Healthy Materials Lab

Making affordable housing healthier.

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We are pleased to announce the publication of our first book, Material Health: Design Frontiers, available for purchase in the U.S. this month, beginning February 15th!

You can find more information and order your copy: https://t.co/DrohtGZRE7

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We are honored to announce that HML is partnering with Walker Cammack at Smokey House Center @smokeyhousecenter to design and prototype innovative timber housing on their 5,000-acre property in Danby, Vermont!

Read more about this grant project ➡️ https://t.co/w7q7IKrZ2e

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🟡 LAST CALL TO REGISTER 🟡⁠
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Lead the change toward healthier, more sustainable built environments this summer. Earn 8 AIA HSW CEUs upon completion. ⁠
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Sign up: https://t.co/VNChXV5zbl

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We're encouraged by the recent regulations announced by the EPA - a remarkable step in the right direction towards eliminating the toxic impacts on human and environmental health from the production of certain building products.
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Read full analysis ➡️ https://t.co/yDlP2QqUpB

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📢 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER 📢⁠
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Are you an architect or designer looking for the tools and methods to make healthier material choices? This online course is for you.⁠
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Save your seat here: https://t.co/VNChXV5zbl

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🌿BUILD A MORE SUSTAINABLE CAREER 🌱⁠
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Learn the strategies required to lead the change toward healthier, more sustainable built environments. Register here: https://t.co/VNChXV5zbl

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Looking to stay informed on the latest in material health? Join our mailing list to receive our most up-to-date news about healthier material research, events, and educational opportunities! ⁠
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We co-hosted 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐅𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦: 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐰 with The Architectural League of New York - and dove deep into the processes and practices that follow straw from its roots as a by-product of grain production to the building blocks of healthy structures. ⁠

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𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬!⁠
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We're looking for student submissions for an upcoming Flax exhibition in Fall 2024 that will explore natural biogenic materials from the flax plant.
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Submit here: https://t.co/HmBCz7smDq

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Did you know that straw stores sixty times more carbon than used to grow, bale, and transport it to regional building sites?*

We dive into research on straw construction in a new blog post:
https://t.co/KbqOYIEiTu

* According to @2030palette

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HML recently participated in 2024 NEB Festival as partners to the @neweuropeanbauhaus. Our exhibition ‘How Healthier Materials Build Healthier Cities” focused on the way healthy materials can be transformational--to not only change our own homes but transform our cities!

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Is there a factory emitting toxics in my community? Who lives in the communities most at risk?

These are questions that we all should have the answers to.

A new tool from trusted colleagues illuminates the problem.

https://t.co/TNfDYl8PE8

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🟡 TODAY at 2pm EDT: Part of @aiaidaho’s Innovative Construction Symposium, HML will be in conversation with @GreenHomeSupply on sustainable & innovative building solutions, & why material selection is also a matter of environmental justice
Happy 🌍 Week!
https://t.co/93iC6pqOq3

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🟢 TUESDAY at 7:30 pm EDT: @thenewschoolTEDC is hosting the “father of environmental justice” Dr. Robert Bullard, Jade Begay, & Leah Thomas in conversation on Equity and Justice in the Green Transition

We will be in the audience at this noteworthy event!
https://t.co/5pJcrrFP8T

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TODAY at 2 pm EDT: Join a webinar hosted by @ArchRecord

🟡 How do educators provide new platforms for learning about the sustainability of our built environment?

Join us: https://t.co/KlXjXaPYbD

@aianational @mitarchitecture @cbe_berkeley

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🟡 HML’s Senior Researcher Luam Melake is in Atlanta, GA for @coverings speaking at a panel called “Nurturing Well-Being: Exploring What’s Next in Healthy Buildings” with @mMCollaborative & @ciriscience @Chem_Insights, moderated by @ArchRecordmag

If you’re in Atlanta, stop by!

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Today is #EarthDay!

Are you interested in materials made from eelgrass, algae, wool, yeast, mycelium, clay, & lime?

Dive into our ‘Healthy and Regenerative’ collections.

#ThankYouEarth https://t.co/YWvI0xa0ak

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For years, we have been asking the question: What if agricultural byproducts were the primary feedstock for building?

On Monday April 29th, experts in straw will be in person to discuss how the use of straw building can accelerate in scale.⁠

https://t.co/1onJsar4nl

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Are you interested in joining a team of passionate and creative people working to make the world a healthier place for all? We are seeking students from Parsons and The New School to work with us beginning in Fall 2024!

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https://t.co/Y0rgskYtoe

@parsonsdesign @thenewschool

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Wanda Dalla Costa, the 1st, First Nations woman architect in Canada, shared her practice at an HML public event titled “Engaging Time and Tradition”

In a new blog post we highlight some of the ideas she shared with us and 250+ attendees -
https://t.co/fc0vVtlcmm

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𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀! Have you used material from the flax plant in your design work?

RSVP for the info session April 19th at 12 pm EST! https://t.co/PYD2wvhOLi