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 Prescriptive Specification
• Materials and workmanship spec
• Product and/or assembly clauses
• Need to define
– manufacturing standards
– performance requirements
– environmental
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d ti l
• Need to control substitution
 Clause Content
• Materials and content (Recyclate %)
• Standards
• 3rd Party
y Accreditation
• Performance Characteristics
• Environmental Credentials
• Applicator Accreditation
• Workmanship & application/assembly
 Green product
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clause content
• Environmental Credentials:
• AECB Environmental Benefit: _ out of 6
6,
y of origin
• Country g ___,,
• Country of manufacture: ___,
 Green product
G d t
clause content
• Natural content: ___,
• Recycled
y content: ___ %,,
• Primary energy use: ___,
• Embodied energy: _ kW.h/m3
• Thermal conductivity: ___ W/K m2
• Hygroscopicity: ___,
 Green P
G Product
d t
Clause Content
• Material: ____,
• Harmful chemical content: ___,
y ___,,
• Toxicity:
• Allergy: ___,
 Green P
G Product
d t
Clause Content
• Method of manufacture: ____,
• Manufacturing process conforms to BS
____, EN _____, ISO ______.
• Preservative/Fire treatment:
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fibres, p
providing
gpprotection against
g fire,
vermin and organic growth.
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• Attributes:
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gpproduct for use in Breathing
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wall construction,
• Ozone
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D l ti P Potential
t ti l
• manufactured without the use of
of, nor
containing, CFCs, HCFCs and HFAs as
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