Mind Over Materials: How People and Process Influences Healthier Materials
By Matt Root
BuildingEnergy: The IDP Issue | Vol 40. No. 1 | 2021 | Pages 28-31
By Matt Root
BuildingEnergy: The IDP Issue | Vol 40. No. 1 | 2021 | Pages 28-31
When you think of sustainability and green building you probably envision solar panels, composting toilets and water catchment systems. Achieving sustainability is much deeper than that, and now includes the ability to find, track and use healthier building materials. Integrated Eco Strategy provides a two fold approach to achieving healthier materials by offering both Project Consulting Services and the worlds leading healthier materials management software, Red2Green.
Those who have accomplished it will tell you—full disclosure— addressing sustainability at the building level can be a challenging feat. Our newest member at IES, Amy Johns, who is also an endurance runner shares her philosophy of running and a moving approach to achieving the Living Building Challenge in ILFI’s, Trim Tab.
Our Favorite Sustainable Products and More for November/December 2018 by gb&d Staff On the Red2Green Materials Database: “This crowdsourcing tool makes designing and specifying construction projects for the Living Building Challenge more efficient, and the database grows as the community of Living Buildings grows. Red2Green Materials Database helps you evaluate healthy building materials and select […]
From Red List to Ready List By Jonathan A. Wright “One of the primary goals of the Living Building Challenge (LBC) is to eliminate the use of known toxins in products installed in the built environment. If it is harmful to life — human, animal or anything else — do not use it if at all possible.” […]