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Information from GreenSpec on environmental impacts of building materials, including chemicals of concern.

Database containing information on chemical hazards and risks of selected groups of building products and providing guidance for making informed product selection. Resources also include drop-in specification language, manufacturer information request templates, guidance for decoding product-specific literature, case studies and online courses specific for the featured product groups.

HBN's Product Guidance uses a red-to-green ranking system to compare different types of products based on their hazardous content. It is informed by our comprehensive research into the hazards associated with building products that may impact building occupants as well as fenceline communities and workers throughout the product's life cycle.

Resource providing information on chemical hazards of building products and supporting practitioners in the US market to identify products with minimized chemical impacts

Database containing products that have sustainability credits, variety of product certifications or a variety of building certification scheme including validation of claims by UL.

Catalog of products for which Environmental Performance Declaration or Material Ingredient information is available. Also includes products for which information related to rating systems are available.

SundaHus Environmental Data is a Swedish database of products used in construction and buildings with an environmental rating A-D.  The product assessment is based on the provider's documentation of the product together with the rules of the Swedish Chemical Inspectorate's PRIO criteria and EU REACH Directives.

Database listing products that have obtained the Declare Label by the Living Building Challenge.

The National Center for Healthy Housing provides a set of policy resources for municipalities to reduce and avoid chemicals of concern in procurement

Buyer’s guide from Havard University for specifying furniture and materials free from flame retardants in university procurement

Full set of resources from the Healthy Hospitals program which includes:

• Step-by-step resources that will make it simpler for any hospital or health care organization to design, implement, and measure the success of their chemical reduction efforts;
• Guidance on healthier flooring, carpet and interiors products;
• Links to criteria documents and lists of products that meet the HH goals.