UL Environment, or U.L.E., new subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories that is launching global environmental-standards, has awarded its first product certification to EcoRock, a recycled drywall.
UL Environment
gave Serious Materials in Sunnyvale, Calif., an environmental
certification that will help the company sell EcoRock panels for
building projects aiming for LEED certification from the USGBC.
The company will soon test a number of other products in line for environmental certification, including sunglasses, wind turbines, dishwashers and televisions, said the vice president and general manager of U.L.E., Marcello Manca.
RESOURCE: UL Environment
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