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New Tools for Healthy building

New Tools for Healthy building. Bill Walsh Executive Director Healthy Building Network November 9, 2011. Halogenated flame retardants (PBDE) : disrupt thyroid and estrogen hormones developmental effects on brain & reproductive systems (reduced sperm count). What is pharos?.

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New Tools for Healthy building

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  1. New Tools for Healthy building Bill Walsh Executive Director Healthy Building Network November 9, 2011

  2. Halogenated flame retardants (PBDE): • disrupt thyroid and estrogen hormones • developmental effects on brain & • reproductive systems (reduced sperm count)

  3. What is pharos? A Tool to find the best chemicals and materials to meet your needs. A Lens to separate green from greenwash. A Space where users can talk about what they want in green products. A Demonstration of a market for truly green products. An Opportunity for manufacturers to communicate with customers about what’s in (and what’s left out) of their products.

  4. Recent Market Shift: Manufacturers continuing to design toxic ingredients out of products and processes

  5. LEED Pilot Credit 11 “Chemical Avoidance in Building Materials” Select Interior Products Without HFRs: • Hexabromocyclododecane(HBCD) • Penta, octa, and decabromodiphenylethers (PBDEs) • Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) • Tris(2-chloroisopropyl) phosphate (TCPP) • Tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate (TCEP) • Dechlorane Plus

  6. LEED Pilot Credit 11 “Chemical Avoidance in Building Materials” Select Interior Products Without Phthalates: • Butyl Benzyl Phthalate (BBP) • Di(2-Ethylhexyl)Phthalate (DEHP) • Di-N-Octyl Phthalate (DNOP) • Di-N-Pentyl Phthalate (DNPP) • DibutylPhthalate (DBP) • DiisobutylPhthalate (DIBP) • DiisodecylPhthalate (DIDP) • DiisononylPhthalate (DINP) • Di-N-Hexylphthalate (DNHP)

  7. LEED Pilot Credit 11 “Chemical Avoidance in Building Materials” “Teams must evaluate potential human health tradeoffs resulting from replacing materials and products.” • List of interior finishes used in a project • Select 6 for analysis • Select 6 equivalent products containing targeted chemicals & meet industry norm • Comparison of health impacts (VOCs, toxic content, 3rd party certification, etc)

  8. Top-10 Green Products for 2012 Picked by BuildingGreen • InterfaceFLOR carpet tiles: no PFCs • Upofloor resilient flooring: no PVC, phthalates, halogens and heavy metals • EonCoat ceramic coating: no VOC, flame retardants *(Environmental Building News, October 6, 2011)

  9. Recent Market Shift: Building owners and specifiers are becoming more demanding in the information they want

  10. Halons Polystyrene Perkins+Will CPA-HBN Red List LBC Lead Mercury Cadmium Hexavalent Chromium GGHC Phenol formal-dehyde LEED-HC Copper VOCs Urea Formaldehyde EPA Chlorinatedparaffins PVC & other chlorinated plastics Phthalates PBDE LEED Pilot BPA Long PFC HFR LBC watch Short PFCs Polyurethane Tins CFC HCFC More PBTs, asthmagens & endocrine disruptors Arsenic, penta & creosote PAHs, Phenol, PU, more metals & other REACH chems More mutagens, reproductive, developmental & neurotoxicants More carcinogens & More!!

  11. What’s In pharos? • Chemicals and Material Library • Building Products Library • Certification Library Applications for Alternatives Assessment • Product (re)formulation through ingredient comparison • Product comparison to inform purchasing decisions

  12. Certifications Library Pharos considers 3rd party certifications from 48 certifying bodies in calculating product scores • Searchable • Browse alphabetical listings • Browse by certification type (biobased content, etc.) Display for each certification provides a description and outlines how the certification factors into scoring.

  13. Chemical and Material library (CML) • 10,668 chemicals and materials • More than 30 chemical hazard and restriction lists • Authoritative lists of endangered species CML uses these lists to describe the human and environmental impacts of chemicals/materials, including feedstocks, catalysts, and residuals.

