Assessment Methodology
Outcomes, Green Star credits & data assurance levels
The 'Outcomes' and 'Green Star credits' search options provide an outcome-oriented search tool to query the products database. Often in a project a product will be sought with particular qualities, and this is what the 'Outcomes' search is designed to assist.
For example Outcomes could be used to:
- Search for all products that facilitate a particular eco or health outcome, e.g. 'water conservation'
- Refine a search, e.g. for 'floor coverings' to return only those that contain 'reduced embodied energy'
- Find products with enhanced content analysis for a building rating tool, e.g. Green Star SA, Cape Town Green Guidelines, etc.
- Look for products with similar data assessment levels
General 'Outcomes' Categories
The general 'Outcomes' search options allow the user to search by more familiar sounding search queries that are, nonetheless, addressing the assessment criteria. These are:
Energy & Greenhouse
- Reduce energy and greenhouse
- Energy-efficient in use
- Renewable/greenpower
- Reduced embodied energy
Protect Habitat, Land and Water
- Preserve habitat, land and water
- Habitat degradation
- Water conservation
- Water quality management
- Reduced nutrient loads
Preserve Resources
- Preserve resources
- Reduced waste in production
- Reduced waste in use/disposal
- Resource efficiency
- Rapidly renewable
- Locally produced
Enhance Human Health
- Human health
- Indoor environment
- Air quality management
- Low electromagnetic radiation
- Low/non-toxic material
- Promotes safety & security
Reduce Pollution
- Reduced embodied pollution
- Low pollution over life
Data Assurance Level
- Has ecolabel: Product has been awarded a Type 1 ecolabel or equivalent (see Introduction to ecolabels)
- ISO 14001: Manufacturer has an ISO 14001 certified Environmental Management System
- Independent product LCA: Product has a third-party undertaken full Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- Independent verification documents: Product has been assessed by reference to third party test or researched source data
- Document manufacturer claim: Product application received with ecospecifer questionnaire declared by a Director or Authorised Person as 'True and Correct'. A breach of this declaration is likely to be considered 'misleading and deceptive conduct' under the Federal Trade Practices Act and is potentially actionable by the Australian Securities and Investment Corporation
- Expert judgement by ecospecifier: Using known international standards, codes, eco-labels, Life Cycle Assessment methodologies, and Green Building Rating Schemes as well as independent test data, third party research
Green Star™ Credits
The credits below are related to Green Building Council of South Africa. Green Star™ is a Trade Mark of the Green Building Council of South Africa. See GBCSA Disclaimer below:
Green Star™ SA Office Version 1 search options include:
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Credit
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Green Star™ Product Category Search Name
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Products
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Man-7 |
Waste Management |
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IEQ-1 |
Ventilation Rates |
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IEQ-2 |
Air Change Effectiveness |
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IEQ-3 |
Carbon Dioxide Monitoring & Control |
Carbon Dioxide Monitors & Controls |
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IEQ-4 |
Daylight |
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IEQ-5 |
Daylight Glare Control |
Automated Daylight Glare Control Screens |
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Monitor pivot arms |
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IEQ-6 |
High Frequency Ballasts |
High Frequency electronic ballasts |
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IEQ-7 |
Electric Lighting Levels |
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IEQ-10 |
Individual Comfort Control |
Workstations enabling individual user control of air supply rates, air temperature or radiant temperature |
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IEQ-12 |
Internal Noise Levels |
Internal acoustic products |
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IEQ-13 |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
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Paints |
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Carpets and Flooring |
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Adhesives & Sealants |
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IEQ-14 |
Formaldehyde Minimisation |
Low Formaldehyde Emission (LFE) Composite wood products |
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IEQ-15 |
Mould Prevention |
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Ene-Con |
Conditional Requirement |
Energy efficient appliances, lighting and equipment |
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Thermal insulation |
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Ene-1 |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
Energy efficient appliances, lighting and equipment |
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Thermal insulation |
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Ene-2 |
Electrical Sub Meters |
Electrical sub meters |
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Ene-3 |
Lighting Power Density |
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Wat-1 |
Occupant Amenity Water |
5A/4 Star rated dishwashers, 3A/3Star Shower heads |
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Toilets, urinals and tapsets |
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Wat-2 |
Water meters |
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Wat-3 |
Landscape Irrigation Water Efficiency |
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Wat-4 |
Heat Rejection Water |
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Mat-1 |
Recycling Waste Storage |
Bins |
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Mat-3 |
Reused Materials |
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Mat-5 |
Concrete |
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Mat-6 |
