Material Health Open Innovation Symposium III

KEYNOTE

Rolf

Designing Safer Indoor Environments

Halden, ASU’s Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering

IDEA in the Early 2000s: Anonymous Health Screening Using Wastewater

(Manufacturing) Building

Time It Takes for a Technology to Be Adopted?

Time It Takes for a Technology to Be Adopted?

Anonymous Health Screening Using Wastewater Measure in real- time in sewage in buildings:

Hazards present

Acknowledgements

HPDC

Wendy Vittori, Indro Mondal, Nivedita Biyani, many others

Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering, Arizona Sate University

Profs. Rolf Halden, Matthew Scotch, Arvind Varsani, Efrem Lim, Brenda Hogue

Drs. Erin Driver, Simona Kraberger, Adam Gushgari; Devin Bowes, LaRinda Holland, Rafaela Fontenele, Nivedita Biyani, Joshua Steele, Varun Kelkar, Sangeet Adhikari, Kathleen Click, Alyssa Carlson, Allison Binsfeld, Sonja Savic, Jillian Wright, Bridger Johnston, Akhil Mahant, Melanie Newell, Dianne Price, AND MANY OTHERS

City of Tempe Staff

Rosa Inchausti: Director, Strategic Management & Diversity

Wydale Holmes: Project Manager & Data Analyst

Dr. Stephanie Deitrick: Enterprise GIS Manager

William Manning: GIS Staff

Richard Dalton: Environmental Compliance Supervisor

Christopher Garcia: Environmental Compliance Specialist

Andrea Glass: Fire Department

Phillip Brown: Civil Engineer

Hillary Cummings: Tempe Community Council Program Director

AND MANY OTHERS

Contact:

rolf.halden@asu.edu

CASE STUDIES

MATERIAL HEALTH INNOVATORS

Mikhail Davis, Interface

Davis, Director of Technical Sustainability

Mikhail

Carpet Tile Cross - Section

What is Interface’s non-vinyl CQuestBio carpet tile made of?

Yarn / Pile: 75-95% total recycled content, PCR content (50% standard) from sources like fishing nets and old carpet

Primary Backing

Latex: 82% recycled (post-industrial limestone and recycled & virgin VAE plastic w/ carbon capture content)

Thermoplastic Composite: 83% recycled or bio-based limestone filler, bio-resin, EVA plastic, bio-oil and bio-filler

Fiberglass

Thermoplastic Composite (see above)

2022 Data

A lifecycle

Typical petrochemical pathway to make nylon6 (polyamide 6)

wants to climb Mt. Sustainability with us?”

“Who

From one Interiors brand, to dozens

And hundreds more in Apparel, etc.

Annmarie Ott, Saint Gobain

Evelyn Ritter, Toxnot

A STRONG GLOBAL GROUP

DEFINITIONS

Material Health – as assessment of how the materials used in product can affect human health and the environment, with an emphasis on how avoiding or eliminating toxic chemicals while taking action to choose safer materials.

Product Stewardship - is the act of minimizing the health, safety, environmental, and social impacts of a product and its packaging throughout all lifecycle stages, while also maximizing economic benefits.

ROBOTOX = Material Health + Product Stewardship

ROBOTOX STEPS

The Wallcovering Industry

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Clean Vinyl Technology™: A Brief History

Chemical Component Common Use Health Risks Len-Tex CVT Component References

Phthalates Plasticizer/ softener in Film and Inks

Classified as endocrine disruptors; exposure to phthalates has been reported to result in increased incidence of developmental abnormalities Eastman DOTP, Citrate plasticizer

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/201525/documents/biomonitoring- phthalates.pdf https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2011/CPSC-Adopts-TestingRequirements-for-Phthalates-in-Childrens-Toys-and-Child-Care-Articles-Stayof- Enforcement-for-Testing-Until-December-31-2011 https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-undertsca/phthalates http://www.eastman.com/Literature_Center/Internal/L243.pdf

Barium Film Stabilizer May cause gastrointestinal problems and muscle weakness Calcium

Antimony Film Fire Retardant

Arsenic Biocide/ Anti- microbial

Carcinogen under CA Prop 65; linked to skin and eye irritation; Inflammation of the lungs bronchitis, emphysema Aluminium trihydrate (ATH)

Recognized Carcinogen and Development Toxicant (CA-P65) linked to cancer, gastrointestinal effects, nervous system disorders and skin irritations UltraFresh®

