The Australasian Furnishing Research and Development Institute (AFRDI), Sustainability Standard for Commercial Furniture - AFRDI Standard 150, is applicable to commercial furniture and contributes to the following Green Star credits:
| Current Green Star credits (Design & As Built and Interiors) | Legacy rating tool credits |
| Indoor Pollutants
Sustainable Products | Furniture
Assemblies Volatile Organic Compounds Formaldehyde |
VOC
Fitout items certified to the AFRDI Standard 150 (at all levels) are deemed to satisfy the requirements of the 'VOC' or 'Reduced Exposure to Pollutants' credits in legacy Green Star rating tools.
This standard also satisfies the requirements for the ‘Paints, Adhesives, Sealants and Carpets’ criteria in the ‘Indoor Pollutants’ credit in Green Star – Design & As Built and Green Star – Interiors.
Formaldehyde
Fitout items containing engineered wood products certified to recognised AFRDI Standard 150 (at all levels) are deemed to satisfy the requirements of the 'Formaldehyde Minimisation' or 'Reduced Exposure to Pollutants' credits in Green Star legacy rating tools.
This standard also satisfies the requirements for the ‘Engineered Wood Products’ criteria in the ‘Indoor Pollutants’ credit in Green Star – Design & As Built and Green Star – Interiors.
Certification updates
The June 2011 and September 2011 versions of the standard were superseded in March 2012. Products certified to the previous versions of the standard will continue to be rewarded until the expiry date of the certificate.
The Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability (MTS) Sustainable Materials Rating Technology (SMaRT) certification is applicable to the following Green Star credits:
| Current Green Star credits (Design & As Built and Interiors) | Legacy rating tool credits |
| Indoor Pollutants
| Furniture
Flooring Assemblies Volatile Organic Compounds Formaldehyde Minimisation Materials Calculators |
Flooring, Furniture and Assemblies
SMaRT 4.0 Standards are recognised by the GBCA as follows
* SMaRT 4.0 Sustainable Silver and Sustainable certification levels are excluded from this recognition.
Formaldehyde
Fitout items containing engineered wood products certified to SMaRT 4.0 Sustainable Platinum and Sustainable Gold are deemed to satisfy the requirements of the 'Formaldehyde Minimisation' or 'Reduced Exposure to Pollutants' credits in Green Star legacy rating tools as well as the ‘Indoor Pollutants’ credit in Green Star – Design & As Built and Green Star – Interiors.
Good Environmental Choice Australia (GECA) certification is applicable to furniture, flooring, assemblies, paints and cleaning products and contributes to the following Green Star credits:
| Current Green Star credits (Design & As Built and Interiors) | Legacy rating tools credits |
| Indoor Pollutants
Sustainable Products* | Furniture
Flooring Assemblies Material Calculators Volatile Organic Compounds Formaldehyde Minimisation Reduced Exposure to Pollutants Green Cleaning |
GECA Standards are recognised by the GBCA as follows
VOC
The following GECA Standards are deemed to satisfy the requirements for the Indoor Pollutants credit for Green Star - Design & As Built, Green Star - Interiors, Green Star - Performance.
Cleaning Products
The following GECA Standards are deemed to satisfy the requirements for the Green Cleaning credit for Green Star - Performance.
Other Claims
GECA Furniture & Fittings Standard FFv3.-2017 and GECA Furniture, Fittings and Mattresses Standard FFMv3.0-2017 certification is applicable to furniture, flooring and assemblies and contributes to the following Green Star credit: Innovation: 30E Global Sustainability - LEED credit: Social Equity within the Supply Chain.
Environmental Choice New Zealand (ECNZ) certification is administered by the New Zealand Ecolabelling Trust.
