ecospecifier is a guide to eco and health preferable products, materials and technologies for the built environment construction sector, specifically targeted to the needs of decision makers and specifiers.

It develops ecological awareness in the built environment industries with a unique capability to align its highly qualified product research methodology with multiple green building rating schemes and cutting edge knowledge about sustainable design and make this accessible to a worldwide construction industry audience to deliver benchmark sustainable projects.

ecospecifier's strength is its ability to bridge the construction and manufacturing industries, offering a ready made infrastructure that includes green product research and verification with distribution of this information through an award winning website system that is reproduced to the meet the needs of construction markets in different countries, as well as support and promote the presence of local manufacturers in different countries that are producing eco and health preferred building materials, fit-out products and technologies.

The company provides a robust and trustworthy system that responds to the growing body of public and private sector clients, and individuals, who want to save energy, water, use resources sustainably, minimise pollution & ecological footprint and reduce negative human health impacts by:

• providing greater clarity about what is and is not ‘green’ 
• enabling easier identification, specification or location of eco and health preferred products 
• facilitating greater understanding of the issues surrounding ecoproducts,
  providing clear, independently assessed and unbiased information
  

Features:

A knowledgebase:

Every ecospecifier website contains guides to help decision making with regard to optimising eco, health and productivity outcomes such as:

• Priority Setting Guides for in-depth information on complex issues such as plastics, paints and adhesives, carpets, etc.
• A Sustainable Timber Technical Guide
• Extensive links, further resources, and much more

Sophisticated multi-criteria Product Search functions:

Allowing access to a database of well over 1300 independently vetted eco & health preferable products against nearly 60 common industry categories and 400 sub categories. The database may be queried by industry categories and sub-categories (e.g. floors > carpet), by eco-outcomes (e.g. ‘water efficient’, ‘low VOC’), or by keyword.

What it covers:

ecospecifier assesses and presents information on sustainable and healthy materials, products, technologies, training & published materials relevant to building design and construction, fitout, and some operational functions of:

• Infrastructure provision
• Greenfields & infil land development
• Residential - new dwellings, multi-unit & alterations & additions
• Commercial - offices, retail, hospitality, ecotourism, health & aged care, etc.
• Educational facilities
• Industrial - manufacturing, warehousing, etc.

How to access the database:

ecospecifier is a subscription-based service, although the majority of the knowledgebase and a growing list of products are available in the public domain without the need to login.

For additional information please email info@ecospecifier.org, or call us on 1300 669 997 (in Australia) or +617 3399 9686 (International).