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaqs/tf.asp?id=326&tid=57 http://www.pvc.org/en/p/calcium-zinc-stabilisers

http://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/proposition-65-list https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/ antimonycompounds.pdf

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2014-03/documents/ arsenic_factsheet_cdc_2013.pdf http://www.ultra-fresh.com/ultra-fresh/

http://www.healthybuilding.net/uploads/files/formaldehyde-found-inbuilding-materials.pdf https://www.epa.gov/formaldehyde https://www.scsglobalservices.com/files/standards/IAQ_GUI_F-Free_V10_011510.pdf

Phenol

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/phenol.pdf http://berkeleyanalytical.com/lab-services/voc-emissions-testing http://www.chps.net/dev/Drupal/node/445

Len-Tex’s Product Certifications

Clean Vinyl Technology™

Certified Environmental Facts®

Len‐Tex Corporation

Clean Vinyl Technology Wallcoverings with Non‐Woven Backing

Facility Location: North Walpole, NH

Certification Period: August 1, 2020 ‐ July 31, 2023

Certification Number: 20‐0192

Product Specific:

Total Recycled Content1

Company: Product: 3% 3% 0%

Pre‐Consumer Post‐Consumer

Carbon Footprint (kg CO2 eq/m2)2 2 Biobased Content1

Take Back Recycling Program1

Published Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)3

NSF 342 Certification Low‐Emitting Materials4

SCS Global Services5 CA Prop 65 Compliant Material Ingredient Reporting: Health Product Declaration (HPD)6

Indoor Advantage Gold Yes

Len‐Tex Corporation

Clean Vinyl Technology Wallcoverings with Woven Backing

Facility Location: North Walpole, NH

Certification Period: August 1, 2020 ‐ July 31, 2023

Certification Number: 20‐0191

Product Specific: Carbon Footprint (kg CO2 eq/m2)1 2.0 Biobased Content2

Take Back Recycling Program3

Published Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)4 NSF 342 Certification

Low‐Emitting Materials5

SCS Global Services6 CA Prop 65 Compliant

Material Ingredient Reporting: Health Product Declaration (HPD)7

Yes Yes 8% Yes

Baseline Period: 36%

Evaluation Period:

and v4.1.

4. Collaborative for High Performance Schools Product.

5. This meets the requirements of LEED v4 and v4.1 EQ Credit: Low‐Emitting Materials.

7. All reductions benchmarked to production.

Waste Diversion from Landfill10 August 2015 ‐ July 2016 Evaluation Period: August 2018 ‐ July 2019

Yes Conformant Certified 6%

Manufacturing Specific8: Carbon Footprint Reduction9 1% Waste to Landfill Reduction

hazardous and

2 emissions only. Yes Indoor Advantage Gold © Copyright 2020 by GreenCircle Certified, LLC

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Clean Vinyl Technology™- Bio Based

Certified Environmental Facts®

Certified Environmental Facts®

Len‐Tex Corporation Clean Vinyl Technology Wallcoverings with Non‐Woven Backing

Facility Location: North Walpole, NH

Certification Period: August 1, 2020 ‐ July 31, 2023

Certification Number: 21‐0590

Company: Product: 3% 3% 0%

Product Specific: Total Recycled Content1 Pre‐Consumer Post‐Consumer Embodied Carbon (kg CO2 eq/m2)2 1.9

Biobased Content1 Take Back Recycling Program1 Published Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)3 Yes Low‐Emitting Materials4

SCS Global Services5

CA Prop 65 Compliant6

Material Ingredient Reporting: Health Product Declaration (HPD)7

Indoor Advantage Gold    Yes

Manufacturing Specific8: Carbon Footprint Reduction9 1% Waste to Landfill Reduction Waste Diversion from Landfill10

Baseline Period: 36%

Evaluation Period:

August 2015 ‐ July 2016 August 2018 ‐ July 2019

For more information on the Certified Environmental Facts of this product, please contact: info@GreenCircleCertified.com. www.GreenCircleCertified.com

* Attributes in green contribute to LEED v4 and v4.1 credits.

1. This material meets the requirements for LEED 4.1 Sourcing of Raw Materials: Bio‐based  materials. It is valued at 50% of cost multiplied by the biobased content.

2. The value is taken from a Len‐Tex specific EPD. This is global warming potential for cradle‐to‐gate  life cycle stage (A1‐A3). Based on a 20oz backing.

3. This meets the requirements of LEED v4 and v4.1 MR Credit: Building Product Disclosure and  Optimization ‐ Environmental Product Declarations. This attribute contributes one product under  LEED v4 and v4.1.

