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The Green Guide to Specification, 3rd Edition:
An Environmental Profiling System for Building Materials

by Jane Anderson;  David Shiers

www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9780632059614&site=1

This British guide uses an ABC scale to rate the environmental performance of a variety of building assemblies based on life-cycle assessment modeling. Ratings consider cradle-to-gate (not including use) impact on climate change, fossil fuel depletion, ozone depletion, human toxicity, waste disposal, water extraction, acid deposition, ecotoxicity, eutrophication, summer smog, and mineral extraction.

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Publisher Blackwell Publishing Inc. 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148 www.blackwellpublishing.com

Available as: book (e-book) Length: 98 pages Published: 2002 ISBN: 0632059613 LOC: TD196.B85 A53 2002

This information was last verified on 6/3/08

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