A CONCEPT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS IN THE BUILDING PROCESS

摘要

This study was carried out within the frame of the "EcoEffect Environmental Assessment System for Buildings". The aim was to develop a coherent system to identify hazardous chemicals in new buildings. A survey of the Swedish building sector environmental management systems of chemicals was made and two case studies were carried out to analyze their outcomes in ongoing building projects. A concept for more efficient environmental management of building chemicals including routines for data collection and presentation of potential risks associated with them was suggested. To visualize these risks a hazardous profile was developed as a bar diagram with well-known effects. The bars are calculated amount and classification of chemical substances. Special attention has been given to heavy metals, carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic substances and organic substances that are persistent, bioaccumulating and toxic. Chemicals such as phthalates that are associated to allergic symptoms in indoor environment have been taken into account.