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Thank You, Green Dot Sign for our Awesome New Rate It Green Sustainable Sign!
Check out this video where Matt Hoots "unboxes" our new sustainable Rate It Green sign, courtesy of Rate It Green Member Company, Green Dot Sign! We love working with Gretchen and Simon at Green Dot Sign, and we will be happy to show off this awesome aspen sign in Matt's YouTube studio space!
Thank You, Green Dot Sign!
To learn more about Green Dot Sign, check out their Rate It Green Profile!
To learn more about Sustsinable and ADA compliant signage:
Sustainable ADA Signage – Top Six Trends
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Global GreenTag Releases the World’s First Modern Slavery Transparency Declaration
Global GreenTag has released the first ever Modern Slavery Declaration for products. The Global GreenTag International MSD™ Modern Slavery Transparency Declaration (GGTI MSD) implements a comprehensive risk assessment and verification process in association with manufacturers on individual product supply chains.
Helping manufacturers to monitor, report on and ultimately eradicate human slavery occurring in their supply chains; the GGTI MSD will, in addition, support companies with large procurement portfolios to comply with … Show more
Rate It Green's August News: Our First 15 Green Building Videos - and a YouTube Subscription Challenge
In our August News, we asked Rate It Green's Members to help us pass the 100 Member mark for our new YouTube channel, to help unlock some key features. Mission accomplished and in record speed. Thanks everyone! Over 50 Members and friends responded!
We also shared our first 15 videos, including companies like Cove.Tool, Trakref, Thermacote, Rockwool, Wooster Products, Cambria, Rheem and more.
We hope eveyrone is doing well in these unprecedented times. In my introduciton, I shared ho… Show more
Stephanie Horowitz of ZeroEnergy Design Featured in Forbes Interview
ZeroEnergy Design's award-winning Lincoln Farmhouse
"We envision a status quo of healthy, comfortable, energy-positive, carbon-neutral buildings made of biodegradable and recyclable materials. Not only will they entirely avoid fossil fuels onsite and sequester carbon in their construction materials, but they will also produce enough clean renewable energy to offset the energy consumed in their construction, operation, and by the owners’ vehicles.” - Stephanie Horowitz, ZeroEnergy Design
ZeroEnergy Design continues… Show more
Challenges to the 2021 Energy Code - Opportunity to Speak up for Energy Efficiency (Act Fast - Comments Due by 8/17!)
We at Rate It Green were already celebrating the Changes voted in for the 2021 Energy Code, voted on by over 1,000 representatives from US cities and states, but not so fast.
Apparently three main appeals have been filed, and the National Buildings Institute (NBI) has shared excellent information:
https://newbuildings.org/2021-energy-code-progress-challenged-climate-and-affordability-stand-to-lose-unless-we-speak-up/
In brief:
The eligibility of some voters to overturn items not approved earlier in the process has … Show more
Rate It Green's July News: Be a part of a Green Building YouTube World Premiere!
Rate It Green's July News is out, and Rate It Green's Youtube Channel is officially launched!
Recently, we had the opportunity to watch a Rate It Green "World Premiere" video, and it was so much fun. The film literally counts back 10, 9, 8.... and there it was, an introduction to Thermacote's Waterproof, High-performance Ceramic Insulating Coating/Weather Barrier. We have also been pleased to work with Rockwool, Rheem Manufacturing, Wooster Products Inc, Solaria Lighting… Show more
Global GreenTag's Product Health Declaration™ (the Global GreenTag PHD™) Formally Recognized by LEED® Versions 4.0 and 4.1
Global GreenTag International, the green product certification scheme from ‘Downunder,’ has just increased it benefits to building industries globally, receiving news that leading green building certification and rating system LEED® Versions 4.0 and 4.1 now formally recognizes its ground-breaking Product Health Declaration™ (the Global GreenTag PHD™) in the USA and in over 167 countries worldwide. With this recognition, Global GreenTag’s PHD is the only ingredient hazard transparency report to b… Show more
USGBC Introduces 4 Safety Pilot Credits
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and in line with rising healthy building awareness generally, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced 4 new LEED Safety Pilot Credits:
Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Space
Re-Entering Your Workspace
Building Water System Recommissioning
Managing Indoor Air Quality During COVID-19
The credits are part of a set of actions the USGBC plans after presented a reinvisioned Healthy Economy Strategy this spring. According to the organization, "U… Show more
Greenbuild Goes Virtual for November, 2020 with 3 Pre-Conference Summits, and the Main Conference/Expo November 10-12
USGBC's Greenbuild Expo and Conference made a decision to go virtual for 2020, with three pre-conference online summits planned for September and October and the Conference & Expo taking place November 10-12. This year's summit topics are: Green Business, Global Health & Wellness and Resilience. While there are clearly great benefits to connecting in person, this seems like a wise, conservartive decision given the current global health crisis and uncertainty. The Greenbuild team can work to both expand and focus… Show more
IWBI Lowers 2020 WELL AP Exam Registration Fees and Plans to Donate 20% of all 2020 WELL AP Registration Fees
The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) announced today that through 2020, it is lowering the cost of registration to pursue its WELL AP credential by over 50 percent, to $299US. Students as well as individuals who are out of work or who have lost their jobs due to the current health crisis, will be charged only $99US, with IWBI covering the difference.
