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PA EPA HELPS IDENTIFY BUILDING PRODUCTS THAT IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Release Date: 05/01/98
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1998
EPA HELPS IDENTIFY BUILDING PRODUCTS THAT IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
As part of its Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program, EPA has contributed to the development of a software program for use in identifying products that will reduce energy use, improve air quality and other conditions that could improve the environmental performance of buildings. The software program is called Building for Economic and Environmental Sustainability, or “BEES” and it was developed under a federal interagency agreement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology with funding from EPA. Under EPA’s EPP program, federal agencies are encouraged to reduce environmental burdens associated with the products and services that they buy, including building products. EPA hopes that this new software program will help federal facility managers make decisions about how to purchase building products based on both cost and environmental considerations. The BEES program runs on a Windows-based system and requires 32 megabytes or more of RAM and 10 megabytes of available disk space. To purchase BEES, contact the U.S. Green Building Council, 90 New Montgomery St., Suite 1001, San Francisco, Calif. 94105, 415-543-3001, or order from the Council’s Internet site at http://www.usgbc.org.
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