Green Globes is the only interactive, online green building assessment and design protocol. It's quick, accurate, affordable and easy to perform and understand.

You do. If you wish to receive Green Globes certification, an independent third-party verifier will confirm the assessment. Or, if you prefer, the verifier can perform the online assessment for you and certify the building at the same time. Buildings that receive a certified assessment score above 55% are given a rating of three to five globes.

There isn't one-anyone can be up and running in minutes. The assessment is comprised of about 150 clear, concise questions that are written in lay terms. Once complete, Green Globes automatically and instantly issues an assessment report along with recommendations for design improvements and resources for making the improvements.

Test drive Green Globes Fit-up

Green Globes is performed online, in real time, and provides all the benefits that working on the Internet affords. It enables you to change inputs for up to a year to keep the assessment up to date. Best of all, Green Globes is a virtual consultant, providing instant feedback on the environmental aspects of your fit-up design along with advice and resources for improvements.

Priced at $250.00 per self-assessment, Green Globes is less expensive than other rating systems.

In several ways. Green Globes paints a clear picture of your project's sustainability. It gives practical advice for design improvements, offers resources for making the improvements, and provides additional information on relevant strategies and technologies.

Green Globes online assessment transforms the way you approach green building. It's a useful design tool that helps you create a project that's more efficient, more affordable and easier to complete.

By verifying that your project has physically achieved the items in the self-assessment through an independent third party, you add credibility-in the market, the community, and among tenants. Fit-up projects that achieve a certified score above 55% are entitled to display a certificate or plaque publicizing their superior design performance.

Contact ECD Energy and Environment Canada at info@greenglobes.com. We will put you in touch with a qualified assessor in your area.