Fast Company posted an online presentation of the top 10 green startups to watch and Integrity Block was selected for its innovative and sustainable green CMU.

A member of finehomebuilding.com put up a brief mention on Integrity Block.

The Monterey College of Law is building a new Community Justice Center building, located in Monterey California. This project is applying for USGBC’s LEED Platinum status, and is being built by design-build firm, Ausonio Construction Management and the masonry work is being handled by Patania Masonry, of Salinas California.

Integrity Block’s structural CMU was selected for the job due to its superior green characteristics over that of conventional CMU.

Integrity Block’s line of structural CMU, the greenest on the planet, was selected for a residence project in Napa, California.

Integrity Block CMU was selected due to its unique green features and natural colors.

Recognized for game-changing technology and market value

LOS ALTOS, CA — September 8, 2009 — Integrity Block, a manufacturer of sustainable building materials, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners.  Inclusion in the GoingGreen 100 signifies major developments in the creation of new business opportunities in the green technology industries. Integrity Block was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

Integrity Block and the GoingGreen Top 100 Companies will be honored at GoingGreen West on September 14th - 16th, 2009 at Cavallo Point in Sausalito, CA. This two-and-a-half-day executive event features CEO presentations and high-level debates on the most promising emerging green technologies and new entrepreneurial opportunities.

“The GoingGreen Top 100 winners have excelled in key strategic areas in the global clean energy technology markets,” said Tony Perkins, founder and CEO of AlwaysOn.  “We congratulate them for their success in introducing new tools, services, and systems that are driving the next phase of greentech innovation and transforming the biggest industries on earth.”

The GoingGreen 100 winners were selected from among hundreds of other technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and industry insiders.  The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2009 list.

Integrity Block has introduced the first green replacement for standard concrete block. Integrity Block products require 40% less energy to create, emit 39% less CO2, and are made with up to 50% pre-recycled content. Integrity Block is currently shipping its landscape and structural CMU line.

A full list of all the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners can be found on the AlwaysOn Web site at http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/33354

About Integrity Block

Integrity Block, a manufacturer of sustainable building materials, provides the first green replacement for concrete block. The company’s mission and values are aligned to deliver products that are environmentally friendly yet meet the same performance standards as existing materials. Integrity Block products offer a seamless concrete block replacement for structural, architectural, and landscape applications that can generate valuable LEED credits. For more information, visit the web site at www.integrityblock.com.

About AlwaysOn

AlwaysOn ignited the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a global blog network.  In 2004, AlwaysOn continued to lead the media industry in innovation by introducing a social network where members can connect and engage. AlwaysOn is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Summit at Stanford, OnMedia, OnHollywood, OnDC, GoingGreen East and West, Venture Summit East and West) and quarterly print “blogozine” by empowering its members to post and share their ideas and meet each other online. As our loyal readers know, AlwaysOn is committed to the free-market, merit-driven approach to reporting and event programming.  No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants.

Contact: Shawn Cunningham, shawn@integrityblock.com, 650-492-4340

Here is a fantastic photo of a new installation in Danville, California, using our landscape interlocking blocks in Sahara Tan.

Integrity Block’s line of landscape block was selected for a new student garden project at Woodside High School, in Woodside California. The project was planned, managed, and installed by school staff.

The blocks were selected due to their natural finish, and that they represent the greenest block option available.

ArchThings.com tracks all kinds of “construction things” for architects, and recently included a page on Integrity Block and our new green CMU.

MIT recently released a study retrofitting coal plants and concluded that nothing meaningful can be achieved in overall CO2 reduction unless a solution is found for controlling coal production emissions. Unfortunately, the pace of innovation for so-called “clean coal” is slow, expensive, and largely still theoretical. It is frustrating to see how much the coal industry invests in marketing the idea of clean coal, while at the same time cleaving entire mountain ranges for coal.

Recently, Chipotle earned the first LEED-Platinum certification for one of their restaurants in Illinois. The restaurant is chock full of green goodies sporting its own wind turbine, a cistern for capturing rain water, water saving faucets and toilets, and even heat reflecting asphalt.

Starbuck’s also announced their commitment to green building for future locations and are making modifications to existing locations with a water savings initiative. Considering that Starbuck’s (still) has 11,446 locations in the United States alone, any effort they make to improve their operations will contribute something meaningful for conservation.

It is exciting to see businesses with a large real estate footprint making inroads into green building techniques and doing their part to reduce the impact of their operations on the environment.