What is the difference between Pharos and GreenSpec?
GreenSpec includes guidance on what green attributes are important for each product category and provides a vetted list of green products, based on an overall life-cycle approach and the best judgment of BuildingGreen’s expert team. These selections take into account operational performance, such as a product’s impact on energy use, water use, and building durability. Pharos provides data and a transparent scoring system focused on each product’s make-up, especially as it relates to toxicity and health hazards. It contains a wealth of data on products in each category covered, not only the greenest products. And the Chemical and Material Library provides a way to research toxicity and ecological concerns about ingredients from any product.
