Environments for Living Certified Green is a proprietary green building program that applies the latest techniques in building science to create more energy- and water-efficient homes. Compared to the industry average home, an Environments for Living Certified Green home will:

• be 20 percent more energy efficient*
• reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent (due to energy savings)*
• reduce internal water usage by 20 percent

Aligned with the EPA’s Energy Star® home program, buildings that achieve Environments for Living Certified Green status are also qualified for the Energy Star rating. The program includes a limited heating and cooling energy usage and comfort guarantee, as well.

Delta Products

All of Delta's green products can be used to help meet the Environments for Living Certified Green standards. To view our green products, visit the Selecting Green Products section.

* Reductions are based on the following baselines: The 2006 International Energy conservation Code (energy efficiency); 1997 EPA EGRID data (carbon emissions); and the American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AWWARF) Study “Residential End Uses of Water,” publication 90781, 1999 (internal water use).