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ORGANIZATIONS

• American Indoor Air Quality Council (AIAQC)
Organization promoting awareness, education, and certification in indoor air quality.

• Building Materials Reuse Association (BMRA)
Non-profit educational organization whose mission is to facilitate building deconstruction and the reuse/recycling of recovered building materials.

• Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)
Coalition of design and building industry representatives seeking to accelerate the design and construction of green buildings in Canada.

• Canadian Sustainable Forestry Certification Coalition
Group of 22 organizations promoting the use and acceptance of internationally recognized sustainable forest management certification standards in Canada.

• Carbon Reduction Institute
Australian carbon management company that certifies businesses as low-carbon or carbon-neutral.

• Chicago Climate Exchange
Legally binding rules-based greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading system.

• Climate Neutral Network
Non-profit organization that provides a science-based Climate Cool™ certification.

• The Climate Registry
Non-profit organization established to measure and publicly report greenhouse gas emissions in a common, accurate, and transparent manner consistent across industry sectors and borders.

• Composite Panel Association
Non-profit organization representing the North American composite panel industry.

• Congress for the New Urbanism
Organization promoting walkable, neighborhood-based development.

• Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing (CGDM)
Multidisciplinary research and educational partnership between academia, industry, and government at the University of California –Berkeley.

•Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT)
Non-profit 501(c)(3) organization promoting a shift to sustainable construction and development.

• Envirosense Consortium®
Group of companies offering solutions and strategies to address indoor air quality and related environmental issues in building design and construction, product specifications,and operations and maintenance.

• ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates
Organization providing climate mitigation and ecosystem restoration products, services, and solutions.

• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
Bonn, Germany-based international non-profit organization that provides standard setting, trademark assurance, and accreditation services for organizations interested in responsible forestry.

• Forest Stewardship Council-U.S.
U.S. chapter of Forest Stewardship Council.

• Global Green USA
National environmental organization addressing the stemming of global climate change by creating green buildings and cities, the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, and the provision of drinking water.

• Greater Vancouver’s BuildSmart
Program of the Greater Vancouver Regional District to encourage the use of green building strategies and technologies.

• Green Building Initiative
Non-profit network of building industry leaders committed to bringing green to mainstream residential and commercial construction.

• Green Design Education Initiative
Strategic partnership of the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC), the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), and Metropolis magazine offering resources and info.

• Green Restaurant Association (GRA)
Non-profit 501(c)3 national environmental organization that helps restaurants and their patrons become more environmentally sustainable.

• The Green Roundtable
Non-profit organization dedicated to the mainstreaming of sustainable design with a systematic approach implemented through an array of programs.

• Green Seal
Non-profit organization devoted to environmental standard setting, product certification, and public education.

• GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI)
Non-profit organization that establishes acceptable indoor air standards for indoor products, environments, and buildings and oversees the GREENGUARD Certification Program.

• IDSA Ecodesign
Industrial Designers Society of America offering tools, principles and practices, awards program information, and educational content.

• Metafore
Non-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing tools and information for evaluating, selecting, and manufacturing environmentally preferable products.

• North American Coalition on Green Building
Group of 34 organizations that work together to promote green building concepts and standards.

• NRDC: Building Green
Natural Resources Defense Council, a U.S. environmental advocacy organization offering downloadable tools, fact sheets, case studies, and other info.

• Portland Office of Sustainable Development
City of Portland, Ore., resource.

• Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Council
Non-'profit organization that promotes sustainably managed forests through third-party certification; includes more than 30 independent national forest certification systems from around the world.

• Rainforest Alliance
New York-based international non-profit conservation organization.

• Reusable Packaging Association
Collaboration between supply chain partners who promote the value of reusable transport packaging across all industries as the preferred packaging solution.

• Scientific Certification Systems
Independent certifier of environmentally sound management of forests and of many manufacturing-related businesses. Certificication programs include Environmentally Preferable Products and Services (EPP) for adhesives and sealants, cabinetry and casework, composite panel products, paints, and other products.

• Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
Independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to advance the design, affordability, energy performance, and environmental soundness of America's buildings.

• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
501(c)(3) non-profit organization comprising more than 7,500 building industry organizations.

• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
CEO-led global association of some 200 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development.

• World Green Building Council
An affiliation of seven national green building councils, including the U.S., helping to drive international dialogue on sustainable design.