- Author
- Lippiatt, B. C.
- Title
- BEES Model for Selecting Environmentally and Economically Balanced Building Products.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Distribution
- For more information about BEES visit the BEES Web Page: http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/software/bees.html
- Book or Conf
- Environmental and Economic Balance: The 21st Century Outlook. Proceedings. American Institute of Architects, U.S. Green Building Council and U.S. Department of Energy. November 6-9, 1997, Miami, FL, 1-8 p., 1997
- Keywords
- building products | economic performance | environmental performance | green buildings | life cycle assessment | life cycle costing | multiattribute decision analysis
- Identifiers
- Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES)
- Abstract
- The BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) project has developed a flexible methodology for balancing the environmental and economic performance of building products. The methodology, based on consensus standards, has been implemented in Windows-based decision support software for building designers and materials manufacturers, complete with actual environmental and economic performance data for a number of building products. This paper describes the underlying performance measurement methodology.