PITTSBURGH-- The Green Building Alliance today announced a total of $448,000 in Product Innovation Grants for seven projects that seek to develop and introduce new and enhanced green building products.
Awarded through a competitive selection process, GBA's Product Innovation Grants will expedite the commercialization of new building products within the fast growing green building market. The green
building product market is estimated to be worth $30 to $40 billion annually by 2010.
Seven grants were awarded from 23 proposals received by the Green Building Alliance on the inaugural round of Product Innovation Grants. Recipients include:
-- $100,000 for Ductmate GreenSeam II product development, which will significantly reduce duct leakage; a project of Ductmate Industries and the University of Pittsburgh.
-- $100,000 to environmentally and economically assess the production and field performance of insulated concrete forms, in order to most effectively manufacture and deploy this construction product; a project of Tegrant Corporation and the University of Pittsburgh.
-- $81,564 for improved production of pigment as a byproduct of the treatment of coal mine drainage in western Pennsylvania; a project of Iron Oxide Recovery, Hedin Environmental, and the University of Pittsburgh.
-- $81,062 for development of a process simulator for green product decision-making; a project of Burt Hill and Penn State University.
-- $45,736 for sustainable, affordable, low-temperature water system to heat and cool a neighborhood of buildings; a project of Geothermal Energy Systems and Carnegie Mellon University.
-- Two $20,000 Proof-of-Concept grants:
-- Development of a superlattice solar cell prototype; a project of Villanova University;
-- Low energy luminous surfaces: residential lighting using Ceelite LEC technology; a project of Drexel University.
Green Building Alliance
www.gbapgh.org
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