ecolect

With a plethora of materials touting how 'sustainable' or 'green' they are and claiming how just by spcifying them in your projects you 'could get up to (X) LEED points!' it seems, well, annoying to have to wade through the constant bombardment of salespeak to get to the actual 'meat' of the product. What does it really do?

Enter Ecolect, a new online materials database that is hoping "to be the largest, freely accessible sustainable materials library in the world".

What is seeming to set this database apart from others that have been so far created is that users can upload images of their own projects, descriptions and impressions in order to better inform other potential users.

If you happen to live in San Francisco you can even attend the launch party tonight.

Ecolect Launch Party @ Swissnex
Thursday, October 18, 6:00-9:00pm
730 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111