Description: Introduction;. Background to the Green Guide to Specification;. How the Green Guide to Specification was compiled;. How to use the Green Guide to Specification;. Green Guide ratings. High-mass elements;. Upper floor construction;. Ground floors and substructure;. Insulation;. External walls;. Superstructure. Insulation. Traditional cavity wall construction;. 'Rainscreen' claddings;. Cladding and masonry;. Cladding systems and framed construction;. Roof Construction;. Insulation;. Flat roofs;. 'Traditional' pitched roofs. Low pitched metal deck and roof cladding;. Medium and Low-mass elements;. Floor finishes and coverings. Hard floor finishes. Soft floor coverings;. Substructural floor systems/floor surfacing;. Windows and curtain walling;. Internal walls and partitioning;. Load bearing partitions. Non-load bearing partitions;. Proprietary and demountable partitions;. Suspended ceilings and ceiling finishes;. Doors;. Other materials and elements. Internal paint finishes;. Insulation;. All insulations (including those using HCFC's). Zero ozone depletion potential (ZODP) insulations. Landscaping: hard surfacing;. Landscaping; boundary protection;. Part IV Appendices;. Appendix 1: general notes relating to the use of specific materials and particular environmental issues;. Timber;. Indoor air quality issues;. CFC's, HCFC's and HFC's;. PVC;. Appendix 2: worked example of the generation of a Green Guide rating for an. internal wall specification;. Generation of the environmental profile for the specification;. Generation of the Green Guide rating for each environmental issue;. Generation of the summary rating for each specification;. Appendix 3: the production of a BRE environmental profile for a material. using the BRE environmental profiles methodology;. Inventory analysis;. Impact assessment;. Appendix 4: BREEAM case study;. Appendix 5: differences in environmental issues from previous editions;. Contacts and further information;. Key references;. Index

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