Events

Learn how to select healthier building materials and accrue points to meet the new 2020 Enterprise Green Communities certification from our guest panel including an architect, a developer, and research experts. You'll get first-hand insight about the criteria and our new set of HomeFree resources specially designed to support your efforts, including templates, product databases, and diagrams to help you navigate transparency documents and certifications. You'll also hear from early adopters who will share what challenges to expect and how to overcome them.

HBN staff Roberto Valle Kinloch and Rebecca Stamm will join the Energy & Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA) for an informative webinar that will discuss the connection between energy, climate, materials, and health. Learn how these issues are interrelated, why they matter, and how you can start selecting healthier insulation and air sealants in your projects.

When choosing turf for your athletic field or recreation area, choices go far beyond synthetic turf versus natural grass. Even if health and the environment are at the forefront of the decision-making process, it can be difficult to identify safer options.

Healthy Building Network CEO Gina Ciganik, and Ben Passer from Fresh Energy will co-host a 30 minute webinar on Healthy Affordable Housing. This webinar is the third installment in Fresh Energy's four part series. For more information and to register, visit https://fresh-energy.org/truly-affordable/.

This interactive webinar will provide an opportunity for speakers and attendees to share their strategies for combining energy and health upgrades to help promote health and wellness for residents of multifamily buildings. Panelists will present case studies of innovative partnerships between affordable housing providers, public health, and building science stakeholders to advance energy + health initiatives and will share experiences pursuing the FitWel® certification for healthy buildings.

Speakers: Krista Egger, Enterprise Community Partners; Ruchi Shah, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation; Neil Steinkamp, Stout; Roberto Valle Kinloch, Healthy Building Network; Drew Vernalia, Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation.

Safer and affordable flooring? Yes, it is possible! In this webinar you will learn how to select affordable flooring products that are safer for human health and the environment. This session will arm housing owners, operators, and developers with simple, science-based information to choose less toxic materials across portfolios and projects. You will hear firsthand from leading practitioners about their experiences choosing safer flooring.

Engage, explore and act with HBN in our 3-series webinar on healthier building materials!

Webinar 3 - In Practice: Integrating Healthier Materials in Your Projects
Integrating healthier materials in to projects can seem complicated. Gaining insight from people who have done it can demystify the process and give you a leg up on implementing healthier options in your next project. Join us for this webinar and learn firsthand from HomeFree pilot project team members and leading practitioners.

Engage, explore and act with HBN in our 3-series webinar on healthier building materials!

Webinar 2 - Why Healthier Materials + Selecting Healthier Paint with HomeFree
Taking action! Step up your paint selection to a healthier option. Join us and build your capacity to make informed decisions related to healthier paint products offered to affordable housing owners, operators, and developers. Step by step vetting process to quickly and easily move up to healthier paint products for use in unit turns and new construction.

Healthy Building Network is excited to bring a HomeFree - Healthy Affordable Materials to the Twin Cities. Whether this is your first experience with HomeFree or you’re an active user, join us for this informative and interactive workshop to boost your knowledge and capacity to choose healthier products for your projects.

Healthy Building Network is excited to bring a HomeFree - Healthy Affordable Materials to San Francisco. Whether this is your first experience with HomeFree or you’re an active user, join us for this informative and interactive workshop to boost your knowledge and capacity to choose healthier products for your projects.