PatternMapping Institute - Green Building Resource
Sep 28th, 2008 by contributor
PatternMapping Institute, based out of Boulder’s Studio Points Architecture + Research, announces the much anticipated intelligent green building information on-line service is now available featuring the top 3 performers in over 40 green building categories - that’s information on 127 of the highest performing green building materials and systems!
With hundreds of sources for green building information, the challenge isn’t finding information, its finding useful and appropriate information that can support strategies for making high-performing buildings and environments: we do the research; you get information to help you compare and choose materials and systems.
The data is provided on matrices that filter the information so you see the environmental impact of your choices because, throwing data at you, even good data, is still only a pile of stuff. Our matrices provide the means to use the information with intelligence. The matrix is the result of three years of green building and sustainability research with a final goal of identifying those manufacturers whose product meets the greatest number of criteria on our matrix. These three are not ranked, they are listed.
By providing you with clear information on the products that play a significant role in reducing energy and water use, impacts to the health of the environment and humans, and reduce resource consumption and waste production, we save you the time of searching through huge material and product lists and databases, enabling a jump-start to making the smartest green buildings. The information is continuously updated and our matrix criteria evolves as new performance standards are established, thus providing you with timely information and the means to use it with intelligence.
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