HPD Collaborative Joins Industry Leaders Calling for Research and Transparency
Chemicals are often added to products with the intention of protecting our bodies from microbes, such as the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Joining with other leaders in the building industry, Health Product Declaration Collaborative (HPDC) is a signatory to a statement released March 31, 2021, calling for transparency in reporting of antimicrobial chemicals, with the intent of supporting the public in making informed product selection decisions.
HPDC is further supporting this effort with the recently published “Best Practices for Reporting Antimicrobial Content.” Developed by a working group convened by HPDC composed of experts in material health practice, chemicals, toxicology and other relevant disciplines, HPDC’s Guide does not take an advocacy position on the use of antimicrobial content. Consistent with the HPD Open Standard’s approach to supporting objective and consistent reporting of data, the guide provides a rigorous framework for manufacturers to report use of antimicrobials in their building products. The data is reported in the context of the consistent, reliable data reporting protocols and datasets HPDC has built over the last 10 years.
“The health impacts of including antimicrobial chemicals in building products, in everything from chairs to doorknobs to countertops, are not well understood,” said Tristan Roberts, Technical Director at HPDC. “Architects, designers, buildings, and consumers who want to select building products based on using healthier and safer materials are asking for more data, and this framework provides that. We are proud to join with the other signatories of this statement in supporting transparency and research.”
Sarah McMurdy Director of Marketing and Communications CSI smcmurdy@csinet.org
Consistent reporting of a product’s material health content via CROSSWALK strengthens accuracy through entire construction project process
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – HPD Collaborative (HPDC) and Construction Information Network (CIN) announced a product alliance that brings cutting-edge technology to the built environment. CIN has created the CROSSWALK platform, the first agile API to connect leading construction industry standards and classifications, including CSI’s MasterFormat®, Uniformat® and OmniClass®, and ASTM’s E1557-09(2020)e1 with the world’s building professionals, construction technology platforms, and data flows. HPDC is a nonprofit that improves the transparency of information and the material health in the built environment.
Up until now, manufacturers creating a Health Product Declaration® (HPD) needed to provide their products’ classification codes into the HPD Builder, a guided software tool for entering data, performing hazard screening and formatting reports to be consistent with the HPD Open Standard. With this new alliance, manufacturers now access the CROSSWALK platform directly from the HPD Builder. This ensures their product classification data is entered in a structured format, providing consistency and avoiding inaccuracies, while dramatically reducing time spent on researching the material ingredients of building products.
“There are thousands of manufacturers and they historically have classified their products in different ways. Now with CROSSWALK, we can provide a more accurate, reliable, and consistent way of reporting product contents and associated health information. The HPD Repository links product records with CSI classifications, which makes it easy for our Product Library API partners to use these CSI classifications for product search and other applications,” said Wendy Vittori, Executive Director of HPDC.
This consistent reporting, available for free via the HPD Public Repository, enables architects and designers to reliably compare products between manufacturer A and manufacturer B with the correct classification.
“The building industry is incredibly complex. A single build could span the course of years, and during the passing of time those standards and classifications may have also changed. That’s where CROSSWALK comes in,” said Mark Dorsey, CEO of CSI. “When the CROSSWALK platform is integrated into your software, it can translate and update the standards seamlessly in the blink of an eye. What was once a manual process that could introduce errors and cause additional time and money to be spent, is now automatic, creating efficiency, saving money, and even making the build safer.”
HPDC has integrated the CROSSWALK platform into HPD Builder, a free tool for manufacturers to create and manage Health Product Declarations (HPDs). HPDC and CSI plan to build on this initial implementation to continually advance the harmonization of product classifications in the building industry.
ABOUT CROSSWALK
CROSSWALK is the first agile API to network Construction Specifications Institute’s (CSI) MasterFormat®, Uniformat®, and OmniClass® classifications with the world’s building professionals, construction technology platforms, and data flows. Created by the Construction Information Network, CROSSWALK is the digital engine for the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Owner (AECO) community, driving plans, protocols, and performance across the lifecycle of a construction project.
