A few vendors were selling “green living roof systems” that blew my mind! Not only are they attractive but they have a ton of benefits. Most of the toilet companies had waterless urinals and low flush toilets on display–they both save a ton of water. I could go on for hours about all of the products that I feel in love with!

We originally made plans for the Build Boston show not even knowing about the GreenBuild show. Build Boston offered free passes to the show and it was only a few minutes away. The first day we spent 3 hours walking the first show and then another 3 hours at the second. While I love to walk….6 hours wore me out. Some of the vendors were at both shows and since both shows are geared toward high end projects, the shows did not have any vendors selling mops or dishes. A few vendors were selling $1000+ office chairs and office systems—not sure why someone would spend in one case $1600 for an office chair with 40% post consumer recycled content.

My list of favorites:

Falcon Waterfree Technologies (they gave me a free waterless urinal—-it’s a small desktop model [joke]).
EnviroTech Wall Systems– they have a green certified basement system with R-17 insulation. I am so impressed with their product that I might offer it to my clients.
FSC– I never knew how much these people actually care about how wood is harvested.
Big Belly Solar- the makers of the solar powered recycling cans.
I forget the vendors name, but a company is making cleaning products out of corn—impressive!