75 top building products for 2023

From a bladeless rooftop wind energy system that mimics the airfoils on a race car, to a troffer light fixture with built-in continuous visible light disinfection for hospitals, to a stone wool ceiling system that recreates the look of smooth, flowing plaster ceilings, innovation is plentiful in our annual 75 Top Products report.

If those do not impress, then how about the first-ever asthma and allergy friendly-certified carpet? Or a patented ventilated door that solves the noisy laundry closet problem in multifamily units? Or the first major innovation to the common electrical box since the 1960s?

These and 69 other award-winning products make up our annual “best of the best” in new and updated building products for 2023.

HOW WE SELECTED THE WINNERS
It’s no easy task to evaluate the vast universe of new products, materials, and systems across dozens of product categories and hundreds of manufacturers each year. To start, we invited all product manufacturers serving the U.S./Canadian commercial, institutional, industrial, and multifamily buildings markets to participate in an open submission process. Entries were free, and companies could submit up to three products.

A jury of practicing professionals and the BD+C editorial team reviewed and scored the submissions, based on the following factors:

Overall potential benefit to project teams (e.g., solves a problem, installs quicker, improves the building design, speeds construction)
Usefulness to clients/owners/developers (performance, durability, design, ROI, maintenance, etc.)
Impact on building occupants (health, wellness, safety, productivity)
Overall innovation within the product category (Is it a “first of its kind?” Does it advance the product category in some way?).

More than 75 manufacturers participated in the program this year, submitting 142 products in all. In addition to the open submission process, the BD+C editorial team selected “Editors’ Picks” based on the same criteria.

In the end, the jury selected 66 products as “Judges’ Picks.” The editorial team chose nine products as “Editors’ Picks.”

MEET THE JURY

Meghan Barnes
Design Director
Wegman Design Group

David Heuring, AIA, CCCA, LEED AP, NCARB
Partner
RDG Planning & Design

Stephanie L’Estrange, IIDA, CID
Principal, Director of Interior Design
Taylor Design

David Barista
Editorial Director
Building Design+Construction
Multifamily Pro+

View the 75 top building products for 2023 by product category:
Building envelope
Building systems
Glass and glazing
Interior products
Plumbing products
Structural products
Windows and doors
Miscellaneous