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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Health Product Declaration (HPD) Collaborative have introduced new capabilities for advancing and scaling the practice of transparent material health in the building industry.
The new capabilities will improve education and information tools and enable project teams and manufacturers to earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4.1 material transparency and optimization credits with ease.
Resources from all Material Ingredients credit partners (BIFMA, Clean Production Action, Cradle to Cradle, International Living Future Institute [ILFI], Underwriters Laboratories [UL], Global GreenTag, and more) are all included in the new resource. A project team can now find the how-to resources they need to obtain the LEED Material Ingredients credit for all programs participating in it in one web location.
Newly announced capabilities include:
- educational offerings that make achieving the LEED v4.1 Material Ingredients credit simple and efficient;
- educational ‘badges’ enabling project team members to earn an industry-recognized credential in material health competency; and
- documentation integration between the HPD public repository and LEED online, thus simplifying project team workflow (available in early 2020).
To access the new educational offerings, click here.
