Swap in healthy (Red List-free) materials — Long Beach, CA

Common finishes carry Red List chemicals; swapping to healthy materials is a grounded step toward the LBC Materials Petal. Standard: Living Building Challenge 4.0 — Materials Petal (Red List-free). SDG 12. Proof: before/after photos + the Declare/product label Method (Living Building Challenge 4.0 — Materials Petal (Red List-free). SDG 12.): 1. Identify the materials to remove/replace against the Red List. 2. Safely remove the flagged material. 3. Install the healthy (Red List-free) replacement. 4. Log product + Declare label and photograph before/after. Done when: before/after photos + the Declare/product label

Where

Long Beach, CA

Pay

$80 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

before/after photos + the Declare/product label

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-08-08

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 60–150 minutes. Method of record: Living Building Challenge 4.0 Materials Petal — Red List avoidance: substitution documented product by product, with the declaration kept

Bring

• camera
• phone or tablet for lookups
• gloves
• the LBC Red List (current version)
• product label or spec sheet access

Steps

1. 1. Photograph every product to be replaced BEFORE, label and ingredient panel legible.
2. 2. Record each product's manufacturer, name, and any declaration number.
3. 3. Check each against the current Red List; record which listed chemical class triggers it.
4. 4. Identify a substitute with a Declare label, HPD, or published full disclosure — not a marketing claim.
5. 5. Confirm the substitute performs the same function at the same location (fire rating, wet area, structural).
6. 6. Install or swap per the substitute's own instructions.
7. 7. Photograph AFTER with the new product's label legible, and keep the declaration document.
8. 8. Record the disposal route for the removed product.

If it does not match the plan

• Product is suspected asbestos-containing (pre-1990 building) -> stop; licensed abatement only.
• No disclosed substitute exists -> document the gap and stop; an undisclosed swap is not an improvement.
• Substitute lacks the required fire or wet-area rating -> reject it regardless of chemistry.
• Removed product is hazardous -> route to household hazardous waste, never the general stream.

What counts as done

• Before and after photos with both product labels legible
• The Red List chemical class that triggered each replacement, named in the record
• A Declare label, HPD, or equivalent disclosure kept for every substitute
• Function-equivalence confirmed for rating-sensitive locations
• Disposal route recorded for every removed product

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.