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EPD Library
EPDs signal a manufacturer's commitment to measuring and reducing the environmental impact of its products and services and report these impacts in a hyper-transparent way. With an EPD, manufacturers report comparable, objective and third-party verified data that show the good, the bad and the evil about the environmental performance of their products and services.
Archello
Discover the products, stories and building teams behind the project
Architerials
Architerials.com presents products that are new, interesting, and useful; projects that push materials to their edge; as well as projects that re-use or re-purpose materials in unexpected ways.
AZoM The A to Z of Materials
Primarily a materials science resource,
AZoM is the leading online publication for the Materials Science community
CORE-Materials
The aim of the CORE-Materials OER project is to make a significant number of the many existing learning resources in Materials freely available online. The resources will be licensed for open use and repurposing worldwide. The project will also explore the processes and policies involved in the release of such resources.
Designer Pages
Designer Pages contains information on a vast array of materials used for interior design
Materia
Materia is the global network in the area of innovative materials. Materia encourages joint innovation on the road to a more beautiful, sustainable and high-quality built environment
MatWeb
MatWeb's searchable database of material properties includes data sheets of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers such as ABS, nylon, polycarbonate, polyester, polyethylene and polypropylene; metals such as aluminum, cobalt, copper, lead, magnesium, nickel, steel, superalloys, titanium and zinc alloys; ceramics; plus semiconductors, fibers, and other engineering materials.
SpecSimple
SpecSimple.com is the industry's Number 1 free site for sourcing design products and services. Supported by advertising and a full line of internet marketing services, it offers directories for manufacturer, dealer, representative and product information, and provides industry-related services such as web reviews, industry news and a calendar of events.
Style Park
Style Park contains information on over 1,100 different materials, 137 material manufacturers, and 7 material designers.
Sweets Catalog
Sweets is the building product source for the design and construction professional: Architects, Contractors, Subcontractors, Designers, Engineers, Facility Managers and Building Owners.
Transmaterial
A catalog of materials that redefine our physical environment
Material Order: The shared source for design material collections
"Utilizing and developing standards and best practices, the Material Order consortium provides a community-based approach to the management of design material collections with federated search access among participating institutions." Represented members include Harvard GSD, RISD, and Parsons School of Design.
International EPD System
EPDs signal a manufacturer's commitment to measuring and reducing the environmental impact of its products and services and report these impacts in a hyper-transparent way. With an EPD, manufacturers report comparable, objective and third-party verified data that show the good, the bad and the evil about the environmental performance of their products and services.
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