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| Environmental Health Issues Paul Bierman-Lytle The Masters Corporation, New Canaan, Connecticut Abstract
During the 1970s the building industry witnessed a focus on energy-conserving building materials sparked by oil-price increases ; during the 1980s attention to building materials that reduced or omitted pollutants became important as a result of the "Sick Building Syndrome" or indoor air pollution. Now, in the 1990s, we are engaged with a more comprehensive definition of environmental materials and technologies. This definition encompasses both energy-conserving products and so-called nontoxic or healthy products. But more importantly, it defines a new component, which I will call resource management. As the world enters the 21st century, we are more aware that the world's resources are dwindling at rapid speed, and the need to conserve, to recycle, and to sustainably manage these resources is vital. The building industry has a primary role to play in this management. This role begins in the selection of materials and technologies used in building itself. -- Environ Health Perspect 103(Suppl 6) :67-70 (1995) Key words: resource management sustainability, salvaged, recycling
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