Tool summaryName of the tool BEAT 2002 (Building Environmental Assessment Tool) Description of the tool A PC tool for performing environmental assessment of products, building elements and buildings. BEAT basically consists of three parts:
• a database containing data for energy sources, means of transport, products, building elements and buildings.
• a user interface which allows the user to add, edit and delete data in the database.
• an inventory tool, which allows the user to perform calculations for products, building elements and buildings and print the results in different ways, e.g. as input/output tables or environmental profiles.
BEAT supports several different methods for environmental assessment
Specific topic Environment Sector/s of use
Waste |
Energy |
Water |
Transport |
Green/Blue |
Building & Land use |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | M |
M - main sector, 1 - sub sector and 0 - n/a Scale of applications
Component |
Building |
Neighbourhood |
City |
Region |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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