Award-winning business magazine Sustainable Industries today announced Serious Materials’ SeriousWindows as one of its 2009 Top 10 Green Building Products winners. Sustainable Industries’ Top 10 Green Building Products guide is an annual publication profiling industry-leading green building products selected by a panel of expert judges and the Sustainable Industries editorial team. In addition to being included within the July 2009 Clean Energy issue of Sustainable Industries, this year’s Top 10 Green Building Products guide is available as a digital publication that contains 3-D images of green building products that can be manipulated by the viewer and plugged directly into actual design sketches.

SeriousWindows was selected based on its environmental performance, scalability/market impact, innovativeness, design aesthetic, value and compatibility with the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. Profiled in the guide with accompanying 3-D images, the winners were announced today in a Sustainable Industries Webinar featuring judges from the expert panel. The 2009 Top 10 Green Building Products guide is emailed to Sustainable Industries subscribers and is available for free online at www.sustainableindustries.com/resources.

“In the four years Sustainable Industries has produced this popular, independent guide, green building has advanced to the mainstream,” says Brian Back, Founding Editor and Publisher of Sustainable Industries. “The Top 10 Green Building Products guide provides a unique snapshot of the most innovative building materials on the market today, which are particularly important given the increased strains on environmental resources.”

“We are honored to be recognized by Sustainable Industries with this award. It is critical that we continue to educate our industry colleagues and consumers about the innovations that tackle the largest energy culprit within the built environment – the window,” said Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials. “Windows offer the largest opportunity for improvement – fastest payback and highest savings. And if all buildings in America were to use super-insulating full-frame R-value windows of R-5.0 or more, versus standard single or dual pane windows, C02 emissions would be reduced by over 200 metric tons annually.”

With 28 years of manufacturing experience and more than 10,000 installed projects, Serious Materials provides commercial glass and windows that save more energy than any other brand. SeriousWindows™ super-insulating, full-frame R-5 to R-11 windows exceed ENERGY STAR®® requirements by up to four times and can reduce heating and cooling costs by up to 50 percent. Designed for residential and commercial construction, new or retrofit projects, SeriousGlass™ insulated glass units can be used directly in any choice of framing system and offer the highest energy-savings. A complete family of glass packages are available to meet any performance goal including daylighting, tuned advanced solar heat gain, higher occupant comfort in all seasons, optimal winter insulation, UV protection and  fading reduction, eliminate condensation, noise control, and simplified HVAC  design and loads.

About Sustainable Industries
Sustainable Industries is an independent, award-winning business magazine, web site, event and media company serving top-of-the-pyramid sustainable business leaders on the West Coast and beyond. With offices in San Francisco, Portland and Seattle, Sustainable Industries connects the dots between the environmental and social components of the region’s economy, just as it connects the dots between leading sectors, to raise the stakes in a working definition of sustainable industries. For more information, visit www.sustainableindustries.com.

About Serious Materials
Serious Materials develops and manufactures sustainable green building materials that save energy, save money, improve comfort, and aggressively address climate change. Super-insulating full-frame R-value SeriousWindows™ reduce heating and cooling energy costs by up to 50%. SeriousGlass™ industry-leading insulating glass units have been installed in over 10,000 projects and offer the highest energy savings in the industry. QuietRock® soundproof drywall and QuietGlass® reduce material use, enhance livability, and support dense urban construction. EcoRock™, the only true green alternative to gypsum drywall and five times more environmentally friendly, uses 80% less energy in its core production and has the potential to save billions of pounds of CO2 annually. SeriousWindows, SeriousGlass and super-insulating ThermaRock™ drywall support energy efficiency funding programs as outlined under The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) including Weatherization (WAP), Green Federal Buildings, State Energy Program (SEP), Energy Efficiency – Conservation Block Grants, Energy Tax Credit for Consumers, and Tax Deductions for Commercial Buildings. The company was commended by both President Obama and Vice President Biden for its advanced energy-saving materials and the work it is doing to re-create American green manufacturing jobs. For more information, visit www.SeriousMaterials.com.

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