mindful MATERIALS: Social Health & Equity

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We vote with dollars. So are we voting for human rights or human exploitation? Our resources elucidate how product choices can impact the lives of people who work in manufacturing and construction. Practitioners can support social health and equity by preferring products from manufacturers that secure human rights in operations and in supply chains, positively impacting workers and the communities where they operate.

mindful MATERIALS: Social Health & Equity

Deep Dives

Get up to speed on complex topics. You can also earn CEUs and download PDF Spotlight Reports.

Quick Takes

Jump straight to the essentials with these short explanations of green building concepts.

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  • The 12 Product Rules

    Infographic

    These 12 product rules provide a simple approach to selecting better, healthier, and more environmentally responsible building products and materials.

  • The Precautionary Principle

    Explainer

    The precautionary principle employs "guilty until proven innocent" methodology, and suggests that we should avoid using questionable chemicals and materials until we know they're safe.

  • Circular Economy: Better Design from Start to … Start

    Explainer

    “Circularity” is about more than just recycling. It means building and buying things only when necessary—and without wasting anything.

Product Guidance

Unbiased information from our product experts helps you separate green from greenwash.

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  • Resilient Flooring

    Product Guide

    PVC-free and recycled-tire-free flooring, including linoleum and composites with low or no indoor emissions

  • Metal Coatings

    Product Guide

    These coatings have VOC levels below 50 g/l and contain no chromium, cadmium, or hazardous airborne pollutants.

  • Wallcoverings

    Product Guide

    These durable wall treatments have no PVC and no toxic phthalates. This mitigates health concerns with this important design choice.

  • Textiles

    Product Guide

    These high-performance, low-impact fabrics are painstakingly vetted and include biobased synthetics and some natural fibers.

In The News

We break news down to the essentials and provide expert analysis.

Perspective

Thought-provoking opinions from the most trusted minds in sustainability.

Learning Resources

Syllabus supplements and CEU content, with automatic reporting for AIA and GBCI.

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  • LEED and WELL Product Labels: A Guide and Analysis

    Feature Article

    LEED and WELL encourage a lot of different programs for green products. Learn the essentials—plus what’s behind the labels.

  • LEED and WELL Product Labels: A Guide and Analysis

    Spotlight Report

    What’s up with all the programs encouraged by LEED and WELL? Learn the essentials—plus what’s behind the labels.

  • The BuildingGreen Guide to Building Product Certifications and Ecolabels

    Special Report

    This BuildingGreen publication provides a no-nonsense guide to the world of green building product certifications to help designers, purchasers, manufacturers, and others in the industry to focus on what is significant and relevant so that market forces can work and the industry can focus on bigger issues.

  • Choosing Certifications & Ecolabels: From Projects to Products

    Webcast

    The presenters, Brent Ehrlich and Paula Melton, share what they learned about today’s certification landscape while writing BuildingGreen’s Guide to Building Product Certifications & Ecolabels, distilling some of the information available in that guide to help attendees start to make sense of it all.

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