Green Materials: How Do You Know What’s Good?

Materials really do matter to the health of occupants and the environment, but the ingredients are not easy to discern. With tens of thousands of unregulated chemicals in building products, how many are toxic? How much data is available regarding life-cycle assessments and embodied energy, and the manufacturing process regarding byproducts, pollution, and transportation? Is there any opportunity for reuse or real recycling of new materials, and what are opportunities for reusing salvaged materials, and how safe and resilient are they? Not to mention cost.

On Mar. 28, 2018, from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, panelists Josh Jacobs and Donna Kacmar, FAIA, will discuss gathering information for the building industry in an attempt to facilitate intelligent deployment for a better-built environment. This educational seminar is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit codegreenhouston.org.