Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership. Partner companies commit to conducting a corporate-wide inventory of GHG emissions based on a quality management system, setting aggressive reduction goals and reporting progress annually to EPA.
ENERGY STAR is a government-industry partnership managed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. The program’s website offers energy management strategies, benchmarking software tools for buildings, product procurement guidelines, and lists of ENERGY STAR–qualified products and buildings.
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is the most widely used international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. The GHG Protocol, a decade-long partnership between the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, is working with businesses, governments, and environmental groups around the world to build a new generation of credible and effective programs for tackling climate change.
Waste Wise is a free, voluntary EPA program that helps U.S. organizations eliminate costly municipal
solid waste disposal.
Provides resources and ideas for boosting recycling and waste reduction efforts.
This site provides information on CO2 sensors and demand-controlled ventilation.
This standard from the American Society for Testing and Materials describes how measured values of indoor CO2 concentrations can be used to evaluate indoor air quality and building ventilation.
The ASHRAE website provides industry updates and standards. ASHRAE standards relevant to this credit include ASHRAE 55 2004: Thermal Comfort Conditions for Human Occupancy, and ANSI/ASHRAE 62.1 2007: Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality.
The Energy Star website provides a listing of all the product types eligible for an Energy Star rating.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has created principles, criteria and indicators for guiding forest management toward sustainable outcomes. FSC coordinates the development of forest management standards for geographic regions all over the world. See the Referenced Standard section for more information about FSC-certified products.