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U.S. Green Building Council Releases New LEED v5 Rating System for Sustainable Buildings

LEED v5 Launches with New Standards for Greener Buildings LEED v5 was launched April 28, 2025, updating LEED’s green building rating system which has been in place for the past 25 years. Building owners may now use LEED v5 registration for their Building Design and Construction (BD+C) and Interior Design + Construction (ID+C) projects. As […]

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Mas Certified Green ® Program Now a Part of U.S. EPA’s Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program

The MAS Certified Green ® Program is proud to announce its inclusion in the U.S. EPA’sRecommendations of Specifications, Standards, and Ecolabels for Federal Purchasing (theEnvironmentally Preferable Purchasing Program www.epa.gov/greenerproducts) as a recognized and preferred certification program for construction materials and office furniture. This marks another advancement in the growth of the MAS Certified Green ®

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FTC Green Guides Update Seeks to Prevent Greenwashing

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has just closed a comment period seeking information and input from stakeholders regarding its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims (i.e., FTC’s Green Guides). First published in 1992 and last revised in 2012, the Green Guides are non-enforceable guidelines designed to prevent manufacturers from publishing false or misleading

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VOC Emissions Testing and VOC Content Testing

As a laboratory that provides testing services and third-party certification for manufacturers seeking designation that their products are “green”, we are often asked the difference between VOC emissions testing and VOC content testing. There is a difference. VOC emissions testing identifies both the type of VOC compounds emitted from a product into the air we

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Healthy Indoor Air and the Fight Against COVID-19

COVID-19 has been demonstrated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to adversely affect individuals with pre-existing health conditions such as heart disease, compromised immune systems, and diabetes to a greater extent than people without such conditions. Chemical compounds emitted from furniture and building products affect indoor air quality that could potentially compromise the

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