The Carpet and Rug Institute has established the Green Label program to test for VOCs in cushion used under carpet. This program helps the carpet manufacturer, installer and end user identify and utilize low-emission cushion.
Cushion products that meet the current emissions criteria can display the program’s green and white seal. Products are retested reg...
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Flooring
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Green Label Plus is an independent testing program that identifies carpet with very low emissions of VOCs to help improve indoor air quality. It is an enhancement to the CRI Green Label Carpet Testing Program. By selecting Green Label Plus carpet or adhesive, you are assured one of the lowest emitting products on the market, and you may be able to earn LEED or Green Guide for Health Care po...
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Flooring
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EcoLogo is one of North America's most widely recognized and respected certification of environmental leadership.
By setting standards and certifying products in more than 120 categories, EcoLogo helps you identify, trust, buy, and sell environmentally preferable (“green”) goods and services. Within the program, you’ll find more than 7,000 EcoLogo-certified product...
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Automotive Related Products & Services
, Bags & Sacks
, Cleaning & Janitorial Products
, Consumer Products
, Containers
, Environmentally Friendly Products and Services
, Equipment & Business Products
, Flooring
, Furniture
, Lubricants and Related Products
, Office Furniture
, Paper Products
, Pulp and Paper Products
, Services
Cradle to Cradle Design is a fundamental conceptual shift away from the flawed system design of the Industrial Revolution.
Instead of designing products and systems based on the take-make-waste model of the last century "cradle to grave", MBDCs Cradle to Cradle Design paradigm is powering the Next Industrial Revolution. In which products and services are designed based on patterns found ...
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Carpet Standards
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, Containers
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, Flooring
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, Lubricants and Related Products
, Office Furniture
, Services
, Water Use
Floor Score certifies hard surface flooring and flooring adhesive products for compliance with rigorous indoor air quality emissions requirements. Individual volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are evaluated using health-based specifications. Flooring and adhesives that earn FloorScore certification earn a legitimately enhanced market position, distinguished by the FloorScore certification la...
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Carpet Standards
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GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) has established performance based standards to define goods with low chemical and particle emissions for use indoors, primarily building materials, interior furnishings, furniture, cleaning and maintenance products, electronic equipment, and personal care products. The standard establishes certification procedures including test methods, allowable em...
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Office Furniture
, Non Profit
, Furniture
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, Equipment & Business Products
, Energy Efficiency
, Cleaning & Janitorial Products
, Central Air
Indoor Advantage is a certification for office furniture and seating that verifies there are little VOCs within the product. VOCs are harmful and lower the air quality which is a major concern within office buildings.
The VOC criteria for the Indoor Advantage™ certification are based on emission criteria established in the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer's Associa...
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Furniture
, Indoor Air Quality
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RugMark recruits carpet producers and importers to make and sell carpets that are made without illegal child labor. RugMark certified companies agree to adhere to strict no-child-labor guidelines and by permit random inspections of their carpet looms. By doing so manufacturers earn the right to place the certified and individually numbered RugMark label on their carpets. If inspectors find ...
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Office Furniture
, Non Profit
, Flooring
SMaRT Consensus Sustainable Product Standards provide substantial global benefits for building products, fabric, apparel, textile & flooring. They reference many other certifications that they work with in their goal to certify over 60% of the worlds products as eco friendly.
Their criteria and standards:
Rating System: Sustainable, Sustainable Silver, Sust...
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Wood Certification
, Services
, Office Furniture
, Non Profit
, Indoor Air Quality
, Furniture
, Flooring
, Equipment & Business Products
, Environmentally Friendly Products and Services
, Energy Efficiency
, Consumer Products
, Cleaning & Janitorial Products
, Carpet Standards
Energy and Environmental Design Building, Building Certification, Energy Efficient Building, Building Construction, Non Profit, Flooring, Indoor Air Quality, Services, Energy Efficiency, Furniture, Office Furniture, Consumer Products, Environmentally Friendly Products and Services, Carpet Standards, Water Use, Equipment & Business Products, Wood Certification, Electricity Products, Cleaning & Janitorial Products, Appliances
