It all starts with people and where we build our lives.
It all starts with people and where we build our lives.
Healthy environments start when people can make healthy choices.
Healthy environments start when people can make healthy choices.
We’re reaching critical mass, with more global decision-makers making healthier building products a priority.
We’re reaching critical mass, with more global decision-makers making healthier building products a priority.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Healthy Building Network and Perkins+Will Conclude Antimicrobial Building Products Are Best Avoided Washington, DC (March 1, 2017) - In the second paper published from their collaboration, Healthy Building Network and global architecture firm Perkins+Will released an analysis today that recommends avoiding the use of building products treated with antimicrobial additives.
Today the Healthy Building Network and StopWaste released the sixth and final report in our Optimizing Recycling initiative: Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) in Building & Construction. Reclaiming and reusing asphalt has many benefits, including waste prevention, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and lower lifecycle impacts compared to virgin asphalt material use. Tremendous life cycle benefits come from maximizing the use of...
New research from the Healthy Building Network (HBN) documents how vinyl building products, also known as PVC or polyvinylchloride plastic, are the number one driver of asbestos use in the US. These findings were presented to the US EPA last week in a technical report written by HBN Research Director Jim Vallette on behalf of three public health groups. The groups, which represent more than 450 organizations nationwide, submitted comments urging the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Coming Soon! Frustrated that finding hazard information about a chemical substance still requires a long and tedious research project? Want more collaboration with your peers to assess the science that informs us of chemical hazards? Seeking ways to make it easier to make safer products? The Chemical Hazard Data Commons is a tool to help you find resources, work collaboratively to understand the hazards associated with chemical substances, and find alternatives which are inherently safer. It...
Healthy Building Network Engages with Affordable Housing though the HomeFree initiative.
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Not all recycled content materials are created equal - especially when it comes to recycled plastics. In a new report released by StopWaste and the Healthy Building Network, we take an in-depth look at the health implications, supply chain considerations, and potential to scale up recycling of the world’s most common plastic: Polyethylene (aka PE). [1] This report, Post-Consumer Polyethylene in Building Products, is the latest installment in our Optimizing Recycling...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Healthy Building Network and Perkins+Will Conclude Antimicrobial Building Products Are Best Avoided Washington, DC (March 1, 2017) - In the second paper published from their collaboration, Healthy Building Network and global architecture firm Perkins+Will released an analysis today that recommends avoiding the use of building products treated with antimicrobial additives.
Today the Healthy Building Network and StopWaste released the sixth and final report in our Optimizing Recycling initiative: Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) in Building & Construction. Reclaiming and reusing asphalt has many benefits, including waste prevention, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and lower lifecycle impacts compared to virgin asphalt material use. Tremendous life cycle benefits come from maximizing the use of...
New research from the Healthy Building Network (HBN) documents how vinyl building products, also known as PVC or polyvinylchloride plastic, are the number one driver of asbestos use in the US. These findings were presented to the US EPA last week in a technical report written by HBN Research Director Jim Vallette on behalf of three public health groups. The groups, which represent more than 450 organizations nationwide, submitted comments urging the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Coming Soon! Frustrated that finding hazard information about a chemical substance still requires a long and tedious research project? Want more collaboration with your peers to assess the science that informs us of chemical hazards? Seeking ways to make it easier to make safer products? The Chemical Hazard Data Commons is a tool to help you find resources, work collaboratively to understand the hazards associated with chemical substances, and find alternatives which are inherently safer. It...
Healthy Building Network Engages with Affordable Housing though the HomeFree initiative.
To go directly to HomeFree, Click Here
Not all recycled content materials are created equal - especially when it comes to recycled plastics. In a new report released by StopWaste and the Healthy Building Network, we take an in-depth look at the health implications, supply chain considerations, and potential to scale up recycling of the world’s most common plastic: Polyethylene (aka PE). [1] This report, Post-Consumer Polyethylene in Building Products, is the latest installment in our Optimizing Recycling...