Building with Safer Products

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1 Building with Safer s Finding out what s inside November 30, 2011 BizNGO Annual Meeting Framingham, MA Tom Lent Healthy Building Network

2 Ceiling tile Casework Paint Furniture Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) asthma, cancer Flooring

3 Measured Emissions> Model Amount of product Volume of building Ventilation rate Predicted >Concentration Images courtesy of Air Quality Sciences, Inc.

4 70 household dust samples - 10 states Phthalate plasticizers ubiquitous Used to make PVC flooring flexible Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) Widely used in foams, fabrics, and plastic????????

5 CPA-HBN Red List GGHC Halons Perkins+ Will Living Building Challenge Antimony Copper PFOA PFCs LEED NC CFC HCFC VOCs & Urea Formaldehyde Lead Mercury Cadmium Hexavalent Chromium Added formaldehyde LEED HC Anti microbials PAHS LBC watch PAHs, Phenol, PU, more metals & other REACH chemicals PU Tins Long PFC Phthalates PBDE HBCD PVC & other chlorinated plastics HFR LEED Pilot & More beyond BPA Chlorinated paraffins NPEs, MDI, TDI EPA PS asthmagens Arsenic, penta & creosote More carcinogens More mutagens, reproductive, More PBTs, asthmagens & developmental & neurotoxicants endocrine disruptors Healthy Building Network 2011

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7 Over 9000 chemicals Screened against 26 authoritative chemical hazard lists Ranked on a GreenScreen-informed hazard scale Priority health endpoints Confidence in the science US EPA IRIS Carcinogens, NWMP Priority PBTs, TRI PBT, Global Warming Potentials and Ozone Depleting Potentials NTP ROC and Reproductive Monographs NIOSH Carcinogens IARC Cancer Monographs European Commission SVHC, CLP, ESIS PBT, and Endocrine Disruptors State of Washington PBTS State of Oregon P3s OSPAR Priority Chemicals Rotterdam PICs Stockholm POPs State of California Prop 65 Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics Exposure Codes

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12 TRADE SECRET Low fat!

13 User demand for transparency at all time high VOC content LEED Teams VOC certifications MSDS Target content Red list affirmations More content All content Other Red list affirmations Result = Chaos GreenSpec/EBN GreenFormat LBCTeams P+W Precaution Firm questionnaires Pharos LEED HC&Pilots Declare

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 Goal: A Health Declaration Designed by and for design professionals and building owners Convener HPD Working Group Representatives of 30 firms Steering Committee Anthony Bernheim Eden Brukman Mary Davidge Susan M Kaplan Nadav Malin Mike Manzi Peter Syrett Bill Walsh AECOM International Living Building Challenge Mary Davidge Associates HLW International BuildingGreen, Inc. boora architects Perkin + Will Healthy Building Network

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22 Contents Inventory 1. All intentionally added contents plus health hazard warnings from hazard lists 2. Known residuals (contaminant from manufacturing or feedstock) accommodating varying levels of disclosure

23 Testing & Certifications Type (VOC content, emissions or recycled content) Certifying program (or standard) Certifier/laboratory Certifier type (1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd ) Date of testing & Expiration & URL Applicable Facilities CADPH V1.1 (VOC emissions testing)

24 Accessory Materials s suggested or required by warranty Installation, maintenance or cleaning

25 HPD Communication Chains Supply chain Suppliers of the information Supply chain Manufacturers Sales Reps Users of the information Architect Specifier Contractor Owner Sub

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

27 HPD Founding Endorsers

28 Pilot in Q Tandus flooring Kingspan insulated panels Herman Miller furniture Steelcase furniture Teknion furniture Haworth furniture Knoll furniture Wilsonart laminates Neil Kelly cabinets 3form panels Crossville tile Serious Energy wallboard

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30 Our Challenges What levels of residuals matter? How can we uniquely identify chemicals? Are any IP issues real? How can we deal with complex supply chains? Full disclosure vs. 3 rd party assessment? Who else is moving to greater transparency & hazard assessment? How can we cross-fertilize? How can messaging build on our efforts?

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32 TSCA reform CA Green Chemistry Initiative Customer Designer /Owner HPD Retailer Manufacturer Supply Chain

33 Our Challenges What levels of residuals matter? How can we uniquely identify chemicals? Which IP issues are real? How can we deal with complex supply chains? Full disclosure vs. 3 rd party assessment? Who else is moving to greater transparency & hazard assessment? How can we cross-fertilize? How can messaging build on our efforts?