ecospecifier global GreenTag® Program
Download the GreenTag Brochure here
The Green Tag® Certification
and Rating scheme was developed over 3 years and supported by a
major Business and Industry Transformation Incentives
(BITI) grant from the QLD Dept of Employment, Economic
Development and Innovation (DEEDI).
Green Tag® LCARate
Green Tag®
GreenRate
Draft GreenTag Standard v3.2 for
stakeholder comment
Application for GreenTag Standard
GreenTag
Certification - Demonstrating Product Performance
GreenTag Downloads and
Videos
Product Category
Rules Introduction
List of
GreenTag® Certified Products
List of Recently Certified
Products
Products undergoing GreenTag
Certification
Green Tag® is a third party, green
building product rating and certification system, underpinned by
rigorous scientific and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) processes. Its
advanced, robust LCA certification methodology developed
exclusively by ecospecifier, is a world first.
The Green Tag®
ecolabel rating positions a product within the top end of the green
product market enabling manufacturers to be able for the first time
to fully communicate the work they have undertaken to improve the
ecological and health benefits of their products.
"I have been involved in many
LCA projects in my time at Visy and am yet to find a Peer-Reviewed
LCA with so many indicators at such a
cost effective price. Given the right application, I believe
ecospeciifier could be engaged to undertake LCA
work for a broad range of products. The great labelling,
certification and marketing benefits could be seen as an added
bonus.
Whilst assessing and
understanding the carbon footprint of a product or system is
advantageous, especially in our current carbon
conscious environment, focussing solely on carbon as
an indicator can ignore and even increase the real and
potential impacts from a broader lifecycle
perspective. The assessment offered as part of the
GreenTag™ labelling program provides the opportunity to
obtain a detailed LCA at or below the price
of a single indicator LCA (carbon footprint) from many
consultants."
Brett Giddings,
Product Sustainability Manager, Visy
GreenTag®is
the new benchmark in green product certification.
It is an 'umbrella' system with two separate
Certification systems contained in the Standard.
Green
Tag® LCARate
A detailed life cycle assessment (LCA) rating of the
product compared to the worst case business as usual (BAU) product
commonly available on the market.
This rating is reflected by a Bronze,
Silver, Gold or Platinum tier
attainment.
Fully Audited LCA is recognised by a PLUS
designation within the logo.
LCARate is a world first program that is underpinned
by the world's first Building Information Modelling (BIM) based LCA
tool and enables industry wide rapid eco-profiling of buildings
using branded product LCA from Green
Tag®. BIM is the new driving force in
productivity in the building industry today and into the future.
LCADesign for ecospecifier will be the key
software tool driving rapid greenhouse calculation of buildings and
retail sector products.
LCARate is designed to be adopted by Government and Corporate
Codes and Green Purchasing Policy as well as Green Building Rating
Tools and retail displays. As each country or region wishes to
launch its own Green Tag® rating
system a bespoke Life Cycle Inventory is required. If this is of
interest, please contact the Green
Tag® Program Director.
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GreenTag®
GreenRate
A certification system designed to accommodate Green Building
Council requirements for recognition, in addition to LCARate.
The GreenRate Program is formally recognised as a third
party Certification System for the Green Building Council of
Australia (GBCA) and New Zealand (NZGBC) under their new Green
Star™ Materials Calculator credits which is a major business driver
in the flooring, walls, partitions, ceilings, joinery and furniture
sectors.
GreenRate Australasia certifies products to the new
GBCA and NZGBC Materials Calculator rating.
GreenRate reflects the attainment of Level A, B, or
C recognition…
representing 100%, 75% and 50% of the credit points in the 2012
calculators respectively and Certification of the IEQ - Volatile
Organic Flooring Credits.
GreenTag® is
already one of the most accredited third party certifiers globally,
being in accordance with:
- ISO 14024 Type 1 Ecolabel Rating system
- ISO 14025 Type 111 Environmental Product Declarations
(EPDs)
- ISO 14065 Greenhouse Gases - Requirements for greenhouse gas
validation and verification bodies for use in accreditation or
other forms of recognition and ISO 14067 Carbon Footprint of
Products
- ISO 9001 Certified Quality Management System
ALL GreenTag®
Certified products also comply with the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's
Estidama Pearl Design Rating System Hazardous Materials Elimination
and Non-Polluting Materials credits.
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GreenTag
Certification - Demonstrating Product Performance
Product performance can be easily determined from
the simple logo where both LCARate and GreenRate ratings (where
relevant) are presented (as above) but also…
More detailed summary information can be seen from
the Product Scorecard report indicating the results of the six key
performance indicators for LCARate that will be available on
product brochures, catalogues, packaging and manufacturers'
websites. The full EPD and detailed LCA, and Green Building Rating
tool credit reporting, will be found on the relevant
ecospecifier website.
GreenTag®
Certification also provides a
full-Green Building Rating Tool Technical
Opinion as to the relevance of the product to all
Green Building Rating tool credits relevant to the country or
region e.g. Green Star™, LEED®, BREEAM™, Green Mark, Estidama
Pearl, etc. and certifies the credits where it is approved by
the country GBC or Accreditation Body e.g. Australia and New
Zealand.
All ecospecifier verified
assessments are included in the relevant country website to attract
interested green building professionals and specifiers using the
site's powerful green building rating tool and credit specific
search functions and significant web-traffic volumes to provide
major green marketing benefits and drive sales.
In addition to full EPD and detailed LCA, and Green Star™ credit
reporting, all ecospecifier
GreenTag® certifications are
included in the relevant country website to attract interested
green building professionals and specifiers using the site's
powerful green building rating tool and credit specific Search
functions and significant web-traffic volumes and user statistics
feedback to provide major green marketing benefits and drive
sales.
The benefits of a detailed product listing on ecospecifier
website are also to be found at:
Testimonials -
Professional
Testimonials -
Manufacturer
Draft GreenTag Standard v3.2 is
avaible for stakeholder comment. Click here to download and complete the Licence
Agreement. Return forms to and register your interest with admin@ecospecifier.org.
The
GreenTag® Standard v3.1
is now available. To obtain a FREE copy of the standard, click here to download and complete the Licence
Agreement. Return forms to and register your interest with admin@ecospecifier.org.
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GreenTag Downloads and
Videos:
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National Advisory Committee
National Advisory Group Committee Membership.
Product Category
Rules Introduction
Product Category Rules provide specific rules for
data collection, methodology and calculations for LCA, as well as
the requirements and guidelines for developing Type III
Environmental Product Declarations compliant with ISO 14025.
Ecospecifier is adopting established rules and facilitating the
development of new PCR's through public stakeholder consultation
for use in the GreenTag™ Standard operation.
Click here
for more information.
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recently added products.
Note:
Green Star™ is a Registered Trade Mark of the Green Building
Council of Australia
LEED® is a Registered Trade Mark of the US Green Building
Council
BREEAM™ is a Registered Trade Mark of BRE Global Limited and
the BRE Trust
GreenMark is a Registered Trade Mark of Building Codes Authority
Singapore
Estidama Pearl is a Registered Trade Mark of the Emirate of Abu
Dhabi's Urban Planning Council.