ABOUT HPDC
HPDC is a not-for-profit, member association with over 300 organizational members, representing the full spectrum of the building industry: architects, designers, building owners, manufacturers, consultants, tool developers, and others who all share a common purpose to improve the transparency of information and the material health of the built environment. The HPD Open Standard has become widely adopted as the industry standard for reporting on building product contents and associated health information, since its launch in 2012, with over 7,000 HPD reports publicly available. HPDC members champion the continuous improvement of the building industry’s performance through transparency, openness and innovation in the practices of reporting, disclosure, specification and selection of building products. For more information, visit hpd-collaborative.org.
ABOUT CSI
Founded in 1948, The Construction Specifications Institute, Inc. (www.csiresources.org) is a national not-for-profit association of more than 7,000 members dedicated to improving the communication of construction information throughout continuous development and transformation of standards and formats, education and certification of professionals to improve project delivery processes. CSI members work tirelessly to effectively communicate the designers’ vision, the material producers’ solutions and the constructors’ techniques to create outstanding facilities that meet facility owners’ objectives. For more information, please visit https://www.csiresources.org.
HPD Collaborative to Host Material Health Open Innovation Symposium: The Art & Science of Material Health.
Dedicated Solely to the Rapidly Growing Field of Material Health Practice.
Wakefield, MA, November 2, 2020 / CSRwire – HPDC will host its first Material Health Open Innovation Symposium on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 from noon to 5 pm EST. Dedicated solely to the rapidly growing field of Material Health Practice, this Virtual Zoom event is free for everyone.
Symposium participants will learn about the latest innovations taking place in the field of Transparent Material Health from researchers, educators, manufacturers, architects, designers and ecosystem partners. Experts on the leading edge of innovation will share how the building industry is rapidly transforming to the use of healthier building products.
“We’ve come a long way since the initial idea for the HPD report was born and several other important initiatives launched in 2010,” said Wendy Vittori, Executive Director of HPDC. “The Material Health Open Innovation Symposium brings together leaders in Material Health and Transparency in the built environment, and will clearly demonstrate how much has already been accomplished in this rapidly emerging field of practice. Transparent material health reports have now been produced by over 1,000 manufacturers representing over 20,000 building products.
The U.S. Green Building Council has joined HPD Collaborative as a co-sponsor and will present on LEED v4.1, the future of LEED and LEED Positive, a long-term regenerative and restorative design vision for LEED.
Wes Sullens, LEED Fellow, and Director in the LEED department of USGBC, said, “The Material Health Open Innovation Symposium marks a major milestone for human health. We’ve come so far since the early days of LEED, the leading program for green buildings and communities worldwide, to earn the Material Ingredients credit. Thanks to the collaborative work of ecosystem partners like HPDC, safe, healthy, and innovative building products and materials are quickly becoming commonplace. The LEED Material Ingredients credit has become one of the most substituted credits in LEED v4.1, representing nearly a quarter billion square feet of project space. Truly, the USGBC community of stakeholders desire materials transparency and embrace innovative solutions for healthier materials.”
The schedule for the Material Health Open Innovation Symposium is as follows:
Session 1 – User-led, Collaborative, Open Innovation Breakthroughs in Material Health Practice 12:00 to 1:00 pm
Speakers are Prof. John Friar, Northeastern University, Prof. Rolf Halden, Arizona State University, Rand Ekman, Chief Sustainability Officer, HKS.
Session 2 – Leading Edge of Practice Case Studies: Manufacturer Product Innovation 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Manufacturers and Product Development Teams will share how material health information helps them develop a more optimized-for-health products and ways they’ve innovated in use of materials to improve the material health of their products.
Session 3 – Leading Edge of Practice Case Studies: Project Design Team Innovation 2:00 to 3:00 pm
Architects, Designers and Building Design Teams will share what specific results of their innovation and how they utilize material health information in a more impactful way.
