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HBN
The Pharos Project
The Pharos Project is the most independent and comprehensive database for identifying health hazards associated with nearly 40,000 chemicals. It encourages manufacturer transparency; helps designers and building owners avoid using toxic building products; and creates incentives for product redesign and modification.
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Parsons
Donghia Materials Library
The Donghia Materials Library is a resource that provides sample materials, evaluation tools, and in-person support to Parsons and New School students, faculty and design professionals nationwide.
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GSPI
Flame Retardants
Green Science Policy Institute is working to safely reduce use of and exposure to flame retardants and other hazardous chemicals in consumer and building products.
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GSPI
Safer Sofa Foam Exchange
Through the Safer Sofa Foam Exchange, residents of the San Francisco Bay Area can replace couch cushions containing added flame retardants for new, safer foam free of those chemicals.
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HPDC
Builder 2.0
Builder 2.0 is a cloud-based information management tool that will help manufacturers report building product contents and other associated health information.
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HBN
CompAIR
A feature of the Pharos Project, CompAIR provides the most accurate and reliable comparisons of the chemicals offgassing from paints, coatings, and similar products in order to measure their human health impacts.
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HPDC
HPD 2.0
HPD Open Standard Version 2.0 was released in September 2015. A continuing evolution of the original HPD Open Standard (1.0), it offers significant enhancements for harmonization with building industry standards and certifications, such as LEED, WELL, DECLARE, C2C and others.
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HBN
HomeFree
Healthy Building Network is proud to introduce HomeFree, a national initiative supporting affordable housing leaders who are improving human health by using less toxic building materials.
The Healthy Affordable Materials Project is a four-part collaborative supported by a grant from The JPB Foundation and guided by a board of expert advisors.
Advisory Committee
Michael Bodaken, President of Bodaken & Associates
Lisa Britton, Director of Sales & Marketing and Sustainability Champion at Industrial Louvers, Inc.
Rolf Halden, Ph.D., P.E., Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University
Seandra Pope, President & CEO of Rooted Consulting Group
Jess Blanch, Design Associate and Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow, Capitol Hill Housing
Catherine Bobenhausen, Senior Consultant at Colden Corporation
Joanna Frank, President and CEO of Center for Active Design
Dr. Maida Galvez, Associate Professor of Environmental Medicine, Public Health, and Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Gretta Goldenman, Director at Millieu Ltd
Jean Hansen, FIIDA, LEED Fellow, CID, EDAC, AAHID, Sustainable Principal, HDR
Martin Mulvihill, Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Safer Made, and Senior Advisor and Board Member for Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry
Becky Schaaf, Senior Vice President, Energy at SAHF
Joel Towers, Executive Dean of Parsons School of Design at The New School and Director of Tishman Environmental Design Center