decoding transparency

What the design community wants from your product

portland materials transparency collaborative

in partnership with IDC-Oregon

Portland

Material

Transparency

Collaborative

We are a network of building industry

professionals dedicated to integrating

full disclosure of material content as

a performance benchmark in the way

products are developed, designed and

integrated into the built environment.

The goal of PMTC is to stimulate market

transformation and community engagement

with a unified regional voice for the

implementation of material transparency

into everyday practices.

IDC-Oregon

IDC-Oregon’s Mission: To establish

professional recognition for commercial interior

design professionals, whose work impacts the

health, safety, and welfare of the public in the

state of Oregon. Let’s “Raise the Bar” of Interior

Design in Oregon by supporting HB 2153.

Thanks!

survey

panel

Q/A

wendy vittori

AIA Learning

Objectives

• Identify and discuss the current materials transparency certifying bodies and their differences including EPDs, HPDs, Declare, and C2C.

• Summarize Red List materials and compare the value of using alternative, Red List compounds in their place.

• Describe the primary categories which determine a product’s life cycle assessment including embodied energy and global warming potential. Understand the effects of each on human health.

• Develop strategies to specify products with greater product disclosure. Identify critical requirements to ensuring product transparency goals are met.

In the

Audience

Has your Firm/Company created a materials transparency policy, or is one in-progress?

98 2 / Would your Firm/Company move toward greater transparency if they knew their competitor was?

26 / 74

In the

Audience

Does a Firm/Company’s commitment to material transparency influence your relationship with them?

99 1 /

Survey

Phone Number - 22333 Text - LAURENSHUMAK841

Heather DeGrella

AIA, LEED AP BD+C

Why care?

1988

2001

2008

1976

Ancient

1887 – US medical authorities diagnose childhood lead poisoning

1909 – France, Belgium & Austria ban white-lead paint

1926 – Great Britain & Sweden ban white-lead interior paint

1927 – Poland bans white-lead interior paint

1931 – Spain & Yugoslavia ban white-lead interior paint

1978 – US bans white-lead paint

Average Blood Lead

Levels in U.S. Kids (Ages 5 and Under)

Average Blood Lead Levels in U.S. Kids (Ages 5 and Under)

1976 1988

2001

2008

Ancient

Google Confidential and Proprietary

62,000 (99%) existing

chemicals “grandfathered” in 1976 Assumed safe unless proven otherwise

U.S. Chemical Regulations

200 chemicals required to be tested

5 chemicals have been (partially)

restricted under the law

• Asbestos

• PCBs

• Dioxin

• CFCs

• Hexavalent Chromium

U.S. Chemical Regulations

The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA)

is the only U.S. law regulating toxic chemicals

There are 83,000 chemicals in the EPA inventory

Only 10–20 chemicals would be required

to be reviewed per year by the TSCA 2016 update

PBT Cycle

How can materials affect health?

Source U.S. Green Building Council

Substances can move

out of products through:

Off-gassing

Chipping, peeling

Abrasion

Etc.

Substances can move

into the human body through:

Breathing

Eating, drinking

Skin, touching

Clients are Asking for Healthier Materials

Google Portico

Materials Scoring System

Kaiser Permanente Building Standards

A Brief History of Materials

Transparency

Healthy Building Materials = IAQ Certification VOC Content & Emissions

EU Chemicals of Concern

PS

Asthmagens

Lead

Mercury

Cadmium

Hexavalent

Chromium

CFC

HCFC

VOCs & Urea

Formaldehyde

Arsenic, penta & creosote

HFR

PVC & other

chlorinated

plastics

Copper

PU

Tins

Chlorinated

paraffins

NPEs, MDI, TDI

EPA Action

Perkins

+Will

Living

Building

Challenge

Added

formal-

dehyde

LEED HC

Phthalates

PBDE

Long

PFC LEED

Pilot

Green Guide

for Heath

Care

More

carcinogens

More PBTs,

Endocrine

disruptors

More mutagens,

reproductive,

developmental

GreenScreen

List Translator

& Biomonitoring lists, Hazardous 100, C2C Banned List, BIFMA level…

Phenol, PU,

more metals

& other REACH

chemicals

LBC watch

Healthy Building Network © 2012

Halons

LEED

NC

BPA

PFCs

PFOA Antimony Anti

microbials

HBCD

DTSC

SCP PAHs

Google Coal ash

Nano

Fundamentals of Disclosure — LCA Life-Cycle Assessment—Primary Categories

Embodied Energy

Acidification Potential

Global Warming Potential

Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

Photochemical Ozone Formation

Abiotic Depletion Potential

Nutrient Enrichment

Human Toxicity

Ecotoxicity

Fundamentals of Disclosure — EPD What is missing from this equation?

Embodied Energy

Acidification Potential

Global Warming Potential

Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

Photochemical Ozone Formation

Abiotic Depletion Potential

Nutrient Enrichment

Human Toxicity

Ecotoxicity

Fundamentals of Disclosure — EPD What is missing from this equation?

Embodied Energy

Acidification Potential

Global Warming Potential

Stratospheric Ozone Depletion

Photochemical Ozone Formation

Abiotic Depletion Potential

Nutrient Enrichment

Human Toxicity

Ecotoxicity

Healthy Building Network Understanding material impact on health and what’s in stuff.

Benchmark 1—Worst

Benchmark 4—Best GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals

The Beginnings of a Health Product Declaration

Founding Endorsers

HPD Open Standard 2.0

A method for transparent disclosure of

product contents and associated potential

health hazards.

1200+ HPDs, and growing…

A list of 22 chemicals to be avoided in building products identified

in the Materials Petal of the Living Building Challenge v3.

Living Building Challenge

Declare Label

List of ingredients

99% disclosure

Scanned against LBC ‘Red List’

Self-declared

Living Building Challenge

Living Product Challenge

Declare label

Red list free

3-year plan to reduce chemical footprint

3-year plan to create positive handprint

Address process chemicals

Includes other material attributes

Living Building Challenge

BIFMA level furniture certification

BIFMA Level Furniture Certification

100% assessed: No

risks to humans or

the environment

Materials are actively

captured at end of

use and reutilized

At least 5%

renewable energy

Active water

management and

effluent monitoring

Auditing practices

throughout the

supply chain

The overall certification

level is the lowest level

of achievement in any

one of the five attributes

Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Full Product Certification

LEED v4 Option 1: Disclosure—Choose 20 products

LEED v4 Option 2:

Optimization

Choose 25% by cost

Inventory Screen Optimize Assess

PHAROS

FULL GREENSCREEN HAZARD ASSESSMENT

C2C CERTIFIED v2 BASIC SILVER GOLD PLATINUM

C2C CERTIFIED & MHC v3 BRONZE SILVER GOLD PLATINUM

HPD + GS LIST TRANSLATOR

DECLARE

Progressive Path to Optimization

Alicia Snyder-Carlson LEED AP ID+C

Panelists

Bora Specification Manager

Michael

Johnson

Dave

Germer

Jeff

McIntyre Emily

English

Mike

Manzi

3Form Director of Sustainability

CalPortland Director of Quality Assurance

Rodda Paint Co. Business Development Manager

Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute

Wendy Vittori

Thanks!

decoding transparency

What the design community wants from your product

portland materials transparency collaborative

in partnership with IDC-Oregon