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ASTM E 2432 Document Information:
Title
Standard Guide for General Principles of Sustainability Relative to Buildings
ASTM International
Publication Date:
Aug 15, 2005
Scope:
Sustainabilty has three types of general principles: environmental,
economic, and social. This
guide covers the fundamental concepts and associated building
characteristics for each of the
general principles of sustainability.
This guide distinguishes between ideal sustainability and applied
sustainability. Ideally, human
activities would not require making trade-offs among environmental,
economic, and social goals.
However, this guide recognizes that, in applying sustainability
principles to buildings, decision
makers must often balance opportunities and challenges associated with
each of the general
principles.
This guide identifies general methodologies associated with the
decision-making process used in
pursuing sustainability.
This guide addresses buildings individually and in aggregate
(collectively).
The general principles identified in this guide are applicable to all
scales of building projects,
including: interior spaces, individual buildings and groups of
buildings, infrastructure systems,
and land use.
The general principles identified in this guide are applicable to all
life-cycle stages of a
building and its components, including: material extraction, product
manufacturing, product
transportation, planning, siting, design, specification, construction,
operation, maintenance,
renovation, retrofit, reuse, deconstruction, and waste disposal of
buildings.
A variety of tools and standards exist that qualify and quantify
impacts of buildings, building
materials, and building methods in terms of one or more of the general
principles of
sustainability. It is not within the scope of this standard to
recreate or replace these tools.
This guide does not provide direction as to the specific
implementation of the general principles;
nor does it provide direction as to the specific weighting of
principles necessary for achieving
balance.
Implementation of this guide will require professional judgment. Such
judgment should be informed
by experience with environmental, economic, and social issues as
appropriate to the building use,
type, scale, and location.
This guide offers an organized collection of information or a series
of options and does not
recommend a specific course of action. This document cannot replace
education or experience and
should be used in conjunction with professional judgment. Not all
aspects of this guide may be
applicable in all circumstances. This ASTM standard is not intended to
represent or replace the
standard of care by which the adequacy of a given professional service
must be judged, nor should
this document be applied without consideration of a project's many
unique aspects. The word
"Standard" in the title of this document means only that the document
has been approved through the
ASTM consensus process.
This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,
if any, associated with its
use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to
establish appropriate safety and
health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory
limitations prior to use.
Keywords:
- building
- general principles
- sustainability
- sustainable building
- sustainable development
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