User Agreement

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Rate It Green, LLC User Agreement

Last Updated: January 16, 2007

PLEASE READ THIS USER AGREEMENT AND THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

This User Agreement (or "Agreement") is a legal agreement between you and Rate It Green, LLC ("Rate It Green" or "Us") governing your participation on the Rate It Green, LLC web site, also known as the Rate It Green online community. By using, accessing or registering as a member of the Rate It Green, you agree to be bound by and hereby become a party to all the terms of this Agreement. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions in this Agreement, you may not use the Rate It Green web site or participate as a member of this community.

We can amend this Agreement either by emailing you about the amended terms, which take effect when we send you the email, or by posting the amended terms on the Rate It Green, which take effect when we post them. By continuing to access or use the Rate It Green online community after any such amendment, you agree to be bound by the terms of the amended Agreement. Otherwise, this Agreement may be amended only by a writing physically signed by us.

If, as determined by the Management of Rate It Green, you have been found to violate this Agreement, Rate It Green will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including but not limited to the removal of challenged content and up to and including but not limited to the termination of your membership. We encourage members of the community to notify Rate It Green's management when they believe an infringement to our community rules has occurred.

A Note About Minors. Rate It Green is not targeted towards, nor intended for use by anyone under the age of 18. By using the Rate It Green, you represent and warrant that you are 18 years of age or older. If you are not at least 18 years of age, do not use, access or register for the Rate It Green. We reserve the right to terminate your membership in the event that Rate It Green becomes aware you are under 18. If you are under 18 and wish to use this site, please ask a parent or guardian to register and supervise your use of the community.

Ownership. This site, and each of its modules, together with the arrangement and compilation of the content found on this site, is the copyrighted property of Rate It Green, LLC and/or its various third party providers and distributors. For more information about Copyright and Trademarks protection, see the Copyrights and Trademarks sections below.

Privacy. You have read the Rate It Green Privacy Policy, the terms of which are incorporated herein, and agree that the terms of such policy are reasonable.

Use of Site/Rules. Rate It Green grants you a limited, non-transferable license to use this site in accordance with the terms and conditions of this User Agreement. You agree to comply with Rate It Green's Site Rules, which are incorporated into this Agreement, and with all laws and regulations applicable to your access and use of the Rate It Green, LLC web site and publishing your content.

In consideration of your use of the Service, you agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by Rate It Green's registration form (the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data when asked to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Rate It Green has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Rate It Green has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the site (or any portion thereof).

You may not use any "robot," "spider" or other automatic device, or a program, algorithm or methodology having similar processes or functionality, or any manual process, to monitor or copy any of the Web pages, data or content found on this site, in any case without the prior written permission of Rate It Green. You agree that you will not transmit or otherwise transfer any Web pages, data or content found on this site to any other computer, server, Web site, or other medium for mass distribution or for use in any commercial enterprise. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of this site. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes a burden or load on our infrastructure that Rate It Green deems in its sole discretion to be unreasonable. Unauthorized use of this site and/or the materials contained on this site may violate applicable copyright, trademark or other intellectual property laws or other laws. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right, or any other harm resulting from your use of this site. For more information about intellectual property rights, please see the Copyright and Trademarks sections below.

Membership. You may become a "Member" of Rate It Green, which may grant you additional privileges, by completing the membership registration forms. Becoming a Member allows you to post content on the Rate It Green web site in selected locations in addition to other membership benefits such as accessing members-only information and resources. You agree as a condition of use and membership that we may contact you for the purpose of informing you of changes to this Agreement or describing new services available on Rate It Green. You are responsible for safeguarding the password that you use to access any secure areas of Rate It Green. You agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You agree to take sole responsibility for any activities or actions under your password, Username and Usertag. You will immediately notify Rate It Green, LLC of any unauthorized use of your password.

Content . Rate It Green provides a number of different services to assist you in researching products and services related to green building and design. Rate It Green provides information regarding products and third party merchants, and links to third party merchants that may be manufacturing and/or selling listed products. Rate It Green, LLC is not paid by merchants or other third parties to provide the most basic product or service listings on the Rate It Green, LLC web site. However, Rate It Green is paid for additional services selected by some merchants and/or third parties. Such services may include but are not limited to premium listings, links, and advertising on the site. Participating merchants and other third parties may also purchase market information/research from Rate It Green, LLC. But in no event do such payments affect the reviews or ratings given to any merchant by participating members.

