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Slippery rock Gazette
was originally presented as a live webinar on Tuesday, November 9. Register at www.naturalstonein- stitute.org/greenbuildingCEU.
To learn more about the Natural Stone Sustainability Standard, which serves as the basis for all Natural Stone Institute sustain- ability initiatives, and to join the new sustainability mailing list, visit www.naturalstoneinstitute. org/sustainability.
Natural Stone Institute: Update on Transparency Documentation for Natural Stone
Since taking ownership of the Natural Stone Sustainability Standard
(ANSI/NSC 373 Sustainable Production of Natural Stone) earlier this year, sustainability has become a major point of focus for the Natural Stone Institute. Here are three projects currently underway.
Industry Wide EPDs
The Natural Stone Institute is coordinating the devel- opment of a set of industry wide Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for nat- ural stone. Product cate- gories include: Flooring/ Paving, Exterior Cladding, and Residential Countertops. The EPDs will represent proj- ects installed in the USA with stone sourced from around the world. Once published, the trans- parency reports will be avail- able through popular embodied
carbon databases including EC3
by Building Transparency and
the Transparency Catalog by Sustainable Minds. Estimated completion date for this docu- mentation is July 2022. Learn
more at www.naturalstoneinsti- Natural tute.org/epdwebinar.
Industry Wide HPDs
The Natural Stone Institute is also creating a set of industry wide Health Product Declarations (HPDs). The HPD Collaborative has a special exception for geo- logical materials which allows us to define the ingredients of our products on behalf of the indus- try. This is a simple document since natural stone has only a single ingredient. These should be available in November 2022. To access an up-to-date list- ing of transparency documen- tation for natural stone, visit www.naturalstoneinstitute.org/ sustainabilityresources.
Sustainability Committee has developed a new CEU course enti- tled “Achieving Green Building Goals with Natural Stone.” The course qualifies for CEU credit through AIA, IDCEC, GBCI, and LACES and focuses on why nat- ural stone is an ideal choice for projects with green building goals and how to find the documenta- tion needed to qualify for credits available through common green building programs. The course
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