Optimizing Your Rate It Green Experience

Welcome! If you're looking to learn about green building products, services, and practices, or to share your green building expertise and experiences, and to be part of a larger green building community all working together to reach a time where we can all live, work, play and learn in healthier and more sustainable buildings, you're in the right place! 

Our Individual Membership is free, and we will also always provide a free Company Listing as well. Companies and organizations are also then of course welcome to support more development and to stand out as leaders by upgrading their listings to become sponsored organizational members.  But it all starts at free, because we are working to build the largest network of people and entities all sharing information for the largest possible impact – and that level playing field helps everyone do better.    

This page provides a high level explanation of how to get started with your Rate It Green experience.  We welcome your questions, and we’re working on videos and other detailed explanations to provide further guidance. 

Keep in mind we’re also in the middle of completely renovating Rate It Green!  We’re revising old functions and designs, including registration (thanks for your patience in the mean time!), and we’re also adding new functions.  This is a great time to provide feedback if there’s something you’d like to see, or change.  You can absolutely affect the future of Rate It Green!

1. Join Rate It Green!

The first thing to do is to click to “Sign up” right off the home page or the top right of any page.  You will create an individual listing first, even if you plan to list a company in the directory.  This is so we know who you are and can verify you’re authorized to speak for your company, if needed.  If you plan to register a company, we recommend using a different name for your personal screen name, as this can get confusing otherwise. 

2. List your Company or Organization – Add Products & Services

Once you have created your personal profile, you will be able to click to add a company to Rate It Green’s Green Building Directory. The process to create a Company Listing is pretty straightforward.  Remember to add products and services to describe what you do in more detail.  Keep I mind that most people look up products and services first, and not a company name.  Many companies of course have multiple offerings.  This is why we give separate space for more full and specific descriptions. The more you share, the more people can learn about your organization and the easier it is for them to decide to work with you.

3. Share! Ask! Post what comes to mind!

As an individual, and/or as a company or organizational representative, you’ve joined a larger community and network where you can find the information you need, or help others find information, or both. Not everyone is an expert in every industry segment, of course.  If you have a question, it’s likely someone else has the same question and will appreciate that you asked. If you can share a lesson learned from a project, or a technique or an explanation of what you do or a challenge you faced, it’s very likely that this information will help someone else out. Ask a question or start a discussion! Start or post to a group! Add an event to the calendar - or send us your article or news you'd like us to host and promote! Check out our ideas for what makes great green building content, but those are just a start!