Rate It Green, LLC does not sell, resell or license any products or services listed on the Rate It Green web site, nor is Rate It Green, LLC acting as an agent of sale. Rate It Green, LLC disclaims any responsibility for, or liability related to, such products or services (see Disclaimer of Warranties below). Any question, complaints or claims should be directed to the appropriate merchant or seller.

Rate It Green, LLC does not warrant that product descriptions, pricing, editorial commentary or any other content on the Rate It Green web site, regardless of its source, is accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free. Rate It Green, LLC Network content is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an endorsement by Rate It Green, LLC of any product, merchant, seller or service. You should not rely on such information in situations where its inaccuracy would cause you to suffer any loss (see Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability Limits below). Rate It Green, LLC assumes no liability for inaccuracy or incompleteness in its search results, editorial content, user ratings ( e.g. user merchant rating, user product rating) or other content on the Rate It Green web site.

Consumer reviews and ratings on Rate It Green are from our members who have elected to post a review on Rate It Green. As such, these reviews and ratings are informative for those wishing to use them, but they do not guarantee any level of performance by a merchant or other third party in any given transaction.

You understand that all information, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole responsibility of the person from whom such Content originated. This means that you, and not Rate It Green, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service.

You may download, view and print a single copy of any other content, solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes, subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement. All right, title, and interest in and to the Rate It Green web site and any other content appearing on the Rate It Green web site will remain the exclusive property of Rate It Green, LLC and its licensors. Except as expressly permitted in this Agreement, you may not reproduce, modify or prepare derivative works based upon, distribute, sell, transfer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, or otherwise use Rate It Green content, or any other content appearing on the Rate It Green. You may not copy or modify the HTML code used to generate web pages on Rate It Green. You may not use Rate It Green content, or any other content appearing on the Rate It Green, on or in connection with any other website, for any purpose without the express approval of the person assigned by Rate It Green as the Copyright Agent.

Content Submission. By contributing or submitting any content to the Rate It Green web site, you warrant that you are the author and owner of the intellectual property rights thereto, and you grant Rate It Green, LLC a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable and fully sublicenseable right and license to use, copy, modify, delete in its entirety, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from and/or sell and/or distribute such materials and/or incorporate such materials into any form, medium or technology without compensation to you. In addition, you warrant that all "moral rights" that you may have in those materials have been voluntarily waived by you. None of the materials shall be subject to any obligation of confidence on the part of Rate It Green, LLC, its agents, subsidiaries, affiliates, co-brand partners or other partners and their respective directors, officers and employees. Rate It Green, LLC reserves the right to change, condense or delete any content on the Rate It Green web site that Rate It Green, LLC deems, in its sole discretion, to violate the content guidelines or any other provision of this Agreement. Rate It Green takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted or submitted by you.

You agree that you shall not post any information:

  • that is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading
  • in a manner that or containing information that misrepresents your (protected) identity as an individual user in a way that might mislead others
  • in a manner that or containing information that misrepresents your company or organization or information about your company organization as a corporate user. An employee of an organization posting information about a product or service offered by that organization must identify him or herself as such by posting while registered as a corporate member within that account or by noting in the post that he or she is an employee of said organization.);
  • that infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
  • that violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
  • that is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
  • for which you were compensated or granted any consideration by any third party;
  • that includes any information that references addresses, email addresses, contact information or phone numbers;
  • that contains any computer viruses, worms or other potentially damaging computer programs or files.

In addition, you agree to comply with Rate It Green's Site Rules, which are deemed to be incorporated into this Agreement. You retain all ownership rights to information, text, graphics, or other materials you publish on Rate It Green. However, we can reproduce, publish and distribute all or teaser portions of your content online and offline and permit others to do the same.

You acknowledge that Rate It Green may or may not pre-screen content, but that Rate It Green and its designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or move any content that is available on the site. Without limiting the foregoing, Rate It Green and its designees shall have the right to remove any content that violates this Agreement or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such content.

You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Service, including your Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting.