Session 4 – Making Material Health Practice the Norm by 2025: The View From Material Health Programs 3:00 to 4:30 pm followed by Roundtable Discussion 4:30 to 5:00 pm
In session four, these ecosystem partners will discuss the future of Material Health and participate in a roundtable discussion: Peter Templeton, CEO, Cradle-to-Cradle Product Innovation Institute (C2CPII), Shari Franjevic, GreenScreen® Program Manager, Clean Production Action (CPA), Teresa McGrath, Chief Research Officer, Healthy Building Network (HBN), Tristan Roberts, -Technical and Education Director HPD Collaborative (HPDC), Shawn Hesse, Director of Business Development, International Living Future Institute (ILFI), Wes Sullens, Director, LEED U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Nadav Malin, President of BuildingGreen, will emcee the Material Health Open Innovation Symposium and moderate the closing Roundtable discussion. Mr. Malin is the building industry’s go-to resource for thoughtful perspective on the materials and design solutions that define sustainable building practice. As president of BuildingGreen, he oversees the company’s industry-leading information and community-building websites BuildingGreen.com and LEEDuser.
Continuing Education Credits – The Symposium offers up to 5 GBCI CE hours for LEED and WELL, based on Sessions attended. Certificates of Completion will be provided to registered attendees to self-report hours for each Session attended. To obtain CE credit you must be registered for the webinar and be present online no later than 10 minutes into each Session. If interested in CE hours, please provide your GBCI number during registration process. For more information on the Symposium CE hours, click here.
Register here for the Material Health Open Innovation Symposium.
In celebration of 10 years of Material Health advancement, HPDC is offering a 25% discount to new members through November 17, 2020. Organizations, practitioners, students and community members are encouraged to take advantage of this membership discount. Click here to join, and use promo code HPDC25 at checkout for any level of HPDC membership.
Presentations Being Accepted for Sessions 2 & 3 Through November 6, 2020.
Building Design Teams and Manufacturers are invited to share their organizations’ breakthrough Material Health innovation with colleagues during the Material Health Open Innovation Symposium during Sessions 2 and 3. Three presentations will be selected for each session, which best demonstrate performance and results at the “leading edge” of actual practice – based on actual projects and product accomplishments. Each presentation will be 15 minutes in length. All presentations submitted will have the opportunity to be included in the published Symposium proceedings, even if not selected for presentation. Individuals or project teams may submit their presentations here.
HPDC is a not-for-profit, member association with over 300 organizational members, representing the full spectrum of the building industry: architects, designers, building owners, manufacturers, consultants, tool developers, and others who all share a common purpose to improve the transparency of information and the material health of the built environment. The HPD Open Standard has become widely adopted as the industry standard for reporting on building product contents and associated health information, since its launch in 2012, with over 7,000 HPD reports publicly available. HPDC members champion the continuous improvement of the building industry’s performance through transparency, openness and innovation in the practices of reporting, disclosure, specification and selection of building products. For more information, visit hpd-collaborative.org.
“The innovations in HPD Builder 2.2 greatly reduce the cost and complexity to gather and understand chemical ingredient information from the supply chain, making it much easier, especially for smaller firms that do not have dedicated sustainability resources and cannot afford consultants to prepare these reports,” commented Wendy Vittori, executive director of HPDC. “For many manufacturers transparency reporting has been a daunting proposition, because just getting started has required a detailed understanding of their entire supply chain together with expertise in chemical ingredient reporting. With the improvements in HPD Builder 2.2 it is easier than ever to gather and report this information.”
HPD Builder 2.2 provides full automation of manufacturer-supplier requests and seamlessly integrates data entry from multi-tiered supply chains. The Supplier HPD Extension is a secure, custom-designed portal that tailors HPD reporting requirements to the subset needed by suppliers. Use of the Supplier HPD Extension is included in a manufacturer’s HPD Builder membership, and once invited by a manufacturer, suppliers gain online access to the tools at no additional cost.
The Supplier HPD Extension highlights efficiency of data entry and management for suppliers, offering automated bill of material uploads. Custom formulations and configurations are easily managed with the flexible library-based approach of the Supplier HPD Extension. Automated communication enables easy outreach to lower tier suppliers. Most important, because the system is based on the HPD Open Standard, there is a single format for responding to all Requests for Information. This means that once the ingredients are entered, the same information can be provided to any manufacturer making a request, without the need for time-consuming, duplicative data entry.
The Supplier HPD Extension screens ingredients for health hazards, using GreenScreen List Translator™. “Among the most important innovations with the Supplier HPD are technology features that help manage confidential business information,” said John Geyer, HPDC Manufacturing and IT Program Director. “The disclosure tools in the Supplier HPD Extension allow a supplier to fully hazard screen their ingredients and provide the results to their manufacturer customer, without disclosing chemical identity information.”
