EIG homes offer a large variety of exterior finishes - all of which are made of natural, abundant materials that are durable as well as environmentally healthy and sustainably sourced. Some products include Cultured Stone, manufactured veneer stone, brick, and James Hardy plank, siding, etc. These products offer low-maintenance benefits and reduce the use of paint unlike wood-based products. All our exterior "skin" products use renewable and recyclable resources as raw materials. This includes manufacturing processes that focus on water conservation, renewable resources and energy conservation. for example: materials produced in James Hardie manufacturing plants are recycled up to four times and waste is minimized through the recycling of process materials.

EIB uses only healthy LEED certified sheathing products. Period. There have always been health concerns about off-gassing of the glues used to make shething. Independent research shows that off-gassing of glues made of phenol-fomaldehyde, which is the binder used in exterior OSB and plywood, is so minimal, that it will have no ill health effects. More detail on the topic is published by TECO, a USA-based third-party certification and testing agency of structural panel products. TECO evaluates and certifies OSB, plywood, particleboard, MDF and agrifiber panels produced throughout North, Central and South America, as well as Europe. According to TECO's experts "Structural panels, such as OSB and plywood, manufactured with exterior type phenol formaldehyde and isocyanate adhesives do not 'off gas' like other types of wood-based panels and therefore do not require certification for formaldehyde emissions. Phenolic-based adhesives are specifically exempted in Section II.C.3 of HUD Rule 24 CFR 3280 (of the August 9, 1984 Federal Register), which states that HUD 'has decided to exempt products that are formulated exclusively with phenol-formaldehyde resins and surface finishes from the testing and certification provision of the rule.' The amount of formaldehyde emitted from panels using phenolic-based adhesives is considered too small to be significant and has therefore been exempted. Isocyanate resin panels do not contain formaldehyde so no risk of formaldehyde emissions exists."