According to Rick Fedrizzi, chairman and CEO, IWBI, “These weeks when so many of us are responding to the stay-at-home edicts that are part of the virus defense present a … Show more
Global GreenTag Releases the World’s First Modern Slavery Transparency Declaration
Global GreenTag has released the first ever Modern Slavery Declaration for products. The Global GreenTag International MSD™ Modern Slavery Transparency Declaration (GGTI MSD) implements a comprehensive risk assessment and verification process in association with manufacturers on individual product supply chains.
Helping manufacturers to monitor, report on and ultimately eradicate human slavery occurring in their supply chains; the GGTI MSD will, in addition, support companies with large procurement portfolios to comply with … Show more
Stephanie Horowitz of ZeroEnergy Design Featured in Forbes Interview
ZeroEnergy Design's award-winning Lincoln Farmhouse
"We envision a status quo of healthy, comfortable, energy-positive, carbon-neutral buildings made of biodegradable and recyclable materials. Not only will they entirely avoid fossil fuels onsite and sequester carbon in their construction materials, but they will also produce enough clean renewable energy to offset the energy consumed in their construction, operation, and by the owners’ vehicles.” - Stephanie Horowitz, ZeroEnergy Design
ZeroEnergy Design continues… Show more
Challenges to the 2021 Energy Code - Opportunity to Speak up for Energy Efficiency (Act Fast - Comments Due by 8/17!)
We at Rate It Green were already celebrating the Changes voted in for the 2021 Energy Code, voted on by over 1,000 representatives from US cities and states, but not so fast.
Apparently three main appeals have been filed, and the National Buildings Institute (NBI) has shared excellent information:
https://newbuildings.org/2021-energy-code-progress-challenged-climate-and-affordability-stand-to-lose-unless-we-speak-up/
In brief:
The eligibility of some voters to overturn items not approved earlier in the process has … Show more
Global GreenTag's Product Health Declaration™ (the Global GreenTag PHD™) Formally Recognized by LEED® Versions 4.0 and 4.1
Global GreenTag International, the green product certification scheme from ‘Downunder,’ has just increased it benefits to building industries globally, receiving news that leading green building certification and rating system LEED® Versions 4.0 and 4.1 now formally recognizes its ground-breaking Product Health Declaration™ (the Global GreenTag PHD™) in the USA and in over 167 countries worldwide. With this recognition, Global GreenTag’s PHD is the only ingredient hazard transparency report to b… Show more
USGBC Introduces 4 Safety Pilot Credits
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and in line with rising healthy building awareness generally, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced 4 new LEED Safety Pilot Credits:
Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Space
Re-Entering Your Workspace
Building Water System Recommissioning
Managing Indoor Air Quality During COVID-19
The credits are part of a set of actions the USGBC plans after presented a reinvisioned Healthy Economy Strategy this spring. According to the organization, "U… Show more
Greenbuild Goes Virtual for November, 2020 with 3 Pre-Conference Summits, and the Main Conference/Expo November 10-12
USGBC's Greenbuild Expo and Conference made a decision to go virtual for 2020, with three pre-conference online summits planned for September and October and the Conference & Expo taking place November 10-12. This year's summit topics are: Green Business, Global Health & Wellness and Resilience. While there are clearly great benefits to connecting in person, this seems like a wise, conservartive decision given the current global health crisis and uncertainty. The Greenbuild team can work to both expand and focus… Show more
IWBI Lowers 2020 WELL AP Exam Registration Fees and Plans to Donate 20% of all 2020 WELL AP Registration Fees
The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) announced today that through 2020, it is lowering the cost of registration to pursue its WELL AP credential by over 50 percent, to $299US. Students as well as individuals who are out of work or who have lost their jobs due to the current health crisis, will be charged only $99US, with IWBI covering the difference.
According to Rick Fedrizzi, chairman and CEO, IWBI, “These weeks when so many of us are responding to the stay-at-home edicts that are part of the virus defense present a … Show more
Stephanie Horowitz of ZeroEnergy Design, Interviewed by Architectural Digest on Architecture and Climate Change
ZeroEnergy Design's net-positive farmhouse in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Stephanie Horowitz, Managing Director at ZeroEnergy Design, a Rate It Green Member, was recently interviewed for an article by Elizabeth Stamp of Architectural Digest: “How the Architecture Industry Is Reacting to Climate Change.” The article discusses the energy use and CO2 emissions that building construction contributes, and the opportunity and responsibility the field has to make an impact.
… Show more
IWBI Announces Three Impressive Initiatives to Support the Green & Healthy Building and Wider Communities in this Time of Crisis
The International Well Building Institute (IWBI) has announced a number of initiatives designed to help and support the green and healthy building and wider communities in the time of crisis surrounding the coronavirus.
