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Material Certifications

WELL The WELL Building Standard™ version 2 (WELL v2™) is a vehicle for buildings and organizations to deliver more thoughtful and intentional spaces that enhance human health and well-being. WELL v2 includes a set of strategies—backed by the latest scientific research—that aim to advance human health through design interventions.
Cradle to Cradle Cradle to Cradle Certified® is the leading multi-attribute standard used globally across industries by designers, brands and manufacturers for designing and making products that enable a healthy, equitable and sustainable future.
Global Organic Textile Standard GOTS is the worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibres, including ecological and social criteria, backed up by independent certification of the entire textile supply chain. GOTS certified final products may include fibre products, yarns, fabrics, clothes, home textiles, mattresses, personal hygiene products, as well as food contact textiles and more.
Forest Stewardship Council The Forest Stewardship Council GmbH is an international non-profit, multistakeholder organization established in 1993 that promotes responsible management of the world's forests via timber certification.
LEED LEED certification provides a framework for healthy, highly efficient, and cost-saving green buildings, which offer environmental, social and governance benefits. LEED certification is a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement, and it is backed by an entire industry of committed organizations and individuals paving the way for market transformation.
Energy Star ENERGY STAR® is the government-backed symbol for energy efficiency. The blue ENERGY STAR label provides simple, credible, and unbiased information that consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed decisions.
FloorScore FloorScore® is the most recognized indoor air quality (IAQ) certification standard for hard surface flooring materials, adhesives, and underlayments
Fair Trade Certification Fair trade is defined as a global movement made up of a diverse network of producers, companies, consumers, advocates, and organizations putting people and planet first.
ECOLOGO ECOLOGO® Certified products and services are verified for reduced environmental and health impact.
EPA WaterSense WaterSense, a voluntary partnership program sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is both a label for water-efficient products and a resource for helping you save water.

ArtStor Materials

Textiles on ArtStor
Here is the librarian's textile collection on ArtStor. Login with your ArtStor account to view. Contact the library@rmcad.edu for an account.
University of Pennsylvania Materials Collection on ArtStor
The Fisher Fine Arts Materials Library hosts thousands of samples ranging from traditional construction materials to emergent and novel samples such as Vanta Black, electronic paint, and seaweed insulation. The aim of the collection is to bring together innovation and creativity in order to advance conceptualization through tactile exploration.
Material Lab at Pratt on Artstor
A digital collection representing a selection of holdings from the Material Lab at Pratt Institute's School of Design in Brooklyn, New York.

Materials

Architonic
Architonic is the number-one online community for architects, designers, home-owners and design enthusiasts.
Certified Green Products
Online directory for SCS certified green products
Forbo
Flooring materials
Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons
Healthy Materials Lab is a design research lab at Parsons School of Design dedicated to a world in which people’s health is placed at the center of all design decisions.
Interface
Flooring materials
Material Bank
Material Bank is the fastest and most powerful way to search and sustainably sample design materials.
Material Connexion
Database of materials for architecture and interior design.
Material Order
Design Material Library
Waterworks
Waterworks hardware and design resources

Furniture Collections

The Museum of the City of New York’s furniture collection
The Museum of the City of New York’s furniture collection documents New York City style from the late 17th to the early 20th century, and illustrates how furniture production, or cabinetmaking, as it was known before the 20th century, was a large component of manufacturing in New York City in the 18th and 19th centuries, and how its quality and distinctive style grew with the city.
National Gallery of Art - Kaufman Collection
A collection of early American furniture.

Sustainable Lighting Suppliers

DLC
Responsible Lighting
Elite Lighting
Architectural lighting supplier
Lighting Facts
About Lighting Facts
Lutron
Luxury lighting