Green Building Materials A Guide to Product

To properly select and specify green building materials, architects need advice on how to select and use nontoxic, recycled, and recyclable products, and how to integrate these products into the design process in order to capitalize on their many practical and economic advantages. This fully updated new edition is a reliable, up-to-date resource for professionals and students alike.Written by two nationally known experts on green building methods and materials, Green Building Materials, Third Edition offers in-depth, practical information on the product selection, product specification, and construction process. This new Third Edition is an excellent hands-on guide to today's newest range of green building materials- what they are, where to find them, how to use them effectively, and how to address LEED requirements. Organized by CSI MasterFormat categories for fast access to specific information.

Ross Spiegel, RA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP, NCARB
Senior Specification write, Fletcher-Thompson, Inc., Shelton, CT; Member of the Construction Specifications Institute since 1978, where he is a liaison to the U.S. Green Building Council; Past member of the U.S. Green Building Council's Board of Directors, past chair of the USGBC Steering Committee for the Green Build Conference & Expo

Dru Meadows, AIA, FCSI, CCS, FASTM
Cofounder of the Green Team, a strategic environmental consulting firm, that evaluates and specifies many new and alternative building materials; Chair for ASTM International's Committee on Sustainability; Past member of the U.S. Green Building Council Board and past member of USGBC's LEED Rating System Steering Committee

Preface to the Third Edition
Acknowledgments to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction
Endnotes
Why Use Green Building Materials?
Liability Issues
Economic Benefits
Consumer Demand and New Markets
Regulatory Requirements
Altruism and Professional Responsibility
Green Building Materials: An Ounce of Prevention
Endnotes
What Are Green Building Materials?
What Does Green Look Like?
Does Green Work?
Isn't Green Expensive?
Perceptions
Shades of Green
Resource Management, Toxicity/IEQ, and Performance
When Are Green Building Materials Not Green?
Overcoming Entropy
Endnotes
How Does the Product Selection Process Work?
Identify Material Categories
Identify (Green) Building Material Performance Criteria
Identify (Green) Building Material Options
Gather Technical Information
Review Submitted Information for Completeness
Evaluate (Green) Materials
Select and Document Choice
Endnotes
Eco-Labeling, Green Standards, and Product Certification
Standards Development Organizations
Trade and Professional Organizations
Government
Labeling
Certification
Future Developments
Endnotes
How Does the Construction Process Work?
Design and Construction Relationships
The Bidding Phase
The Construction Phase
Certification Activities
The Construction Phase as the Successful End to the Project
Risk Management for Green Building Materials
Endnotes
Green Building Materials and Green Building Programs
Local Programs
State Programs
U.S. Governmental Agency Programs
National (U.S.) Programs
National Programs
International Programs
Endnotes
CHAPTER Conclusion
History of Green Building Materials
The Future of Green Building Materials
Final Thoughts
Endnotes
Sources of Further Information
Summary of Environmental Issues in CSI MasterFormat™ Organization
Sample Sections
Sample Contracts
Examples of Sector-Specific InitiativesTowards Sustainability
Glossary
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Green Building Materials A Guide to Product Selection and Specification

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