Tom Woolley

Green Building Handbook: A guide to building products and their impact on the environment

Part One. 1.Introduction: A Discursive Essay Highlighting Important Trends in Green Building and Explaining the Rationale and Methodology Behind the Handbook. Part Two. How to Use the Handbook. Key to Product Table Headings. 2. Fencing Products. 3. Flat Roofing Membranes. 4. Glazing Products. 5. Electrical Wiring. 6. Adhesives. 7. Straw Bale Building. 8. Interior Decoration. 9. Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation. Further Reading. Useful Information on Relevant Organizations. Index.

Thermal Insulation Materials

The term NVLAP and the NVLAP logo are registered marks of the Federal Government, which retains exclusive rights to control the use thereof. Permission to use the term and symbol (NVLAP logo with approved caption) is granted to NVLAP-accredited laboratories for the limited purpose of announcing their accredited status, and for use on reports that describe only testing and calibration within the scope of accreditation. NVLAP reserves the right to control the quality of the use of the NVLAP term, logo, and symbol. Foreword The NIST Handbook 150 publication series sets forth the procedures, requirements, and guidance for the accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP). The series is comprised of the following publications: • NIST Handbook 150, NVLAP Procedures and General Requirements, which contains the general procedures and requirements under which NVLAP operates as an unbiased third-party accreditation body; • NIST Handbook 150-xx program-specific handbooks, which supplement NIST Handbook 150 by providing additional requirements, guidance, and interpretive information applicable to specific NVLAP laboratory accreditation programs (LAPs). The program-specific handbooks are not stand-alone documents, but rather are companion documents to NIST Handbook 150. They tailor the general criteria found in NIST Handbook 150 to the specific tests, calibrations, or types of tests or calibrations covered by a LAP. NIST Handbook 150-15, NVLAP Thermal Insulation Materials, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP Thermal Insulation Materials LAP. The 2006 edition incorporates changes resulting from the release of the newest editions of ISO/IEC 17025, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, and NIST Handbook 150, as well as editorial improvements. The 2006 edition of NIST Handbook 150-15 supersedes and replaces the 1995 edition. The handbook was revised with the participation of technical experts in the field of thermal insulation materials testing and was approved by NVLAP. The following main changes have been made to this handbook with respect to the previous edition: • all references to applicable international guides and standards have been updated; • on-site assessment checklists and the test method selection list are no longer included in order that they may be provided as separate documents, which may be updated at different intervals than the handbook; • the body of the handbook has been restructured to conform with internationally accepted rules for the structure and drafting of standards, where appropriate, to promote ease …