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 |
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| 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 | |
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