December 1, 2008—BRE Global has presented Medite Europe Ltd with the BRE Environmental Profile Certificate at this year’s Wood Futures—Countdown to Zero Conference in the UK. For the certification, Medite submitted to BRE the environmental profiling of its entire medium density fiberboard (MDF) product range.
Paul Gibbon, BRE Global’s Director of Materials, said, “As an industry we need to make sure that the products and services we use make as little impact on the environment as possible. This is why Life Cycle Analysis is so important and we are pleased that companies like Medite are going down the Environmental Profile Certification route.”
BRE Global has provided Environmental Profile Certification since 2001. According to BRE, Environmental Profiles provide standardized, reliable, and independent information about building materials and components. They measure the environmental performance of materials and products over their entire lifecycle from their extraction, processing, and manufacture, through installation, use, and maintenance to their eventual disposal. They also provide information on the key issues related to environmental sustainability.
For more details on BRE Global’s Environmental Profile Certification program, including a list of certificated companies, visit the Green Book Live Web site.
