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GREENGUARD
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- Air Quality Sciences, Inc.
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- Marietta GA
- US 30067-8791
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- +1.7709330638
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The Greenguard Environmental Institute™ (GEI) is an industry-independent, non-profit organization that oversees the GREENGUARD Certification Program. As an ANSI Accredited Standards Developer, GEI establishes acceptable indoor air standards for indoor products, environments, and buildings. GEI’s mission is to improve public health and quality of life through programs that improve indoor air. A GEI Advisory Board consisting of independent volunteers, who are renowned experts in the areas of indoor air quality, public and environmental health, building design and construction, and public policy, provides guidance and leadership to GEI.
The Greenguard Environmental Institute was founded to establish a true third party product certification program based on proven emissions standards and to provide specifying and procurement professionals with a resource for low emitting products. The program evolved out of the original AQSpec List™ program developed by Marilyn Black, Ph.D. and Air Quality Sciences (AQS), Inc. in 1996. The original AQSpec List program was established to identify those manufacturers and products that had been tested and found to meet the general product emissions standards established by the State of Washington and the office furniture emissions standard established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for their Headquarters’ Project. Originally, it was simply a registry or listing of products that had been tested following specific test protocols and found to meet the USEPA and State of Washington emissions standards. There was not intended control over selection and handling of the products, age of the products, consistency of the performance over time or manufacturing variability.
In June of 2000, the GREENGUARD Registry™ Program replaced the AQSpec List. However, the many consumer and user questions related to manufacturing claims and verification of emissions performance led to the conclusion that it was not enough simply to test products one time and publish low-emissions results. A true third party non-profit organization was needed, to establish procedures, protocols, and verification processes, independent from industry or monetary interests.
