The latest edition of GreenClips highlights a recent paper in The Construction Specifier, by Catherine Houska and GHGm President, Steven B. Young. GreenClips highlights stories on sustainable design, particularly relevant to Green Buildings and LEED. The article reviews life cycle assessment (LCA) data covering issues like total primary energy,and pollution emissions (CO2, Particulates, Chemical Oxygen Demand) required to produce 1 kg of primary metals.
Emphasis is on the environmental benefit of recycling of materials and looking to high end of life (EOL) collection rates. Guidance for environmental improvement is towards good design that promotes EOL collection and high quality, high value scrap suitable for recycling.
The original article is in The Construction Specifier, Jul 06, p 80, by Catherine Houska and Steven B. Young.