The green building marketplace is rapidly shifting; material transparency identifies the health risks in building materials and recognizes healthy materials. This presentation will detail an introduction to LEED, the Living Building Challenge, and the WELL Building Standard in order to understand the market drivers for healthy buildings and the crossover between them. This course will teach architects and designers to follow a five-step implementation process, to achieve these standards, minimize health risks, and promote healthy buildings across industries. Learning Objectives: Recognize how LEED v4 and v4.1 BD+C, Living Building Challenge, and the WELL Building Standard evaluate healthy materials to contribute to building certifications. Have knowledge of material ingredient transparency tools, including Health Product Declarations, Declare Labels, and the Red List. Learn how to implement a five-step process for incorporating healthy materials into buildings. Review additional healthy material resources for use in architectural design work.
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