What Makes a Product Green

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What Makes a Product Green?
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Building for Environmental and Economic
Sustainability (BEES)

• Barbara C. Lippiatt
• U.S. Department of Commerce
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
  (NIST)

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NIST National Institute of Standards and
Technology

• Since 1901, non-regulatory federal agency within
  U.S. Commerce Department's Technology
  Administration
• NIST develops and promotes measurements,
  standards, and technology

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BEES Sponsors

• National Institute of Standards Technology
• U.S. EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
  Program
• U.S. Department of Agriculture

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BEES 3.0

• Model
• Data
• Software

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BEES Model

• Takes Life-Cycle Approach
• Based on Consensus Standards
• Life-Cycle Costing (ASTM E917)
• Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment (ISO 14040)

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BEES Model Environmental Impacts

• Global Warming
• Acid Rain
• Eutrophication
• Fossil Fuel Depletion
• Indoor Air Quality
• Habitat Alteration

• Smog
• Ozone Depletion
• Ecological Toxicity
• Human Health
• Criteria Air Pollutants
• Water Intake

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BEES 3.0 Model
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BEES Agricultural Production Data

• Soybeans
• Corn
• Wheat
• Rice

• Canola
• Cotton
• Potatoes
• Wool

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BEES ResultsTransformer Oils
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BEES ResultsTransformer Oils
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BEES ResultsTransformer Oils
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BEES ResultsTransformer Oils
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BEES ResultsTransformer Oils
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BEES
10,000 users from 80 countries
Manufacturers
Designers
Researchers
Other
Builders
Educators
Consultants
Government
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ConclusionWhat Makes a Product Green?

• The answers
• lie in the
• tradeoffs

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For More Information...

• www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/software/bees_USDA.html

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