HPDC, Green Seal Announce Complimentary HPD Reports with Paint Certification
HPDC and Green Seal announced that Green Seal is now an approved Health Product Declarations® (HPD) preparer and third-party verifier, and it will prepare and verify HPDs free of charge for any manufacturer that pursues Green Seal’s paint certification. Green Seal is a nonprofit that develops environmental standards and certification programs for products and services based on performance, health, and sustainability criteria. HPDC is a nonprofit that manages the building industry’s leading open standard specification – HPD – for manufacturers to accurately, reliably, and consistently report product contents and associated health information. With this new partnership, manufacturers of Green Seal-certified paints receive additional exposure for their products through publication in the HPD Public Repository, broadcasting the products’ safer formulations and compliance with LEED and WELL certification criteria.
Green Seal-certified paints automatically qualify for points toward the LEED v4.1 low-emitting materials credit. With this new partnership, products now also qualify for points toward the LEED v4.1 material ingredient reporting credit, making Green Seal-certified paints the only products in the marketplace to earn both. Green Seal-certified paints and coatings also are compliant with WELL and Fitwell standards.