BuildingGreen and ecoScorecard partner to simplify environmental rating systems

by AF 0519 h3 — May 22, 2009—BuildingGreen LLC, publisher of the GreenSpec Directory and Environmental Building News, has formed a partnership with ecoScorecard, an Atlanta-based organization advancing green building by organizing and simplifying the product evaluation and documentation for important environmental rating systems.

The partnership pairs a respected and independent source of green building information with a platform that enhances the usefulness of green product information, say the organizations.The GreenSpec Directory helps the green building community find sustainable products, while ecoScorecard offers an effective way to identify and evaluate products against every significant environmental rating system. ecoScorecard also provides documentation of third-party certification for the products in its database.

The ecoScorecard platform provides a deeper level of functionality to BuildingGreen by having all information in one place. BuildingGreen’s online GreenSpec Directory will provide links to ecoScorecard sites; likewise, ecoScorecard will identify manufacturer’s products that are also listed in the GreenSpec Directory.

For more information, visit the ecoScorecard Web site.