It is not a violation of the User Agreement to post your reviews to other sites. However, posting substantially similar reviews to other sites or resources may make you ineligible for certain status levels (such as a top reviewer or advice giver) should Rate It Green decide to implement such a system. Copyrights. All content available on the Rate It Green web site, including site design, text, graphics, interfaces, and the selection of arrangements thereof is copyrighted by Rate It Green, LLC, with all rights reserved, or is the property of Rate It Green, LLC or third parties protected by intellectual property rights.

Rate It Green and Rate It Green, LLC are service marks of Rate It Green, LLC. Rate It Green, LLC's service marks/trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not provided by Rate It Green, LLC, in any matter that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Rate It Green, LLC.

Copyright Infringement. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (as amended, the "DMCA") provides recourse for copyright owners who believe that material appearing on the Internet infringes their rights under U.S. copyright law. If you believe in good faith that materials hosted by us infringe your copyright, you (or your agent) may send us a notice requesting that the material be removed, or access to it blocked. Your notice must provide the following information:

  1. An identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed
  2. An identification of the material that you claim is infringing so that we may locate it on the site
  3. Your address, telephone number and email address
  4. A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law
  5. A statement by you that the above information in your notice is accurate, made under penalty of perjury, and that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest involved
  6. Your signature

If you believe in good faith that we have wrongly filed a notice of copyright infringement against you, the DMCA permits you to send us a counter-notice. Notices and counter- notices must meet the then-current statutory requirements imposed by the DMCA; see 17 U.S.C 512 for details. Notices and counter-notices with respect to the Site should be sent to: The notice should be mailed to:

Rate It Green, LLC.
Attn: Copyright Agent
216 Westerly Road Weston, MA 02493
U.S.A.

We suggest that you consult your legal advisor before filing a notice or counter-notice. Also, be aware that there can be penalties for false claims under the DMCA.

Upon receipt of notice as described above, Rate It Green, LLC will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate, including removal of the challenged content from the Rate It Green online community.

Trademarks. Rate It Green, LLC is not in a position to arbitrate trademark disputes between the companies listed or advertised on the Rate It Green web site and trademark owners. Accordingly, we encourage trademark owners to resolve their disputes directly with the advertisers, particularly because the advertisers may have similar advertisements on other sites. Similarly, Rate It Green, LLC does not control and assumes no responsibility for content that appears on a third party's website that may be accessed via the Rate It Green, LLC Network, and trademark owners should contact third party sites directly to resolve trademark disputes.

As a courtesy to federally registered trademark owners, however, we are willing to perform a limited investigation of reasonable complaints. If you are an owner of a registered trademark (or represent an owner of a registered trademark) and have an objection to content corresponding to your trademark on the Rate It Green web site that is consistent with the foregoing, or you believe that we have improperly used your registered trademark to promote the Rate It Green on a third party website, please provide the following information in a signed letter on company stationery:

  1. Name of Company
  2. Contact information (including email address)
  3. List of registered trademark(s) at issue including a copy of each relevant federal trademark registration certificate(s)
  4. The identity of the advertisement(s) at issue (via the URL stated on the bottom line of the ad or other identifying information). Please indicate if your complaint is limited to specific advertisers/advertisements or if it is a general objection to all advertisers.
  5. If certain affiliates or partners are permitted to use your trademark in their ad content, please list the company names in your letter.
  6. Include the following statement: "I have a good faith belief that use of the trademarks described above with the advertisements described above are not authorized by the trademark owner or its agent, nor is such use otherwise permissible under law."
  7. Include the following statement: "I represent that the information in this notification is true and correct and that I am authorized to act on behalf of the trademark owner."
  8. Your signature

Please send this written communication with the above information to the following address:

Rate It Green, LLC, Inc.
Attn: Trademark Complaints
216 Westerly Road Weston, MA 02493
U.S.A.

Or via fax to: 781-790-1633 (Attn: Trademark Complaints)

Upon receipt of notice as described above, Rate It Green, LLC will confirm the existence of the federal registration of the trademark in question and will take whatever action, in its sole discretion, it deems appropriate , including removal of the challenged content from the Rate It Green online community. In the event that the challenged content has been provided to Rate It Green, LLC by a third party and in Rate It Green, LLC's sole discretion, it concludes that the content is identical to the registered mark and is used in connection with goods and/or services covered by the trademark owner's federal registration, Rate It Green, LLC will provide to notice to the third party prior to any removal of content. If prior to such removal, the third party demonstrates that it has its own trademark registration or approved trademark application covering the challenged content, Rate It Green, LLC will not remove the content.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Rate It Green, LLC will comply as appropriate with the terms of any court order relating to the behavior of the challenged party identified in such court order.