Flooring, furniture, and assemblies
| Current Green Star credits (Design & As Built and Interiors) | Legacy rating tools credits |
| Indoor Pollutants
Sustainable Products* | Furniture
Flooring Assemblies Material Calculators |
Formaldehyde
Fitout items containing engineered wood products certified to EC-32-17 Furniture, Fittings and Floorings are deemed to meet the benchmarks of the following credits:
| Current Green Star credits (Design & As Built and Interiors) | Legacy rating tools credits |
| 13.2 Engineered Wood Products | Formaldehyde Minimisation
Reduced Exposure to Pollutants |
Paints
Fitout items certified to EC-07-18 Paints are deemed to meet the benchmarks of the following credits:
| Current Green Star credits (Design & As Built and Interiors) | Legacy rating tools credits |
| Indoor Pollutants Sustainable Products* | Volatile Organic Compounds |
Building Insulants
Fitout items certified to EC-25-17 Building Insulants are deemed to meet the benchmarks of the following credits:
| Current Green Star credits (Design & As Built and Interiors) | Legacy rating tools credits |
| Indoor Pollutants Sustainable Products* | Volatile Organic Compounds |
Pre-painted and resin-coated steel products
Fitout items certified to EC-57-16 Pre-painted and resin-coated steel products are deemed to meet the benchmarks of the following credits
| Current Green Star credits (Design & As Built and Interiors) | Legacy rating tools credits |
| Indoor Pollutants Sustainable Products* | Volatile Organic Compounds |
*Not all ECNZ product standards are eligible to achieve points under the Sustainable Products credit. Only the product standards listed above are recognised under Green Star.
ECNZ Standards recognised by the GBCA to contribute to Green Star credits are:
Global GreenTag’s GreenRate certification assesses and certifies products which are rewarded under the following Green Star credits:
| New Generation rating tool credits* | Legacy rating tool credits |
| Indoor Pollutants Sustainable Products Cleaning Products | Furniture
Flooring Assemblies Material Calculators Volatile Organic Compounds Formaldehyde Minimisation Reduced Exposure to Pollutants Green Cleaning |
* This refers to the Green Star – Design & As Built, Green Star – Interiors and Green Star – Performance rating tools.
The GreenTag GreenRate standard awards three levels of certification, which are recognised by the GBCA as follows^:
^ The LCARate component of GreenTag is excluded from this recognition.
^ The GreenTag GreenRate licence and associated marketing information includes a reference to category-specific supplementary standards where applicable. This provides the means to determine if a certified product is covered by the GBCA recognition of the GreenRate standard.
Volatile Organic Compounds
Formaldehyde
Engineered wood products certified to GreenTag GreenRate standards (at all levels) are deemed to satisfy the requirements of the ‘Indoor Pollutants’ credit in Green Star – Design & As Built and Green Star – Interiors, or the'Formaldehyde Minimisation' or 'Reduced Exposure to Pollutants' credits in Legacy rating tools.
Cleaning products certified to Global GreenTag Cleaning Products Standard Version R1.0 are deemed to satisfy the 'Green Cleaning' credit in Green Star – Performance.
The GreenTag GreenRate v4.0 standard may also be used to contribute to other Green Star initiatives. This includes the:
Certification updates
The below list of previously recognised GreenTag GreenRate standards have been superseded by newer versions. Products certified to these standards will continue to be rewarded until the expiry date of the certification. List of recognised standards:
The Carpet Institute of Australia, Environmental Certification Scheme (ECS) certification is applicable to carpets and contributes to the following Green Star credits:
| Current Green Star credits (Design & As Built and Interiors) | Legacy Green Star credits |
| Indoor Pollutants | Flooring Volatile Organic Compounds Reduced Exposure to Pollutants |
VOC
Carpets certified to ECS levels 2, 3 and 4 are deemed to satisfy the requirements of the 'VOC' or 'Reduced Exposure to Pollutants' credits in legacy Green Star rating tools as well as the ‘Indoor Pollutants’ credit in Green Star – Design & As Built and Green Star – Interiors.
Certification updates
The previously recognised ECS v 1.1 standard has been superseded by ECS v1.2. Products certified to ECS v1.1 will continue to be rewarded until the expiry date of the certification.