Harvard has successfully implemented hundreds of products with green features into its buildings. This section provides an easy way to browse those products with pdfs of cut sheets, MSDSs and other documentation available for download.

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General Products

Product Company Buildings Certif Regional Extract (miles) VOC (g/L) % Recycled Content Details
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Duracoustic, attached file Dura Undercushions Ltd. Open manufacturer website Blackstone Open case study 85

Adhesives and Sealants

Product Company Buildings Certif VOC (g/L or % by weight) Details
Premiere PB910, attached file Northstar Chemicals Open manufacturer website DePace Lab GreenGuard 40

Flooring: Adhesives

Product Company Buildings VOC (g/L) Certif Details
Green choice Subfloor Adhesive, attached file Titebond Open manufacturer website 641 Huntington Avenue 27 None

Wood

Note on Urea Formaldehyde

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Harmful urea-formaldehyde resins can be found in some glues used in composite woods, such as; plywood paneling, medium density fiberboard (MDF) and door cores. While formaldehyde is a naturally occurring VOC, it is carcinogenic and an irritant in larger concentrations. A “green” product under Division 6 would not contain any added urea-formaldehyde.
Product Company Buildings Regional Extract (miles) % Recycled Content Added Urea Formaldehyde Application % FSC Certified Details
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T & G fire treated plywood Certified Wood Products Blackstone Open case study
Medex, attached file SierraPine Open manufacturer website Mather/Dunster House Kitchen Open case study Littauer Library Moorcroft Office, University MuseumCredit UnionRockefeller Hall More Fewer 100 No Composite MDF n/a ShowHide
Medex is used for high moisture areas in non structural interior applications.
AllGreen MDF, attached file CanFibre 60 Oxford Street Open case study 100
Woodstalk Gold Fiberboard, attached file Dow Bioproducts Blackstone Open case study Hamilton Hall Open case study ShowHide
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Medite II, attached file SierraPine Open manufacturer website Wyss Hall Open case study Schreiber Lab, Naito 60 Oxford Street Open case study More Fewer 100 No ShowHide
Medite II is used for non structural interior applications.
NuGreen Particleboard, attached file Uniboard Open manufacturer website DePace LabGriswold Hall Open case study Credit UnionMoorcroft Office, University Museum More Fewer 100 No Particleboard 100
Purekor Platinum MDF, attached file Panel Source International Open manufacturer website Griswold Hall Open case study 100 Composite MDF some
Dricon Fire Retardant Treated Wood, attached file Dricon Open manufacturer website Littauer Library n/a n/a Solid 100