“Enabling my suppliers to easily control disclosure of their confidential business information is a wonderful option, that should help simplify and speed up our transparency work,” said Rachel Berman, Sustainability Program Manager at Mecho Shades and co-chair of the HPDC Supply Chain Technical Sub-Group.
“The Supplier HPD Extension is going to be very helpful as we scale our material health work to our entire product line. Managing HPD reporting with a large number of suppliers and hundreds of products will be made much easier with these new capabilities,” said Luke Zhou, Lead Sustainable Materials Specialist at Humanscale, and co-chair of the HPDC Supply Chain Technical Sub-Group.
First released in 2012, the HPD Open Standard is harmonized with reporting for leading sustainability certification systems for buildings, such as LEED and WELL, and for building products, such as Cradle to Cradle Certified™, Declare, GreenScreen Certified™ and BIFMA LEVEL®[i]. When manufacturers report their information using the HPD Open Standard, costly repetitive and duplicative reporting steps can be eliminated. By publishing an HPD report in the HPD Public Repository, manufacturers can make their HPDs publicly available, and electronically transmit updated HPDs to online product libraries, including mindful MATERIALS, Ecomedes and Sustainable Minds. Manufacturers can also transfer information between their HPD Builder, Toxnot and Declare accounts using the HPD Builder API.
HPDC is a not-for-profit, member association with over 300 organizational members, representing the full spectrum of the building industry: architects, designers, building owners, manufacturers, consultants, tool developers, and others who all share a common purpose to improve the transparency of information and the material health of the built environment. The HPD Open Standard has become widely adopted as the industry standard for reporting on building product contents and associated health information, since its launch in 2012, with over 6,200 HPD reports publicly available. HPDC members champion the continuous improvement of the building industry’s performance through transparency, openness and innovation in the practices of reporting, disclosure, specification and selection of building products. For more information, visit hpd-collaborative.org.
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[i] Referenced programs and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
The Health Product Declaration Collaborative’s Technical Committee has responsibility for development and maintenance of the HPD Open Standard. To assist the Technical Committee in this work, HPDC has established Technical Sub-Groups (TSGs) to address specific topics in further depth and detail. These TSGs examine issues and formulate recommendations for the Technical Committee. Their Charters are appended to this Call for Applicants.
The deadline for Technical Sub-Group applications is extended to Friday, April 3, 2020 at 5 pm PST.
The HPDC is issuing this Call for Applicants for the following Standing TSGs:
Content Inventory: This TSG assesses need for ongoing evolution of disclosure methodology and data elements in the HPD Open Standard and proposes revisions. It also contributes to development of policies for Special Conditions guiding HPD content inventories. Experience in applying the HPD Open Standard as well as expertise in at least one topic area in the HPD are required.
Supply Chain: This TSG develops Best Practices for dealing with complex supply chain issues: secondary manufacturers, complex assemblies, proprietary information, and so forth. Expertise and experience in supply chain issues in various contexts is required.
Third Party Verification: This TSG manages the credentialing and methodology for independent review and verification of completed Health Product Declarations (HPDs). Experience in credentialing, quality standards, professional accreditation, or best practices related to preparation and verification of HPDs is required.
Hazards: This TSG addresses issues related to hazard screening and reporting, and other related topics such as GreenScreen methodology, chemical identification systems such as CAS RN, Special Conditions for hazard screening, etc. Experience with hazard screening methodologies, using data from HPDs for product selection, and/or use of data on related health data platforms is required.
Any representative of a member organization of the HPDC may apply to participate in any Sub-Group(s). Participants must have expertise and experience relevant to the Sub-Group activities as described below. Members will represent user, manufacturer, and as appropriate ecosystem perspectives.
Appointment to Standing TSGs is for a two-year term.
The time commitment for TSGs includes one-hour conference calls twice per month. Work may also be assigned between calls to conduct research, develop draft materials, and review drafts, as well as participating in informal working groups.
How to Submit an Application
Representatives of member organizations interested in serving on any of the groups included in this Call for Applicants must complete the appropriate online HPDC Group Application Form. Applications will be reviewed by HPDC staff for completeness and adherence to membership and other requirements. All applications that meet these criteria will be forwarded to the HPDC Technical Committee for review and selection.
