ROOFING: Leaves beginning to fall, and RainTube picks up top honors!

Fall is here and the leaves are starting to fill your gutters, unless you have RainTube that is.  We covered this product several months ago, and it remains one of our favorites here at GetWithGreen.com. 

This week the RainTube team garnered several awards at the Green Building Industry Awards.  Read on below, and make sure you check out RainTube’s product made from 100% recycled materials…

RainTube product recognized for outstanding achievement in environmental sustainability — Wins Four International Green Building Industry Awards.
 
GLI Systems Inc. of Jacksonville, Oregon, manufacturer of the RainTube Gutter Protection System, has been awarded an unprecedented four 2007 Green Building Pages Benchmark Sustainability Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental and Social Sustainability.  The awards were presented at the US Green Building Council “Build Green Exposition” in Chicago, the world’s largest building products exposition focused on sustainable, eco-friendly building products and methods.  RainTube won in four of seven categories including:

• The top award – The Sustainable Product Award – for the highest overall product sustainability rating,
• The Global Climate Change Award,
• The End of Product Life Award, and
• The Installation, Use and Maintenance Award. 

RainTube was recognized for exemplary performance according to the Green Building Pages rigorous Benchmarking Sustainability evaluation criteria.  The Green Building Pages is a leading building products certification organization that provides consumers, architects and building contractors with internet-based guides and resources supporting sustainable building design and information about green building products.  Green building, an ecologically sound method of residential and commercial construction, has become a major area of interest and concern among consumers and the building industry worldwide.  The Green Building Pages certification database, which is consistent with the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) criteria, placed RainTube in the lead position among the sustainable building products of some of the nation’s leading manufacturers. RainTube use also generates LEEDS points for builders and owners seeking “green” certification for their projects.

RainTube is an effective, low-cost gutter protection system made in the USA from 100% post-consumer recycled materials.  RainTube helps protect homes, apartments and commercial buildings from water damage from clogged gutters, reduces fire risk from gutter debris in compliance with new fire prevention building codes, reduces maintenance and promotes cleaner rain water harvesting systems.

Steve Spratt, co-founder of GLI, said “We are very proud to be recognized at the Green Building Exposition with these important awards.  The fact that we are the only “green” product in the gutter protection industry is a source of great satisfaction to everyone in our company.  Meeting the high criteria of the benchmark Product Sustainability Award set a standard we will continue to emphasize in all our business operations.”  Spratt went on to note “Green Building standards are increasingly important to consumers today.  It is gratifying that RainTube has been recognized for making its contribution to the planet while helping homeowners preserve the value of their buildings.” 

Checkout more information on RainTube here at GetWithGreen.com.

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