## [More Sustainable Building Materials and Construction](/services/more-sustainable-building-materials-and-construction) ![man with safety glasses lining a sheet of wood up for cutting on a table saw](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:b63516ba-5fac-4ea2-8d35-225f4e6384b3/as/b63516ba-5fac-4ea2-8d35-225f4e6384b3.webp?&smartcrop=Square&max-quality=90&width=400) # More Sustainable Building Materials and Construction We help manufacturers and retailers stand out in a growing market through environmental product certifications that satisfy the buildings and construction industry. [ Contact us ](#form) *play\_arrow* *pause* ## Breadcrumb - [ *keyboard\_arrow\_left* Services ](/services) - [ Home ](/) *pen\_size\_1* - [ Services ](/services) *pen\_size\_1* - More Sustainable Building Materials and Construction Close *cancel* ### Get connected with our sales team Thanks for your interest in UL's products and services. 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Close ## Sustainability services for manufacturers of green building materials Manufacturers around the world are creating more sustainable building products, including items with reduced chemical content, superior product stewardship, zero off-gassing, reduced carbon footprint/greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and more. But there’s also an abundance of building materials that claim to have reduced environmental impact – with no confirmation. We connect you with independent, science-backed testing, certification and verification services that help you reassure the buildings and construction community that your products will help meet regulatory and performance requirements. ![Engineers having meeting regarding new construction phase](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:407424c0-9393-4665-9e4a-941f4488ff4c/as/407424c0-9393-4665-9e4a-941f4488ff4c.webp?&smartcrop=Landscape&max-quality=90&width=400) ![Certification stamp](/modules/custom/ul_component/components/brand_icon/assets/brand-icons-positive/certification_stamp.svg)### Gain market distinction The booming market for building materials with sustainability claims has a predicted compound annual growth rate of 12% through 2031. Stand out from the crowd with highly recognizable UL Marks, including UL GREENGUARD and ECOLOGO®. \[[Source](https://www.skyquestt.com/sample-request/green-building-materials-market)\] ![Hand holding leaf](/modules/custom/ul_component/components/brand_icon/assets/brand-icons-positive/hand_holding_leaf.svg)### Meet growing sustainability needs Buildings and construction buyers are looking for more sustainable products to help them deliver on more and more sustainability requirements (net zero, Zero Waste to Landfill, low carbon, etc.) from investors, regulators and occupants. ![Hand holding coin](/modules/custom/ul_component/components/brand_icon/assets/brand-icons-positive/hand_holding_coin.svg)### Command premium prices Demand is outpacing supply for more sustainable building materials – and products with third-party certification are in high demand. ## Sustainability services for building materials ### Life cycle assessment *keyboard\_arrow\_down* ### EPD *keyboard\_arrow\_down* ### Product carbon footprint *keyboard\_arrow\_down* ### UL GREENGUARD *keyboard\_arrow\_down* ### ECOLOGO® *keyboard\_arrow\_down* ![Business professionals. Two of young confident business people analyzing graph data using computer while spending time in the office](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:d70a6755-381d-4027-b565-5132dd7e616c/as/d70a6755-381d-4027-b565-5132dd7e616c.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) #### Life cycle assessment services Provide a meaningful and transparent perspective to communicate current environmental impact and guide future sustainability objectives. Life cycle assessments (LCAs) conducted by a trusted third party using objective frameworks and methodologies demonstrate accountability and inspire trust in how your products and processes affect the environment. UL Solutions helps manufacturers navigate the emerging product sustainability landscape. We provide an array of LCA and LCA-adjacent services, performed by regulatory and sustainability experts, to help support voluntary or mandatory reporting, satisfy customer demands, and understand sustainability progress. [ Learn more ](/services/life-cycle-assessment-services) ![two people in meeting with architectural diorama on the table](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:79418594-9b9c-40bb-9358-374cf200a635/as/79418594-9b9c-40bb-9358-374cf200a635.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) #### Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certification Verified EPDs from UL Solutions are recognized and respected by building specifiers and purchasing organizations. As a leading ISO 14025 program operator for independent, third-party verification, our EPDs help buyers understand your product’s environmental impact. [ Learn more ](/services/environmental-product-declaration-certification) ![Construction site close up with workers making dry wall and implementing glass wool Earthwool-Acoustic.](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:a4dae516-5c0c-404e-a946-5d26998df96f/as/a4dae516-5c0c-404e-a946-5d26998df96f.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) #### Product Carbon Footprint Verification Reduce the risk of carbon calculation data errors and build a high level of confidence with interested parties that your product’s greenhouse gas (GHG) statements are materially correct and meet international standards. Select from multiple product carbon footprint verification options to suit different goals or requirements. [ Learn more ](/services/product-carbon-footprint-verification) ![Future ecological city](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:7d1973cf-0c4d-4e24-9229-4e8d913ae232/as/7d1973cf-0c4d-4e24-9229-4e8d913ae232.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) #### UL GREENGUARD Certification UL GREENGUARD Certified products are scientifically proven to meet rigorous third-party chemical emissions standards, screened for more than 15,000 volatile organic chemicals (VOCs). Choosing these products helps you improve indoor air quality. More than 450 government purchasers and retailers worldwide recognize, refer to and look for UL GREENGUARD Certified products. These sustainability-minded buyers can select from more than 90,000 products, across 32 product families. [ Learn more ](/services/ul-greenguard-certification) ![Male carpenter working and holding clipboard in workshop, wearing gloves, safety glasses. Asian male joiner making furniture in wood workshop. SME, Start up and small business concept](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:8e15bbd2-1388-4da4-903d-0f63c2898837/as/8e15bbd2-1388-4da4-903d-0f63c2898837.