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The Easy Way to Select Healthier Building Products

Informed™ product guidance will help you quickly and confidently choose better building products. Save time, money, and errors.

The intuitive red-to-green color ranking compiles decades of comprehensive research about the health impacts of chemicals throughout the product life cycle.

Step up from red — a critical first move. Next, prefer product types ranked yellow and green.

Green
Best in Class
Light green
Better
Yellow
Good
Orange
Reduce
Light red
Eliminate
Red
Worst in Class

Product Guidance

The Product Guidance pages will help you learn at your own pace. Our deep research is translated into simple guidance to build your competency about healthier materials.

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Benchmarking Tools

Informed benchmarking tools empower project teams to identify healthier materials and achieve third party certification by eliminating products ranked red while prioritizing safer yellow and green alternatives.

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2.5 Trillion Square Feet

The United Nations estimates that by 2060, the entire building stock on Earth will double if we maintain our current rate of construction.

Informed helps build a healthier planet by taking toxic chemicals out of the equation.

Start today. Start somewhere.
Start stepping-up from red.