Greenguard & Greenguard Gold

Why is indoor air quality important?

People spend about 90% of their time indoors where air quality can be 2-5 times more polluted than outdoor air. Products can release thousands of potentially harmful chemicals (VOCs or Volatile Organic Compounds) into the indoor environment. Once airborne, VOCs can easily be in haled by building occupants. Poor indoor air quality can trigger a number of health problems, including asthma and allergy attacks, headaches and flu like symptoms.

What is GREENGUARD Certification?

GREENGUARD certification ensures that a product has met some of the world’s most rigorous and comprehensive standards for low emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into indoor air. GREENGUARD certification helps identify healthier products. As the demand for healthier, more sustainable products continuous to expand, consumers and building industry professionals increasingly demand substantiation of product sustainability claims and rely on
trustworthy third-party certifiers to guide purchasing and specification decisions. GREENGUARD certification provides the market with solutions and resources to identify products with lower chemical emissions, and provides manufacturers with credible tools to legitimise and promote their sustainability efforts. Indoor air quality (IAQ) is closely tied to health and is therefore recognised s an important concern in homes, schools, healthcare environments and commercial spaces.

Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from building materials and furnishings is a majorsource of indoor air pollution. GREENGUARD certification has been widely adopted as a trusted standard for low emitting products in fact more than 400 green building codes, standards guidelines procurement policies and rating systems give credit to GREENGUARD certified products.

What are the certification types?

GREENGUARD Certification is the first vocabulary North American indoor air quality product certification created specifically for commercial building products. The certification requires that products meet stringent chemical emissions requirements originally developed as purchasing specifications for building projects for the US EPA and the State of Washington. Products with GREENGUARD Certification (formerly known as GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification) are compliant with stringent emission levels for more than 360 VOC plus a limit on the total of all chemical emissions combined (TVOC).

What are the certification types?

The GREENGUARD Gold Certificate (formerly known as GREENGUARD Children & Schools Certification and GREENGUARD Select Certification) includes safety factors to account for sensitive individuals (such as children and the elderly) and ensures that a product is acceptable for use in environments such as schools and
healthcare facilities. In addition to limiting emissions of more than 360 VOCs and total chemicals.

GREENGUARD Gold Certified products must comply with requirements of the State of California Department of Public Health ‘Standard Method for Testing and Evaluation of Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers Version 1.1 (2010) (also known as California Section 01350).

Which Shaw products are GREENGUARD ?

• Aventus
• SW 4500 Ecolibrium
• SW 4510 Ecolibrium
• SW 4300 Ecolibrium
• EnviroVision
• Duo Screen
• Duo Block
• Vibe
• Chatsworth
• Linesque
• Orora FR
• Spectre
• Palm Beach
• Mantra
• Le Reve
• Skye
• Karma