With the release of the latest green building standards and guidelines such as LEED v4, ASHRAE 189.1, and the 2015 International Green Building Code, product disclosure has become an important topic in sustainable building design. Although disclosure offers an opportunity to move from guesswork to informed decision-making, it remains a work in progress, raising perhaps as many questions as answers.

In order to help the building designer resolve these questions, this webinar will provide a detailed review of the origins of the product disclosure concept, the market forces driving product disclosure, and the latest product disclosure criteria incorporated in building standards and codes. To accomplish this, the webinar will focus on two of the most talked-about disclosure tools: The Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and the Health Product Declaration (HPD). The webinar will conclude with a discussion of how these new tools may impact the building designer and what strategies can be used to integrate these new tools into professional practice.

Dr James Hoff is an experienced executive and consultant in the building materials industry, currently serving as president of TEGNOS Research, Inc. a consulting organization founded in 2007 and dedicated to expanding understanding of the building envelope. Prior to the founding of TEGNOS, Dr. Hoff served in a number of key executive roles for over twenty years at Firestone Building Products, the world’s largest manufacturer of commercial roofing systems. He has published numerous papers addressing a variety of technical and business topics germane to the building envelope industry and is a frequent speaker at building envelope, sustainability and energy efficiency conferences.

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