The green guide to specification : an environmental profiling system for building materials and components / / Jane Anderson, David Shiers, Kristian Steele |
Autore | Anderson Jane, B.A., MSc. |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bracknell [England], : IHS BRE Press |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (110 p.) |
Disciplina | 600 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
ShiersDavid
SteeleKristian |
Soggetto topico |
Buildings
Sustainable buildings - Specifications Sustainable architecture Green products Environmental protection |
ISBN |
1-281-31858-2
9786611318581 0-470-69066-6 0-470-68039-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
The Green Guide to Specification an Environmental Profiling System for Building Materials and Components; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; The Authors; Part 1 Introduction; A global issue; The purpose of this book; How this edition of The Green Guide to Specification relates to other BRE publications and tools; Previous editions of The Green Guide to Specification; BRE Environmental Profiles of construction materials, components and buildings; The Green Guide to Housing Specification; BREEAM; Envest; Ecopoints and weightings; Green procurement; Life Cycle Assessment
Sources of LCA data in The Green Guide to SpecificationEnvironmental issues; Climate change; Fossil fuel depletion; Ozone depletion; Human toxicity to air and human toxicity to water; Ecotoxicity; Waste disposal; Water extraction; Acid deposition; Eutrophication; Summer smog; Minerals extraction; Embodied energy; Further information; How The Green Guide to Specification was compiled; How the elements were chosen; How the specifications were chosen; How Green Guide environmental issue ratings were assessed; How Green Guide Summary Ratings are generated; Weightings; Worked example; Other issues Part II: How to use The Green Guide to SpecificationLayout 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 floors; Ground floors and substructure; External walls; Insulation; Superstructure; General comments on external walls; Insulation; Division of external wall specifications into subsections; Traditional forms of cavity wall construction 'Rainscreen' claddingsCladding and masonry construction; Cladding and framed construction; Roofs; Insulation; Division of roofing specifications into subsections; Flat roofs; 'Traditional' pitched roofs; Low pitched roofs; 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; Loadbearing partitions; Non-loadbearing partitions; Proprietary and demountable partitions; Suspended ceilings and ceiling finishes; Doors Other materials and elementsInternal paint finishes; Insulation; All insulations (including those using HCFCs); 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; Insulation: CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs; 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145288103321 |
Anderson Jane, B.A., MSc.
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Sustainable building design : principles and practice / / edited by Miles Keeping, David Shiers |
Autore | Keeping Miles |
Edizione | [1st edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 690.028/6 |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable buildings - Design and construction
Sustainable construction |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-119-06376-0
1-119-06378-7 1-119-06375-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Master planning -- Transport -- Energy -- The building envelope -- Environmental services -- Materials. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910270882903321 |
Keeping Miles
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2018 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sustainable building design : principles and practice / / edited by Miles Keeping, David Shiers |
Autore | Keeping Miles |
Edizione | [1st edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 690.028/6 |
Soggetto topico |
Sustainable buildings - Design and construction
Sustainable construction |
ISBN |
1-119-06376-0
1-119-06378-7 1-119-06375-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Master planning -- Transport -- Energy -- The building envelope -- Environmental services -- Materials. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830360503321 |
Keeping Miles
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2018 | ||
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