[Greenbuilding] Rating green building products and services - I can help facilitate that!

[Allison Friedman]

Gennaro - 

This is why Rate It Green (www.rateitgreen.com) exists, so people can share precisely this type of information in a way others can find it and benefit.  As some of you may know from the past, the site is an open directory and now social network for everyone in the green building industry - individuals, companies, manufacturers services providers - commercial and residential - from beginner to expert.  

If someone can answer your question, I’d love for them to do this on the site so more people can learn their opinion!   

When all of our listings have 20 or 30 reviews, then we can really help the green building world - and the planet.  Here’s an example, where you can see that service providers, consultants and homeowners all rated this product so others who follow would know they can trust this company.  
http://www.rateitgreen.com/green-building-directory/products/national-fiber/cel-pak-cellulose-insulation/3125

If there’s a category we don’t have, it can be added.
Any item can also be added.  

We’ve got discussions and groups ready and starting to roll now.  This group seems to work as is (I know it was discussed years ago if there needed to be a format change, and the answer was really no), but if there’s a discussion you want to have in a way that is organized by topic, like a directory and so people can find the content who don’t know these topics very well, then you are welcome to create it.  

A few groups are rolling, with more to come:  	http://www.rateitgreen.com/green-building-community/sustainable-building-groups-all
Discussions:								http://www.rateitgreen.com/green-building-community/discussions


The challenge is that we do have a registration (no fees!) and we do ask a lot of questions.  Not just to post on the network, but to create a profile and provide ratings.  Why?  So we know people are real.  Most questions have the option to click “prefer not to answer,” and we have whole sections that can be skipped.  But we want people to see that they can create a full profile and can choose what they want people to see - the more information provided, the more meaningful the review.

The way I see it, if TripAdvisor can help gather 200 MILLION reviews for people helping total strangers with hotel and restaurant recommendations, imagine what a group of passionate green builders can do.  :)

So I hope someone can answer your question - and can provide a review! 

Thanks. 
Allison 


Allison Friedman
Rate It Green
www.rateitgreen.com
@rateitgreen
@MAGreenbuilding
@NYGreenbuilding 
(and @any-other-states people create a group for!)



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> Can somebody who knows solar hot water heating tell me if this product is
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> http://www.energie.pt/en/products/ecotermo
> It has a heat pump that uses 390W and creates 2900 Thermal Power W
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