As projects develop analyses of different building materials for projects one would suspect that within a firm, these would be re-used both for sustainability purposes and already vetting products being used. In time, does anyone envision these analyses would be aggregated in a way similar to EPD's and LEED data sheets area so that they are universally available to project teams without exhaustive research and analysis? In a world where competition is the norm, is this an applicable area (i.e. sustainability as a motive) where we can cooperate with each other as professionals and share information rather than withold it? I'm curious to hear other people's thoughts on this as our firm barely has time to research this, but I know many firms do not have the overhead or fee on projects to support this effort. It would be the great "trickle down" and sharing of information that would do the world oh so much good if we can all work together in this effort.
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Amber Morris
Technical DesignerGensler
2 thumbs up
November 5, 2020 - 10:54 am
I don't foresee the manufacturers compiling all of this information into one report. However, as more products are analyzed under this credit, firms will begin to have all this information readily available to use project to project. The greater the library of products that undergone this more in-depth analysis, the better the understanding we as an industry will have to inform us of product selection and, with that, hopefully it encourages more manufacturers to be more transparent and produce better quality products in order to stay competitive as clients around the world take greater and greater interest in obtaining sustainable products.
Laura Charlier
LEED Services DirectorGroup14 Engineering, Inc.
58 thumbs up
March 3, 2022 - 12:48 pm
Sustainable Minds database does help with this a lot, by showing all the reports for products side by side (you can see if a product has both an EPD and a Declare label, for example).
Christian Mayer
3 thumbs up
March 23, 2022 - 5:22 pm
Sherwin Williams is already taking that step. They have published the Integrative MAterial Analysis Report for a couple of their paints. So if the trend continues where more and more of us pursue this credit, I do think more manufacturer's will mimic Sherwin Williams.
https://images.sherwin-williams.com/content_images/sw-pdf-leedv4-guide.pdf
On the other hand, this is a credit we like to pursue regularly inour projects as a firm, so we are compiling a database that we use as much as we can when selecting products to favor those that have this analysis.