Welcome to Pharos: The future of materials selection
The most complete sustainability resource for green building professionals available on line.
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Access in-depth, and fully sourced, information on building materials including: product ingredients, chemical lifecycles, and other critical environment and health data. All delivered in an easy to use web based tool. |
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Research the potential hazards of scores of chemical compounds within our authoritative Chemical and Material Library. |
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Connect to a network of product manufacturers and green building professionals committed to transparency as a core value on the path to sustainability. |
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Compare between similar products to find the product that best reflects your client's values. |
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Communicate those values to manufacturers and fully align your purchasing power with your commitment to sustainability. |
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Join with leading architecture and design firms, hospital systems and construction firms that have already chosen Pharos as their preferred materials selection tool. |
What they are saying
"With over 400 eco-labels out on the market today - the majority of them being self certified by manufacturers - it's great to see an organization creating a tool to truthfully evaluate materials. The Pharos lens helps us weigh materials, and brings us one step closer to transparency."
- Chris Youssef, Interior Designer, Perkins + Will
"The Healthy Building Network is pioneering the first fully transparent process through which we can inform and be informed, allowing us to act responsibly in the way we harvest, manufacture, design, build and exist in our future."
- William G. Johnson, Corporate Vice President, E2E Global Sourcing, a Skanska USA Subsidiary
"The way the Pharos lens presents in-depth comparisons is elegant and intuitive. It is far beyond anything we could contemplate developing and maintaining in-house, and can really help cut through the greenwash."
- Kristi Ennis, AIA, Director of Sustainable Design, Boulder Associates Architects
Charter Members
Partners HealthCare St. Joseph Health System
Jason F. McLennan, CEO Cascadia Region Green Building Council Gail Vittori, Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
Jack Geibig, University of Tennessee Center for Clean Products
*For a minimum fee of $75.00 to Healthy Building Network, you will receive an annual subscription to the Pharos Project, including free, unlimited access to the Pharos Project site for one year. An annual Pharos Project subscription will also entitle you to a free, introductory webinar, explaining the basics of the Pharos Project system.
