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Going Green
ECO PRODUCTS
STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS

LEED The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for the development of high-performing, sustainable buildings. By meeting requirements in various categories— including Sustainable Sites, Water Efficiency, Energy and Atmosphere, Materials and Resources, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Innovation and Design Process—companies can accumulate points toward Certified, Silver, Gold or Platinum environmental ratings.

GREENGUARD The Greenguard Certification Program is an industry-independent, third-party testing program for low-emitting products and materials that assists architects, designers, product specifiers and purchasing organizations in locating, specifying and purchasing off-the-shelf, low-emitting products for indoor environments. Greenguard-certified products have been tested to ensure their chemical and particle emissions meet acceptable IAQ pollutant guidelines and standards.

ISO 14001 2004 is an environmental management standard. It specifies a set of environmental management requirements for environmental management systems.The purpose of this standard is to help all types of organizations to protect the environment, to prevent pollution, and to improve their environmental performance.

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