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NEW REPORTAdvancing Health and Equity Through Better Building Products
EquityChemical and Environmental Justice Impacts in the Life Cycle of Building Insulation
Report
Product manufacturers, policymakers, and professionals in the building industry are paying more attention to the potential health and environmental impacts of building products during installation and use, but there has been less consideration of the important chemical impacts, including contributions to environmental injustice or environmental racism, that may occur during other life cycle stages.
Healthy Building Network (HBN) teamed up with Energy Efficiency for All (EEFA) to expand understanding of products’ life cycle health and environmental justice impacts. Together, the two organizations developed a framework based on the principles of green chemistry and the principles of environmental justice, and applied this framework to two widely-used insulation materials: fiberglass and spray polyurethane foam (SPF) insulation.
Supporting Documents:
- Case study on Isocyanates in Spray Polyurethane Foam
- Case study on Glass Fibers in Fiberglass Insulation