LEED The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System is a third-party certification program created by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). It is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria. Building and design projects can receive a LEED rating for performance in five key areas, including: human and environmental health; sustainable site development; water savings; energy efficiency; materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

GREENGUARD Certification The goal of the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) is to improve indoor air quality by testing a product's chemical emissions. GREENGUARD has three third-party certification programs including GREENGUARD Indoor Air quality, GREENGUARD Children & Schools, and the GREENGUARD Building Construction certification. GREENGUARD's Children & School Certification is GREENGUARD's strictest standard for measuring chemical emissions, certifying that the product has been screened for more than 10,000 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), phthalates, formaldehyde, aldehydes and other particles. Elevated levels of VOCs have proven to contribute to health issues ranging from asthma to neurological and respiratory disease. Products with GREENGUARD certification have shown a significant reduction of chemical emission from their products.