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David Axt, AIA, CCS, CSI
Senior Member
Username: david_axt

Post Number: 837
Registered: 03-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 05:34 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

The Green Meanies in the office are after me to "green up" my specs. Does anybody recommend any good resources where I can glean language? Does MasterSpec have LEED requirements in the specs?

Thanks!
Marc C Chavez
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Username: mchavez

Post Number: 190
Registered: 07-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 05:40 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Yes MasterSpec has extensive LEED crossreferencing, as does Speclink
David Axt, AIA, CCS, CSI
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Username: david_axt

Post Number: 838
Registered: 03-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 05:59 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Speclink.....blech!

Thanks, I will check into getting a copy of MasterSpec. If anything, just to crib the information.

They also want me to write up a comparison chart of, for example, floor finishes, comparing initial cost, maintenance, expected life cycle, recycled content or recyclability, etc. Does MasterSpec "white pages" have this information?
John Hunter
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Username: johnhunter

Post Number: 19
Registered: 12-2005
Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 06:05 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

David - You might also look at Whole Building Design Guide for the "Federal Green Construction Guide for Specifiers." http://fedgreenspecs.wbdg.org.
Marc C Chavez
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Username: mchavez

Post Number: 191
Registered: 07-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 06:09 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

yes it would be worth your while to buy a copy of Masterspec. I have both and use Speclink for most everything but I utilize MasterSpec for the large amount of information that it has accumulated over the years, the depth of brain power behind it and I use it for super cranky sections. I have also pushed out a link to all the suplemental docs to every employees desktop.
The supplemental docs are FULL of usefull bits.
Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS
Senior Member
Username: awhitacre

Post Number: 488
Registered: 07-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 06:32 pm:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Masterspec also has a "greening your specs" book called "Specifying LEED Requirements Book and CD ROM". its $290 plus shipping and handling.

as for the product research, that is going to vary every year, and its the project team's responsibility to do that research for THEIR project. the research sheets from Masterspec have some of that information, but I think you need to push back on the information requests, otherwise all you do is that .... stuff.

I've now heard two well known and published architects say: "the only people doing green design are people who can't design".
Russell W. Wood, CSI, CCS
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Username: woodr5678

Post Number: 80
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 - 09:10 am:   Edit PostDelete PostPrint Post

Check out the Federal Guide for Green Construction Specs at fedgreenspecs.wbdg.org
They have developed boiler plate language for each spec section ie: Recycled Content, Local/Regional Materials, VOC Data, etc. I've used their language since before MasterSpec and SpecLink came on board to the green scene.

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