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The green guide to specification : an environmental profiling system for building materials and components /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Jane B.A., MSc
Other Authors: Shiers, David, Sinclair, Mike
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, ©2002.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Building materials > Environmental aspects > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture > Environmental aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A Global Issue
  • How This Edition of The Green Guide to Specification Relates to Other BRE
  • Green Procurement
  • Life Cycle Assessment
  • Sources of LCA Data in The Green Guide to Specification
  • Environmental Issues
  • How The Green Guide to Specification was Compiled-- Part II: How to Use the Green Guide to Specification
  • Layout of the Element Sections
  • Functional Unit
  • Building Pie Charts
  • Summary Rating Range
  • Significant Environmental Issues for Elements
  • Ratings Tables
  • Using the Ratings
  • The Importance of Different Elements
  • Arrangement of the Building Elements-- Part III: Green Guide Ratings
  • High-Mass Elements
  • Upper Floor
  • External Walls
  • Roofs-- Part III: Green Guide Ratings
  • Medium- and Low-Mass Elements
  • Floor Finishes and Coverings
  • Substructural Floor Systems/Floor Surfacing
  • Windows and Curtain Walling
  • Internal Walls and Partitioning
  • Suspended Ceilings and Ceiling Finishes
  • Doors-- Part III: Green Guide Ratings
  • Other Materials and Elements
  • Internal Paint Finishes
  • Insulation
  • Landscaping: Hard Surfacing
  • Landscaping: Boundary Protection-- Part IV: Appendices Appendix 1: General Notes Relating to the Use of Specific Materials and Particular Environmental Issues
  • Appendix 2: Worked Example of the Generation of a Green Guide Rating for an Internal Wall Specification
  • Appendix 3: Production of a BRE Environmental
  • Appendix 4: BREEAM Case Study
  • Appendix 5: Differences in Environmental Issues from Previous Editions.