Green building products and technology : EcoBuild

Abstract

EcoBuild is a new tool which was developed by the Building Industry Consultative Council, intended to promote Green Building Technology in Malta. It is considered as a first database in Malta for available Green Building Products. The tool is based on an online system and is therefore accessible to a wide audience. The Building Industry Consultative Council embarked on this project with the purpose of increasing the awareness on Green Products and promoting a greater understanding of the use of Green products in interventions in buildings. This is achieved by increasing product visibility and competition, and providing building industry professionals with a wider range of information and tools to implement better performing buildings. The project provides information which will enable the building industry to adopt construction practices which are themselves energy efficient or which lead to an improvement in the energy efficiency of both new buildings and also existing buildings. In this project context, green building technology refers to construction techniques and building materials, products and elements of the building fabric which result in reduced energy consumption in buildings. Furthermore the technology refers to renewable energy sources which can be integrated in the building fabric. In addition the tool is intended to serve as a source of information on best practice examples of Green Product application and to promote education for sustainable construction.