- Author
- Lippiatt, B. C.
- Title
- BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability): Balancing Environmental and Economic Performance.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Construction Specifier, 35-42, April 1998
- Distribution
- For more information about BEES visit the BEES Web Page: http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/software/bees.html
- Keywords
- life cycle assessment | life cycle costing | environmental performance | economic performance | overall performance
- Abstract
- Identifying environmentally and economically balanced building products is no easy task. The National Institute of Standards and Technology Green Buildings Program began the Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES) project in 1995 to facilitate the identification process. BEES is a systematic methodology implemented in decision support software for selecting building products that achieve the most appropriate balance between environmental and economic performance.