It is imperative that we continue to use healthier building materials for everyone’s wellbeing and learn how to influence those choices. While embodied carbon has taken on new urgency for many in the profession lately, we still need to mitigate for the public health impacts our buildings will have on the building’s users, their communities, the manufacturers’ employees, and the builders. This is especially true for fenceline communities and those that tend to have fewer resources to address negative health impacts. In the public sector the challenges are significantly increased because three equivalents are required for every product specified. We believe in the effort to specify healthier products, and we embrace the challenge of doing so for public projects. Progress continues to be made on many fronts, which requires us to constantly update our knowledge of evolving products and manufacturing methods. LCA tools, EPDs, HPDs, and a plethora of product labels are intended to help the design and construction team better achieve success. We intend to discuss how we are navigating the information onslaught for selecting materials within the context of public projects and how private projects are an important aspect of that effort.