Bid to make purchase of green building products easy

The notion of green building is the latest fad at the moment and the whole of the United States of America has firm conviction on it and considers it to be the best ploy to shun the ongoing downturn and its perilous consequences.

I think that you are also acquainted with this concept. Green building is an outcome of a design which focuses on increasing the efficiency of resource use — energy, water, and materials — while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment during the building’s lifecycle, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal. This leads to a new aspect, there is a rise in the number of products aiming to help attain a certain level of greenness in commercial and residential buildings.

However, at the same time the purchase of these products meant for the construction of green buildings is not easy. The major reason is that people are still perplexed regarding the ideal definition of green and what certifications for those green projects actually mean.

Nonetheless there is nothing to worry since experts assume that the recently released report of Atlanta-based Air Quality Sciences will be able to clear off the reigning confusions. What is the report then? It has been found, that the report “Primary Green Product Standards and Certification Programs: A Comparison,” expands on research from one of McGraw-Hill Construction’s SmartMarket reports, and explores in-depth eight certifications. These include Energy Star, WaterSense, Cradle to Cradle, GreenGuard, Green Seal, the GreenSpec Directory, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI).

Speaking on this, Tony Worthan, President and COO of AQS asserted, “Even though green product standards and certifications offer helpful guidance and assurances, there are significant differences, which lead to confusion in the marketplace.” “Specifiers, building owners, contractors, homebuilders and consumers need a clear understanding of what each program offers and what it means when a product carries a particular certification mark.”