Swap a tenant space's worst materials for Red-List-free ones, 5665 W Wilshire block

Tenant improvements on this block still default to Red-List materials — vinyl flooring, high-VOC paints and adhesives — that off-gas into workers' air for years. Each swap-out is a bounded Materials-Petal repair. Standard: Living Building Challenge 4.0 — Materials Petal (Red List avoidance, responsible sourcing). Proof: before/after photos + product documentation (Declare or equivalent) + GPS Method (Living Building Challenge 4.0 — Materials Petal (Red List avoidance, responsible sourcing).): 1. Inventory the space's finish materials with the tenant and photograph each target (flooring, paint, sealants, ceiling tile); rank by exposure. 2. Source Red-List-free replacements (Declare-labeled or equivalent) and record the product documentation. 3. Remove the worst-ranked finish and install its replacement per manufacturer spec. If any existing material is suspected hazardous (old resilient flooring, pre-1978 paint), do not sand, scrape or disturb it — stop, photograph, and route that layer to a licensed assessor; swap only what is safe to swap. 4. Photograph the finished swap and file the product documentation as the healthy-materials record. Done when: before/after photos + product documentation (Declare or equivalent) + GPS

Where

5600–5700 block of W Wilshire Blvd (public right-of-way + typical commercial conditions), Los Angeles, CA 90036

Pay

$110 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 + product documentation (Declare or equivalent) + GPS

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

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-09-01

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.