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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
Product	Company	Buildings	Certif	Regional Extract (miles)	VOC (g/L)	Post-con	Pre-con	Details
Ultima [ceiling tile],	Armstrong	Rockefeller HallMoorcroft Office, University Museum Schreiber Lab, Naito More Fewer	None		n/a	2	68	ShowHide
Ultima also contains 7.7% rapidly renewable material
Clean Room VL [ceiling tile],	Armstrong	Zhuang Lab		325	n/a	1	37
Ceramaguard #607 [ceiling tile],	Armstrong	Rockefeller Hall					38
Cirrus Second Look [ceiling tile],	Armstrong	125 Mount Auburn Street		490		2	69	ShowHide
Rapidly Renewable Materials = 9.8%
F Fissured [ceiling tile],	United States Gypsum Company	Griswold Hall	None		0		71	ShowHide
"F" Fissured also contains 12.5% rapidly renewable material (starch)
Painted Nubby Open Plan [ceiling tile],	Armstrong	DePace Lab	None				82
Ceramaguard Fine Fissure [ceiling tile],	Armstrong	DePace Lab	None				38
Ultima #1912 [ceiling tile],	Armstrong	Littauer LibraryMcCulloch Hall Jacobsen Lab, MallinckrodtZhuang Lab More Fewer			n/a	3	67	ShowHide
Ultima also contains 7.7% rapidly renewable material
Dune [ceiling tile],	Armstrong	Zhuang Lab		500	n/a	1	44
Ecoustic Fiberglass board,	Fellert Ecoustic USA	Littauer Library			0	30	5

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
Product	Company	Buildings	Regional Extract (miles)	Post-con	Pre-con	Added Urea Formaldehyde	Application	% FSC Certified	Details
Standard Tectum Tile [wood fibers],	Tectum	Schreiber Lab, NaitoJacobsen Lab, Mallinckrodt				No		44

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