Material Collections

Looking for a healthier material or building product? Specify healthier, sustainable, low-carbon choices starting with these examples.

Featured Collections

Low Embodied Carbon Materials

Wall Coverings

Adhesives, Mortars, Grouts, and Sealants

Healthier Building Products Collections

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These collections contain examples of healthier options, which disclose a minimum of 75% of ingredients by weight and avoid the most significant health concerns. Critical to our evaluation process is the impact of materials on human and environmental health throughout their lifecycle.

Flooring

Interior Paints

Composite Wood Products

Insulation

Themed Collections

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We collected healthier products for specific construction or fabrication endeavors to help you start your own healthier product lists.

Healthier Affordable Building Products

Healthier Model-Making Materials

Biofabricated Materials

HempLime

Natural and Healthy Collections

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Natural materials combined with current technology can produce high-performing and healthier building products. For example, many natural materials are free from toxic additives such as PFAS or flame retardant chemicals. Because they also biodegrade at the end of their useful life, these materials may also benefit the health of soil, water, and ecosystems.

Animal

Plant

Mycelium-Based

Bacterial

Donghia healthier Materials Library

A resource for students and faculty to find healthier materials and strategies for sustainable and equitable design.

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Databases of Certified Products

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Mindful Materials

The Mindful Materials database provides design industry professionals with the opportunity to research information on a wide range of products. The product information on the site has been uploaded voluntarily by manufacturers, and includes disclosure documents and certifications such as Cradle to Cradle, Health Product Declarations, and Declare labels.

Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Registry

Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute

The Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Registry includes products that have received certification in all five of C2C's quality categories, including material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness.

Declare Product Database

International Living Future Institute

Declare is a transparency platform and product database. Use it to find building products that have declared their ingredients, source and manufacturing locations. Products may be labeled Declared, Living Building Challenge Compliant, or Living Building Challenge Red List Free.

Health Product Declaration (HPD) Public Repository

Health Product Declaration® Collaborative (HPDC)

The Health Product Declaration (HPD) Public Repository is where you can go to find the most up-to-date collection of HPD-Compliant product disclosures. This database has come out of the original platform developed by SmithGroupJJR, and has since become the most complete library of HPD records.

Design-Forward Product Libraries

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