About Green Advantage®

Welcome to Green Advantage® – the green building Environmental Certification program that brings consumers together with certified building practitioners who have proven knowledge about green building techniques and approaches.

Vision

Our vision is that buildings throughout the world are constructed in an environmentally sensitive manner that supports social and economic sustainability.

Mission

Green Advantage's mission is to be the preeminent certifier of building organizations and practitioners nationally and internationally.

Aim

Green Advantage® produces certification programs, benefits, and services for building sector practitioners and organizations, and promotes green building education.

Established with grant funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and, The Nature Conservancy, Green Advantage® was developed in collaboration with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and the University of Florida.

Green Advantage® goals are:

Elevating standards of practitioners and organizations with regard to energy efficiency and sustainable design

• Elevating standards of practitioners and organizations with regard to energy efficiency and sustainable design.
• Enhancing capabilities of practitioners and organizations to deliver energy efficient, sustainable building design and development technologies and applications to consumers
• Consumer protection through increased public awareness, knowledge and access to information about design and building practitioners' level of proficiency with regard to energy efficiency and sustainable building materials and technologies
• Demonstrating that Certification is a market advantage in attracting customers
• Enabling public and private sector officials to use Certification as a prerequisite or screening device during the contract bidding process