The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is the nation's foremost coalition of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to work. More than 6,000 member organizations work together to develop a variety of programs and services, including the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System®, which applies to new commercial construction, existing building operations and commercial interior projects.

About ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.

Results are already adding up. Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved enough energy in 2007 alone to avoid greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 27 million cars — all while saving $16 billion on their utility bills.  LEARN MORE

ASHRAE
The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is an international membership organization establishing standards to provide minimum requirements for the energy-efficient design of buildings.
These standards set minimum requirements for the design and construction of new buildings, new portions of buildings, and new systems and equipment in existing buildings. ASHRAE standards apply to several systems and equipment used in conjunction with buildings including HVAC and lighting.

For more information, please visit: www.ashrae.org

RoHS
The Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), European Union (EU) Directive 202/95/EC, mandates
that effective July 1, 2006, all products sold into the EU must significantly curtail the use of Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent Chromium, Polybrominated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers. Per the directive, the maximum allowed concentration by weight in homogeneous materials is 0.1 percent for each material, with the exception of Cadmium, which is 0.01 percent.