The Green Guide to Specification

As members of the Stone Federation of Great Britain, Hardscape fully endorse the new Green Guide to Specification which was made available from the Building Reserach Establishment Ltd (trading as BRE) in June 2008. The launch was attended by Stone Federation Chief Executive Jane Buxey along with many other key people from industry. It was recognised that manufacturers and suppliers, including the Stone Federation, have put huge amounts of time and effort into providing BRE with the most up to date and comprehensive data to ensure the Guide is the definitive work. The Green Guide gives manufacturers and producers the opportunity to examine their environmental credentials and gives designers and specifiers online access to a wealth of independent information on whole life environmental performance. Components are rated on a system that reflects the best environmental performance/least environmental impact within a category as A+, with A, B, C, D & E ratings increasing in their environmental impact. In general natural stone performs quite well across the range of categories in which it is included – with it not always being the natural stone that has the major impact in the assessment of a component. Stone is included in some fifty classifications and components ratings are reflected across the full A+ to E range. Full details for ratings in the Landscaping section can be found by registering online with BRE and following the appropriate links.

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