Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Find answers to the most common questions about GLOBE Performance Solutions, our verification processes, and how we support sustainable technology adoption.
How does GLOBE Performance Solutions support sustainable performance?
Our goal is to provide every business with a clear roadmap to verified performance, helping demonstrate the integrity of environmental performance claims and enabling stakeholders to make informed decisions.
What does GLOBE Performance Solutions do?
We provide an internet-based platform to assess the accuracy of claims made by technology providers and project managers. By engaging a broad range of users, including vendors, buyers, and other information stakeholders, we build trust through web-based self-reporting combined with independent third-party verification. This credible platform enables effective information exchange across multiple markets, regions, and countries.
How does GLOBE Performance Solutions enable quality-assured performance?
We offer a standardized process and delivery platform for performance verification and quality assurance. Oversight is provided through a global network of qualified testing and verification organizations. Our platform integrates existing conformity assessment and standards development systems into a user-friendly interactive assessment tool, linking performance verification programs globally. This facilitates collaborative solutions based on shared responsibility and provides access to a comprehensive database of verified technologies and solutions.
How does the GLOBE Performance Solutions process work?
Clients gain free access to our site to obtain the highest level of credible performance information. We provide an online screening and assessment tool, support services aligned with internationally recognized standards, and access to a global network of qualified testing organizations. Through a single portal, users can access protocols, international standards, verified performance data, verification reports, databases of existing verifications, and customer testimonials. Clients are also able to post reviews of technologies or processes they have purchased.
What are the advantages of GLOBE Performance Solutions?
Our platform offers free access to viewers worldwide and significantly reduces costs for information users and providers compared to other performance information management approaches. The process is faster, providing assessment and verification results sooner to prospective clients. It also meets the global need for greater transparency and engagement based on shared responsibility.
How is GLOBE Performance Solutions responsive to market demand?
We provide real-time, one-stop information to keep pace with innovation. By identifying where existing standards apply or could be applied, linking directly to those standards, and assembling a global network of qualified testing organizations, we ensure efficient access to information while saving time and money. Our services respond to market and customer needs across key sectors such as energy, water, transportation, and more.
How does GLOBE Performance Solutions facilitate market acceptance?
Through consultation with vendors, buyers, and regulators, we help share assessment and verification costs across multiple stakeholders. We remain flexible to different marketing channels and communication needs, operate a dedicated independent performance information website, and use a common database and social media to share verification information and facilitate communication among diverse stakeholder groups.
How does GLOBE Performance Solutions enable market deployment of effective solutions?
We provide a harmonized, international standard for performance verification and quality assurance. By facilitating integrated and collaborative solutions, leveraging existing conformity assessment systems, and offering a common delivery platform, we help organizations deploy effective, verified technologies into the market.
Who are the clients of GLOBE Performance Solutions?
Our clients include industry and industry associations, vendors, buyers, investors, governments, and other users of performance information.
Why should I engage GLOBE Performance Solutions?
Engaging with GLOBE Performance Solutions provides access to credible, sector-specific performance information on technologies and processes. Our platform offers up-to-date insights on innovative technologies, evaluation tools to prepare and verify performance claims, and a network of accredited verification organizations to support protocol development and testing. Clients also gain the opportunity to promote their technology or process globally, receive feedback from buyers and users, and access linkages to international verification programs in countries such as Europe, the US, and Korea.