Common Ground, Consensus Building and Continual Improvement: International Standards and Sustainable Building, First International Symposium

Foreword......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Overview......Page 8
Rethinking Green Building Standards for Comprehensive Continuous Improvement......Page 10
Development of American National Standards for Sustainable Building Products......Page 20
FloorScore?Flooring Products Certification Program for Indoor Air Quality......Page 29
Evaluating Sustainability Using Standard Approaches: The BEES Tool......Page 34
Sustainability in Building Construction?International Standards in Progress......Page 45
Introducing Standards and Sustainable Design......Page 54
Standards Versus Recommended Practice: Separating Process and Prescriptive Measures from Building Performance......Page 65
Designing a System to Apply an Assessment Method of Buildings for All Lifecycle Stages Based on the Concept of Eco-Efficiency......Page 72
BRE Environmental Profiles: Past, Present, and Future......Page 83
Development of a Canadian National Standard on Design for Disassembly and Adaptability for Buildings......Page 89
The Review on Sustainability of National Building Standard Design in China......Page 94
Continuous Improvement of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Rating System?......Page 104
Practice, Education and Research for Sustainable Infrastructure (PERSI)......Page 112
ASTM International announced the formation of ASTM Committee E60 on Sustainability.......Page 122
Appendix......Page 124