Real Estate Industry Certifications

Published: 25 Aug 2009 02:01:10 PST

The industry standard of real estate products as a whole mainly includes the follows:

Certification/standard	Logo	Country	Note/remarks
FSC		Global	Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a globally recognized non-governmental organization which is committed to the ultimate goal of sustainable development of forest (for wood products) through effective management of environment, society and economy.
NSF		Global	An environmental certification of water treatment of plumbing system in mobile houses
CE		EU	CE certification is mandatory for any building products attempting to enter EEA market (EEA or EU plus the markets of Norway, Ireland and Liechtenstein. Only those that meet the requirement can be distributed in the said market.
UL		US	A certification required for any building material products targeted for the US market