OVERVIEW
It’s easy to select a product from a catalog without thinking about where it comes from. But if you care about hidden impacts like embodied carbon, toxic ingredients or byproducts, or social responsibility in the supply chain, a lack of information from manufacturers can hinder your selection process.
We offer tips, insights, and analysis on all these issues and more. We also look at:
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the quality of the information that’s available to you
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why it’s so hard to get
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what makes it important
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How Google Uses HPDs to Choose Building Products
November 2, 2015Feature Short
The Portico program turns chemical disclosure into a powerful decision-making tool.
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Five Ways Project Teams Are Using HPDs
November 2, 2015Feature Short
An architect, a specifier, and a building owner walk into a bar. Then they talk about how ingredient transparency informs their work.
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In Search of High-Quality Hazard Data: HPDs Have Promise, but Most Aren’t Helpful Yet
November 2, 2015Feature Short
HPD version 1.0’s promise of greater material transparency didn’t always deliver, but version 2.0 should provide accurate reporting.
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Dances with Hazards: How Real Experts Pull Human Health into Design
November 2, 2015Feature Short
John and Catherine prove that designers can work successfully with HPDs, especially if they have a toxicology consultant to support their multi-faceted selection process.
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Opinion: Chemical Ingredients in Building Products—What Do You Really Need to Know?
November 2, 2015Op-Ed
HPDs can’t be used in isolation to make decisions about the safety and environmental performance of a product.
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Finding HPDs: How We Do It At BuildingGreen
November 2, 2015Op-Ed
There are several ways you can find Health Product Declarations. Here’s a look at them, including what BuildingGreen offers.
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Opinion: Transparency Is Just the Beginning—How Manufacturers Can Use HPDs
November 2, 2015Op-Ed
Ingredient inventories and assessment are important. But ultimately, we need to design for an indefinite future.
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At David Edward, Material Transparency Is a Given
November 2, 2015Product Review
Tracking materials is standard practice at David Edward, giving the company an edge in a market where transparency is a priority.
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Vinyl Group Launches Reporting Label for Toxic Chemicals
November 1, 2015News Analysis
Flooring manufacturers and their Product Transparency Declaration (PTD) will compete with the Health Product Declaration (HPD) format for industry acceptance.
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How to Read an EPD: 7 Tips from the Field (Video)
August 3, 2015Primer
In this short video primer, Arup engineer Frances Yang explains how to get what you need from environmental product declarations.
