Check out the following:
T. Wooley, S. Kimmins, (2000) 'Green Building Handbook Vol.2: A Guide to
Building Products & Their Impact on The Environment', (compendium of
issues 13-24 of Green Building Digest) for ACTAC & the Ethical Consumer
Association, E & FN Spon.
BRE (2000) 'The Green Guide to Housing Specification', Construction
Research Communications.
D. Anink, C. Boonstra & J. Mak (1998) 'Handbook of Sustainable Building;
An Environmental Preference Method for Selection of Materials for Use in
Construction & Refurbishment', London.
BRE Post Office, BRE, Oxford Brookes University (1998) 'The Green Guide
to Specification: An Environmental Profiling System for Building
Materials & Components', BRE Report 351.
T. Wooley, P. Harrison & R. Harrison. (1997) 'Green Building Handbook: A
Guide to Building Products & Their Impact on The Environmen', (a
compendium of issues 1-12 of Green Building Digest) E & FN Spon.
The BRE has its own indices in refs 2 & 4 above (seems less environmentally
stringent than the Dutch system in ref.3)
The 2 vols. of the Green Building Handbook (refs 1 & 5) use symbols to
indicate relative impact of materials.
Hope this is useful?
Dellé Odeleye
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A few years ago on this list I asked if there were any scores of
sustainability attached to specific materials .
The sort of thing I am thinking of are indicies that would take into
account
the damage done in the gathing/growing/extraction/processing /manufacture
with plus points for inclusion of recycled materials, recyclability (and
energy costs associated with that etc.)
I am thinking about providing data for design/ engineering/ technology
projects so that students can way up the total costs of choosing acrylic
over MDF over aluminum over harvested softwoods etc. etc. etc. A score per
metre-cube is the sort of thing I am looking for.
I came across a project in the Nederlands that had done this in the early
90's. Has anyone any idea.
Martin Owen
University of Wales, Bangor
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