This list of design tools, databases,
guides, studies and procedures is designed to help you measure the costs and environmental benefits of sustainable
products and design strategies.
| Title |
Organization |
Description |
Year Developed |
|
Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES
2.0)
|
U.S. government's National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST)
|
A design tool used to measure the "environmental performance of building products by
using the environmental life-cycle assessment approach specified in ISO
14000 standards. All stages in the life of a product are analyzed: raw
material acquisition, manufacture, transportation, installation, use, and
recycling and waste management. Economic performance is measured using the
ASTM standard life-cycle cost method, which covers the costs of initial
investment, replacement, operation, maintenance and repair, and
disposal."
|
2001
|
|
Green Building Advisor |
Building Green and Design Harmony |
Database of design
strategies to improve environmental performance and cost-effectiveness.
Several case studies are included. |
2001
|
|
Green Building Resource
Guide |
The Architectural
Machine |
Price index for sustainable building materials. |
1996
|
Green
City Buildings: Applying the LEED Rating System
(Adobe Acrobat PDF*) |
XENERGY, Inc. |
Study of potential costs and benefits realizable had 3 city buildings been designed green
according to the LEED Rating System. |
2000
|
|
Standard
Practice for Measuring Life Cycle Costs of Buildings and Building Systems
|
ASTM Standard Designation: E 917-94
|
Procedure to complete several life-cycle cost methods.
|
1999
|
