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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Take
a look at GEMIS: </span></font><font face=Tahoma><span style='font-family:Tahoma'>http://www.oeko.de/service/gemis/en/index.htm<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>I used it not too long ago and was almost overwhelmed by
what's in it. It takes a little time to learn, but it seems like a very
powerful resource. From the website:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
GEMIS database offers information on: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>fossil fuels (hard
coal, lignite, natural gas, oil), renewables, nuclear, biomass (residuals,
and wood from short-rotation forestry, miscanthus, rape oil etc) and hydrogen
(including fuel composition, and upstream data)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>processes for
electricity and heat (various powerplants, cogenerators, fuel cells, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>materials: raw and
base materials, and especially those for construction, and auxiliaries
(including upstream processes)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>transports:
airplanes, bicycles, buses, cars, pipelines, ships, trains, trucks (for
diesel, gasoline, electricity, and biofuels).<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>GEMIS
includes the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>total life-cycle</span></b> in
its calculation of impacts - i.e. fuel delivery, materials used for
construction, waste treatment, and transports/auxiliaries.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
GEMIS database covers for each process <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>efficiency, power,
capacity factor, lifetime <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>direct air
pollutants (SO<sub>2</sub>, NO<sub>x</sub>, halogens, particulates, CO,
NMVOC)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>greenhouse-gas
emissions (CO<sub>2</sub>, CH<sub>4</sub>, N<sub>2</sub>O, SF<sub>6</sub>,
all other Kioto gases)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>solid wastes
(ashes, overburden, FGD residuals, process wastes)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>liquid pollutants
(AOX, BOD<sub>5</sub>, COD, N, P, inorganic salts)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>land use.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:20:53 -0500<br>
From: ramana.koti@gmail.com<br>
To: bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org; sbse@uidaho.edu<br>
Subject: [Bldg-sim] carbon footprinting of building materials<br>
<br>
Dear all,<br>
<br>
>From all those out there who are basing their building material and
specifications decisions on Lifecycle Analysis/carbon footprinting, I'm curious
to know what tools you have been using and the challenges you have faced.<br>
<br>
I'm also interested in references of consultants who can aid in such an effort.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br clear=all>
<br>
RAMANA KOTI Assoc. ASHRAE LEED® AP <br>
Sustainable Building Analyst<br>
<br>
ELEMENTS division of BNIM architects<br>
106 West 14th Street Suite 200<br>
Kansas City Missouri 64105<br>
<br>
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