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GREEN BUILDING PRODUCTS SOFTWARE ANNOUNCED
Release Date: 06/22/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2000
GREEN BUILDING PRODUCTS SOFTWARE ANNOUNCED
EPA is making available a new version of a software package for selecting cost-effective, green building products. Aimed at designers, builders, and product manufacturers, the software program, "Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability" or BEES 2.0, is based on standards agreed to by the EPA, industry and public interest groups. The new version includes actual environmental and economic performance data for over 65 building products, twice as many as BEES l.0. The package was developed by the National Institute of Standards and technology and the Building and Fire Research Laboratory, with support from the U.S. EPA Preferable Purchasing Program and the HUD Partnership for Advancing Technology In Housing. The system assesses the following environmental impacts for building products: ozone depletion, smog, ecological and human toxicity, global warming, acid rain, eutophication, natural resource depletion, indoor air quality and solid waste. The new version is available at: www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/bees.html A compact disc and print manual can be ordered after June 30 through the EPA Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse at (202) 260-1023 or e-mail: [email protected].
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