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Green Guide to Specification (GGtS) Jargon Buster

Green Guide to Specification (GGtS) Jargon Buster
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BRE GREEN GUIDE TO SPECIFICATION
Created by BRE originally for the Post Office but today more for the ‘business as usual’ industry.
An ABC rating of materials, from the outset it tried to create a level playing field but only put one team on the pitch, conventional materials and no green materials.
In 2001 it was criticised at AECB conference for lack of Green materials but BRE carried on excluding most of them until today.
It still evaluates which is the least violet of the violet materials, rather than identify green materials.
InCrops (the NNFCC or East of England) at UEA are trying to help BRE to include green materials.
Formerly a book now a website and a 4^th edition book
ABC has grown to A+, A to E
A or A+ rating are the higher scores, what we call ‘BRE Green’
(NGS BRM ’08 – ’10)

The BRE’s environmental impact of construction materials rating system.
Closely linked to EcoHomes, BREEAM, Code for Sustainable Homes, Envest2.
Controversy exists about the Guide’s veracity.
(GreenSpec AEP ’09 & BRM ’10)

BRE Global will continue to offer Green Guide ratings using the BRE Environmental Profiles methodology.
Existing Green Guide ratings will remain unchanged.
(BRE VB ’11)

BRE felt it was okay to ignore CEN TC 350 (EN 15804) Product Category Rules in the GreenGuide.
BRE have now set out their road map to EN 15804 compliance, and announced they have competed their updating process in 2013
(NGS BRM ’12 – ’13)

Opinion:

GBE Code for Sustainable Homes (CfSH) and their reliance upon Green Guide to Specification (GGtS) for many reason

See Green Guide to Specification