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Published on: 4/20/2006
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CSI is again sponsoring the report, and CSI Vice President Paul R. Bertram Jr., FCSI, CDT, LEED-AP has authored a section titled "MasterFormat and LCA."
Bertram is principal of PRB Planning of Orlando, Fla., which specializes in green building product marketing strategies.Bertram also chairs ASTM E 2129 Data Collection for Determining the Sustainability of Building Product, and is a member of the Florida Green Building Coalition and the Sustainable Building Industry Council.He serves on the U.S. Green Building Council's Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group.
In "MasterFormat and LCA," Bertram writes, "MasterFormat has expanded to represent the life cycle of the structure and has appropriate areas to instruct designers as to sustainable project requirements.