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RELEASE: Building Clean, Ecomedes Partnership Will Help Procurement Professionals Find Healthier US-made Building Products

The Building Clean Ecomedes site is available at https://buildingclean.ecomedes.com/ “The building sector presents the clearest illustration of how closely linked health, equity, and racial justice are in our built environment,” said Jason Walsh, President of....

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Biogenic Building Materials: Beneficial for Climate, Health, and the Economy

In recent decades, the search for materials that make homes healthier, energy-efficient, and carbon-efficient has proliferated. Since the passing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act as a legislative response to the ever....

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10 Ways Building Clean Can Help You

1. Search our manufacturer’s database to see which companies are making energy and water-efficient products in your state and what types of products they make. Our manufacturer’s database is the most complete of its kind, covering ten building product market....

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Chemicals in building materials: Disproportionate impacts on people of color

Building products and materials that make up our indoor spaces can cause long-term harm to human health. This much we know. We also know that while chemicals and air pollutants don’t discriminate, generations of systemic inequalities have caused racial....

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"Buy American" Policies Would Boost Manufacturing Jobs Making Energy-Efficient Products

The report, entitled Manufacturing Efficiency: How Buy America Policy Can Boost Jobs Manufacturing Energy-Efficient Products, compared the manufacturing job creation potential of strengthening all retrofits to full deep retrofits, increasing the retrofit rate....

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Biophilic Design as a Holistic Approach to Healthier Buildings

Biophilic design is the practice of connecting people and nature within our built environments and communities. It prioritizes integrating innovative building materials and techniques into living spaces that are beneficial to our health. People spend around 90....

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Building Clean: Policies to Accelerate the Presence of Locally Made, Healthy Materials in Multifamily Housing

Building Clean’s “Buy Local, Buy Healthy” motto is a concept and approach to purchasing building products that focuses on supporting jobs in the local or regional economy, while lessening exposure to hazardous substances in the home through a better....

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Zero Energy Ready Strategies

What is Zero Energy Ready? Net-Zero Ready or Zero Energy Ready buildings are designed and built to meet a certain level of energy efficiency so that if a renewable energy system were installed, the building would then produce as much energy as it consumes....

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Building Clean Case Studies

THE ZEM PROGRAM: USING BETTER MATERIALS TO IMPROVE OCCUPANT HEALTH Over the next few weeks, Building Clean will be releasing a series of case studies highlighting successful programs across the country that incentivize buying local or buying healthy! Buy Local....

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Builders Share Their Thoughts on Health and Hazards in Building Products

The Building Clean project is interested in shaping research and educational materials that can help builders take a health-centered approach to understand building products, including what chemicals of concern are in building products and how to identify and....