality
>>Enhances well-being through a connection with nature

LEED Credit Relevance:
>>EA Credit 1: Optimize Energy Performance

Project FROG, Inc.; San Francisco, CA. 415-814-8500; www.projectfrog.com
CIRCLE 106

Thermafiber Mineral Wool Insulation Products
Thermafiber makes a variety of mineral-fiber insulation products from pre-consumer recycled iron-ore slag for com- mercial and residential thermal, sound-attenuation, and fire- resistant construction applications. Formaldehyde emissions are far lower than the most stringent CARB Phase II levels for wood-panel products.

What Makes This Product Green?
>>Building components that reduce heating and cooling loads
>>Pre-consumer recycled content
>>Noise control

LEED Credit Relevance:
>>EA Prerequisite 1: Minimum
>>Energy Performance
>>EA Credit 1: Optimize Energy Performance
>>MR Credit 4: Recycled Content

Thermafiber, Inc.; Wabash, IN. 260-563-2111, 888-834-2371; www.thermafiber.com
CIRCLE 107

Invelope Integrated Wall Insulation and Rainscreen System
Steel-and-foam panels create this weather-tight backup wall system for metal-framed commercial buildings. It provides a moisture and vapor barrier, drainage plane, and insulation, as well as a mounting system for brick-veneer or terra-cotta cladding. Invelope is made from corrosion-resistant steel wrapped around a polyisocyanurate foam core and comes in 32- inch-wide interlocking panels.

What Makes This Product Green?
>>Building components that reduce heating and cooling loads
>>Block indoor contaminants
>>Exceptional durability and low maintenance

LEED Credit Relevance:
>>EA Prerequisite 2: Minimum Energy Performance
>>EA Credit 1: Optimize Energy Performance

Centria Services Group; Moon Township, PA. 412-299-8121, 866-279-3777; www.buildbetterwalls.com
CIRCLE 108

Baltix Recycled- and Biobased-Content Office Furniture
Baltix commercial furniture is made with a wide range of green materials, including waste-agricultural-fiber particleboard; FSC-certified wood veneers and MDF; bamboo; and recycled plastics, metals, and paper. The company’s workstations, tables, seating, bookshelves, files, cabinets, and partitions are available with low-emitting, UV-cured clear coatings or surfacings made from natural linoleum or biobased laminate. Baltix uses biobased polylactic acid (PLA) edge banding instead of PVC or ABS, and frames are constructed of anodized aluminum (75 percent recycled content) or steel and available with a VOC-free powder-coat finish. The company also has an end-of-life recycling program.

What Makes This Product Green?
>>Certified wood
>>Recycled content
>>Releases minimal pollutants
>>Agricultural waste material
>>Rapidly renewable material

LEED Credit Relevance:
>>MR Credit 4: Recycled Content
>>MR Credit 6: Rapidly Renewable Materials
>>MR Credit 7: Certified Wood

Baltix Sustainable Furniture; Long Lake, MN. 763-210-0155; www.baltix.com
CIRCLE 109