[GSBN] Embodied energy figures

[ejgeorge at riseup.net]

Hi Chris,

Have you checked out Athena Institute or BEES?

http://www.athenasmi.org/about/index.html

http://www.nist.gov/el/economics/BEESSoftware.cfm

ej




Quoting "Chris Magwood" <info at chrismagwood.ca>:

> Hey all,
>
> I'm doing a bunch of research to help my students this spring, and  
> I'm trying to compile some good embodied energy stats to give them  
> some guidance around material choices and their environmental  
> impacts. I know that EE doesn't give the whole picture by any means,  
> but it's a good way to show them some comparisons and get them  
> thinking.
>
> I've seen some good charts from University of Bath in the UK and  
> Victoria University in NZ, and a reference chart from the Canadian  
> Architects Association (don't know where the numbers came from in  
> that one). I've also found some research documents that look at EE  
> in particular materials.
>
> Does anybody have other recommendations for EE comparison charts?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris
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