4. Collaborative for High Performance Schools Product.

5. This meets the requirements of LEED v4 and v4.1 EQ Credit: Low‐Emitting Materials.

6. Testing conducted by SGS to verify compliance with US California Proposition 65 ‐ Lead and  Phthalate Content.

7. This meets the requirements of LEED v4 and v4.1 MR Credit: Building Product Disclosure and  Optimization ‐ Material Ingredients. This attribute contributes one product under LEED v4 and v4.1.

8. All reductions benchmarked to production.

9. Scope 2 emissions only.

10. Includes both hazardous and non‐hazardous material streams.

Len‐Tex Corporation Clean Vinyl Technology Wallcoverings with Woven Backing Facility Location: North Walpole, NH

Certification Period: August 1, 2020 ‐ July 31, 2023 Certification Number: 22‐0422

Product Specific: Embodied Carbon (kg CO2 eq/m2)1 2.0 Biobased Content2 Take Back Recycling Program3 Published Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)4

Low‐Emitting Materials5 SCS Global Services6 CA Prop 65 Compliant7

Material Ingredient Reporting: Health Product Declaration (HPD)8

Indoor Advantage Gold  Yes

Company: Product: Yes

Manufacturing Specific9: Carbon Footprint Reduction10 1% Waste to Landfill Reduction Waste Diversion from Landfill11 August 2015 ‐ July 2016 Evaluation Period: August 2018 ‐ July 2019 For more information on the Certified Environmental Facts of this product, please contact: info@GreenCircleCertified.com. www.GreenCircleCertified.com

Baseline Period: 36%

* Attributes in green contribute to LEED v4 and v4.1 credits.

1. The value is taken from a Len‐Tex specific EPD. This is global warming potential for cradle‐to gate life cycle stage (A1‐A3). Based on a 20oz backing.

2. Style 3446 does not contain bio‐based material.This material meets the requirements for  LEED 4.1 Sourcing of Raw Materials: Bio‐based materials. It is valued at 50% of cost multiplied  by the biobased content.

3. This meets the requirements of LEED v4 and v4.1 MR Credit: Sourcing of Raw Materials.

4. This meets the requirements of LEED v4 and v4.1 MR Credit: Building Product Disclosure  and Optimization ‐ Environmental Product Declarations. This attribute contributes one  product under LEED v4 and v4.1.

5. Collaborative for High Performance Schools Product.

6. This meets the requirements of LEED v4 and v4.1 EQ Credit: Low‐Emitting Materials.

7. Testing conducted by SGS to verify compliance with US California Proposition 65 ‐ Lead and  Phthalate Content.

8. This meets the requirements of LEED v4 and v4.1 MR Credit: Building Product Disclosure  and Optimization ‐ Material Ingredients. This attribute contributes one product under LEED v4  and v4.1.

9. All reductions benchmarked to production.

10. Scope 2 emissions only.

6% 11. Includes both hazardous and non‐hazardous material streams.

© Copyright 2022 by GreenCircle Certified, LLC

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Clean Vinyl Technology™- Bio Based

Plasticizer

Backing

In addition to the naturally based backing and citrate based adhesive, CVT-B products now use a bioplasticizer that is soybean oil based.

Adhesive

Why

Looking into the Future for

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CASE STUDIES – MATERIAL HEALTH INNOVATORS

Social Health & Equity - A Manufacturer's Journey with Just

Arthur Clarke, HMTX Industries

Embodied Injustices: Chemical and Environmental Justice Impacts Along Product Life Cycles

Stamm, Healthy Building Network

Rebecca

Embodied Injustices: Chemical and Environmental Justice Impacts Along Product Life Cycles

Rebecca Stamm Senior Researcher, HBN

All

people and the planet thrive when the environment is free of toxic chemicals.

Manufacturing Installation Use End of Life

Principles of green chemistry Principles of environmental justice

Environmental equity: Poison people equally

Environmental justice: Stop poisoning people, period.

http://www.ejnet.org/ej/

Criteria for Research and Analysis

“universal protection from toxics for all peoples”

Case Studies for Insulation

Applying the Framework

Production Inputs

Glass fibers

Isocyanates

Comparative Results:

Location Specific Analysis

Identifying Manufacturing Facilities

Comparative Results:

• Overall, glass fiber production generates much less hazardous chemical waste and releases

Average annual hazardous isocyanate- or glass fiber-related chemicals released to air and water or disposed of as waste for the facilities studied, 2015-2019

• >90% of isocyanate-related waste is released or disposed on site, versus <1% for glass fibers

Comparative Results:

Half of the isocyanate facilities and 14% of the glass fiber facilities had significant violations of EPA regulations for all 12 quarters of the past three years.

