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Best Practices for PVC in Green Building Rating Systems: Insights from the Vinyl Council

This comprehensive overview presents the evolution of PVC in green building practices and the impact of various building rating systems, such as Green Star and LEED. Chief Executive Sophi MacMillan shares the journey of PVC's acceptance in sustainable construction since the 2000 Sydney Olympics, discussing research findings and addressing common misconceptions related to its environmental impacts. The emphasis is on encouraging innovation, benchmarking performance, improving practices, and promoting responsible use of materials. It explores life cycle assessments, material sourcing, waste management, and industry advancements to foster sustainable building solutions.

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Best Practices for PVC in Green Building Rating Systems: Insights from the Vinyl Council

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  1. Best Practice PVC Green Building rating systems and the scoring of PVC Sophi MacMillan, Chief Executive, Vinyl Council of Australia

  2. Agenda • Building rating systems • Approaches to PVC • 2000 Olympics to now • The “negative Credit” • Best practice PVC products • Moving ahead

  3. Environmental ratings of buildings • Encourage innovation • Benchmark performance • Improve practices

  4. BREEAM Green Globes DGNB LEED CASBEE Green Building Index IGBC Green Mark LEED BERDE Green Star Green Star Greenship Emergence of building rating tools

  5. Impacts of building materials • resource depletion/renewables, • waste/recyclability • emissions, greenhouse and energy, • toxicity/indoor air quality • local sourcing • service life, durability

  6. Approaches to PVC in green building

  7. 2000 Sydney Olympics • Green Guidelines encourage PVC minimisation • Extra cost to replace PVC: A$16.7m

  8. CSIRO reviewed PVC building products and found… • PVC’s life cycle impacts were no more significant than for alternative materials in its major building uses(CSIRO 1996, 1998, 2001) • All materials have impacts

  9. Australian Green Star rating tool • Launched 2003, non-residential buildings • PVC Minimisation Credit: • Points for NOT using PVC • Rapid growth in building projects registered for Green Star certification

  10. Australian Green Star rating tool • Launched 2003, non-residential buildings • PVC Minimisation Credit: • Points for NOT using PVC • Rapid growth in building projects registered for Green Star certification • Expected to become the norm

  11. PVC building products reviewed • 2007 US GBC TSAC report compared PVC to alternative building applications: • Life cycle and risk assessment based • PVC not consistently worst, sometimes the best material • No justification for a PVC-specific Credit

  12. 2007 GBCA began a review and found… • PVC industry has made significant progress in last 5+ years • Most issues addressed or well managed eg VCM • ‘Best practice’ manufacturing should be encouraged • New PVC Credit released 2010 Refer www.gbca.org.au

  13. Verification • No mercury • Low VCM emissions • Sound environmental management practices • No lead or cadmium • Safe phthalate plasticisers • Product stewardship/ extended producer responsibility

  14. Verification • No mercury • Low VCM emissions • Sound environmental management practices • No lead or cadmium • Safe phthalate plasticisers • Product stewardship/ extended producer responsibility

  15. A level playing field

  16. A level playing field

  17. Fitness Versatility Durability Good energy Competitiveness And FANS!

  18. For more information:www.vinyl.org.auinfo@vinyl.org.au

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