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Green Guide to Specification, 4th edition [196358]

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Like its predecessors, this fourth edition of "The Green Guide to Specification" provides designers and specifiers with easy-to-use guidance on how to make the best environmental choices when selecting construction materials and components. It is more comprehensive than its predecessors; it contains more than 1200 specifications used in six types of building:

o Commercial buildings, such as offices;
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o Educational buildings, such as schools and universities;
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o Healthcare buildings, such as hospitals;
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o Retail;
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o Residential;
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o Industrial.;
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The principal building elements covered in this edition of The Green Guide to Specification include:;
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o Floors;
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o Roofs;
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o Walls;
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o Windows;
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o Insulation;
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o Landscaping.;
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The performance of each specification is measured against a range of environmental impacts, including:;
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o Climate change;
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o Toxicity;
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o Fossil fuel and ozone depletion;
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o Levels of emissions and pollutants;
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o Mineral and water extraction.;
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The Green Guide to Specification provides robust information to assist decision-making by translating;

Numerical life-cycle assessment data into a simple A+ to E scale of environmental ratings, enabling specifiers to make meaningful comparisons between materials and components.;

The Green Guide to Specification is an essential tool for architects, surveyors, building managers and property owners seeking to reduce the environmental impact of their buildings by informed and responsible selection of construction materials and components.;
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Contents:;

BUILDING TYPES: Commercial; Educational; Healthcare; Retail; Residential; industrial..;
BUILDING ELEMENTS: External walls; Internal walls and partitions; Roofs; Ground floors; Upper floors; Windows; Insulation; Landscaping; Floor finishes..;
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ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES: Climate change; Water extraction; Mineral resource depletion; Stratospheric ozone depletion; Human toxicity; Ecotoxicity to freshwater; Nuclear waste; Ecotoxicity to land; Waste disposal; Fossil fuel depletion; Eutrophication; Photochemical ozone creation; Acidification.
Green Guide to Specification, 4th edition
Author:  Anderson, Jane|Shiers, David
Date Published:  January 2009
Document Type:  Books
Format:  Hardback
ISBN:  1405119616
ISBN13:  9781405119610
Pages:  208
Publisher:  John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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