Cumulative Impacts

• Production and disposal of building materials can impact communities, contributing to environmental

injustice

• Both materials generate toxic emissions and hazardous chemical waste that impact BIPOC and/or low-income communities

• Glass fibers perform comparatively better – still room for improvement

• Principles of green chemistry & EJ can guide actions to reduce and eliminate harmful pollution

Recommendations

ü Avoid spray polyurethane foam insulation whenever possible.

ü Advance transparency about what is in a product, how and where it is made and hazardous releases throughout its life cycle.

ü Choose materials with fewer hazardous chemicals.

e.g. HBN’s Product Guidance https://healthybuilding.net/products

Thank You

A Survey of Current Labor Certifications for the Built Environment

Russell Beaumont, CookFox

A Survey of Current Labor Certifications for the Built Environment

Forced labor is “all work or service that is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered themselves voluntarily.”

“Design for Freedom by Grace Farms.” Edited by Sharon Prince, Luis C. deBaca, and Chelsea Thatcher. Grace Farms Foundation, October 2020.

Building supply chains areheavily reliant on forced labor.

https://www.designforfreedom.o rg/download-media/design-forfreedom-report

COOKFOX Architects is a member of the Design for Freedom Working Group, which includes 60 experts and leading firms working in built environment industries.

“Design for Freedom by Grace Farms.” Edited by Sharon Prince, Luis C. deBaca, and Chelsea Thatcher. Grace Farms Foundation, October 2020.

As part of our efforts, we conducted a study about labor certifications for the built environment.

https://howmuch.net/articles/modern- slavery- map - 2018 Walk Free Foundation. “The Global Slavery Index 2018,” 2018. https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/resources/downloads/ .

https://www.c2ccertified.org/

https://cookfox.com/news/surve y-of-labor-certifications-for-thebuilt-environment/

for

Legal and Social context

Cradle to Cradle. “Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.” Accessed February 4, 2022. https://www.c2ccertified.org/.

Cradle to Cradle. “Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.” Accessed February 4, 2022. https://www.c2ccertified.org/.

Cradle to Cradle. “Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.” Accessed February 4, 2022. https://www.c2ccertified.org/.

Cradle to Cradle. “Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.” Accessed February 4, 2022. https://www.c2ccertified.org/.

Cradle to Cradle. “Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.” Accessed February 4, 2022. https://www.c2ccertified.org/.

Cradle to Cradle. “Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.” Accessed February 4, 2022. https://www.c2ccertified.org/.

How do designers create market change?

Sample specification from the Design for Freedom Toolkit, available here: https://www.designforfreedom.o rg/home/design-for-freedomtoolkit/

Be familiar with forced - labor certifications and long term goals . Both groups need to be able to educate and support clients and consumers.

Be inclusive. Underlying goal is to make ethical sourcing the norm to reduce human suffering.

Toxnot Exchange

A platform to streamline relationships between suppliers & manufacturers and expedite the exchange of sustainability, transparency & compliance data.

Supplier

Free Compliance Reports

Terry Swack,

The state of product transparency

From specification requirement to construction requirement

What product transparency is really all about:

Performance

High-performance is how the industry defines successful buildings.

• Now includes environmental performance and material health.

• Performance criteria used in both product manufacture and product selection.

Primary intent for doing LCA and material assessments is for a manufacturer to gain insights into the environmental and human health impacts over the life cycle of its products.

• Those who understand what’s causing impacts can make better decisions about how to make higher performing, more innovative products.

Why improving performance is important – now.

• Impacts on natural environment and human health dramatically increasing at a fast pace.

• Buildings are a compilation of products, the sum of its parts. Actual performance matters.

Builds credibly greener brands – but not by just producing disclosures. Value for manufacturers to provide environmental information about their products comes from demonstrating they understand what it means and they know what they’re doing.

Back in 2015 when product transparency was new...

Back in 2015 when product transparency was new...

We wondered…

• Why are there so many different ways to disclose material ingredients?

• Why do different AEC professionals ask for different disclosures?

• How many disclosures should a manufacturer do?

• What questions does each answer?

o What does the manufacturer learn? Help with design? o What do they tell the customer? AND

• If a different kind of assessment and report is required, why not provide all in the same place?...along with the other info people use to make purchase decisions. © Sustainable Minds, 2015

Material health evaluation and disclosure programs

Report Health Product Declaration®

A format for reporting product contents and their relationship to particular potential human and environmental health impacts.

