The Pharos Project is a project of the Healthy Building Network. HBN is:

In Vermont:
Melissa Coffin, Bill Walsh

In California:
Tom Lent

In Washington, DC:
Larry Kilroy, Sarah Gilberg, Sarah Pickell, Susan Sabella

In Maine:
Jim Vallette

THIRD-PARTY CERTIFICATIONS: FRONT AND CENTER IN PHAROS V2

 One of the most striking changes in the new version of Pharos (which can be previewed here) is the positioning of third-party certifications and standards used in scoring in a simplified and straightforward way.
 
Pharos considers a product's certification from 48 certifying bodies in the calculation of scores for VOC, User Toxics, and Renewable Materials.

In the original Pharos system these certifications were listed deep within the scoring frameworks for each scoring attribute, and appeared as an admittedly overwhelming list of certifications and their variations: SCS Indoor Advantage Gold (Residential) versus Indoor Advantage Gold (+ Formaldehyde Free), versus Indoor Advantage Gold, for example.

But no more! In v2, all of the certifications and standards used to calculate scores can be found in one place - the Evaluation Framework tab in the navigation bar.  Here the certifications can be browsed as a complete list, browsed by category (Biobased, Recycled Content, etc.), or searched by name or organization.  Certifications can also be sorted by how they score in Pharos impact categories.

Each certification's detailed view includes a description, direct links for more information, an explanation of how the certification impacts product scoring, and a link to view a list of products in the Pharos Building Product Library claiming that certification.  With the imminent release of Pharos team tools, subscribers will also be able to add personal or company tags to certifications to enable easy saving and sharing.

Melissa Coffin is the data systems project lader for the Pharos Project and the Healthy Building Network.

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