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Healthy Material Jargon Buster
Healthy Material Jargon Buster
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Definition:
HEALTHY MATERIAL
- Material/product with few or no unhealthy ingredients that can affect the users of buildings.
Examples:
- Low allergy
- Low VOC (and many variations),
- Low ozone depletion potential
- Low off gassing
- VOC Absorbent
- Non-hazardous waste
- Moisture Absorbent moisture mass (prevent mould)
- Hyroscopic absobes moisture until conditions prevail to release moisture
- Moisture permeable permitting moisture through building fabric to avoid condensation
- Avoiding preservatives in timber in landscape particularly with food growing
Material applications:
- Surface finishes, paints, stains, plasters, carpets, flooring, wall papers, fabrics, etc.
- Non-absorbent floor finishes (vomit (sick), urine (‘pee’), excreta (‘poo’), food, liquid)
- Adhesives (between layers of an assembly), binders (in recipes)
Reservations:
- Natural wool can have skin irritation with some people
Exceptions/Exclusions:
- Avoiding preservatives in timber in landscape particularly with food growing
Advantages:
- Low to no off-gassing,
- Low to no VOC,
- Non-hazardous
Potential Substitutes:
- Avoiding PVC
- Avoiding offgassing plastics
- Avoiding synthetic offgassing adhesives or binders
- Avoiding synthetic and natural solvent based coatings
(CAP’EM BRM ’10 & NGS BRM ’10 – ’13)
Relevance to Sustainable Construction:
Opinion:
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© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
30th October 2013 – 16th November 2015
Healthy Material Jargon Buster
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© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
30th October 2013 – 16th November 2015
Healthy Material Jargon Buster
See also:
GBE JARGON BUSTER
- Abundent Material
- Agricultural Co-Product, By-Products Or Waste
- Healthy Material (this page)
- Renewable Materials
- Rapidly Renewable Material
- Non-renewable material
- VOC
GBE CPD
- Seminar
GBE CHECKLIST
- Trade
GBE LINKS
- Organisation/Website
- PAN
- Healthy Flooring Network
- Womens Environment Network
GBE PAGES
- Link
GBE CALCULATOR
- Product
GBE GREEN BUILDING SPECIFICATION (GBS)
- Robust Specification Clause
- Robust Specification Work Section
© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
30th October 2013 – 16th November 2015
