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Table of Contents

Executive Summary.5

Introduction.7

Section 1: Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) Lis ts and Single-Issue Programs 8

Section 1 Summary Table9

Alameda County’s Green Building Materials Resource Guide.13

GreenSpec®.14

Oikos Product Guide15

Guide to Resource Efficient Building Elements from the Center for Resourceful Building Technology

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CIWMB’s C&D Recycled Content Building Products Database18

U.S. EPA Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines 19

State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign (California) .22

USDA Biobased Content Requirements23

Energy Star 24

“Water Star”.25

Greenguard Environmental Institute’s Greenguard™ Registry 26

Lead Dog GQ.28

BlueBolt .28

Forest Stewardship Council .29

Sustainable Forestry Initiative 30

Canadian Standards Association Forest Certification Program.31

Section 2: Green Building Product Specifications, Process Guidelines, and Labeling Programs .33

Section 2 – Summary Table.34

California’s Special Environmental Requirements Specification (Section 01350)37

U.S. EPA EPP Guidelines .39

Eley Associates Reference Specifications for Energy and Resource Efficiency 40

ISO 14040 Series Documents 41

ISO 14020 Series Documents 44

ASTM Standard E-2129 “Standard Practice for Data Collection for Sustainability Assessment of

Building Products” 45

Defense Logistics Agency Environmentally Preferable Products Program46

Massachusetts Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement Program47

Sustainable Products Purchasers Coalition47

GreenBlue/McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry48

MTS Sustainable Textile Standard 49

Scientific Certification Systems EPP Product Standards 50

Green Seal Standards and Choose Green Reports .51

Eco-label (European Union) 52

Blue Angel (Germany) 53

Nordic Swan (Scandinavia) .54

Environmental Choice (Canada)54

Ecomark (Japan) 55

Section 3: Product Guidelines Defined by Green Building Rating Programs 57

Section 3 – Summary Table.58

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Rating System60

Collaborative for High Performance Schools Certification Program61

State of California Sustainable Building Program.63

Alameda County’s Green Building Design and Construction Programs 64

Austin, TX Green Building Program.65

New York State Green Building Tax Credit67

City of Santa Monica Green Building Program 68

City of San José Green Building Program.69

Section 4: Relevant Green Building Literature and Tools .71

Section 4 – Summary Tables .72

Building Better Buildings: A Blueprint for Sustainable State Facilities 2001 75

Collaborative for High Performance Schools. Best Practices Manual76

Energy Design Guidelines for High Performance Schools .77

High Performance School Buildings: Resource and Strategy Guide 78

Building Material Emissions Study, November 2003 .79

City of New York High Performance Building Guidelines.80

Sustainable Products Training Manual81

U.S. Life Cycle Inventory Database 82

BEES version 3.0 .83

Athena Environmental Impact Estimator 85

eLCie.86

Environmental Building News/BuildingGreen Suite 87

AIA Environmental Resource Guide .87

Environment Design Guide .88

King County, Washington Fact Sheets on green products 89

Green Building Digest .90

Sustainable Building Technical Manual, Public Technology, Inc. .91

A Green Vitruvius: Principles and Practice of Sustainable Architectural Design.92

Greening Federal Facilities 93

Section 5: Discussions with Key Peer Groups 94

Athena Sustainable Materials Institute 95

Developers of BEES 96

Conclusions and Recommendations 97

Appendix A: Alphabetical List of Resources Reviewed .99

Appendix B: Green Attributes Used by the GreenSpec® Directory.102

Appendix C: Determining Resource Efficiency of Building Materials from the Guide to Resource

Efficient Building Elements.103

Appendix D: Material/Product Selection Criteria from the California Sustainable Building Task Force

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