[Source: SBCA Staff, April 24, 2009]
The Structural Building Components Association (SBCA) has completed an essential portion of its green building initiative aiming to benefit of members supplying products to green-built projects. The latest resources for cold-formed steel and wood building component manufacturers, titled Supplement Sheets, expand on concepts presented in the previously released Summary Sheets.
Earlier this year, SBCA’s Board of Directors passed an initiative to develop a series of tools to better explain how structural components are eligible for points under various green building programs. It first developed Summary Sheets that provide a list of credits that steel and wood components may contribute to. The Sheets were created to help manufacturers educate their builder customers on how components are eligible for credits under LEED for Homes, LEED-New Construction (NC) and ANSI ICC 700-2008 NAHB.
The new Supplement Sheets provide more detail on how components and engineered wood products contribute to various credits in each green building program as defined in the Summary Sheets. The Supplements—six in all—cover credits pertaining to construction waste management, regional material sourcing, recycled content, certified wood and framing efficiencies. (Supplements and Summary Sheets are available at www.sbcindustry.com/green/greennotes.php.)
SBCA Executive Director Kirk Grundahl said, “Our experience to date is that there is significant confusion about green building credits that are readily available due to excessive focus on certified wood. We encourage everyone to become familiar with these resources and share them broadly in the market,” he said, “Component manufacturers play a significant role in green building construction by supplying highly engineered products that contribute virtually no waste in the framing process.”
As a third step in its initiative, SBCA is currently developing a roadmap to guide members along the building design and product supply chain for green-built projects. The roadmap will graphically depict how to secure green points in the LEED and NAHB programs. The roadmap will include a commentary that provides examples, language and tools to make the green building process as easy to understand as possible.
Please visit http://www.sbcindustry.com/green/greennotes.php to view SBCA’s new resources.
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