Healthy materials for healthy schools

Written By Kelly Vaughn

With hundreds of studies and statistics proving the positive impact healthier materials and products have on building occupants, there is no question that healthier materials lead to healthier students and staff in schools. However, finding and incorporating healthier materials into schools is the part that most design professionals find difficult.

This free webinar will explore the process of working with healthier materials through three different perspectives: the manufacturer, the lab, and the specifier. Our panelists representing those perspectives are John Sumlin (Tarkett, CHPS Board Secretary), Gretchen Withers (Oregon Door), Patty Karapinar (Architectural Nexus) and Raja Tannous (Berkeley Analytical, CHPS Technical Committee).  CHPS Impact Coordinator Natalie Van Dreal will moderate the discussion.

Learning objectives

  • What defines a healthy material and what standards are available for verification. 

  • A methodology for selecting healthy materials. 

  • The opportunities and challenges between manufacturers, testing labs, and specifiers. 

  • Inspire healthy materials manufacturing, testing, and incorporation into all school projects. 

CE Credt: Approved by AIA for 1 HSW LU.

The final webinar in our 10-part School Building Science Fridays series begins at 2pm EST and lasts 45-60 minutes, with time at the end for questions. It will be available through online Sustainability Education Provider GBRI. The registration button below will take you to the GBRI event/registration page.

And thank you as always to our series sponsors: Tarkett, Perkins Eastman, IN2Architecture, Group14 Engineering and Healthy Schools Network. 

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