Athena Sustainable Materials Institute

The ATHENA Sustainable Materials Institute is finding answers to critical questions about the environmental impact of buildings and building products. The not-for-profit Institute is a world-leading source of data, expertise and tools for designing buildings with the environment in mind. Athena`s research teams follow common building materials from cradle-to-grave and calculate the environmental effects at each stage in the product`s life cycle. ATHENA v2.0 uses that data in a building systems context to capture the full environmental story for a conceptual building design.