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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford Blackwell Science 2001Edition: 3rd edDescription: ix,98p. 30cmISBN:
  • 0632059613
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 691
Summary: Uses data from the BRE Environmental Profiles Database to assess the performance of over 250 materials and components, measuring each specification against a range of environmental impacts including climate change, fossil fuel and ozone depletion, levels of emissions and pollutants, mineral and water extraction, and toxicity. Alternate specifications are given for ceilings, doors, floor finishes, floor systems, insulation, landscaping, paints, roofs, walls and windows.

Uses data from the BRE Environmental Profiles Database to assess the performance of over 250 materials and components, measuring each specification against a range of environmental impacts including climate change, fossil fuel and ozone depletion, levels of emissions and pollutants, mineral and water extraction, and toxicity. Alternate specifications are given for ceilings, doors, floor finishes, floor systems, insulation, landscaping, paints, roofs, walls and windows.