Green Building Definitions
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The use of materials, processes or practices that reduce or
eliminate the creation of pollutants or wastes at the source. It
includes practices that reduce the use of hazardous materials,
energy, water, or other resources, and practices that protect
natural resources through conservation or more efficient use.
Construction & Demolition Debris
According to the Ohio Revised Code, construction & demolition
debris is rehabilitation, or repair of any manmade physical
structure, including, without limitation, houses, buildings,
industrial or commercial facilities, or roadways. "Construction and
demolition debris" does not include materials identified or listed
as solid wastes or hazardous waste pursuant to Chapter 3734 of the
Revised Code and rules adopted under it; materials from mining
operations, nontoxic fly ash, spent nontoxic foundry sand, and slag;
or reinforced or non reinforced concrete, asphalt, building or
paving brick, or building or paving stone that is stored for a
period of less than two years for recycling into a usable
construction material.
Hazardous Waste As defined
by the Ohio Revised Code, hazardous waste means any waste or
combination of wastes in solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained
gaseous form that in the determination of the director, because of
its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical
characteristics, may do either of the following: (1) Cause or
significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase
in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; (2)
Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or
safety or to the environment when improperly stored, treated,
transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
"Hazardous waste" includes any
substance identified by regulation as hazardous waste under the
"Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976," 90 Stat. 2806, 42
U.S.C.A. 6921, as amended, and does not include any substance that
is subject to the "Atomic Energy Act of 1954," 68 Stat. 919, 42
U.S.C.A. 2011, as amended.
Post-Consumer Recycled Content
A reclaimed product that is made from materials that consumers
have used and recycled.
Pre-Consumer Recycled Material
(post-industrial material) A material that is removed from a
production process (such as scrap, breakage, or returned inventory)
and returned to the original manufacturing process or an alternative
process. Pre-consumer recycled materials have not yet reached a
consumer for the intended use.
Recycling Material that
would otherwise be destined for disposal but is diverted of
separated from the waste stream, reintroduced as material feedstock,
and processed into marketed end products.
Renewable Resource A
resource that is being replenished at a rate equal to or greater
than its rate of depletion.
Reuse Using a material again
without altering its form.
Salvage Recovery of
materials for on-site reuse or donation to a third-party.
Sick Building Syndrome
Health issues in which building occupants experience acute health
and/or comfort effects that appear to be linked to time spent in a
particular building, but where no illness or cause can be
identified. Complaints may be localized in a particular room or
zone, or may be spread throughout the building. Occupants experience
relief of symptoms shortly after leaving the building.
Sustainable A concept that
subscribes to meeting the needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Sustainable design is the concept of designing, constructing, and
operating buildings in ways that minimize environmental impacts. It
incorporates energy efficiency, water conservation, waste
minimization, pollution prevention, resource-efficient materials and
indoor air quality.
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