What Makes a Product Green

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What Makes a Product Green?
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Building for Environmental and Economic
Sustainability (BEES)

• Bobbie Lippiatt
• U.S. Department of Commerce
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
  (NIST)

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NIST National Institute of Standards and
Technology

• Since 1901, non-regulatory federal agency within
  U.S. Commerce Department's Technology
  Administration
• NIST develops and promotes measurements,
  standards, and technology

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BEES Sponsors

• NIST Building Fire Research Laboratory
• U.S. EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
  Program
• U.S. Department of Agriculture

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BEES 3.0

• Model
• Data
• Software

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BEES Model

• Takes Life-Cycle Approach
• Based on Consensus Standards
• Life-Cycle Costing (ASTM E917)
• Building Element Classification (ASTM E1557)
• Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment (ISO 14040)
• Multi-Attribute Decision Analysis (ASTM E1765)

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BEES Model Environmental Impacts

• Global Warming
• Acid Rain
• Eutrophication
• Fossil Fuel Depletion
• Indoor Air Quality
• Habitat Alteration

• Smog
• Ozone Depletion
• Ecological Toxicity
• Human Health
• Criteria Air Pollutants
• Water Intake

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BEES Model Parameters
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BEES 3.0 Model
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BEES Data

• 118 Generic and 80 Brand-Specific Products
• 23 Building Elements

• Interior Wall Finishes
• Floor Coverings
• Parking Lot Paving
• Partitions
• Ceiling Finishes
• Fabricated Toilet Partitions
• Lockers
• Fixed Casework
• Chairs
• Table Tops, Shelving
• Soil Treatment
• Transformer Oil

• Slab on Grade
• Basement Walls
• Beams
• Columns
• Roof Sheathing
• Exterior Wall Finishes
• Wall Insulation
• Framing
• Wall Sheathing
• Roof Coverings
• Ceiling Insulation

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BEES Please Participants

• Asphalt Systems
• Cargill Dow
• CA Floorcoverings
• Forbo
• Herman Miller
• Interface
• ISG Resources
• JJ Industries
• Lafarge
• Mohawk
• Natural Cork
• Shaw
• Trespa
• Universal Textile Technologies

• For the WannaBEES
• theres always
• BEES Please!

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BEES 2.0
9000 users from 80 countries
Manufacturers
Designers
Researchers
Other
Builders
Educators
Consultants
Government
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• BEES 2.0 Peer Review Report
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• Evaluation of LEED using LCA

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ConclusionWhat Makes a Product Green?

• The answers
• lie in the
• tradeoffs

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For Free BEES Resources...

• www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/bees.html
• Click Download for BEES 3.0
• Click Whats the Buzz for new BEES reports
• Click BEES Please to submit product data