· Promote good indoor air quality through reduced emissions of VOCs or formaldehyde· Durable & low maintenance (life cycle analysis)
· Incorporate recycled content in product (post consumer or post industrial)
· Salvaged from existing or demolished buildings for re-use
· Produced using renewable resources
· Low embodied energy (the energy required to produce & transport materials)
· They do not contain ozone depleting substances in the manufacturing process
· They do not contain highly toxic compounds & their production doesn’t result in highly toxic by-products
· Obtained from local resources & manufacturers
· Support “sustainable harvesting” foresting stewardship
· Easily reused whole or through disassembly
· Easily recycled in a preferred closed loop system
· Frequently biodegradable
· Third-party certification such as LEED points gained.
Winter Park, Florida home
Residential Building Design by Susan P. Berry, ASID
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