Designing with Impact in Mind

Express Program Funding

The Express Program is designed to help businesses with 100 or fewer Massachusetts employees respond quickly to emerging needs and keep employees engaged. With bite-size grants for just-in-time training and no waiting periods between grants, the Express Program is the Workforce Training Fund’s fastest path to funding. Learn more here.

About the Class

With hundreds of green product certifications on the market and persistent greenwashing, it can be difficult for designers to know what kind of impacts the materials they select for a project are having on the health of our climate, ecosystems, communities, and on individuals. But with the introduction of an industry-aligned framework for evaluating sustainable materials, more informed decision making is finally within reach. This course will present the current challenges to measuring holistic product impacts and introduce the Common Materials Framework: a groundbreaking common language for product sustainability - and how to apply it in your practice today.

This is the second session of the Materials Matter: Embodied Carbon & The Path to Healthier Buildings training series. Join the series to explore the connections between climate, human health, and the circular economy—transforming the way we design and build for a better future.

This is a live, online training led by Laurel Christensen with mindful MATERIALS.

Refund Policy

Full refunds are available only if written notice is provided 7 days prior to course start date. There will be no refund if less than one week’s notice is given. Please note: Full refunds will be issued less the standard processing fee. In general, rescheduling is always preferred over refunds. Registration transfers are only allowed for rescheduling to a future training and cannot be transferred between individuals.

Background photo by designLAB architects.