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) #### ECOLOGO® Certification This certification program is for products that can demonstrate reduced environmental and health impacts. Building materials with the ECOLOGO® Mark go through comprehensive testing against an array of environmental criteria, including materials, energy, manufacturing and operations, health and environment, product performance and use, and product stewardship and innovation. [ Learn more ](/services/ecologo-certification) ![Business professionals. Two of young confident business people analyzing graph data using computer while spending time in the office](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:d70a6755-381d-4027-b565-5132dd7e616c/as/d70a6755-381d-4027-b565-5132dd7e616c.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) #### Life cycle assessment services Provide a meaningful and transparent perspective to communicate current environmental impact and guide future sustainability objectives. Life cycle assessments (LCAs) conducted by a trusted third party using objective frameworks and methodologies demonstrate accountability and inspire trust in how your products and processes affect the environment. UL Solutions helps manufacturers navigate the emerging product sustainability landscape. We provide an array of LCA and LCA-adjacent services, performed by regulatory and sustainability experts, to help support voluntary or mandatory reporting, satisfy customer demands, and understand sustainability progress. [ Learn more ](/services/life-cycle-assessment-services) ![two people in meeting with architectural diorama on the table](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:79418594-9b9c-40bb-9358-374cf200a635/as/79418594-9b9c-40bb-9358-374cf200a635.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) #### Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certification Verified EPDs from UL Solutions are recognized and respected by building specifiers and purchasing organizations. As a leading ISO 14025 program operator for independent, third-party verification, our EPDs help buyers understand your product’s environmental impact. [ Learn more ](/services/environmental-product-declaration-certification) ![Construction site close up with workers making dry wall and implementing glass wool Earthwool-Acoustic.](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:a4dae516-5c0c-404e-a946-5d26998df96f/as/a4dae516-5c0c-404e-a946-5d26998df96f.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) #### Product Carbon Footprint Verification Reduce the risk of carbon calculation data errors and build a high level of confidence with interested parties that your product’s greenhouse gas (GHG) statements are materially correct and meet international standards. Select from multiple product carbon footprint verification options to suit different goals or requirements. [ Learn more ](/services/product-carbon-footprint-verification) ![Future ecological city](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:7d1973cf-0c4d-4e24-9229-4e8d913ae232/as/7d1973cf-0c4d-4e24-9229-4e8d913ae232.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) #### UL GREENGUARD Certification UL GREENGUARD Certified products are scientifically proven to meet rigorous third-party chemical emissions standards, screened for more than 15,000 volatile organic chemicals (VOCs). Choosing these products helps you improve indoor air quality. More than 450 government purchasers and retailers worldwide recognize, refer to and look for UL GREENGUARD Certified products. These sustainability-minded buyers can select from more than 90,000 products, across 32 product families. [ Learn more ](/services/ul-greenguard-certification) ![Male carpenter working and holding clipboard in workshop, wearing gloves, safety glasses. Asian male joiner making furniture in wood workshop. SME, Start up and small business concept](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:8e15bbd2-1388-4da4-903d-0f63c2898837/as/8e15bbd2-1388-4da4-903d-0f63c2898837.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) #### ECOLOGO® Certification This certification program is for products that can demonstrate reduced environmental and health impacts. Building materials with the ECOLOGO® Mark go through comprehensive testing against an array of environmental criteria, including materials, energy, manufacturing and operations, health and environment, product performance and use, and product stewardship and innovation. [ Learn more ](/services/ecologo-certification) ## Meet our experts “My passion is the intersection of sustainability and public health. If we can reduce the exposure to chemical emissions at the product or building level, we can minimize the risk of adverse health effects to ourselves, our children and our grandchildren. This ultimately leads to a safer, more sustainable world for all of us.” [ Learn about Tony ](/about/people/tony-worthan) ![Tony Worthan Headshot 5](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:6beb3c73-3ee4-4464-9518-ea551e10779c/as/6beb3c73-3ee4-4464-9518-ea551e10779c.webp?&smartcrop=Square&max-quality=90&width=400) ### Tony Worthan Senior Director, Global Industry Leader, Health, Furniture, Sustainability | Retail and Consumer Products ![Building contractors in hardhats reading project blueprint while looking at scaffolding at construction site outdoors.](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:1ad77c2d-9d54-48d7-89e5-ad6bcb15836c/as/1ad77c2d-9d54-48d7-89e5-ad6bcb15836c.webp?&smartcrop=Portrait&max-quality=90&width=400) ![UL Solutions](/modules/custom/ul_component/components/brand_element/assets/brand-element-positive/mobius.svg) ![UL Solutions](/modules/custom/ul_component/components/brand_element/assets/brand-element-reverse/mobius.svg) ## Building products, systems and energy sources are evolving So are the applicable codes, standards and requirements. Navigate the shifting compliance landscape with a trusted testing, inspection and certification partner. [ Contact us ](#form) ## Explore other sustainable building solutions ![Male IT technician inputting security code at server room access door](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:9e26a475-c6f4-4aa6-9889-a32b1e9b2c15/as/9e26a475-c6f4-4aa6-9889-a32b1e9b2c15.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) ### Smart Building Ecosystems [ Learn more ](/services/smart-building-ecosystem) ## Explore our other capabilities for buildings and construction Meet evolving requirements for the safety, quality, performance, sustainability, interoperability and security of building materials, products, infrastructure and technologies. ![Building being constructed, low angle view, New York, USA](https://delivery-p133222-e1298791.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:d80c4f94-5b38-4e1b-abcb-ece0e91d6fef/as/d80c4f94-5b38-4e1b-abcb-ece0e91d6fef.webp?&max-quality=90&width=400) ### Building Technologies and Construction Meet evolving requirements for the safety, quality, performance, sustainability, interoperability and security of building materials, products, infrastructure and technologies. 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