[GSBN] Environmental effects of foam insulations

[Derek Roff]

My memory is a bit hazy, but I believe there were some links posted to this list, or maybe the NBNE list, a few months ago, on building materials life-cycle analysis.  I'm thinking that the University of Bath was one link, and a university in New Zealand was another.  I didn't investigate the links, but I'm wondering if they included any information that would be useful to you, Chris.  

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Derek Roff
derek at unm.edu


On Jan 2, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Chris Magwood wrote:

> Hi all, and happy new year to all of you!
> 
> I am trying to research the environmental impacts of the production of EPS and XPS foam insulations. Obviously, this industry is on the defensive, because all I can find are industry-sponsored glossy brochures touting the complete benevolence of foam insulations and industry-sponsored tests that give me a bunch of numbers I can't understand, no comparisons of those numbers to other materials and a "see, it's all good" conclusion.
> 
> Environmental Building News has had some articles that have been helpful. Any other suggestions?
> 
> Chris
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