Biobased Content
A product or material derived from plants or other renewable agricultural, marine, and forestry materials. Biobased products generally provide an alternative to conventional petroleum derived products and include a diverse range of offerings such as lubricants, detergents, inks, fertilizers, and bioplastics. Biobased materials can also capture carbon as part of their life cycle. Using them in buildings will store the carbon in place, preventing it from returning to the atmosphere for the life of the building. This potential is maximized by the use of rapidly renewable resources or agricultural waste streams. See the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) BioPreferred
program for more information.
Read up on bioenergy basics from the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Click the link below for more information on bio-based products and their selection.
WBDG.org | Sustainable Design Objectives
CarbonNeutralCities.org | Embodied Carbon and Bio-based Materials Factsheets
Procure Products
in the Green Procurement Compilation27 Results : bio based
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Child Care Centers - GSA Sustainable Facilities Tool
...and equipment and select materials based on all applicable child care playground...Solid flooring such as linoleum, bio-based resilient flooring, and rubber arehttps://sftool.gov › learn › about › 502 › child-care-centers -
Advanced energy star® training
...16% Minority Tenant 61% Occupancy % (Based on # of Leases) 4 23% of Total # of...Minority Tenant Occupancy (<= 25%) Based on Number of LEASES Office of Leasinghttps://sftool.gov › Content › attachments › Iswg › iswg-policies-strategies › Green Leasing - AKosmides Mar2013.pdf -
Draft Water Reuse Action Plan (WRAP)
...resource, we make sound, scientifically based decisions that work to prepare our...Port of Entry (CA) features a membrane bio-reactor blackwater onsite treatmenthttps://sftool.gov › Content › attachments › Iswg › iswg-policies-strategies › 5 - EPA Water Reuse - Lape 191205.pdf -
recommendations_on_sustainable_landscaping_practices.pdf
...recommendations are organized into nine sections based on the process of site development...maximize use of soil- and vegetation-based methods. 20 c. Design rainwater/stormwaterhttps://sftool.gov › Content › attachments › recommendations_on_sustainable_landscaping_practices.pdf -
8 Kristine Kingery - Army Net Zero Initiative.pdf
Public-private partnerships 15 Membrane Bio-reactor Waste Water Treatment Technologyhttps://sftool.gov › Content › attachments › Iswg › iswg-policies-strategies › 8 Kristine Kingery - Army Net Zero Initiative.pdf -
8 Kristine Kingery - Army Net Zero Initiative.pdf
Public-private partnerships 15 Membrane Bio-reactor Waste Water Treatment Technologyhttps://sftool.gov › Content › attachments › Iswg › iswg-case-studies › 8 Kristine Kingery - Army Net Zero Initiative.pdf -
Living Architecture: Green Roofs for Public Buildings
...filter fabric, and engineered soil-based growth medium with plantingsâ€. [31]...[52] Pollination is essential to plant bio-diversity. Significant reductions inhttps://sftool.gov › Content › attachments › Living_Architecture_Green_Roofs_for_Public_Buildings.pdf
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