The green guide to specification : an environmental profiling system for building materials and components /
How can you tell if the materials and components you are specifying have a low environmental impact? A full life-cycle assessment is a complex, time-consuming and expensive process; the environmental ratings summarised in this Guide provide a quick and easy way for designers and specifiers to assess...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford :
Malden, MA : Blackwell Science,
©2002.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | How can you tell if the materials and components you are specifying have a low environmental impact? A full life-cycle assessment is a complex, time-consuming and expensive process; the environmental ratings summarised in this Guide provide a quick and easy way for designers and specifiers to assess their options. The relative environmental performance of over 250 materials and components have been assessed in this guide, using carefully researched, quantitative data derived from the BRE Environmental Database. A wide range of alternative specifications are provided for: · wa. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 98 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470690666 0470690666 0632059613 9780632059614 |