First, IWBI will be setting up a Task Force to help bring together experts and further inform WELL Building Standard improvements, but also general prevention and preparedness, and recovery efforts.
Existing task force members:
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., MBA, former president and CEO of t… Show more
Green Builders, Let's Gather! IFLI Hosts a Happy Hour, Fridays at 3 - 5 pm EST
The International Living Future Institute has issued an offer and a call to gather!
"Talk Living Buildings, sustainability, and regenerative design with other advanced practitioners - without leaving your couch!"
The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is hosting a global "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere" Happy Hour* every Friday, from 3 PM - 5 PM EST, until everyone can gather again in person. Join IFLI for 30 minutes, or the full two hours. It's casual and up to you… Show more
Thank You, Green Dot Sign for our Awesome New Rate It Green Sustainable Sign!
Check out this video where Matt Hoots "unboxes" our new sustainable Rate It Green sign, courtesy of Rate It Green Member Company, Green Dot Sign! We love working with Gretchen and Simon at Green Dot Sign, and we will be happy to show off this awesome aspen sign in Matt's YouTube studio space!
Thank You, Green Dot Sign!
To learn more about Green Dot Sign, check out their Rate It Green Profile!
To learn more about Sustsinable and ADA compliant signage:
Sustainable ADA Signage – Top Six Trends
htt… Show more
Rate It Green's August News: Our First 15 Green Building Videos - and a YouTube Subscription Challenge
In our August News, we asked Rate It Green's Members to help us pass the 100 Member mark for our new YouTube channel, to help unlock some key features. Mission accomplished and in record speed. Thanks everyone! Over 50 Members and friends responded!
We also shared our first 15 videos, including companies like Cove.Tool, Trakref, Thermacote, Rockwool, Wooster Products, Cambria, Rheem and more.
We hope eveyrone is doing well in these unprecedented times. In my introduciton, I shared ho… Show more
Rate It Green's July News: Be a part of a Green Building YouTube World Premiere!
Rate It Green's July News is out, and Rate It Green's Youtube Channel is officially launched!
Recently, we had the opportunity to watch a Rate It Green "World Premiere" video, and it was so much fun. The film literally counts back 10, 9, 8.... and there it was, an introduction to Thermacote's Waterproof, High-performance Ceramic Insulating Coating/Weather Barrier. We have also been pleased to work with Rockwool, Rheem Manufacturing, Wooster Products Inc, Solaria Lighting… Show more
Green Building Melting Pot - A Quick Look at Our 100 Most Recent Company Members
Who’s joining the Rate It Green community, and how are we evolving? We were curious at to what we'd learn if we took a snapshot of the most recent 100 companies to become Rate It Green Members.
I was pleased to see the diversity we’re seeing as we grow. 12 of our most recent organization members are Building/Contracting organizations, which makes sense, but we saw higher percentages of other service organizations, including cleaning/remediation services (9), plumbing (9), and real … Show more
Spotlight on GreenCE Inc., our Newest Premium Listed Company
We’re pleased to introduce GreenCE, Inc. as a sponsor for the Rate It Green platform. GreenCE is an AIA Education Provider and USGBC Education Partner based in the Portland, Oregon area. GreenCE provides free AIA continuing education for design professionals seeking their mandatory CE hours. In addition, the organization offers no-cost LEED specific hours and the only free LEED Exam Prep program in North America.
“We are very excited to be working with Rate It Green. Collaboration and innovation are the core principle… Show more
Rate It Green's Open Green Building Calendar
We're excited to announce the launch of Rate It Green's open Green Building Calendar. More than the tool itself and the events we can now host and promote, this calendar represents the idea of expanding collaboration. As a platform, Rate It Green of course facilitates online connecting and discussion. But we all know that when we can get together in person, we can also learn and collaborate in tremendous ways.
What's so exciting about a Calendar? Lots! For one thing, the calendar will accept events in ANY&… Show more
Post Election '16 - What Can You Do?
Rate It Green is not a political organization to be sure, but this community resource supports the natural environment by working with others to lessen the impact of the built environment. We promote healthy and sustainable building practices, and it's our goal to help as many people and companies connect and share informatoin to help green building become mainstream. As such, our goals pretty much make it clear that we support safe air and water, healthy and green materials and buildings, resouce and energy efficiency , reuse a… Show more
See you in New Orleans!
Allison Friedman will be attending the Healthy Building Materials Summit and Greenbuild October 21 - 25, in New Orleans. Email afriedman@rateitgreen.com if you are also attending and want to meet in person. Here's to a great week! Show more
Build YOUR Ideal Rate It Green!
With Rate It Green's Community features now live, it's now time to build YOUR ideal Green Building Community! Ideas for participation include:
Create a Profile, and show off your talents and expertise
Register Your Company and List your Products and Services
Rate Products and Services you have worked with
Start or join a Discussion, and ask or answer questions
Create or Join a group of folks with similar interests
Submit a "Comments" for a Directory listing
Reach out to other M… Show more