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• File Name: Are You Green Or Violet?
  • GBE Lecture 2 Green or Violet Materials Insulation UH MA 2019 S33 PDF Show
  • GBE Lecture 2 Green or Violet Materials Insulation UH MA 2019 9H6 PDF Handout
• File Type: PDF of PPTX
• File Size:
  • PDF Handout: 1 mb
  • PDF Show: 2 mb
  • PPTX Show: See GBE Shop
• Number of Slides/Pages:
  • PDF Handout: 6 Pages (9 Slides per page)
  • PDF Show: 30 Slides of 30
  • PPTX Show: See GBE Shop
• Created for: BD Conference ‘Green Is The Colour’ 1999 at RIBA,
• Presented to: BD, Many Architect’s CPD, Many Lectures: LSBU/UH RIBA Part 1/2 Year 1/2/3/4 Architecture/Interior students
• Author: BrianSpecMan aka Brian Murphy ONC HNC Construction BSc Dip Architecture (Hons+Dist)
• © GBE GBL GBC NGS ASWS 2003 – 2020
• Created: 20/09/2003
• Revision: 47
• Revised: 08/10/2020
• Previously published on Scribd: 02/06/2009
• Scribd reads: 2052 @ 03/06/2013
• Scribd Downloads: 156
• Rating: 5 out of 5 (10 ratings)
• Tags: CPD, Lecture, Green Definitions, Jargon Buster
• ProductSets: Methods of Construction, Materials, State of Industry
• UserGroups: All, Students, Architects, Assistants, Technicians, Structural Engineers, Constructors
• Scope: Used to explain term ‘Violet’ opposite of ‘Green’. Used to set context for sustainability definition, and manufacturers claims.

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Are you Green or Violet?

This Presentation on GBE:

• Find this file on GBE website at:
• https://GreenBuildingEcyclopaedia.uk/?P=408

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Violet Definition

• Coined at ‘Green is the Colour’
• BD Conference
• @ RIBA
• April 1999

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Definitions: Green

• Otherwise: Environmental
• For most in Business: Sustainable
  • So they can compromise for profits
• For many they revert to energy efficiency
  • Others think its renewable energy and eco-bling
• many have their own definition
• many are unsure of its meaning
  • Environmental
  • Economic
  • Socially responsible
  • Natural Resources
  • Responsible Sourcing
  • Political: Green Party

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See Also:

• Sustainable Definition (CPD)

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Sustainable

• Triple bottom line
  • Environment (eco, green)
  • Society
  • Economy

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‘Violet’

• ‘Violet’ chosen as it is at the opposite end of the spectrum from ‘Green’
• Not far from violent and violate
• Others prefer Green-Brown, Green-Red, Green-Black,
• Not Purple

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‘Violet’ Materials

• ‘Violet’ meaning:
• ‘any material, construction product, construction method or building
• unfriendly to humans or the environment or
• whose performance diminishes in use or over time’

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‘Violet’ Industry

• Clients/employers, developers, designers, Quantity Surveyors, contractors, manufacturers, applicators/installers
  • anyone that does not care about the environment
  • or anyone that does not act on its behalf
  • Virtually the whole industry
• But its changing
  • Too slowly

Are you Green or Violet?

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GBE Slogan:

• I am a shrinking Violet
• A little green around the edges
• But less violet every day

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Definitions

Green:

• • Greenies: the people that do Green
  • Light or Dark Green or Greenies
  • Greenie Points: Brownie Points + Green (all positive)

Violet:

• • Opposite of Green
  • Violets: the people that don’t do Green
  • Light or Dark Violet or Violets
• Whitewash: cover-ups telling porkies
• Greenwash: telling green porkies

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Green:

• But Corporate Greenwash prevails
• Large PV arrays are saying we spend a lot on gestures not a lot on actions
• Check what else they are doing

Violet Materials

• Non-renewable, finite
  • Fossil derivatives, fuel,
  • Petrochemical, chemicals, synthetics:
    • Paints
    • Plastics
• Unsustainable
  • Carbon based: e.g. Fuel
  • Release Carbon in manufacture or use: e.g. Cement
• High embodied energy: e.g.
  • Metals: Aluminium
  • Plastics
  • Cement
• Hazardous materials and hazardous waste:
  • Wet, sticky, gooey or flows:
    • resins, paints, sealants, chemicals,
  • Fine particulate: e.g. cement, asbestos, ceramic fibre
  • Corrosive, acidic, alkali,
• Ozone depleting & Global Warming
  • Foamed plastics HFCs HFAs

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Green: Environmentally Sustainable Materials

• Renewable: timber,
• Rapidly renewable: Plant based materials
• Abundant: Site subsoil, rocks, sand, gravel,
• Recycled & Recyclable:
  • post consumer content,
• Reclaimed & Reused: on site materials, timber not chipboard
• Carbon already out there:
  • reclaimed bricks, slates, stone
• Carbon sequestration: Carbon negative:
  • Plant and timber based
• Low embodied energy: Plant based
• Local: low transport miles: low transport emissions

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Social Sustainable Materials

• Socially responsible: Fairtrade equivalents
• Pay the right price v plunder the world
• Local: materials, crafts, companies, tradesmen
• v
• Cheap labour abroad where nobody sees or cares