Manufacturer Inventory

An inventory of the materials used in the manufacture of a product

Cradle to Cradle Certified™ label

Multi-attribute eco-label that assesses a product’s safety to humans and the environment; and evaluates design for future life cycles

List screening & evaluation method/program

HPD Priority Hazard Lists

Priority lists are primarily selected based upon criteria developed for the GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals method. Additional lists not currently included in GS have been added to address several issues on ozone depletion and global warming i.e.

GreenScreen List Translator v1.2

An abbreviated form of the full GreenScreen method that includes only those hazard lists specified in the full method guidance. It specifies thirty six list categories of authoritative and screening hazard lists.

GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals is a method for comparative chemical hazard assessment used for assessing the inherent hazards of chemicals and their potential effect on human health and the environment

C2C v3 Banned List of Chemicals

Ingredients and substances are included due to their hazardous characteristics and tendency to accumulate in the biosphere leading to irreversible negative human health effects.

C2C Certified is a 5-level standard covering 5 assessment categories. In the material health category, a product must comply with Banned List of Chemicals.

Coming: C2C Material Health Certificate

© Sustainable Minds, 2015

Administered by Health Product Declaration Collaborative (HPDC) Clean Production Action Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute

Standard Health Product Declaration Open Standard Guidance for using GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals in LEEDv4

Cradle to Cradle Certified Product Standard

Back in 2015 when product transparency was new...

Programs in consideration for LEEDv4

Report Declare label

A nutrition label' based on product ingredient inventory, sourcing and end of life options.

level®

A comprehensive, multi-attribute, thirdparty certification with a wide range of credits in four main categories: materials; energy and atmosphere; human and ecosystem health; and social responsibility.

Standard Manufacturers Guide to Declare ANSI/BIFMA e3 Furniture Sustainability Standard

List screening & evaluation method/program

Living Building Challenge Red List

Represents the ‘worst in class’ materials, chemicals, and elements known to pose serious risks to human health and the greater ecosystem.

Declare supports selection of products for the Living Building Challenge™ (LBC) projects. The LBC is an international sustainable building certification program that calls for the creation of building projects at all scales that operate as cleanly, beautifully and efficiently as nature's architecture.

ANSI/BIFMA Chemicals of Concern List

Created for level® program to deliver the most open and transparent means of evaluating and communicating the environmental and social impacts of furniture products in the built environment.

level® program credits cover management and policy, measurement and reporting, and specific requirements for the product, manufacturing process, and facility. Each credit provides one or more points toward certification. After six prerequisites, products must achieve specific numbers of points to be certified at level 1, 2, or 3.

Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute

C2C Material Health Certificate

A contextual assessment based on chemical hazard identification and qualitative exposure considerations during a product’s final manufacture, use, and endof-use.

Material

Health Certificate Standard

C2C v3 Banned List of Chemicals

Ingredients and substances are included due to their hazardous characteristics and tendency to accumulate in the biosphere leading to irreversible negative human health effects

The Material Health Certificate provide manufacturers with a trusted way to communicate their work towards chemically optimized products.

© Sustainable Minds, 2015

Administered by International Living Future Institute Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA)

Material health evaluation and disclosure programs

Back in 2015 when product transparency was new...

How to select program that fits your needs?

Transparency. Concerned about proprietary ingredients or hazards?

• Proprietary ingredients – Not required by Manufacturer Inventory, C2C and HPD

• Hazard disclosure

o Required for Manufacturer Inventory and HPD when material ingredients are not fully disclosed

o Not required by C2C and Declare Brand. Do you need a branded eco-label or disclosure ok?

• What material ingredient information do your customers need/want to make a purchase decision?

Ex: depth of screening criteria, type of hazards disclosed

• Are one or several of the eco-labels seen as valuable by your customers?

Third party verification. How important is it?

• It is ‘baked in’ to branded eco-label; one stop shopping

• Manufacturer Inventory and HPD can be self-declared or verified by choice of verifier

Price. Many variables:

• Validity period – HPD: 3 years | MI: 3 years | C2C: 2 years | Declare: 1 year

• Consultants or accredited assessors – Do you need them or can you do it yourself?

• Purchase or create GS Benchmarks – If not available

• Verification – Do your customers want 3rd party verification or is self declared sufficient?

• Number of products – Do you have a few or many?

© Sustainable Minds, 2015

Back in 2015 when product transparency was new...

