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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Building for
Environmental and Economic
Sustainability (BEES) Please
National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 7, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Maureen O’Reilly, Management
Analyst, National Institute of Standards
and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive,
Gaithersburg, MD 20889-1710, (or via
the internet at PRAcomments@doc.gov).
All Personally Identifiable Information
(for example, name and address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Joshua D. Kneifel, (301) 975–
6857 or joshua.kneifel@nist.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
For more than 25 years, the
Engineering Laboratory of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST) has developed and automated an
approach for measuring the life-cycle
environmental and economic
performance of building products.
Known as BEES (Building for
Environmental and Economic
Sustainability), the tool reduces
complex, science-based technical
content (e.g., over 1000 material and
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energy flows from raw material
extraction through product disposal) to
decision-enabling results and delivers
them in a visually intuitive graphical
format. BEES Please is a voluntary
program to collect data from product
manufacturers so that the environmental
performance of their products may be
evaluated scientifically using BEES.
NIST will publish in BEES Online
(https://ws680.nist.gov/bees) an
aggregated version of the data collected
from manufacturers that protects data
confidentiality, subject to
manufacturer’s review and approval.
BEES measures environmental
performance using the environmental
life-cycle assessment approach specified
in the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) 14040 series of
standards. All stages in the life of a
product are analyzed: Raw material
acquisition, manufacture,
transportation, installation, use, and
recycling and waste management.
Economic performance is measured
using the ASTM International standard
life-cycle cost method (E 917), which
covers the costs of initial investment,
replacement, operation, maintenance
and repair, and disposal.
II. Method of Collection
Data on materials use, energy
consumption, waste, and environmental
releases will be collected using an
electronic, MS Excel-based
questionnaire. An electronic, MS Wordbased User Manual accompanies the
questionnaire to help in its completion.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0693–0036.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Renewal (of a current
information collection) with changes.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30.
Estimated Time per Response: 62
hours and 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,875.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
NIST invites comments on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden (including hours and cost)
of the proposed collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
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information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Office, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Building for
Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES) Please
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 7,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Maureen O'Reilly, Management
Analyst, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau
Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20889-1710, (or via the internet at
[email protected]). All Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may
be publicly accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business Information
or otherwise sensitive or protected information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe
PDF file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Joshua D. Kneifel, (301) 975-6857 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
For more than 25 years, the Engineering Laboratory of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed and
automated an approach for measuring the life-cycle environmental and
economic performance of building products. Known as BEES (Building for
Environmental and Economic Sustainability), the tool reduces complex,
science-based technical content (e.g., over 1000 material and energy
flows from raw material extraction through product disposal) to
decision-enabling results and delivers them in a visually intuitive
graphical format. BEES Please is a voluntary program to collect data
from product manufacturers so that the environmental performance of
their products may be evaluated scientifically using BEES. NIST will
publish in BEES Online (https://ws680.nist.gov/bees) an aggregated
version of the data collected from manufacturers that protects data
confidentiality, subject to manufacturer's review and approval. BEES
measures environmental performance using the environmental life-cycle
assessment approach specified in the International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) 14040 series of standards. All stages in the life
of a product are analyzed: Raw material acquisition, manufacture,
transportation, installation, use, and recycling and waste management.
Economic performance is measured using the ASTM International standard
life-cycle cost method (E 917), which covers the costs of initial
investment, replacement, operation, maintenance and repair, and
disposal.
II. Method of Collection
Data on materials use, energy consumption, waste, and environmental
releases will be collected using an electronic, MS Excel-based
questionnaire. An electronic, MS Word-based User Manual accompanies the
questionnaire to help in its completion.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0693-0036.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Renewal (of a current information collection) with
changes.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
Estimated Time per Response: 62 hours and 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,875.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
NIST invites comments on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Office, Commerce Department.
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