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The Green Science Policy Institute's page on building materials, linking to background information on issues with PFAS, and halogenated flame retardants in insulation.

UNEP's new Eco-innovation Building Materials Supplement was created to respond to the building material sector's need for more guidance in building resilient, competitive, and sustainable business models for SMEs. Designed together with Bioregional, pilot implementation support of the National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) Sri Lanka and to be read alongside UNEP's Eco-innovation Manual, the supplement provides specific examples, learning case studies, and advice on applying the eco-innovation methodology within the building materials value chain.

Repository of products having obtained a Health Product Declaration according to the HPD Open Standard (industry standard).

Repository of products having obtained a Environmental Profile by the certification company BRE.

Global registry of construction products and materials with an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). Also contains information from country specifc, regional and worldwide digital EPD databases.

Finnish database of building materials certified against M1 criteria for indoor air quality.

The natureplus product database was created in cooperation with baubook GmbH. It provides comprehensive technical data and environmental-, health- and sustainability-related information for over 600 natureplus certified building products.

Product database for building products from over 20 certification programmes (including FloorScore, Recycled Claim verifications, CARB/EPA for Formaldehyde).

Product database for building products, from a variety of certification schemes covering chemical safety criteria, including Intertek, GreenCircle, and the EU Ecolabel.

USEtox is a scientific consensus model endorsed by UNEP's Life Cycle Initiative for characterizing human and ecotoxicological impacts of chemicals. The main output is a database of characterization factors including fate, exposure, and effect parameters.