The Environmental Resource Guide

The architect's best natural resource--now on CD-ROM! The Environmental Resource Guide (ERG) on CD-ROM gives you instant access to current information on the environmental aspects of building materials. Based on a life-cycle analysis of materials that spans manufacturing, installation and use in buildings, and reuse, recycling, or disposal, it covers both properties and applications of materials--everything you need to make environmentally informed design decisions and product specifications. This edition brings together all of the information from the print version and its supplements in a flexible, user-friendly format that lets you: * Review environmentally responsive building projects, from concept to construction and performance * Compare alternative materials for specific building applications * Examine in-depth environmental profiles of building materials, organized by CSI Masterformat-- divisions With an Adobe PDF format for quick access to documents, plus detailed graphics, a listing of useful resource organizations and publications, and more, the ERG on CD-ROM is fast and easy to use--the natural choice for today's informed architects and design professionals.