Please note that HPDC may invite candidates to serve on a Sub-Group for which they did not indicate interest based on the candidate’s expertise and the needs of each group.
For more information on each Technical Sub-Group, please see the full Call for Applicants on our website here. If you have any questions, please email membership@hpd-collaborative.org or call +1 781 876-8871.
The deadline for applications is extended to Friday, April 3, 2020 at 5:00 PM PDT.
HPD Collaborative and USGBC Introduce New Material Health Resources for the Building Industry
Advancing Educational and Information Technology Capabilities for LEED v4.1 Material Ingredients Credit
Wakefield, MA, December 17, 2019 / CSRwire – Building on their strategic partnership announced in 2018, U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and HPD Collaborative (HPDC) are announcing new capabilities for advancing and scaling the practice of transparent material health in the building industry. These new capabilities improve education and information tools to make product transparency more meaningful and transformative – enabling project teams and manufacturers to earn LEED v4.1 material transparency and optimization credits with ease.
“Manufacturers are now providing transparency reports covering over 20,000 products, which are readily available to architecture and design teams with web-based, public libraries. And, manufacturers are expanding the number of disclosed products on almost a daily basis. The new tools we are announcing make it even easier for architects and designers to use the Material Ingredients credit in LEED v4.1 to recognize their healthier product selection efforts,” commented Wendy Vittori, Executive Director of HPDC.
Resources from all Material Ingredients credit partners (BIFMA, Clean Production Action, Cradle to Cradle, ILFI, UL, Global GreenTag, and more) are all included in the new resource. A project team can now find in one convenient web location the how-to resources they need to obtain the LEED Material Ingredients credit for all programs that participate in the credit. Newly announced capabilities include:
Educational offerings that make achieving the LEED v4.1 Material Ingredients credit simple and efficient. Whether you’re an expert looking to dive deep, or a new team member simply trying to find compliant products, the Material Health Education Roadmap will point you to the resources you need.
Educational “badges” that enable project team members to earn an industry-recognized credential in Material Health competency.
Documentation integration between the HPD Public Repository and LEED Online simplifying project team workflow, available in early 2020.
“Significant progress has been made in simplifying the use of the Material Ingredients LEED credit,” said Wes Sullens, Director, LEED, USGBC. “The streamlining of the Material Ingredients credit language introduced in LEED v4.1 has resulted in a much greater level of utilization of this credit. We are also introducing other resources, such as the Better Materials initiative, which is focused on making Material Resources credits very attainable for every LEED project.”
HPDC is a not-for-profit, member association with over 290 organizational members, representing the full spectrum of the building industry: architects, designers, building owners, manufacturers, consultants, tool developers, and others who all share a common purpose to improve the transparency of information and the material health of the built environment. The HPD Open Standard has become widely adopted as the industry standard for reporting on building product contents and associated health information, since its launch in 2012, with over 5,400 HPD reports publicly available. HPDC members champion the continuous improvement of the building industry’s performance through transparency, openness and innovation in the practices of reporting, disclosure, specification and selection of building products. For more information, visit hpd-collaborative.org.
ABOUT USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is committed to a prosperous and sustainable future through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings. USGBC works toward its mission of market transformation through its LEED green building program, robust educational offerings, an international network of local community leaders, the annual Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, the Center for Green Schools and advocacy in support of public policy that encourages and enables green buildings and communities. For more information, visit usgbc.org and connect on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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Wakefield, MA, May 19, 2020 / CSRwire – Two years in development, Health Product Declaration Collaborative (HPDC) has launched the latest update to its HPD Builder online reporting system. Introducing the Supplier HPD Extension, HPD Builder 2.2 greatly simplifies the work of both manufacturers and their suppliers to create Health Product Declaration© (HPD) reports. HPD Builder 2.2 also launches the full implementation of the HPD Open Standard version 2.2. The HPD Open Standard gives manufacturers a widely-accepted method for responding to requests for ingredient and health information from architects, designers and building owners – to enable the selection of building products featuring transparency in reporting and optimization of ingredients for health. Over 6,200 HPDs have been published to date, representing over 20,000 building products from 500+ manufacturers.
