Our Story:

On a cold February evening, four friends gathered. Two were architects, one was a software engineer; the other a business consultant. As they warmed themselves over a fire pit under the North Carolina dark sky, a discussion ensued about why it was so difficult to find quality "green" construction materials. It was 2008.

Working as a project manager, one of the architects spent most of her time researching building products for spec documents. It was time consuming. She had been searching for a specific roofing product without success. She expressed frustration at how inefficient her hunt for green materials seemed to be.

That's when she brought out a treasured guidebook her father gave her years ago. She had used it to travel in Turkey. “You can locate the most amazing, out of the way places with this”, she said. She found the reference to be a good-looking and easy resource for boutique hotels. "Why can't finding green building materials be just as easy", she lamented. She didn't know at the time that it was the beginning of a major breakthrough in the Green building industry.

What resulted was an efficient and enticing research vehicle for innovative building products for everyone interested in building green. A month later, Green Thinker Network was born. Today, the architect works alongside the software engineer and business consultant and Team GTN to grow, cultivate, and promote Green building to everyone from architects to homebuilders.

What We Do:

We promote building products utilizing a variety of advertising and PR campaigns.

Green Thinker Network and GTN Building Materials offer online easy-to-access libraries for users to browse specs, purchase products and conduct research.

GreenThinkerNetwork.com features GREEN building products to green thinkers around the world. We are the ultimate Green Building Guide.

GTNBuildingMaterials.com is your resource for all building solutions. It provides access to the most current data and innovative products in the building industry.

We invite you to research our new product and Project Libraries and submit your projects. 

Selection Criteria:

At Green Thinker Network, our sole purpose is to promote a greener tomorrow. We do not buy or sell the products we represent. Our aim is working towards 0 carbon emission. Our ultimate goal is making sure that more architects, designers, and contractors as well as consumers get to know about your green products.

All products must have documentation demonstrating how they are green, including at least one or more of the following areas:

• Post-consumer content
• Recycled content
• Third party certifications
• LEED Points
• Life cycle, energy efficiency studies
• Renewable energy production, usage

North American Visitors Map:

• 654,407 total unique visits for North America.
• 70% of visits come from the U.S.

User Profile: 

• Our network users are primarily the A/E community, building professionals, and contractors, as well as facility managers, etc.

Monthly Visitors in 2012:

 • Peak visits occur during February, March and April due to our competition.

Newsletter Subscribers in 2012:

 • We have 150,000 total newsletter registered subscribers.

Our Annual Sustainable Product Competition:

Sustainability 2013, our annual North American product competition, is coming soon!. Products we promote in our network may be entered in the event each year.

The polls are open to the public. Participants may vote once a day per category for the duration of the competition. Last year there were over 277,000 voters.

Green Thinker Network's Product of the Week:

Each week, we feature a network product for an in depth look. Enjoy presence on our home page!

GTN Building Material's Project Library:

This a perfect opportunity for architects, designers and even manufacturers to exhibit their work. We invite you to share your vision. Visit the Submit Your Projects section on GTNBuildingMaterials.com for details.

Our Blog and Social Networking:

Our blog, Talk Green, focuses on promoting the network's products. This headliner blog is where we publish the latest press releases, videos and articles in order to keep your products in front of your target audience. Once we publish the product information on our blog, we announce the news on social networking sites including Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Twitter.

For pricing information, please arrange a meeting with one of our Sales Associates.

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