FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
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- a planning tool with an integrated, intelligent building product database
- a consulting tool for the selection of suitable products with focus on healthy, sustainable materials
- simple project documentation – at the push of a button – that is compatible with the commonly used Green Building certification systems
- Workshops on the application of the database in construction projects
Benefits for you:
- Reduced time for product research and documentary evidence
- Planning certainty for Green building projects
- Free use of the database
Building Material Scout offers …
- a unique assessment service that submits correctly specified requests for quotation to product manufacturers and automatically classifies products according to established sustainability standards (currently LEED and DGNB – with BREEAM, Well, and Cradle to Cradle to be added)
- automatic updates when new assessments are introduced (new certification versions)
- … interface to the product manufacturers Product Information Management System (PIM) –> no duplication of data maintenance
Benefits for you:
- Increased customer satisfaction through provision of product-related building ecology certificates during sales & marketing
- Appealing, customer-oriented product placement
- You maintain an overview of the certification jungle
Publishing products and data is chargeable to manufacturers. We will send you our offer for the service packages on request. Contact us via service@building-material-scout.com.
To register please go to the platform (https://app.building-material-scout.com/app) and click on “Sign in” in the menu. Enter your e-mail address and password here. If you are not yet registered, click on “Sign up now”, enter your e-mail address and send a verification code via the button “Send verification code”. The email with the verification code will be sent to you by msonlineservicesteam@microsoftonline.com . Please note that the verification code expires after 10 minutes. After entering the verification code, you can assign a password and create your account.
If you forgot your password or want to change go to the platform (https://app.building-material-scout.com/app) and click on “Sign in” in the menu. Then click on “Forgot your password”. You can now send a verification code to your e-mail address and then assign a new password.
If you have any questions you can contact us via service@building-material-scout.com.
A confusing variety of product labels, building certificates and material declarations makes it almost impossible for principals and planners to maintain an overview.
Manufacturers are constantly faced with requests for certificates and declarations. And more recently, more product-related BIM elements and environmental audit data are being requested.
Our mission with Building Material Scout is to give all players involved in construction – banks, investors, principals, project developers, architects, planners, construction companies, and operators – easy access to healthy, intelligent and sustainable materials and building products.
We are convinced that this will make a significant contribution to improving the quality of buildings by providing healthy, environmentally friendly space for people.
Building ecology and BIM information on all listed building products:
- Building certification systems DGNB, LEED, BREEAM
- Eco labels (natureplus, Cradle to Cradle, …)
- Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
- Recycling
- Pollutants
- Ingredients
- Emissions
- …
Project-related selection of healthy and sustainable construction products based on project requirements:
- Search for the right products for building certification systems
- Create documentation of the installed materials
- Evaluations with regard to LCA, recycling, etc. (Development from 2018)
Building Material Scout provides a platform for the exchange of information between manufacturer and planers. The responsibility for the accuracy of the information provided on products and services is therefore borne solely by the manufacturer who post this information in BMS.
BMS carries out content checks when BMS receives specific indications of false or misleading information. If necessary, please provide such information via service@building-material-scout.com.
Get a manufacturer account and upload products and data to www.building-material-scout.com:
Anlegen und Verwalten von eigenen Produkten
- Create and manage your own products
- Upload product data sheets
- Data exchange using Excel files
- Upload CAD and BIM file
- Product evaluations based on DGNB, LEED, BREEAM material requirements
Are you manufacturer? Here you get access to your manufacturer account.
All products used in the construction and operation of buildings can be published on Building Material Scout.
The listed products cover a spectrum of paints, adhesives, sealants, coatings, floor coverings, wood-based materials, renewable raw materials, partitioning systems, floor systems, doors, mineral building materials, insulation materials and many more.
If you can not find a product type or material, we will gladly apply it for you.
Building Material Scout offer a unique assessment service that submits correctly specified requests for quotation to product manufacturers and automatically classifies products according to established sustainability standards (DGNB, LEED and BREEAM).
No. DGNB, LEED and BREEAM do not certify products. The DGNB, LEED and BREEAM systems are building certification systems and not an ecolabel für products such as the Blue Angel.
Nevertheless, the building certification systems in some criteria have product requirements that go beyond the legal standards. In this case, the manufacturer must prove in the project that his products meet these criteria. This is done by a self-declaration or by certificates (for example VOC, recycled content, origin of materials, FSC, Green Label Plus, etc.). If the manufacutrer can provide this information and evidence, he gains competitive advantage. Building Material Scout, with its own assessment service and declarations, provides an ideal platform to cover several certification systems – currently DGNB, LEED and BREEAM – and to reach customers in a targeted manner.
We focus on the building product relevant criteria from the DGNB, LEED and BREEAM system, which cause the biggest problems in the certification projects. On request we can also implement further criteria on Building Material Scout.
LEED Building Design and Construction 2009:
- IEQ Credit 4.1 Low Emitting Materials – Adhesives and Sealants
- IEQ Credit 4.2 Low Emitting Materials – Paints and Coatings
- IEQ Credit 4.3 Low Emitting Materials – Flooring Systems
- IEQ Credit 4.4 Low Emitting Materials – Composite Wood and Agrifber Products
- MR Credit 4: Recycled Content
- MR Credit 5: Regional Materials
- MR Credit 6: Rapidly Renewable Materials
- MR Credit 7: Certified Wood
LEED Building Design and Construction V4 (2015):
- MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization (BPDO) – Environmental Product Declarations
- MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization (BPDO) – Material Ingredients
- MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization (BPDO) – Material Ingredients
- EQ Credit Low-Emitting Materials
DGNB NBV 2015:
- ENV 1.1 Life cycle impact assessment
- ENV 1.2 Local environmental impact
- ENV 1.3 Responsible procurement
- ENV 2.1 Life cycle assessment – primary energy
DGNB New Construction 2018:
- ENV 1.1 Life cycle impact assessment
- ENV 1.2 Local environmental impact
- ENV 1.3 Responsible procurement
BREEAM International New Construction 2016
- Hea 02 Indoor air quality
- Hea 02 Indoor air quality – Exemplary Level
- Mat 03 Responsible sourcing of construction products