GreenFormat for Manufacturers
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Objectives for the Webinar include:*Learn how to facilitate the transfer of product data between the production and specification of a green building product.*Garner an appreciation for the evolving nature of sustainable buildings and the industry’s challenge with developing an approved method for identifying green building products.*Understand how to determine the type of product date vital for the development of a full LCA.
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Why GreenFormat?
Benefits
How it works
Get Specified - list your products!
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Learning Objectives
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A Multi-Facet Problem
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Considerations• Multiple questionnaires being filled out• Custom questionnaires do not always request quantifiable
information• Need to tie sustainable claims to standards, certifications,
and recognized valuation procedures• Provide information addressing the requirements of
sustainable performance and rating systems, such as LEED® and the Green Guide for Healthcare
• Criterion-based format, no open-ended questions• Create a report that best enables objective analysis
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Certifications – What CSI Doesn’t Do
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BenchmarksLEED is transforming the building industry by providing a benchmark definition of a green building
What about a benchmark definition for products and materials?•No definition exists•Could help in selecting products
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How we chose products today
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What if there was a way to present…
• Design and Construction teams with organized, comparable information
• Manufacturers with one location for communicating information about a product that any designer could see
• A format that makes it easier to determine if this product will help your facility
This is what CSI and GreenFormat does!
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