GreenFormat is a standard for the presentation of sustainable design characteristics of products and an associated database and web resource that provides a repository for and access to product information (hereafter "GreenFormat") provided by the Construction Specifications Institute.

User agrees that these terms and conditions (“Terms & Conditions” or “Agreement”) govern all products and services (“Services”) ordered by User and furnished by the Construction Specifications Institute (“CSI”). Any User, or its representative or agent, is collectively referred to as “User” in this agreement.

1. Products & Services
   1. User’s orders for Services selected by User will be furnished by CSI’s GreenFormat website or by an organization that has contracted with CSI for providing GreenFormat Services, as the case may be, upon acceptance of User’s order by CSI, including credit approval.
   2. CSI agrees to provide the Service by providing User the means to author, edit, alter, and publish a listing or listings of information about a product(s), and by providing public web access to that listing or listings once it is completed and published by User. User understands that it is in control of the public availability of listings.
   3. CSI hereby grants User, and those who User authorizes, a non-exclusive, non-transferable and limited license to access and use the Services provided by CSI. Sharing of User passwords or IDs with unauthorized individuals is strictly prohibited. No portion of the Services provided by CSI may be disclosed to, copied, modified, sold, or transferred in any way to others or be used in any manner that competes with CSI or CSI’s implementation, use, or marketing of GreenFormat and the GreenFormat service. User agrees to certify in writing, at CSI’s request, as to whether User is in compliance with the foregoing, and CSI reserves the right to audit User's usage of the Service to assure adherence to these terms. CSI may make modifications to, add or delete the Services or portions thereof, or change media or the format of the Services at any time in the general course of its business without liability to User.
   4. User understands that information it provides to GreenFormat may be used by CSI or third parties that CSI has entered into agreements with, including but not limited to BuildingGreen Incorporated, even if User has not elected to make the information publicly available through a paid listing on GreenFormat.
   5. User warrants that all information entered into GreenFormat by User or its authorized representatives in response to the GreenFormat questionnaire or through other data entry methods that CSI may employ is correct and accurate, whether or not User has a current paid public listing on GreenFormat.com.
   6. User agrees that its GreenFormat listing does not convey or imply any CSI or GreenFormat “approval,” “certification,” “verification,” or any other third-party review or endorsement of the user’s product characteristics or quality by CSI or its agents. User further agrees not to refer to any such approval, certification, endorsement, or validation in any communications or marketing regarding User’s listing(s) in GreenFormat.
   7. Acceptability Standards: CSI has the right, but not the obligation, to edit, query or exclude any content provided by User that CSI deems to be inaccurate, disparaging of competitors or their products or services, infringing on any trademark or copyright, be misleading, obscene, invade privacy, or otherwise be offensive or unlawful in any way. User is solely responsible to thoroughly review content and quality of all content provided. CSI will have no responsibility or liability for errors, omissions or quality of that content.
   8. Classification and Indexing: CSI reserves the final right to determine in its sole discretion under which sections of the GreenFormat website User’s material will be classified or indexed, and to make changes to any indexing or classification selected by User.
2. Fees and Charges
   1. User agrees to pay CSI’s fee for Services (“Listing Fee”) as presented during the process of publishing a publicly available listing on GreenFormat. Applicable taxes, however denominated, will be added to the Listing Fee and are due and payable by User. CSI may increase or decrease fees for the Services at any time without prior notice, such change in fees will be effective at the end of the current Term.
   2. A User who supplies information for credit card charges also authorizes CSI to charge the User’s credit card with the amount of the Listing Fee for the Initial Term plus applicable sales tax and other one-time charges. CSI will send the User an acknowledgement of all charges to the User’s account. This Agreement shall become effective when User has authorized payment for the order and indicated acceptance of the Agreement, and payment has been received by CSI.
   3. Listing Services are subject to the following: (i) In the event of a default under this Agreement, User shall be liable for such default. (ii) Any consulting or other work not included in this Agreement will be quoted and invoiced separately.
3. Term/Termination
   1. Services will commence as of the “Effective Date” stated on the online Order Form and shall continue for a period of one year. Thereafter, Services will automatically renew after the Initial Term at current rates, subject to credit approval, for a “Renewal Term” of equal length, unless a written termination notice is provided by User at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the Initial Term. Services can be cancelled by User at any time during the Initial Term or during a Renewal Term. A refund of the Listing Fee, less any costs associated with terminating the listing, will be issued only if written notice of cancellation is received by CSI within 30 days of the Effective Date. Additional listings published by the User subsequent to the first will have the same Effective Date; fees for these additional listings will be prorated for the Initial Term.
   2. If automatically renewed, Services can only be cancelled without incurring a Listing Fee if written notice of cancellation is sent by User and received by CSI within 30 days after the Effective Date of the Renewal Term, which termination will become effective 30 days after request. If Service is not cancelled within 30 days of the Effective Date of the Renewal Term, User will be liable for the fees for the entire Renewal Term.
   3. User shall have 60 days from the Renewal Term Effective Date to pay the renewal Listing Fee. If payment is not received in this period, then CSI will remove the listing from public view. User shall have up to 6 months from the Effective Date to republish the listing by paying the renewal Listing Fee. After this period, the listing will be made inactive and will be unavailable to the User. User will be required to pay a reactivation fee in addition to the renewal Listing Fee to access and republish an inactive listing.
