Building Research Establishment (BRE)
Summary | ||
Name of source | Green Book Live | |
Provider | Building Research Establishment | |
Summary text | Environmental profiles of construction and building materials | |
Contact | lpcb@bre.co.uk | |
Licensing | Free | |
Language(s) | English | |
Website | www.greenbooklive.com/search/ productsearch_env_profile s.jsp?partid=10000 |
Access – data formats and accessibility | ||
File type | HTML (web) access to PDF file | |
Software needs | Adobe Reader |
Contents – breadth and depth of datasets | ||
Age | 2000-2011 | |
Geography | UK | |
Original Data Source(s) | Industry statistics | |
Other Databases Included | ||
Life cycle stages | Cradle-to-Grave | |
Modeling approach | Eco-profile | |
Emissions results | Total CO2e | |
Number of datasets | 777 | |
Main topics | Construction | |
Other topics | Paints and chemical preparations; Metals and semimetals; Glass and ceramics; Plastics; Paper and cardboards; Wood |
Data transparency – what metadata is provided for each dataset? | ||
System boundaries | Yes | |
Data Types | Process | |
Allocation Methods | Yes | |
Technology | Yes | |
Data year | Yes | |
Original source | Yes | |
Uncertainty | No |
Quality – is information provided on data quality? | ||
Data quality score | No | |
Quality assurance | Yes | |
Standards compliant | ISO14040, ISO 14025 |