Description
Meets the worldwide growing demand for sustainable building standards.
Address environmental problems&challenges related to the design, construction, and operation of environmentally-sound and resource-efficient sustainable buildings.
Standards cover:
- Site&Ecosystems land management, biodiversity impacts, and ecosystem functioning.
- Water water efficiency and water quality impacts.
- Energy energy efficiency, renewable energy, and atmospheric impacts.
- Materials recycled contents, nontoxic and biobased products.
- Indoor Environmental Quality indoor air quality, acoustics, and lighting.
- Operations durability, waste management, maintenance, quality of life (QOL), and life cycle assessment (LCA).
Comply With Federal Mandates, which call for environmentally preferable products, energy efficiency, and sustainable buildings. These mandates have made it necessary for federal and state agencies to develop sustainable building programs.
The 111 standards on this CD address a wide range of topics to assist federal and state agencies in complying with these federal mandates. These include building materials, performance of wetlands, and general principles for life cycle assessment. This compendium also addresses sustainable design, construction, and operation of buildings.
This CD-ROM is an invaluable resource for architects, government agencies, developers, planners, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, owners, landscapers, financial organizations related to the building industry, building materials and product manufacturers, and other building professionals.
Click here to view a list of the standards included in this compilation.
Product Details
- Published:
- 01/01/1993
- Number of Pages:
- 275
