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Certification of Environmental Claims
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Figure 4. Certification of Environmental Claims from NBRC.
For certification to be issued, the center's professional staff must be in agreement. A final report will be submitted to the company for review and, upon acceptance, a certificate and accompanying materials will be provided (Figure 4).
Brick Manufacturers Take Steps to Maintain Compliance. To ensure that their certification is valid for a full, three-year period, each site must undergo a yearly re-evaluation of their process and a paperwork review (unless something in the process has changed that warrants a plant audit.) NBRC's professional staff also will review a manufacturer's claims as verified by the on-site audit in accordance with the procedures of Clemson University.
By working with the National Brick Research Center, brick manufacturers can obtain a "Certification of Environmental Claims" that validates manufacturers' claims about a products recycled material content, use of renewable energy in manufacturing, and reduced demand on precious resources used in manufacturing.
"This third-party certification program is an integral part of BIA's overall sustainability and green building design strategy," says Dick Jennison, president and CEO, BIA. "And, it's consistent with our mission of furnishing our members the tools they need to position their product as strongly and accurately as possible." IMAS
This article is courtesy of the Brick Industry Association (BIA), a national trade association representing distributors and manufacturers of clay brick and suppliers of related products and services. See www.gobrick.com for more information on BIA and www.greenbrick.com for more information on the sustainability of brick. The National Brick Research Center (NBRC) is an organization of the College of Engineering and Science at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. See www.brickandtile.org for more information.
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