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Member Since: 01/11/2006
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Electric Lawn and Garden Equipment - A Revolution in the Making
Have you woken up or tried to work to the sound of a noisy leaf blower? Have you gotten caught in the gas fumes behind gas powered lawn and other maintenance equipment? Lawn maintenance and outdoor power equipment such as mowers, leaf blowers, edgers, trimmers, and chain saws are clearly pesty, unhealthy, and cause negative environmental and climate impacts. Fortunately, a better option already exists. Due in large par...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 12/11/2020 + Show |
2050 has long been the year cited by which carbon emissions must be reduced by zero, which was already a step more aggressive than the stretch Paris Agreement goal of limited global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050. Now, the authors of the 2035 report and others are increasingly arguing that the new goal for net zero must be 2035 (or even 2030) to prevent the wort effects of climate change from taking place. Why the...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 10/28/2020 + Show |
Reducing the Natural Gas “Bridge,” for Human and Environmental Health
The Risks and Dangers Associated with Natural Gas To reach critical and urgent climate change mitigation goals, we must decrease global carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To achieve this reduction, there is no doubt we must decrease dependence on all fossil fuels, including natural gas, while also producing and consuming these energy sources more cleanly. We must also imme...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 09/30/2020 + Show |
Global GreenTag Releases the First Modern Slavery Reporting Declaration for Products
Global GreenTag has released the first ever Modern Slavery Declaration for products. The Global GreenTag International MSD™ Modern Slavery Transparency Declaration (GGTI MSD) implements a comprehensive risk assessment and verification process in association with manufacturers on individual product supply chains. Helping manufacturers to monitor, report on and ultimately eradicate human slavery occurring in thei...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 09/13/2020 + Show |
Brookline Massachusetts Bans Oil and Gas Pipes in New Construction
In a bold, sustainable move and a 200-3 vote, the Town Meeting Members of Brookline, Massachusetts voted in a ban of oil and gas pipes for new buildings and also for significant renovations of existing buildings. This means that these buildings will have heating and hot water systems, and appliances that use electricity. Additionally, occupants of these same buildings will also increasingly be driving electric vehicles. ...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 12/09/2019 + Show |
Green Builder Matt Hoots was fortunate to engage in a great and informative conversation focused on waterless urinals with Stefana Naicu, and Gerardo Roa of Helvex, a leading Americas manufacturer of water saving bathroom fixtures and fittings for both residential and commercial buildings. Helvex offers a full line of high...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 03/02/2021 + Show |
Exploring Whole House Filtration and Particulate Matter, with Aprilaire (Video)
In this interview with green builder Matt Hoots, Joseph Hillenmeyer with Aprilaire takes a deeper dive into whole-house air filtration and explores what we need to know about healthy air. Awareness of filtration has grown in the last year particularly, but this is not a new topic for people who were already sensitive to pollens, dust...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 02/25/2021 + Show |
An Introduction to Aprilaire and Whole House Air Quality Systems (Video)
Join green builder Matt Hoots as he interviews Joseph Hillenmeyer, Channel Marketing Manager for Aprilaire. Joseph shares some company history as well as an overview of key issues related to whole-house filtration and humidity control. Aprilaire has been making Indoor Air Quality, or IAQ products since the 1950’s, when...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 02/23/2021 + Show |
Green Builder Matt Hoots put together this introduction to Marvin Window and Doors windows with Marvin’s Regional Sales Manager Kevin Kline and Senior Project Manager Brenda Pellan-Brunk. Marvin Window and Doors now offers 3 main product lines, which were recently renamed and reorganized some to make understanding the...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 01/29/2021 + Show |
Green Building Myth Busting: It IS Fun to Watch a Pot Boil, on an Induction Cooktop (Video)
Have you wanted to see an induction stove at work? Check out this Green Building Myth Busting video by Green Builder Matt Hoots and Lisa Connor, of Sub-Zero, Wolf Southeast, Inc. This video is like a brief, fun science class. Although we personally don’t recommend it anyway, Lisa first busts the myth that you...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 01/26/2021 + Show |
AKUART by Kirei - Artistic Soundproofing for your Workplace or Home (Video)
Kristine Hart of CaraGreen recently met with Green Builder Matt Hoots to introduce AKUART by Kirei, a recycled-content and Low VOC acoustic panel series, where the panels also serve as a high resolution canvas for messaging or inspirational imagery. AKUART panels provide superior sound absorption while simultaneously increasing...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 01/15/2021 + Show |
Do you work in the rainscreen market? If so, or if you work in the building industry and the green building industry, you will definitely want to be aware of and perhaps join RAiNA, the Rainscreen Association in North America. Matt Hoots recently met with RAiNA Chairperson Todd Kimmel, and their conversation provides a...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 01/11/2021 + Show |
Green Builder Matt Hoots recently collaborated with Cambria’s Field Marketing Director Ellie Knips to bring Rate It Green Members and audience this video introduction to Cambria’s new Coordinates Collection. Inspired by classic and bold American locations and landscapes, these 14 designs are based on the NCS Natural Colour...
By Rate It Green Team Last updated: 01/08/2021 + Show |
Stone and Brick Veneers from Eldorado Stone and Cultured Stone - Lighter and Easy to Install (Video)
Green Builder Matt Hoots brings you “live"* to the expo floor in this multi-part interview with Allie Roqueta, Marketing Brand Manager at Boral Stone Division, from the International Builders Show (IBS). Allie and Matt take a look at three different architectural stone veneer profiles offered by the Boral...
By Rate It Green Team 1 reply Last updated: 12/24/2020 + Show |
Green Building Myth Busting: Nope, You're Not Allergic to Wool (Video)
Matt Hoots is always ready to bust a myth. Recently, he was talking with Daman Dillon and Kristine Hart of Caragreen Healthy Building Materials about Havelock loose fill wool insulation (100% wool and no synthetic mix - it’s also water resistant and has an R-value of 4.3), and the question came up about wool and...
By Rate It Green Team 2 replies Last updated: 12/24/2020 + Show |
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