   4. The Term of this Agreement will end and CSI may cease delivery of Service at any time with or without notice to User, for breach of these Terms & Conditions by User as determined by CSI, including misuse or unauthorized use of Services, or nonpayment.
4. Ownership Rights
   1. All Services (including all data therein) are proprietary to, and owned by CSI, its licensors and vendors and are protected by applicable laws, including copyright, trademark and trade secret laws. All rights not expressly granted hereunder are reserved solely for CSI, its licensors and vendors. User shall take commercially reasonable actions to protect the rights of CSI, its licensors and vendors in the Services. User shall not modify, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile or store any software, digital, electronic or online media provided or accessed hereunder. User shall not create derivative works as defined by U.S. copyright law that are based on any portion of the GreenFormat Services, the copyright rights to which are owned by CSI, its licensors or vendors.
   2. For the Term of User’s GreenFormat listing, User is granted the right to excerpt information from its GreenFormat listing and provide said GreenFormat information to clients or other parties as it chooses. This right will expire upon lapse of User’s GreenFormat listing.
5. Disclaimer of Warranties
   1. CSI does not represent or guarantee that the Services will be error-free or uninterrupted. All Services are provided “AS IS,” and CSI AND ITS LICENSORS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE. CSI, ITS LICENSORS OR ITS VENDORS DO NOT WARRANT ANY RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY USE OF THE SERVICES. User assumes all risks of selection and use of the Services for its business purposes. CSI’s sole obligation and User’s sole remedy for defective Services shall be for CSI, at CSI’s option, to re-perform defective services or to refund the amount paid by User for the defective Services, provided that User is not in breach of these Terms & Conditions.
   2. User warrants that for any electronic information User provides to CSI (“User’s Information”), User owns or possesses sufficient rights to the User’s Information to deposit it and make it available to others through GreenFormat without infringing or violating the rights of third parties. User warrants that User’s Information is without error to the best of User’s knowledge and accurately portrays the sustainable attributes of User’s product to the best of User’s ability, and agrees to hold CSI harmless for any claims that may arise as a result of any errors or incorrect information included in User’s Information or entered into GreenFormat as a result of User’s actions. User warrants that User has full authority to list this information on GreenFormat. User warrants that any User’s Information uploaded to GreenFormat for use by GreenFormat end-users is free from viruses or destructive properties (collectively, “Harmful Code”). CSI will take commercially reasonable measures to screen for Harmful Code and to keep User’s Information secure to avoid disclosure that is not authorized by User. However, User and its agents assume all risks, and CSI shall not be responsible or liable for disclosure, distribution, replacement of, or loss or damage to User’s Information, or for damage caused to User or third parties by Harmful Code, or for use by third parties of User’s Information, whether or not authorized by User. CSI reserves the right to limit disk space for data hosted for User. User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless CSI for any breach of the foregoing representations and warranties.
6. Limitation of Liabilities
   1. IN NO EVENT SHALL CSI, ITS LICENSORS OR VENDORS BE LIABLE FOR MONETARY DAMAGES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT (REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY) IN AN AMOUNT GREATER THAN THE FEES PAID OR PAYABLE BY USER DURING THE MONTH PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT THE CAUSE OF ACTION IS ALLEGED TO HAVE ARISEN. NEITHER CSI NOR ITS LICENSORS OR VENDORS WILL BE LIABLE FOR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO USER’S RECORDS OR DATA; OR FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, SAVINGS, BENEFITS OR INCIDENTIAL, INDIRECT OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, EVEN IF CSI IS INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NO ACTION OR LAWSUIT MAY BE BROUGHT BY USER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT MORE THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE ALLEGED CAUSE OF THE ACTION HAS ACCRUED.
7. Infringement/Indemnification
   1. User shall indemnify and hold harmless CSI, its licensors and respective affiliates from and against any and all costs, claims, damages or liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from (i) any breach of these Terms & Conditions by User, or (ii) arising from or related to the content of materials, data or information provided to CSI or to its licensors and vendors by User, including User’s catalog or data that infringes, or is alleged to infringe any trademark, trade name, copyright, patent, right of privacy, publicity or other statutory or common law right of any person or entity or any contract by which User is bound.
8. Miscellaneous.
   1. These Terms & Conditions shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland and all claims arising out of this Agreement shall be adjudicated in the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts located in the State of Maryland. In the event that User breaches this Agreement, CSI shall be entitled to recover its attorneys' fees and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in enforcing this Agreement. This Agreement is the complete and entire agreement between the parties with respect to Services and excludes any document or purchase order issued by User. These Terms & Conditions may be modified only in writing, signed by an authorized person of each party. No waiver by CSI of any provision of this Agreement is a continuing waiver. User may not assign or transfer this Agreement or any rights hereunder. Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 shall survive termination of this agreement. The individual signing or authorizing this Agreement on behalf of a User represents and warrants that it has the power, authority and right to do so and to enter into a legally binding agreement on behalf of itself or for the party (User) that it is representing.