Rate a Wall Product
Getting a CRRC Wall Product Rating
Product ratings are obtained through the CRRC Online Rating Portal, a software platform that enables Licensees to conveniently submit product rating applications, pay fees, and manage their product listings from their computer. The Portal also allows CRRC-approved test labs and test farms to submit product test data and exposure data.
In order to obtain a CRRC Wall Product Rating, a company must first become a Wall Licensee. See Become a Wall Licensee.
The CRRC offers four different rating options for wall products. See Product Rating Options.
CRRC Rated Wall Product Logo
Wall Licensees with rated wall products may use the CRRC Rated Wall Product Logo on product-specific marketing materials; product-specific webpage on the Licensee’s website; and/or on specification or data sheets for the rated product.
If you would like to use the Rated Wall Product Logo to promote your CRRC Rated Wall Product, logo use must comply with a signed CRRC Wall Rating Program Licensee Agreement. For more information about the Rated Products Logo, please see the CRRC Logo Use Requirements.
Product Rating Process
- Become a CRRC Licensee.
- Log into the CRRC Online Rating Portal (Portal) and start a draft product rating application (see Portal FAQs and Portal training videos for more information).
- Prepare your product sample (set of test specimens) in accordance with Chapter 4 of the CRRC-2 Wall Product Rating Program Manual.
- Choose a CRRC Accredited Independent Test Laboratory (AITL) approved to conduct testing for the Wall Program. Arrange the initial testing with the AITL and send your product sample along with a Wall Rating Program Test Farm Notification form (WF-3) to the AITL. Please contact the AITL directly to coordinate testing of samples and fees for their services.
- Contact a CRRC-approved Test Farm to coordinate three-year weathering and fees for their service.
- When the selected AITL has completed initial testing, they will provide you with a test results report and will enter the test results directly in the Portal (to the submitted application you already started in the Portal). The AITL will also send your product sample directly to the Test Farm for three-year weathering.
- When your product application with the initial test results has been reviewed and approved by the CRRC, the initial radiative property ratings (solar reflectance, thermal emittance, and SRI) for the product will be automatically listed on the Rated Wall Products Directory. The aged radiative property ratings will be listed as "pending" until the three-year weathering process and aged testing is completed.
- You may also utilize the official CRRC Product Label once your product is listed on the Directory. The official CRRC Product Label files are available upon request. See CRRC Product Label Guidelines for more information.
- Shortly before three-year weathering concludes, you will need to coordinate with the Test Farm and AITL to ensure the Test Farm sends the weathered specimens to your selected AITL (approved to conduct testing for the Wall Program). You do not need to have the weathered specimens sent to the same AITL that performed initial testing, but you will need to communicate to the CRRC and the Test Farm that aged testing will be completed by another AITL. The AITL will then submit the aged test results in the existing Portal application once aged testing is completed. The Test Farm will automatically forward a copy of the Wall Rating Program Test Farm Notification form (WF-3) to the CRRC.
- Once the CRRC has reviewed and approved the aged test results in the Portal, the aged radiative property ratings will automatically be listed on the Directory. You are required to update any product labels that contain a “pending” aged value or Rapid Rating values with the actual three-year weathered data.
Fees and Dues
See the CRRC Wall Rating Program Fee Structure for the appropriate Product Rating fee.
Product Rating Options
The CRRC offers a variety of rating options and product types for wall products. Details for each product type are provided below. Contact [email protected] with questions.
Standard Product Sample Selection and Preparation
For each Standard Wall Product being tested, prepare a total of nine (9) specimens in accordance with CRRC-2 Wall Product Rating Program Manual Chapter 3.0, including randomly selecting specimens from two batches of your product. Specimen selection should be distributed as follows:
- Three specimens from one batch;
- Three specimens from a second batch; and
- Three specimens, for which both batches must be represented.
Remember to include a completed WRP Test Farm Notification Form (WF-3) with your test specimens (product sample) that are shipped to the Test Lab of your choice.
The Standard Wall Product rating fee is $250.