What questions are answered

What is it made of? X When disclosing intentional ingredients

Are there any hazardous ingredients in this product?

Manufacturer Inventory

Ingredients and/or hazards disclosed

If yes, how bad are they?

GS LTs and BMs indicate hazard level

Are there any exposure concerns?

Ingredients and/or hazards are disclosed

Ingredients or hazards disclosed

Neither disclosed; represented by declaration status

Neither disclosed; represented by rating level

GS LTs and BMs indicate hazard level

LBC Red List indicates hazard level

Certification level may indicate exposure concerns

Where do materials come from; where do they go at the end?

What is the company doing about improving the human health impacts?

Optimization strategy © Sustainable Minds, 2015

The

an LCA:

SM Material Health

Questions answered quickly:

1. What is this product made of?

2. Are there any hazardous ingredients?

3. If yes, how bad are they?

4. Are there any exposure concerns?

5. Where do materials come from; where do they go at the end of life?

6. What is the company doing about improving the human health impacts?

Report, the first EPD and material health evaluation delivered in one cloud-based report.

SM Transparency Products

1. SM Transparency Report™ = In 3-pages, SM’s brand of EPD includes everything a professional needs to make a purchase decision: Functional and environmental performance information, understandable LCA results, how the manufacturer is making products greener.

2. SM Material Health Overview™ = Informs safer & healthier decisions by distilling disclosure data, providing context & interpretation and describing what the manufacturer is doing to improve; standardizes results presentation from ANY program (HPD, Declare, C2C…).

3. SM Performance Fact Sheet™ = Leverages your existing disclosures and gets data into the cloud. Summarizes the key attributes from EPDs, carbon and water footprints and material evaluations and links to product and marketing info on your site.

Same HPD found & downloaded by:

1. Going directly to company listing OR 2. Any combination of search criteria, sometimes including other MFR names – yet still arriving at OC.

Deeper and more useful integration of partner data

the common materials framework

How does someone make better decisions?

Challenges in Comparing Diversity of Metrics from Dissimilar Rating Systems

What is the Common Materials Framework?

(CMF)

Common Materials Framework (CMF) Structure

Buckets

The 5 major buckets, as aligned by industry pledges

Sub-Buckets

Each bucket includes subbuckets to further differentiate impact areas

TACO Structure

Each sub-bucket then has 4 sections, Transparency, Assessment, Commitments, and Optimization (TACO)

Factors & Sub-Factors

Within each section are the specific factors and sub-factors that are relevant to the type of evaluation

Certifications & Data are Framed in Common Context

AEC & Owners Can Search with Consistency & Meaning

Standards & Certifications

mM Portal

2050 materials

powered by Owner and A&D Specific Tools

OPTIMIZING

Nina Hwang Senior Environmental Scientist Green Seal, Certification Department

Global non-profit

Symbol of a high benchmark of health & environmental leadership Standards and certification

Setting Health & Environmental Targets with Impact

Pathway to Material Health Optimization

Mission Possible: Healthier Projects using Materials Modeling

Gina Ciganik, CEO Anjanette Green, Senior Director of Market Transformation

15, 2022

HPDC Material Health Open Innovation Symposium November

Vision

All people and the planet thrive when the environment

is free of toxic chemicals.

Planetary Boundaries

Climate Change

Novel Entities (aka Chemical Pollution)

(Credit: Designed by Azote for Stockholm Resilience Centre, based on analysis in Persson et al 2022 and Steffen et al 2015)

● climate change ● chemical pollution ● loss of biodiversity

Chemical pollution plays a huge role in affecting the others and needs to be dealt with in order to save the planet.”

“The world is facing a triple planetary crisis of highly interlinked issues

How do you make an informed decision when the product you want is not yet disclosed?

Informed

TM

HBN's preemptive modeling tool that reveals material health ranking.

Supporting Transparency

Assessments Illustrate Project Findings & Stories of Impact

Preliminary INFORMED Assessment

Impacts

Overall Rankings

By choosing paint in the green: Avoided hundreds to thousands of pounds of endocrine disrupting chemicals.

By choosing flooring in the green: Avoided toxic chemical use and release in fenceline communities (mercury, PFAS, asbestos).

We can address chemical pollution and plastics

All

people and the planet thrive when the environment is free of toxic chemicals.

Mission Possible: Healthier Projects using Materials Modeling

Gina Ciganik, CEO

Anjanette Green, Senior Director of Market Transformation HPDC Material Health Open Innovation Symposium