Selecting Environmentally and Economically Balanced Building Materials.
Selecting Environmentally and Economically Balanced
Building Materials.
(677 K)
Lippiatt, B. C.; Norris, G. A.
NIST SP 888; August 1995.
OECD Green Goods IV: International Conference on
Greener Public Purchasing. Proceedings. Beil,
Switzerland. 77-87 pp, February 1997 AND Public
Technology, Inc. and U.S. Green Building Council.
Selecting Environmentally and Economically Balanced
Building Materials. Reprinted as Chapter 2 of
Sustainable Building Technology Manual: Green Building
Design, Construction, and Operations. Economics and
Environment. Part 1. Chapter 2, Gottfried, D.,
Editors, 1.13-1.19 pp, June 1996 AND National
Institute of Standards and Technology. Green Building
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1997.
Available from:
National Technical Information Service
Order number: PB95-253605
Keywords:
building technology; building materials; environmental
performance; green buildings; impact assessment; impact
evaluation; inventory analysis; life cycle assessment;
life cycle costing; multi-attribute decisions
Abstract:
The building community wants to move toward the use of
building materials with improved environmental
performance at little or no increase in cost. A
methodology for evaluating the environmental and
economic performance of building materials is described.
This methodology is being implemented in decision
support software that will access a publicly available
database of environmental and economic performance data
for building materials. The software will assist
designers and manufacturers in comparing the
environmental/economic performance of alternative
building materials. The National Institute of Standards
and Technology is collaborating with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency in this effort.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899