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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.

Mission: To deliver Certification programs for building-related practitioners – primarily contractors, subcontractors and trades people.

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
  • 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
The EcoVillage Institute, Inc. (now Green Advantage, Inc.) was selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through a competitive grant process to develop and deliver a training and Certification program for building-related professionals. Green Advantage was officially launched in 2001 in Florida. Over 2000 individuals throughout the United States are Green Advantage Certified.
 
 
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