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BEAM Affiliate Training and Examination Materials Aspects Ir Prof CS Poon Green Building Faculty Panel Chair of Material Aspects, Technical Review Committee, BEAM Society Limited Yvonne Ieong Green Building Faculty Deputy Panel Chair of Material Aspects, Technical Review Committee, BEAM Society Limited June 2014 1 1 BEAM Plus: Materials Aspects Principal Aims: • Promote sustainable use of natural resources • Minimize waste generation • Encourage waste recycling • Conserve land-filling space • Protect ozone layer Deforestation Global Warming Ozone Depletion Image sources: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/09/ozone-hole-antarctica- The ozone hole reached its biggest extent on chemicals and http://ourchangingclimate.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/ 26 September, 2013. (Last Viewed 24th April 2014) Life Cycle Assessment A Life Cycle Assessment is an analysis of the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product, process or service. Image source: http://www.solidworks.com/sustainability/design/2722_ENU_HTML.htm (Last Viewed 24th April 2014) What is Embodied Energy? Embodied Energy is the energy used during the entire life cycle of a product, including its manufacture, transportation, and disposal, as well as the inherent energy captured within the product itself. Image source: http://www.fmlink.com/ProfResources/Sustainability/Articles/i mages/sustainability092812a3.jpg Embodied Energy of Building Materials Image source: Tucker, Selwyn (2001). "The Embodied Energy in Buildings“(Last Viewed 24th April 2014) Materials Aspects BEAM PLUS FOR NEW BEAM PLUS FOR BEAM PLUS BUILDINGS EXISTING BUILDINGS INTERIORS MA P1 X MA P3 Timber Used for Temporary Works Objective Submission Encourage the use of well-managed Documentation and Photographic timber. evidence demonstrating that NO virgin forest products were being used for Virgin Forest products shall NOT be temporary works. used for temporary works during Construction. Prerequisite Credit for not using Virgin forest products for temporary works during construction. MA P1 X MA P3 Timber Used for Temporary Works Acceptable forestry certification systems include: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certifications Scheme (PEFC) Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Cerflor (Brazil) Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) MA P1 X MA P3 Timber Used for Temporary Works Examples of Timber Used for Temporary Works Timber formwork Timber used in working platforms of scaffolding Timber partitions used during construction or renovation Image source: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/CIVCAL/production/traditional/ “Virtual Building and Construction Environment’, the Department of Building and Construction, City University of Hong Kong and http://scaffoldersscotland.co.uk/contact.html (Last Viewed 24th April 2014)
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