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  Healthy Building Network is reducing the use of hazardous chemicals in building products through scientific research, education, and tools that allow designers and building owners to specify less toxic products that improve human and environmental health, and social equity outcomes.

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  The Healthy Materials Lab, housed at Parsons School of Design, supports healthier lives for all people by advocating for the dramatic reduction of toxics in building products. Parsons School of Design at The New School is one of the world’s leading institutions for art and design education.

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  The Green Science Policy Institute (GSPI) facilitates the responsible use of chemicals to protect human and ecological health. They educate and build partnerships among scientists, regulators, businesses, and public interest groups to develop innovative solutions for reducing harmful chemicals in products.

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  The Health Product Declaration® (HPD) Collaborative is a customer-led, member organization committed to the continuous improvement of the building industry’s performance through transparency, openness and innovation in the product supply chain. The HPD Collaborative created, supports and evolves the Health Product Declaration (HPD), the most widely used open standard format for the accurate reporting of material contents and potential health information for building products.

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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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  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.

Advisory Committee

Joseph Allen, Director of the Healthy Buildings program at the Harvard Center for Health and the Global Environment

Michael Bodaken, President of National Housing Trust

Lisa Britton, Director of Sales & Marketing and Sustainability Champion at Industrial Louvers, Inc.

Erin Christensen Ishizaki, Partner and co-director of Urban Placemaking at Mithun

Rolf Halden, Ph.D., P.E., Professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University

Chunrong Jia, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health at University of Memphis

John McManus, editorial and digital content director for the Residential Group at Hanley Wood

Hilary Noll, Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow working with First Community Housing in San Jose, CA.

Seandra Pope, President & CEO of Rooted Consulting Group

Fran Wagstaff, National Affordable Housing Expert and an innovator who redefined the way affordable housing is perceived, designed, developed and financed