The Green Guide to Specification : An Environmental Profiling System for Building Materials and Components (Hardcover, 3rd Edition)

Introduction;.

Background to the Green Guide to Specification;.

How the Green Guide to Specification was compiled;.

How to use the Green Guide to Specification;.

Green Guide ratings.

High-mass elements;.

Upper floor construction;.

Ground floors and substructure;.

Insulation;.

External walls;.

Superstructure.

Insulation.

Traditional cavity wall construction;.

'Rainscreen' claddings;.

Cladding and masonry;.

Cladding systems and framed construction;.

Roof Construction;.

Insulation;.

Flat roofs;.

'Traditional' pitched roofs.

Low pitched metal deck and roof cladding;.

Medium and Low-mass elements;.

Floor finishes and coverings.

Hard floor finishes.

Soft floor coverings;.

Substructural floor systems/floor surfacing;.

Windows and curtain walling;.

Internal walls and partitioning;.

Load bearing partitions.

Non-load bearing partitions;.

Proprietary and demountable partitions;.

Suspended ceilings and ceiling finishes;.

Doors;.

Other materials and elements.

Internal paint finishes;.

Insulation;.

All insulations (including those using HCFC's).

Zero ozone depletion potential (ZODP) insulations.

Landscaping: hard surfacing;.

Landscaping; boundary protection;.

Part IV Appendices;.

Appendix 1: general notes relating to the use of specific materials and particular environmental issues;.

Timber;.

Indoor air quality issues;.

CFC's, HCFC's and HFC's;.

PVC;.

Appendix 2: worked example of the generation of a Green Guide rating for an.

internal wall specification;.

Generation of the environmental profile for the specification;.

Generation of the Green Guide rating for each environmental issue;.

Generation of the summary rating for each specification;.

Appendix 3: the production of a BRE environmental profile for a material.

using the BRE environmental profiles methodology;.

Inventory analysis;.

Impact assessment;.

Appendix 4: BREEAM case study;.

Appendix 5: differences in environmental issues from previous editions;.

Contacts and further information;.

Key references;.

Index