Termination. This Agreement will remain in full force and effect while you use the Website and/or are a Member. Rate It Green may terminate this User Agreement and these terms and conditions and/or the provision of any of the services at any time for any reason, including any improper use of this site or your failure to comply with these terms and conditions. Such termination shall not effect any right to relief to which Rate It Green and its third party providers and distributors may be entitled, at law or in equity. Upon termination of this User Agreement and these terms and conditions, all rights granted to you will terminate and revert to Rate It Green and its third party providers or distributors, as applicable.

You can cancel your account at any time by contacting Customer Support. Rate It Green, LLC may choose to assume that you intended to terminate your account if you do not access it for more than 6 months. Following termination of your account for any reason (including inactivity), (1) at their sole option, Rate It Green, LLC and its licensees may continue or stop publicly displaying some or all of your content.

Integration. This Agreement, Rate It Green's Site Rules and our Privacy Policy, (which is incorporated herein by reference) constitute the entire Agreement, and supersede any other Agreements or understandings (oral or written), between you and us with respect to their subject matters. This User Agreement, together with any terms and conditions incorporated herein or referred to herein constitute the entire agreement between us relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes any prior understandings or agreements (whether oral or written) regarding the subject matter, and may not be amended or modified except in writing or by making such amendments or modifications available on this site.

Other Rules. You agree to comply with Rate It Green's Site Rules, which are incorporated into this Agreement, and with all laws and regulations applicable to your access and use of the Rate It Green, LLC web site and publishing your content. You may not harvest personal data (including email addresses) from Rate It Green, and specifically you may not use email addresses unless a Rate It Green member specifically chooses to reveal his or her identity and expressly states that you may contact him or her. We have the right to investigate and prosecute violations of any of the above to the fullest extent of the law. We may involve and cooperate with law enforcement authorities in prosecuting user_id who violate the terms of this Agreement. You acknowledge that Rate It Green, LLC has no obligation to monitor your access to or use of the Rate It Green web site, but has the right to do so for the purpose of operating the Rate It Green web site to ensure your compliance with this Agreement, or to comply with applicable law or the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental body. Unless we explicitly agree otherwise in writing, you may not use any automated means (such as scripts) to access the Rate It Green, LLC Network or collect information from it.

Review of Transmissions. Rate It Green may, from time to time monitor and review any information transmitted or received through this site and reserves the right to censor, edit, remove or prohibit the transmission or receipt of any information that Rate It Green deems inappropriate or in violation of these terms and conditions. During monitoring, the information may be examined, recorded or copied, and your use of this site constitutes your consent to such monitoring and review.

Indemnity. By choosing to use the Rate It Green, you hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless CU and its Affiliates from and against any and all liability and costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by Rate It Green or the Affiliates in connection with any claim arising out of any breach or alleged breach of any of your obligations set forth herein, or your violation of the rights of another. You shall cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim. CU reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and you shall not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of CU.

Release. Because we are a venue, in the event that you have a dispute with one or more user_id of the Rate It Green, LLC Network, you, on behalf of yourself (and any of your officers, directors, employees, agents, predecessors, successors and assigns), hereby irrevocably, release and discharge Rate It Green, LLC, our officers, directors, employees, attorneys, predecessors, successors, assigns and agents from, against and in respect of all past, present and future claims, rights, actions, causes of action, suits, indemnification obligations, losses, liabilities, matters, issues, cost, and expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, including without limitation court costs and attorneys' fees, whether known or unknown, concealed or hidden, fixed or contingent, suspected or unsuspected, in law or in equity concerning, related to, or arising out of any such disputes.

