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Manufacturers / Brands
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Search products by manufacturer or brand name.
Product Type
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MasterFormat
MasterFormat is a standard for organizing specifications and other written information for building projects.
MasterFormat is a standard for organizing specification sand other written information for building projects.
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Search by standard number that a product is certified or validated to.
Sustainable Product Selection Is Evolving.
How do you keep up?
Sustainable and responsible sourcing are important purchasing criteria for many organizations. How do you find products that meet your evolving guidelines?
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Three out of four purchasers surveyed have some form of a responsible purchasing policy and 75% of the rest expect to adopt one
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The US EPA issued recommendations of specifications, standards, and ecolabels for US federal government procurement
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Executive Order 13693 requires that 95% of all federal purchasing be environmentally preferable products
SPOT connects purchasers
with the most credible product information
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Architects & Designers
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Streamline sustainable product selection in BIM design with a free Revit, AutoCAD, and SketchUp add-in
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Easily find products that comply major green building rating schemes such as LEED
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Product Manufacturers & Brand Owners
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Demonstrate compliance with green credits and sustainable purchasing policies
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Gain insight into the green purchasing market
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Increased visibility for products
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Professional Purchasers & Government
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Find products that comply with a sustainable purchasing policy
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Find products that comply with a LEED Existing Building and Operations credits
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Find products that meet EPA, GSA and DOD purchasing guidelines
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SPOT Benefits
SPOT can help you automate the sustainable product selection process and collaborate across teams and workspaces.
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Save Time
Add product data to BIM workflows:
- UL SPOT TAG
- Enhanced keyword search
- Download reports
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Find Products that Comply
Search for products with EPA recommended ecolabels
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Demonstrate Compliance
Search for EPA recommended ecolabels and social responsibility information for products.
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Increase Collaboration
Enhanced Account Features:
- Save searches
- Tag products
- Create Project Folders to collaborate across teams
How SPOT Works
KEY FEATURES FOR PURCHASERS
- Save searches
- Bookmark products
- Tag products with your own terms
- Create Project Folders to collaborate
across teams
Find products that meet sustainable and responsible sourcing requirements through the Transparency search feature
Search for products with EPA recommended ecolabels
Testimonials
“...USGBC is committed to improving access to green products that help contribute to the LEED green building system. By collaborating on tools like SPOT we will help project teams with an easy to use search capability to access reliable and high quality product data to help sustainable building grow. - Mahesh Ramanujam, President and CEO, U.S. Green Building Council”
“...By leveraging UL’s SPOT platform, we can continue our mission to educate the Japanese market on the importance of green building and provide practical solutions to meet that goal,” – Hiroki Hiramatsu, co-founding chair of Green Building Japan”
“...New partner coming soon”
“...SPOT helps bring Sherwin-Williams sustainability information into one place so customers can easily find products that meet their project needs. Through expanded listings and BIM tools, UL Environment supports us by bringing visibility to the sustainable attributes of our products. - Steve Revnew, senior vice president of product innovation at Sherwin-Williams”
“...The inclusion of Green Label Plus products in SPOT enables our manufacturers to have more exposure for their products on a trusted product platform and helps architects, designers and specifiers access this information during the BIM process.” - Joe Yarbrough, president of The Carpet and Rug Institute”
“...Together with UL we are committed to empowering institutional purchasers to put their spend behind sustainable products and make a difference.” - Nancy Gillis, CEO of the Green Electronics Council”
“...Together with SPOT, the largest credible, sustainable product database, we are providing a compelling solution to assist the marketplace with responsible sourcing.” - Kathy Abusow, President & CEO, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc.”
“...By combining TABC and UL data on SPOT, we will forge a most fertile environment to add value through Legacy Development, while promoting a culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, living quality and increased competitiveness in the “Internet of Things”-giving way to a better life through data.” - Mr. Hsu, CEO of Taiwan Architecture & Building Council”