March 6, 2009—Green Building Pages has announced its 2008 Benchmarking Sustainability Awards, recognizing product manufacturers for outstanding achievement in environmental and social sustainability. RainTube, manufactured by GLI Systems, Inc. of Jacksonville, Oregon, won awards in six of seven categories.
RainTube is a porous tubular gutter filtering system hydraulically designed to absorb water at the rate of more than 100 inches per hour. It is 100 percent recyclable and fits any roof gutter.
Green Building Pages recognized the following companies and products for exemplary performance according to the Green Building Pages Benchmarking Sustainability evaluation criteria in alignment with the ASTM-E2129 Standard Practice for Data Collection for Sustainable Building Products and the Sustainable Materials Rating Technology (SMaRT) building product consensus standard recognized by the USGBC.
The 2008 Benchmarking Sustainability Awards go to:
2008 Production & Manufacturing Award: GLI Systems, RainTube;
2008 Installation, Use & Maintenance Award: ViTRASTONE; GLI Systems, RainTube; Trim Tech; Allmet Signatuare Series Roofing; EcoTimber Exotics; EcoTimber Hand Scraped Flooring; EcoTimber Classics; and Thermaflex EverClean;
2008 End Of Product Life Award: Liberty Valley Rediscovered Wood Doors; GLI Systems, RainTube; and Pacific Coast Lumber, Urban Forestry Products;
2008 Social Sustainability Award: GLI Systems, RainTube;
2008 Innovative Achievement Award: Herman Miller and Interface;
2008 Global Climate Product Award: GLI Systems RainTube;
* 2008 Sustainable Product Award: GLI Systems, RainTube, for receiving the highest honor and GBP credits—689 of 1000 total possible, giving RainTube a GOLD Green Building Pages achievement level.
For more information about the awards or the winning products and companies, visit the Green Building Pages Web site.
