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•  Overview  •  Health Care  •  Healthy Homes  •  Municipal Purchasing  •  U.S. Green Building Council  •  Overview  •  PVC Plastic  ·  PVC Facts  ·  PVC-Free Alternatives  ·  PVC Terms  ·  Resources  ·  News  ·  Emerging Science  ·  Corporate Policies  ·  Links  •  Pressure Treated Wood  •  Plastic Lumber  •  Formaldehyde  •  Biopolymers  •  Overview  •  Environmental Justice Sign up to receive our biweekly email with insights and analysis on building materials and environmental health. Current Newsletter: The "New Shower Curtain Smell" May Be Toxic to Your Health (July 1, 2008)  •  Newsletter Archive	PVC-Free Alternatives HBN PVC free materials and products charts The Healthy Building Network is developing a series of tools to help you find PVC free building materials for your projects. These lists are by no means exhaustive or complete but will help you begin your search. PVC-Free Alternative Material (html) --- Printer friendly version (PDF) PVC-Free Resilient Flooring Alternatives (html) --- Printer friendly version (PDF) The charts listed here are works in progress. We welcome your additions and corrections. Feedback Alternative material reports PVC-Free Pipe for Purchasers Report - An analysis of the primary PVC-free pipe materials in use in the Unied States. --- Printer friendly version (PDF) Sorting Out the Vinyls - When is "Vinyl" Not PVC? This fact sheet distinguishes the other vinyls (PVA, PVB and EVA) from polyvinyl chloride. Greening Divisions 15 & 16: Plumbing, Electric Cable, and Switching (PDF) - Gail Vittori, Co-Director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, gave this presentation summarizing environmental issues and alternatives with plumbing, electric cable, and switching at the Greenbuild Conference in November, 2003. Related green building product databases A wide range of resource guides are available on line and in paper to help you find green construction materials. Some of our favorite resources are listed below. Beware: some construction materials labeled "green" actually contain either recycled or virgin PVC/vinyl, sometimes clearly marked, sometimes not. The HBN charts above and the Greenpeace database below are the only ones specifically screened for all PVC. Online guides Environmental Building News - GreenSpec On line and paper materials database and newsletter by subscription and a free online searchable database of articles on materials and other green construction issues. Greenpeace PVC Alternatives Database On line guide to PVC free materials plus more information on PVC hazards and lists of PVC free policies. Architectural Record Green Database On line guide to green materials Environmental Design+Construction Magazine Buyers Guide On line guide to green materials and free monthly magazine Alameda Co. Waste Management Authority SF Bay Area Green Materials Resource Guide (PDF) On line guide to green materials with an emphasis on recycled materials NorCal ADPSR Architectural Resource Guide Paper guide to green materials and on line Q&A sections See also PVC Links for reference to listserves where you can ask questions and discuss your experiences with healthy building materials and other issues in green design.
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