The green guide to specification : an environmental profiling system for building materials and components /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Malden, MA :
[2002]
Blackwell Science, [2002] |
| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
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.