Liability Limits. RATE IT GREEN, LLC ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INJURY, LOSS, CLAIM OR DAMAGE, OR ANY SPECIAL EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS OR SAVINGS) WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, WHICH ARISES OUT OF OR IS AN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ANY USE OF THIS SITE OR CONTENT HEREIN. Rate It Green assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in this site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video or audio from the site. I WE AND OUR SUPPLIERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR MORE THAN $100. CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Governing Law/Arbitration. This Agreement and its performance shall be governed by the laws of the state of Massachusetts, the United States of America, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. Any claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Rate It Green, LLC Network shall be settled by binding arbitration in Middlesex County, Massachusetts in accordance with the American Arbitration Association's commercial arbitration rules. Any such claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, not consolidated with another party's claim. Each of us may conduct discovery. Judgment on the arbitration award may be entered into any court with jurisdiction, and the arbitrator's award shall not be appealable or reviewable except as permitted by Massachusetts law. However, (a) each of us may seek interim relief from a Middlesex, Massachusetts county court to protect the party's rights or property while arbitration is pending, and (b) at our option, we may bypass arbitration in cases of fraud or other crimes against us, interference with our technical operations or violations of our rights or property. To the extent allowed by applicable law, any claim or cause of action arising from or relating to your access or use of this site must be brought within two (2) years from the date on which such claim or action arose or accrued.

Disclaimer of Warranties - Rate It Green. RATE IT GREEN, LLC AND ITS SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND WE EXPLICITLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Rate It Green and any third party providers and distributors do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability of any of the content or data found on this site. Additionally, Rate It Green does not warrant that this site, its servers or any e-mail sent from Rate It Green are free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not promise or warrant that any aspect of the site or system will work properly or will be continuously available.

Disclaimer of Warranties - Links. This site contains links to other Web sites and resources which are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by Rate It Green, its third party providers or distributors of the contents of such other Web sites. You acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible or liable for: (i) the availability or accuracy of such websites or resources; or (ii) the content, products, or services on or available from such websites or resources. Links to such websites or resources do not imply any endorsement of such websites or resources or the content, products, or services available from such websites or resources. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources. If you decide to access other Web sites, you do so at your own risk.

Your correspondence with or participation in promotions of merchants or advertisers found on Rate It Green, including payment and delivery of related goods or service, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such merchant or advertiser. You agree not to hold Rate It Green, LLC liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such merchants or advertisers on the Rate It Green, LLC Network. In addition, Rate It Green, LLC does not endorse, warrant or guarantee the products or services of any seller, lender or broker, including any rates, points and loan programs posted by sellers, lenders or brokers. Nothing on the Rate It Green, LLC web site constitutes an advertisement for credit as defined by Paragraph 226.24 of Regulation Z of the federal Truth in Lending Act. CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Attorney's Fees. If Rate It Green or its affiliates take any action to enforce this User Agreement and these terms and conditions, such parties will be entitled to recover from you, and you agree to pay, all reasonable and necessary attorney's fees and any cost of litigation, in addition to any other relief, at law or in equity, to which such parties may be entitled.

Injunctive Relief. You acknowledge that a violation or attempted violation of any of this User Agreement and these terms and conditions will cause such damage to Rate It Green as will be irreparable, the exact amount of which would be difficult to ascertain and for which there will be no adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, you agree that Rate It Green shall be entitled as a matter of right to an injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, restraining such violation or attempted violation of these terms and conditions by You, or Your affiliates, partners, or agents, as well as recover from You any and all costs and expenses sustained or incurred by Rate It Green in obtaining such an injunction, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney's fees. You agree that no bond or other security shall be required in connection with such injunction.

Assignment. You agree that this Agreement and all agreements and information incorporated herein may be automatically assigned by Rate It Green, LLC, in its sole discretion, to a third party. You may not assign your obligations to another entity.

General. This Agreement does not create any agency, partnership, joint venture, employment or franchise relationship. The relationship between Rate It Green and you will be that of independent contractors, and neither of us nor any of our respective officers, agents or employees will be held or construed to be partners, joint ventures, fiduciaries, employees or agents of the other. Because you are not an employee, minimum wage laws do not apply to your relationship with the Rate It Green, LLC. Our failure to act in a particular circumstance does not waive our right to act with respect to that or other circumstances. We shall be excused for any problem due to a factor beyond our control. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of the Agreement will remain in full force and effect, and the provision affected will be construed so as to be enforceable to the maximum extent permissible by law. Any waiver of any provision of this Agreement will be effective only if in writing and signed by Rate It Green, LLC.

Questions. Please contact us at Rate It Green with any questions you may have. We are always eager to hear your ideas and opinions. Thank you.

Allison Friedman
& The Rate It Green Team