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A few days ago we met Echometer, an open source tool for the measurement and cross-sectional reading of ecology in the process of designing, constructing and using buildings, which quantifies both impacts on the Earth, ecosystems and human health. It uses the language of life cycle analysis and is supported by a blog and a forum as a platform for reflection and communication.
It is presented in digital form, a program (Open Source), which measures the environmental impact of a building. It's similar to the environmental statement of a product but of a building (AN ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING DECLARATION); it's not a green seal, it's not a medal, it's not an award, it's simply an environmental statement and not a social one.
It measures and communicates the results of the impacts in order to be able to act and correct results in the phase of an architectural project.
The analysis of environmental ecology that we propose is based on five axes that condition the impact of a building on the environment and the people who inhabit it. There are five different categories, where we group similar indicators by families related to a main criterion, design, material, energy, water or environment. This allows us to interpret the results from different perspectives in a complex and systemic process where everything has a certain relationship, such as the life cycle of the construction of a building.
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We have accepted the test of the Alpha version of the tool and we have verified that Edometer will be able to evaluate everything from a residential home to a commercial office, urban planning, etc.
At present, calculation data can now be entered for a residential home, so we have started an evaluation project for a 200-meter house, verifying the complexity of the tool and the great work being carried out by the Association. We see that the indicators used are very exhaustive in the analysis and that they require previous knowledge of architecture and environment, which makes it more powerful.
We will closely follow the progress of this tool, and if the situation allows it, it can be incorporated into our environmental impact studies.
Congratulations to Edometer for its work and for the idea.
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