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Healthy Materials

• Low VOC?: but not loads of other chemicals to achieve it
• No hazardous materials in application and use
• No hazardous waste
• Low allergy
• Low to Zero toxicity
• Indoor air quality
  • ignored by BRE Green Guide to Specification

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Economic Sustainable Materials

• Long term economic to maintain
• Long term economic to run
• Reclaimable, reusable and resalable
• v
• Short term cheap to build
• Expensive to run
• Sometimes risky in use

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General claims made in Greenwash

• Sustainable
• Environment Friendly
• Eco-friendly
• Recyclable
• Recycled
• Managed Forest
• CFC free
• HCFC free
• ZODP
• Water based
• Solvent free
• Low VOC
• Energy saving

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See Also:

• Greenwash & ISO 14063 (CPD) G#289 N#290
• Greenwash (CPD) G#289 N#290
• BREGG Green Materials Olympics short (CPD) G#2096 N#240
  • BRE Green Guide to Specification
• Certification Labels (CPD)
• White Goods Energy Labelling (CPD)
• Interior Materials (CPD)
  • One EcoHome
• Proper Materials (CPD) G#314 N#315
  • 3rd Party Accreditation

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© GBE GBC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan **
21st May 2013 – 11th January 2021

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© GBE GBC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan **
21st May 2013 – 10th January 2021

See Also:

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GBE CPD

• Are you Green or Violet?
• GBE Lecture 2 Green or Violet Materials Insulation UH MA 2019 S33 PDF Show
• GBE Lecture 2 Green or Violet Materials Insulation UH MA 2019 9H6 PDF Handout
• Green or Violet materials Which do you use (CPD) #G15560

GBE Future Events

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GBE Events

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Seminars:

• Greenwash & ISO 14063 (CPD) G#289 N#290
• Greenwash (CPD) G#289 N#290
• BREGG Green Materials Olympics short (CPD) G#2096 N#240
  • BRE Green Guide to Specification
• Certification Labels (CPD)
• White Goods Energy Labelling (CPD)
• Interior Materials (CPD)
  • One EcoHome
• Proper Materials (CPD) G#314 N#315
  • 3rd Party Accreditation
• BREGG Green Materials Olympics short (CPD) G#2096 N#240
• Building with Reclaimed Materials
• Commercial Green Part 2 (CPD) N#254
• Community Low Carbon Lifestyle (CPD) N#258
• Community LCL Support (CPD) N#257
• Green or Violet materials Which do you use (CPD) G#15560
• How do GBE Select Products (CPD)
• Jargon Buster Carbon Dioxide (CPD) G#291 N#292
  • 57 Carbon and CO2 related terms
• Low Carbon Green Building (CPD)
• Low v High Carbon Lifestyle (CPD) N#307
• Violet Materials (Materials) G#963 N#983

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• CPD Your In-house CPD G#2404

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GBE Lectures

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• GBE Lecture Courses G#480 N#486
• Subjects
• GBE Lectures Subjects G#715 N#737
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• GBE Lectures Satisfied Customers
• UH Part 1 Year 2 Task Schedule (Course) G#17699

RIBA Part 1 Year 2 2018-2019-2020 (University of Hertfordshire)

• S1 Adopt A Material (Studio Lecture) G#19183 2018-2020
• L2 Introduction to Materials (Lecture) G#31821

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RIBA Part 2 Post-Graduate

RIBA Part 2 M Arch Lab 1 University of Hertfordshire 2019-2020

• 1 Sustainability Introduction
  • Sustainability Introduction (Lecture) G#31739
• 2 Green Or Violet Insulation Materials
  • Green or Violet materials Which do you use (CPD) G#15560

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GBE Materials

• Violet (Materials) G#963 N#983

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GBE Jargon Buster

• Violet (Jargon Buster) G#1583 N#1516

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GBE Jargon Buster Themes

• Air/Wind Tightness G#1420 N#1391 
• BIM G#1409 N#1382
• Biodiversity G#645 N#667
• Environmental G#1891 N#1748
• Flood G#1357 N#1341 
• LCA Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment G#1338 N#1325
• Timber G#1511 N#1462
• Urban Design G#1392 N#1366
• Waste G#1334 N#1321

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• GBC Primitive Materials Future Building (Webinar) G#16202

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• A38 Waste (Checklist) G#12806
• A90 Performance Specification
• A94 Airtightness Test
• A95 Infrared thermographic survey
• B11 Prefabricated Building Units (Checklist) G#1634 N#1553
• D11 Soil Stabilisation (Checklist) G#1587 N#1519
• H21 Timber Weatherboarding (Checklist) G#11946
• K43 Raised Storage Access Systems (Checklist) G#13934
• L10 Windows Rooflights Screens Louvres (Checklist) G#1604 N#1533
• M21 Insulation With Rendered Finish (Checklist) G#9442
• M50 Rubber Plastics Cork Lino Carpet tiling sheeting (Checklist) G#1160 N#1164
• P10 Sundry Insulation/Proofing/Fire stops
• P14 Air/Wind tightness systems

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GBE Links

• https://GreenBuildingCalculator.uk

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• GBC Green Building Calculator (Navigation) G#38828

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© GBE GBC GBL NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan **
21st May 2013 – 11th January 2021

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