Green Building Materials A Guide to Product Selection and Specification

by Spiegel, Ross; Meadows, Dru

• ISBN13: 9780470538043
• ISBN10: 047053804X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-11-09
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

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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