Whats so special about Integrity Block?
It’s as inevitable as the winter holidays. Near the end of the year, every publication, organization or armchair critic releases a best-of list. We catalog the movies that made us laugh, the books that made us cry, the inventions that changed the world and the people who inspired us over the past 12 months. At the end of 2008, BuildingGreen, a publishing company that specializes in green design information, announced its top 10 green products of the year. Among the entries was something called Integrity Block, which is claimed to be the first green replacement for the concrete block. It’s already hard enough to distinguish one green product from another, let alone discern whether it’s even truly environmentally friendly. Is Integrity Block really any different? But even if you’re suspicious of another top 10 list with seemingly arbitrary listings, you’re probably a little bit intrigued, especially if you know a few things about cement and concrete. Cement, the main ingredient in conc