California DGS Database

A team led by CTG Energetics, Inc., of Irvine, California was selected by the California Department of General Services (DGS) to develop a database of

environmentally preferable building materials for schools. Also on the team are BuildingGreen, Inc., Scientific Certification Systems, Inc., and Green River Data Analysis. A working group comprised of representatives from various state agencies will oversee the project, which is coordinated within DGS by the Division of the State Architect. The project entails researching existing material selection protocols, selecting priority categories of products, developing environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) standards for the priority categories, and screening products according to the standards. The selected products will be listed in a publicly accessible online database, which is scheduled to launch in the summer of 2004.