A Shared Materials Language For Smarter Material Decisions
A Common Language
The Common Materials Framework (CMF) gives the building industry something it’s never had before: a shared language for understanding and acting on the impacts of materials.
Created through radical collaboration across manufacturers, designers, builders, and certification programs, the CMF aligns how we describe, categorize, and measure material performance—bringing clarity to complexity and connection to data.
Less Confusion. More Progress.
Since its introduction, the CMF has united organizations around a common goal: making sustainable product data comparable, credible, and actionable.
From 2023 to 2025, the mindful MATERIALS Product Portal, developed by Ecomedes, served as a proof of concept, showing how structured data mapped to the CMF could simplify product search and comparison. With the Portal’s sunset on August 1, 2025, we’ve entered a new chapter: the CMF everywhere.
Rather than living in a single platform, the CMF is now being embedded directly into the tools and workflows where material decisions happen every day. This next phase is powered by the CMF Implementation Toolkit, a practical guide to help every stakeholder align their data, streamline workflows, and accelerate impact across the built environment.
Why a Common Language Matters
The result? Less duplication. More alignment. And measurable impact at scale.
Manufacturers can share data once and have it flow everywhere.
Designers and contractors can find and compare products faster.
Owners and developers can measure progress toward sustainability goals.
Certification programs and tools can interoperate seamlessly.
What You Can Do Today
Explore the Toolkit to map your current efforts to the CMF and see how your organization can plug into the connected Data Ecosystem.
Publicly demonstrate your organization’s alignment and action.
Join the Forums to help refine, govern, and expand the CMF’s reach across the industry.
What’s Next
The mindful MATERIALS Forums continue to advance the CMF’s evolution — aligning additional programs, strengthening interoperability, and deploying and refining the CMF Implementation Toolkit based on partner feedback and industry adoption.
As more platforms and rating systems incorporate the CMF, including LEED v5, WELL v2, and LBC 5.0, we’re moving from aligned intent to aligned action.
Together, we’re building a future where sustainable materials data is consistent, connected, and credible—everywhere it’s needed.
Meet Our Tech Partners
Our Technology Partners are bringing the CMF to life by embedding it into their platforms—streamlining data management for manufacturers and speeding up daily material decisions for AEC teams, owners, and beyond. These partnerships show a shared vision and commitment, but integration is still evolving. Being a Technology Partner doesn’t mean a platform has fully implemented every aspect of the CMF or carries mM’s official endorsement of its technical functionality. Instead, it signals a collective commitment to building a more connected, transparent materials data ecosystem. From product search and impact analysis to automated vetting against firm-specific material requirements, these leading tools are helping translate the CMF into real-world action—step by step.
We’re always looking to grow our network of Technology Partners and connected collaborators. If you’re building solutions that support better material decisions—whether through design workflows, risk assessment, or beyond—and want to integrate the CMF, let’s talk. Third-party ecolabels and standards are also a huge part of the connected digital data ecosystem we’re working to create. If you’re not yet part of this work, we’d love to connect. Email us at outreach@mindfulmaterials.com.