Reference Rating Overview
Reference Ratings are available for private-labeled products. Reference Ratings rely on test data that are already published by the CRRC for the identical product sold under a different brand. To obtain a Reference Rating, the Licensed Seller (you) and the Other Manufacturer (manufacturer of the product that is being referenced) must both be CRRC Wall Licensees.
In order to rate a private-labeled product, submit a “Reference” application through the CRRC Online Rating Portal. Please note that the original manufacturer of the product must authorize the reference to their product through the Portal.
The Reference Wall Product rating fee is $250.
Color Family Program Description
The CRRC Wall Color Family Program is designed for industries that have products available in thousands of color options. Since creating various colors involves simply altering the selection and levels of pigments, products within a narrowly defined color range behave similarly to other products of similar, but not identical, color. For this reason, the CRRC allows groups of colors that belong to a given product line and fit within the same color range to be rated as one group.
Color Family Ratings are available for Architectural Coating and Factory-Coated Metal products. The rating option enables products in the same product line that are similar in color to be grouped together in Color Family Groups. Color Family Groups are composed of a Representative Element (RE), which must undergo three-year aging, and Additional Elements (AE), which do not undergo aging.
There are nine (9) established Color Families for Architectural Coatings and 17 established Color Families for Factory-Coated Metal. Each distinct product line within a Color Family must form its own Color Family Group. Refer to Appendix 1 of the CRRC-2 Wall Product Rating Program Manual for detailed Color Family requirements.
Wall Approved Manufacturer Testing Laboratories
Wall Approved Manufacturer Testing Laboratories (Wall AMTLs) have the ability to submit product rating data for Color Family Additional Element Applications. To learn more about becoming an AMTL, see here. A Wall Licensee that is not an AMTL can also apply for Color Family Ratings using test data from an Accredited Independent Testing Laboratory (AITL).
Representative Element Rating Overview
A designated RE must first be rated before a company can establish a Color Family Group. For the initial rating of an RE, radiative property and colorimetry test results must be submitted to the CRRC for one or multiple products. These test results may be submitted by an AITL or a Wall AMTL.
If test results for multiple products are submitted, the CRRC will assign an RE based on the solar reflectance values of the products. The RE must be tested by an AITL and undergo three-year weathering and Aged testing. Any other products submitted for the Color Family Group will be rated as AEs, so long as they fall within the same color range. AEs inherit the Aged ratings of the RE and do not need to undergo weathering and aged testing. See Appendix 1, Section 4.0 of the CRRC-2 Wall Product Rating Program Manual for detailed requirements.
The Wall RE rating fee is $450. This fee does not include AEs that are rated in the Color Family Group.
Additional Element Rating Overview
Once the initial rating for an RE has been obtained, AEs can be added to the Color Family at any time by submitting colorimetry and radiative property data from an AMTL or AITL to the CRRC. See Appendix 1, Section 4.0 of the CRRC-2 Wall Product Rating Program Manual for detailed requirements.
The Wall AE rating fee is $75.
Compound Rating Overview
Compound Product Ratings are available for two or more products that share the same surface formulation and the same radiative properties. Such products may be listed together as one product entry on the CRRC Rated Wall Products Directory. Products of any type may be eligible for a Compound Rating.
The shape or thickness of a product may slightly change the radiative properties of a product, so the most conservative radiative properties are reported for a Compound Rating. To obtain these values, initial testing of each shape must be performed by an AITL, and the Initial radiative properties for the shape with the lowest solar reflectance will be published. The shape with the lowest solar reflectance will then be sent to the Test Farm for weathering and then tested for Aged ratings.
See the CRRC-2 Wall Product Rating Program Manual for specific requirements.
The Compound Wall Product Rating fee is $250.
Compound Rating Instructions
To obtain a Compound Rating, follow the process for Standard Wall Product Ratings with the following exceptions:
Specimen Preparation Instructions
Prepare nine (9) specimens in accordance with the Sample Selection and Preparation Instructions for each of the shapes/profiles you intend to include in the Compound Rating (e.g., if you are including four products under one Compound Rating, a total of 36 specimens will be submitted, nine for each shape).
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