Envirospec Protocol by Electronic Blueprint - Green specifications made practical
Electronic Blueprint and ENVIROSPEC provide building specifications and
training, on safe and sustainable buildings, for architects, engineers and builders.
Addressing the Sustainability Forum of the recent Melbourne Design-Build exhibition, Rod
Johnston emphasised the need for product specifications to:
- Honestly identify products that contribute to sustainability;
- Clearly quantify the contribution to sustainability; and
- Advance strategies to create awareness; and distribute reliable technical data to
Architects, Engineers and Builders.
The Building Products Innovation Council (BPIC) is currently collecting data for the
creation of a Life Cycle Inventory (LCI). This data will be used to populate design
software, enabling designers to minimise environmental impacts. It will also be used to
provide ecolabels for building products.
However, there is a real danger that the ecolabels may fail to provide enough precise
data on the in-service performance for each product under a range of applications and
climates. The role of ENVIROSPEC is to collate the ecolabels and other sustainability
information, in a technically credible format geared specifically for use by designers,
tailored for marketing innovative building products in particular applications.
For further details of the ENVIROSPEC Protocol - www.electronicblueprint.com.au.
For further information contact:
Electronic Blueprint
phone: 02 4360 2255
fax: 02 4360 2256
web: www.electronicblueprint.com.au
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