FSC-certified wood is wood that is certified under the standards set by FSC or the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC-certification is given to companies and landowners to verify that they practice forestry that is consistent with FSC ...
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ISO 14000 is a family of standards related to environmental management that exists to help organizations (a) minimize how their operations (processes, etc.) negatively affect the environment (i.e., cause adverse changes to air, water, or ...
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The China Green Food Development Center (abbreviated CGFDC) is the first agency in the People's Republic of China to oversee organic food standards. The Center was established in November 1992, and has been launched its work around 1990, ...
PPG Industries' industrial coatings business recently held a successful seminar on DURANAR coatings at the Hong Kong International Commerce Centre (ICC), highlighting its fluoropolymer coatings and introducing a new product under the ...
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BASF and Sinopec today inaugurated two new plants for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) at their state-of-the-art Verbund site, BASF-YPC Co., Ltd., a 50-50 joint venture in Nanjing, China. Additionally, a new butyl acrylate ...
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CASBEE is a tool for assessing and rating the environmental performance of buildings and built environment. JaGBC/JSBC is continuously developing and updating the CASBEE system. Since we started the development of CASBEE in 2001, we ...
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The NABERS approach to rating the environmental performance of buildings is world leading and unique. It takes real, measured impacts and communicates these in a clear and simple way. Through NABERS, the Australian property industry has ...
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NABERS provides four environmental rating tools - NABERS Energy, NABERS Water, NABERS Waste and NABERS Indoor Environment - to measure the actual operational performance of existing buildings and tenancies. NABERS can be used to rate ...
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Every building has an impact on the environment. In fact, buildings use 40% of the world’s energy, emit 40% of the world’s carbon footprint, and use 20% of the world’s available drinking water?1 Fortunately, we’re ...
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LEED certified buildings are intended to use resources more efficiently when compared to conventional buildings simply built to code. However, analysis of energy and water use data from New York City shows that LEED certification does not ...
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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a set of rating systems for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of green buildings, homes and neighborhoods. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), ...
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Residential building HQE™ certification responds to a general aim to provide new, sanitary and comfortable housing and thereby ensure a better living environment while limiting the building’s impact on the environment. During ...
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HQE is a trademark that is registered internationally and is the exclusive property of the HQE Association. HQE certification is managed by the operator, Cerway, in all countries except France. For over 20 years, the HQETM movement has ...
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Part of the Corporate Services Directorate, SHE Group is a small team of safety professionals based at STFC's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and Daresbury Laboratory. The SHE Group is responsible for ensuring that there are simple and ...
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Manufacturers who pass the audit are issued a certificate by WRAP, which is valid for 6 months (Silver), 1 year (Gold) to 2 years (Platinum). Platinum Certificate Awarded to a facility that has demonstrated full compliance with all WRAP ...
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