Steel |
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Mat-7 |
PVC Minimisation |
Non-PVC edge stripping, phone, electrical & data cables & conduits, pipework, wet floor coverings, furniture items (castors, shutters, floor & wall coverings, skirtings, finishes and fittings, blinds, furniture arms and legs |
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Mat-8 |
Sustainable timber |
Post consumer re-used timber or Forest Stewardship Council Certified (FSC) timber |
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Mat-9 |
Design for Disassembly |
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Mat-10
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Dematerialisation |
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Mat-11 |
Local Sourcing |
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Eco-Con |
Ecological Value of Site: Conditional Requirement |
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Eco-2 |
Reuse of Land |
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Eco-4 |
Ecological Value of Site |
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Emi-1 |
Refrigerant Ozone Depleting Potential |
Low ozone depletion refrigerant HVAC systems |
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Emi-2 |
Refrigerant GWP |
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Emi-3 |
Refrigerant Leaks |
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Emi-4 |
Insulant ODP |
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Emi-5 |
Watercourse Pollution |
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Emi-6 |
Discharge to Sewer |
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Emi-8 |
Legionella |
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Emi-9 |
Boiler and Genmerator Emissions |
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Green Star™ SA Retail v1 version search options include:
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Credit
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Green Star™ Product Category Search Name
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Products
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Man-2 |
Commissioning Clauses |
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Man-7 |
Waste Management |
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Man-9 |
Waste & Recycling Management Plan |
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Man-10 |
Building Management Systems |
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IEQ-1 |
Ventilation Rates |
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IEQ-2 |
Air Change Effectiveness |
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IEQ-3 |
CO2 Monitoring & Control |
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IEQ-4 |
Daylight |
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IEQ-9 |
Thermal Comfort |
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IEQ-11 |
Hazardous Materials |
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IEQ-12 |
Internal Noise Levels |
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IEQ-13 |
Volatile Organic Compounds |
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IEQ-14 |
Formaldehyde Minimisation |
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IEQ-15 |
Mould Prevention |
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IEQ-18 |
Places of Respite |
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Ene-Con |
Energy (Conditional Requirement) |
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Ene-1 |
Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
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Ene-2 |
Electrical Energy Submetering |
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Ene-5 |
Maximum Electrical Demand Reduction |
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Ene-6 |
Thermal Energy Submetering |
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Tra-1 |
Provision of Car Parking |
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Tra-2 |
Fuel-Efficient Transport |
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Tra-3 |
Cyclist Facilities |
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Wat-1 |
Occupant Amenity Water |
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Wat-2 |
Water Meters |
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Wat-3 |
Landscape Irrigation |
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Wat-4 |
Heat Rejection Water |
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Wat-5 |
Fire Systems Water |
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Mat-1 |
Recycling Waste Storage |
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Mat-2 |
Building Re-use |
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Mat-3 |
Recycled Content and Materials Re-use |
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Mat-5 |
Concrete |
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Mat-6 |
Steel |
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Mat-7 |
PVC Minimisation |
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Mat-8 |
Sustainable Timber |
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Mat-9 |
Design for Disassembly |
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Mat-10 |
Dematerialisation |
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Mat-11 |
Local Sourcing |
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Eco-Con |
Conditional Requirement |
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Eco-4 |
Change of Ecological Value |
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Eco-5 |
Urban Heat Island Effect |
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Emi-1 |
Refrigerant ODP |
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Emi-2 |
Refrigerant GWP |
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Emi-3 |
Refrigerant Leak |
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Emi-4 |
Insulant ODP |
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Emi-5 |
Watercourse Pollution |
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Emi-6 |
Discharge to Sewer |
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Emi-7 |
Light Pollution |
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Emi-8 |
Legionella |
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Inn-3 |
Environmental Design Initiatives |
