UL GREENGUARD Certification for Building Materials

UL GREENGUARD Certification, offered only by UL Solutions, empowers building materials manufacturers to showcase their commitment to improving IAQ with products that meet criteria for low chemical emissions. Achieving UL GREENGUARD Certification can help differentiate your products from competitors, making them preferable to architects, specifiers and other key targets within the building industry.

Our certification program has established test methods and emission limits for a variety of building materials, including paint, flooring and insulation materials. The certification process includes:

• Extensive review of raw materials and manufacturing processes.
• Testing for more than 10,000 chemicals in highly equipped laboratories around the world.
• Superior customer support, featuring:
  • Technical support.
  • Dedicated project managers.
  • Subject matter expertise to help solve emissions issues.
  • Global laboratory and inspector networks.
• Product certification to UL GREENGUARD, which are based on emissions criteria from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), State of California and other reputable health agencies.

Choose from two tiers of certification, UL GREENGUARD Certification and UL GREENGUARD Gold Certification, which includes health-based criteria for additional chemicals and requires lower total VOC emissions levels required in environments such as schools and healthcare facilities.

UL GREENGUARD Certification criteria have served as the basis for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) credit for low-emitting furniture since 2002.

In addition to LEED, UL GREENGUARD Certification can help you earn credits in other established green building rating systems, including Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM), Fitwel and others.