Recorded Thursday, September 22, 2-3pm ET | 11am PT

Industry associations: Copper Development (CDA) & Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers (PIMA)

Industry associations play important roles in providing a voice for the industry when it comes to regulations and new legislation, networking opportunities among competitors, and tools such as best practices. Members share information, discuss issues, develop standards and establish rules for best practice.

Recorded Thu July 12, 2-3pm ET | 11am PT

Meet the people creating the new crop of carbon accounting / assessment / estimating tools for AECOs to make better decisions about projects. If you've been working to reduce embodied carbon impacts, you're probably familiar with the EC3 tool. It includes a database of EPDs and building impact calculator designed for use in material procurement.

These new tools target early stage design when there’s time to investigate, model and make better informed decisions up front. Each is intended for different project types and provides different types of results.

Recorded Thu, Apr 28, 11–12pm ET

Meet the leading material ingredient disclosure programs (C2C, HPD, Declare) helping AECOs and MFRs make better decisions about materials used in products and projects. While the disclosures from all the programs contribute to green building rating system materials credits, each provides different information.

Attend each one to learn about:
AECOs – The different info provided in each type of disclosure and how to use to make decisions about brands and products
MFRs – Which program(s) is right for your business based on R&D, innovation, market position and sales goals

The Health Product Declaration® (HPD) Open Standard
is the most widely used transparency and material health reporting method in the building industry with almost 10,000 published HPD reports representing over 40,000 building products.

Join us for demos and to learn about:

• What's new in the HPD Open Standard v2.3
• The Perkins&Will Precautionary List
• Using the Transparency Catalog to find all brands & products with HPDs in every MasterFormat® section – and now Precautionary List-Free materials – in 1 click

Recorded Tue, Nov 9, 2–3pm ET

Should interior designers care about embodied carbon?

In many building typologies, interior spaces are renovated and refreshed many times during the lifetime of the building, equaling or even surpassing the embodied carbon (EC) of the structure and envelope. However, data and modeling tools for interior designers have lagged as the perception that EC from structure and envelope are substantially greater.

A recent study from MSR Design examines the embodied carbon in casework / millwork materials and countertops, building on research from the Carbon Leadership Forum. Join us to learn about measuring and comparing the embodied carbon impact of casework, countertops and furniture in your designs and meet two manufacturers creating lower embodied carbon materials for these applications.