Tag Archives: rating tools
Edge forges ahead with Building Resilience Rating Tool development
Last week Edge facilitated a workshop of the Building Resilience Rating Tool (BRRT) Expert Advisory Group. The output from this workshop will form the foundation of the next stage of the Tools development. The Group was comprised of members from key research institutions, insurance industry and consultants. People were chosen for their knowledge and experience [...]
How Will The Building Products LCI Affect Your Organisation?
In the last few months there have been major advances in the way Australian building products can be assessed and compared for their environmental credentials. Edge Environment have played a significant role in these developments. To-date, building products and materials have primarily been assessed and promoted with individual environmental claims like “recycled”, “recyclable”, “FSC Certified”, “non-toxic”, “natural”, “renewable”, “low VOC” etc. This approach is too [...]
Weighting for LCA based Tools, Methods and Ecolabels – Practical but Contentious!
Weighting for LCA based Tools, Methods and Ecolabels – Practical but Contentious! Edge Environment paper for the 7th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in March 2011: This paper explores the derivation and use of weighting factors to interpret LCIA results from midpoint impact measures to a final score. The different methods used internationally are [...]
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