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.
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 /
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
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
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
HPD Open Standard 2.0
A method for transparent disclosure of
product contents and associated potential
health hazards.
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
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
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