Designation:E2129−10StandardPracticeforDataCollectionforSustainabilityAssessmentofBuildingProducts1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE2129;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thispracticecoversasetofinstructionsforcollectingdatatobeusedinassessingthesustainabilityofbuildingproductsforuseinbothcommercialandresidentialbuildings.1.1.1Therearemanyfeaturesofabuildingthatcontributetosustainability;oneofthemistheselectionofproductsforuseinabuilding.Otherkeyfeaturesinfluencingsustainabilityinclude,butarenotlimitedto:overallefficiencyofthedesignofthebuilding,theimpactthebuildinghasonthehabitsoftheoccupants,andtheimpactthebuildinghasonthemicroclimateandmacroclimate.Thisstandardaddressessustainabilityissuesrelatedtobuildingproducts.Thisstandarddoesnotaddresssustainabilityissuesrelatedtooverallbuildingdesign,siteselection,buildingoperations,orotherfeaturesinfluencingsustainability.1.1.2Whileitisrecommendedthatusersrelyonprofes-sionaljudgmentinformedbybothenvironmentalexpertiseandspecificknowledgeoftheintendeduseoftheproduct,thisstandardprovidesnoinstructionastointerpretationofthedataobtained.Interpretationofthedataobtainedistheresponsibil-ityoftheuserofthisstandard.1.1.3Thisdocumentcannotreplaceeducationorexperienceandshouldbeusedinconjunctionwithprofessionaljudgment.Notallaspectsofthispracticemaybeapplicableinallcircumstances.Thispracticeisnotintendedtorepresentorreplacethestandardofcarebywhichtheadequacyofagivenprofessionalservicemustbejudged,norshouldthisdocumentbeappliedwithoutconsiderationofaproject’smanyuniqueaspects.Theword“standard”inthetitlemeansonlythatthedocumenthasbeenapprovedthroughtheASTMconsensusprocess.1.2ThisstandardisorganizedaccordingtotheConstructionSpecificationsInstitute’s(CSI)MasterFormat2sectionstopro-motecons...
