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Overview and Update for the SMT
Dan Ryan
Standard Technical Panel Chair
UL Environment
August 25, 2010
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Agenda
• UL Environment Overview
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Company
Mission
Strategy
Product Services Offering
ULE Standards vs. UL Standards
Current Standards Activities
General Standards Content
Market Reception
• Q&A
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Company
• UL Environment is …
o UL’s global environmental certification and
validation business
o Partnering with manufacturers and service
organizations to test, validate and certify
environmentally sustainable products, services,
and companies
o Developing a publicly available database where
all validated and certified products and services
will be listed
o Offering training courses and advisory services
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Mission
To encourage respect for and
stewardship of our environment, UL
Environment helps support the
growth and development of
sustainable products, services and
organizations in the global
marketplace through standards
development, educational services,
and independent third party
assessment and certification.
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“A New Core”
Strategy
• Build the environmental pillar of UL
• Operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary focused
exclusively on environmental services for products,
services and companies
• Customer centric company culture focused on
partnering with customers and delivering services
that exceed expectations
• Corporate growth through the development of new,
leading edge service offerings and M&A /
partnership activities
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Market - “Green Land Rush” Continues
Competitors
Manufacturers, Retailers & Industry
Associations
US Federal & State Government
Europe & Asia
Entering period when leaders emerge and consolidation begins
Product Service Offerings
Environmental Claims
Validation (ECV)SM
Sustainable Products
Certification (SPC)SM
Energy Efficiency
Certification (EEC)SM
Description: a validation
program for environmental
claims on attributes of the
product, can be single
attribute or a combination of
attributes related to a
product or process
Description: a certification
program for existing
environmentally preferred
product standards
Description: a certification
program for existing energy
efficiency regulations and
requirements
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UL Standards vs. ULE Standards
Minimum safety standards
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Standards to identify
leadership products,
services, and companies
with regard to
sustainability.
Current ULE Standards Activities
• ULE ICR100 – Gypsum Board
• ULE ICR 102 – Commercial Doors
• ULE ICR 105 – Suspended Ceiling
Tiles
• ULE 880 – Sustainable Companies –
Manufacturers
• ULE 881 – Sustainable Companies –
Service Organizations
• ULE ICR ??? – Luminaires
• AHAM/ULE/CSA ??? – Refrigerators
• ULE ICR ??? – Cell Phones
Upcoming ULE Standards Activities
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ULE ICR ??? – Thermal Insulation Materials
ULE ICR ??? – Roofing Products and Systems
ULE ICR ??? – Windows and Glazing Materials
ULE ICR ??? – Stone, Clay, Ceramic, and Glass
Building Materials
• ULE ICR ??? – Plastics
• Activities launching from ULE acquisitions of other
companies
ULE Product Standards
Include sections on:
1. Compliance, Evaluation and
Assessment Criteria
2. Materials
3. Energy
4. Health and Environment
5. Product Performance and Use
6. Product Stewardship
7. Innovation
ULE Company Standards
Include sections on:
1.Governance for Sustainability
2.Environment
3.Workforce
4.Customers and Suppliers
5.Social and Community
Engagement
People are talking about UL Environment
MarcGunther.com
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What Are They Saying?
“Underwriters Laboratories, whose ubiquitous productsafety labels have literally made it a household name for
more than a century, is pushing hard to make a new
name for itself as a global environmental-standards
tester.”
“Efforts to clarify what is green and what is not have
fallen to individual manufacturers and a broad spectrum
of certifying entities that use multiple, and oftentimes conflicting,
standards. Underwriters Laboratories hopes
to change that.”
“… UL, a 115 year-old organization whose "UL" certification
logo is ubiquitous on electric and other products, has a long
history as a leading product safety testing organization. As
[UL] viewed the proliferation of eco-labels and certification
marks, they saw an opportunity to bring order to the chaos.”
MarcGunther.com
“While each new player has the potential to add to the
confusion, UL Environment, with its recognized name, could
help educate designers about the need for reputable thirdparty [sustainable product] testing.”
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“How do we know that those [eco] claims are true? One
organization that could emerge as a standard-setter, factchecker, product-tester and verifier has been around for
more than a century—Underwriters Laboratories.”
Questions?