THE SELECTION OF HEALTHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBLE
MATERIALS
C.G.March, BSc(Tech)
Faculty of Engineering and Computing
University of Coventry, UK.
ABSTRACT
To select the construction materials which are safe to use, do not affect the building user’s
health, have minimal impact on the environment and yet are cost effective and technically
sound is a complex process due to the different sources of information. The work described in
this paper is a suggested process to be used to develop application and generic materials
sheets incorporating all these issues that gives the specifier the possibility of applying their
own perception to the problem when selecting a material.