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What's Happening from Environmental Building News
September 1, 1992
ASTM Green Building Committee
A committee has been formed at the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) to work on a set of criteria for evaluating the environmental merits of commercial buildings. According to committee chairman David Gottfried, the goal is to create a guide with suggestions for how to build “green” buildings, as well as to develop a voluntary rating system. The group hopes to bring together recommendations already in place from a variety of organizations, such as ASHRAE (energy efficiency and ventilation guidelines), the U.S. Government Office of Housing and Urban Development (formaldehyde out-gassing limitations), the EPA (recycled content guidelines), and the American Institute of Architects (avoidance of CFCs in refrigeration systems)....
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