Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Contact: Andrew Pace, Safe Building Solutions, 262-968-5070

Degree of Green™ Fact Sheet

What:

• Degree of Green™ is a new rating system created to help consumers and contractors determine the “greenness” of home improvement and home building products.

• Degree of Green™ rates products on four levels, with a rating of 4 going to products that have:

• the least adverse effects on human health

• the highest level of environmental sustainability

• the least adverse effects on the environment

• Each Degree of Green™ report describes a product, its composition, advantages and pricing, and offers comparative data.

Who:

• The Degree of Green™ rating panel includes:

  • Andrew Pace, founder and owner of Safe Building Solutions in Waukesha, Wis. (Pace created the Degree of Green™ system.)

  • Lyn Falk, founder and owner of Solterra Studios in Thiensville, Wis., and executive producer of Healthy Style television show on American Public Television

  • Michael Fallarino, a builder, journalist and broadcaster, holistic counselor, and interdisciplinary writer and consultant, in New York State

Why:

• Consumer interest in green and healthy home building and improvement products has risen dramatically. But until now, there has been little information available for homeowners and contractors to judge those products.

Where:

• Degree of Green™ panelists are based in metropolitan Milwaukee and in New York State, and judge products available to consumers nationally.

When:

• Degree of Green™ reports are released periodically throughout the year, and will be published in Green Building Product Dealer, a St. Louis-based magazine serving green building products retailers nationwide.

Click Here to Read the Degree of Green™ News Release

Click Here to See Samples of Degree of Green™ Rating Sheets

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