How do you know you’re building a green home? How do you know how green the home you’re purchasing is? Looking for LEED certification is one way to find out. So, how do you get a home LEED certified? It’s really quite simple. Watch this quick video to learn the process.
An EPD® (Environmental Product Declaration) is an independently verified and registered document that communicates transparent and comparable information about the life-cycle environmental impact of products.
LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a program of the U.S. Green Building Council and it's the most common certification for green buildings. LEED homes are built to be healthy for occupants, resource efficient, and easy on the environment....
The CRI Green Label is a certification from the Carpet and Rug Institute to improve the health of indoor spaces. Today, indoor air quality (IAQ) is an important environmental consideration, especially since we spend approximately 90 percent of our time indoors.
The Passive House Institute of the U.S. PHIUS+ Certification program is the leading passive building certification program in North America. It’s the only passive building certification that combines a thorough passive house design verification protocol with a stringent Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) program performed on site by highly skilled and specialized PHIUS+ Raters.
As the demand for healthier, more sustainable products continues to expand, consumers and building industry professionals increasingly demand substantiation of product sustainability claims and rely on trustworthy third-party certifiers to guide purchasing and specification decisions.
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