  14. Sample CML Display

  15. Building Products Library (BPL) Current Categories New in 2012 Roofing Membranes Corner Guards & Wall Protection Countertops Wood Flooring Finishes Doors • Carpets • Paints • Thermal Insulation • Resilient Flooring • Wallboard • Ceilings • High Performance Coatings • Decorative Laminates • Adhesives • MDF Particle Board

  16. BPL scoring framework System wide: • VOC - Volatile Organic Compounds • UseTox - User Toxics • ToxCon - Toxic Content • MfrTox - Manufacturer Toxics • RnMtrl - Renewable Materials • RnEnrg - Renewable Energy Additional attributes specific to a category possible: • Aquatic Toxicity • Reflectance

  17. Sample BPL Search Return

  18. Sample BPL Product Record

  19. Quick History of material health declaration needs VOC content LEED Teams VOC certifications GreenSpec/EBN GreenFormat MSDS LBCTeams Target content P+W Precaution Red list affirmations Your firm questionnaire More content Pharos All content LEED HC&Pilots Other Red list affirmations Declare

  20. Environmental Product Declaration Health??? PCR Product Category Rules Energy Use LCA Life Cycle Analysis Embodied carbon, embodied energy, fossil fuel depletion, materials depletion, acid rain emissions, etc. EPD (LCA) Environmental Product Declaration Water Use Materials Use Emissions

  21. No Health Equivalent to the EPD LEED Teams GreenSpec/ Pharos VOC emission Lab testing VOC certifications SCS, Greenguard, Greenseal etc LBCTeams VOC content Wet applied products ?? No standards No format P+W Precaution Product contents SVOCs, non volatiles, carcinogens Hazard references IARC, Prop 65, EPA IRIS, Green Screen, etc GreenFormat LEED HC&Pilots PCR Product Category Rules Declare Energy Use LCA Life Cycle Analysis Embodied carbon, embodied energy, fossil fuel depletion, materials depletion, acid rain emissions, etc. EPD (LCA) Environmental Product Declaration Your firm questionnaire Water Use Materials Use Emissions

  22. Health Product Declaration Open Standard LEED Teams Product Health Reporting Framework GreenSpec/ Pharos VOC emission Lab testing VOC certifications SCS, Greenguard, Greenseal etc HPD Open Standard (use phase) Health Product Declaration LBCTeams VOC content Wet applied products P+W Precaution Product contents SVOCs, non volatiles, carcinogens Hazard references IARC, Prop 65, EPA IRIS, Green Screen, etc GreenFormat LEED HC&Pilots PCR Product Category Rules Declare Energy Use LCA Life Cycle Analysis Embodied carbon, embodied energy, fossil fuel depletion, materials depletion, acid rain emissions, etc EPD (LCA) Environmental Product Declaration Firm questionnaires Water Use Materials Use Master Format Emissions

  23. The Health Product Declaration Open Standard Format

  24. HPD Open Standard Communication Chains Supply chain Supply chain Suppliers of the information Manufacturers Sales Reps Users of the information Architect Specifier Contractor Sub Owner

  25. HPD Open Standard Communication Chains Supply chain Suppliers of the information Manufacturer GrnSpcPharos Declare & others Users of the information Architect Specifier Contractor Sub Owner

  26. Combined Health & Environmental Product Declaration VOC emission Lab testing VOC certifications SCS, Greenguard, Greenseal etc VOC content Wet applied products HPD (use phase) Health Product Declaration Product contents SVOCs, non volatiles, carcinogens Hazard references IARC, Prop 65, EPA IRIS, Green Screen, etc Submittal Combined Health & Environmental Product Declaration Energy Use LCA Life Cycle Analysis Embodied carbon, embodied energy, fossil fuel depletion, materials depletion, acid rain emissions, etc. EPD (LCA) Environmental Product Declaration Water Use Materials Use Emissions

  27. Comprehensive Health & Environmental Product Declaration Regional sourcing VOC emission Lab testing VOC certifications SCS, Greenguard, Greenseal etc Manufacturing toxics VOC content Wet applied products HPD (use phase) Health Product Declaration Product contents SVOCs, non volatiles, carcinogens Hazard references IARC, Prop 65, EPA IRIS, Green Screen, etc Submittal Comprehensive Health & Environmental Product Declaration Energy Use LCA Life Cycle Analysis Embodied carbon, embodied energy, fossil fuel depletion, materials depletion, acid rain emissions, etc. EPD (LCA) Environmental Product Declaration Water Use Materials Use FSC certification Emissions Social responsibility

  28. Endorsed By 23 Firms

  29. FoundingSteering Committee Anthony Bernheim AECOM Mary Davidge Mary Davidge Associates Susan M. Kaplan HLW International, LLP Mike Manzi boora architects NadavMalin Building Green Peter Syrett Perkins + Will Bill Walsh Healthy Building Network

  30. Growing List of Participating Manufacturers

  31. Pilot Project Committee AMANDA KAMINSKY The Durst Organization EDEN BRUCKMAN International Living Future Institute JEAN HANSEN HDR Architecture, Inc KIRSTEN RITCHIE Gensler PEGGY WHITE, White+GreenSpec PRIYA PREMCHANDRAN SERA TOM LENT Healthy Building Network

  32. www.hpdworkinggroup.org

  33. New Tools for Healthy building www.pharosproject.ne www.hpdworkinggroup.org November 9, 2011

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