Living Building Challenge: Request to Declare Template
Dear NAME OF CEO OF CORPORATION:
NAME OF LETTER-WRITING FIRM is part of a team working on NAME OF PROJECT in CITY/STATE/LOCATION, an exciting project pursuing
certification by the Living Building Challenge. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT LETTER-WRITING FIRM.
The Living Building Challenge is a performance-based standard that defines the worlds most advanced measure of sustainability in the built
environment today. To learn more about the Living Building Challenge, visit www.livingbuildingchallenge.org.
The standard requires that manufacturers disclose all the ingredients in their product to ensure that projects exclude a suite of substances that pose
immediate and long-term threats to human and environmental health. We are writing to urge you to list your products in Declare, the ingredients label
for building projects, so that we can more easily specify them for use in our Living Building Challenge project.
Awareness of the health impacts of building product ingredients is increasing. Human and environmental health considerations have emerged as a
crucial factor in material selection. Declare allows manufacturers of ecologically sound projects to demonstrate market leadership and secure a
competitive advantage.
Declare also offers manufacturers an expanded point-of-entry into the most groundbreaking restorative projects in the world. A growing list of teams
pursuing the Living Building Challenge - widely accepted to be the most advanced green building standard in the world - will use the Declare
database and label to select products that meet the Living Building Challenge Materials Petal. The declaration on the label aligns with the Red List
and Appropriate Sourcing requirements in the Living Building Challenge, simplifying the process for materials specification and project certification.
If you would like to Declare you company a leader in the transparent materials economy, please visit the manufacturer’s portal of the Declare
Website: www.declareproducts.com.
Our firm is responsible for the specification, purchase, and installation of approximately DOLLAR AMOUNT dollars in building materials annually.
Human and environmental health considerations are central to all of our purchasing decisions and recommendations, and supporting manufacturers
that align with our philosophy is a top priority.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter; we look forward to a day when we can unreservedly select your product through the Declare
database and recommend its use to others.
Sincerely,
[APPLICANT NAME/S]
www.declareproducts.com
October, 2012