CEN/TS 17276:2018
(Main)Nanotechnologies - Guidelines for Life Cycle Assessment - Application of EN ISO 14044:2006 to Manufactured Nanomaterials
Nanotechnologies - Guidelines for Life Cycle Assessment - Application of EN ISO 14044:2006 to Manufactured Nanomaterials
This document provides guidelines for application of Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) of specific relevance to manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs), including their use in other products, according to EN ISO 14044:2006. It does not cover incidental nanomaterials.
Nanotechnologien - Leitfaden für Ökobilanzen - Anwendung von EN ISO 14044:2006 auf industriell hergestellte Nanomaterialien
Dieses Dokument stellt Anleitungen für die Anwendung von Ökobilanzen von spezieller Bedeutung für industriell hergestellte Nanomaterialien (MNM), einschließlich deren Verwendung in anderen Produkten, in Übereinstimmung mit EN ISO 14044:2006 zur Verfügung. Unbeabsichtigt hergestellte Nanomaterialien werden von ihm nicht abgedeckt.
Nanotechnologies - Lignes directrices pour l’analyse du cycle de vie - Application de l’EN ISO 14044:2006 aux nanomatériaux manufacturés
Nanotehnologija - Smernice za ocenjevanje življenjskega cikla - Uporaba EN ISO 14044:2006 za izdelane nanomateriale
Ta dokument vsebuje smernice za ocenjevanje življenjskega cikla (LCA) posebnega pomena za proizvedene nanomateriale (MNM), vključno z njihovo uporabo v drugih izdelkih, v skladu s standardom EN ISO 14044:2006. Ne vključuje naključnih nanomaterialov.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2019
Nanotehnologija - Smernice za ocenjevanje življenjskega cikla - Uporaba EN ISO
14044:2006 za izdelane nanomateriale
Nanotechnologies - Guidelines for Life Cycle Assessment - Application of EN ISO
14044:2006 to Manufactured Nanomaterials
Nanotechnologien - Leitfaden für Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) - Anwendung der EN
ISO 14044:2006 auf industriell hergestellte Nanomaterialien
Nanotechnologies - Lignes directrices pour l’analyse du cycle de vie - Application de l’EN
ISO 14044:2006 aux nanomatériaux manufacturés
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TS 17276:2018
ICS:
07.120 Nanotehnologije Nanotechnologies
13.020.60 Življenjski ciklusi izdelkov Product life-cycles
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
CEN/TS 17276
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
December 2018
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
ICS 07.120
English Version
Nanotechnologies - Guidelines for Life Cycle Assessment -
Application of EN ISO 14044:2006 to Manufactured
Nanomaterials
Nanotechnologies - Lignes directrices pour l'analyse du Nanotechnologien - Leitfaden für Life Cycle
cycle de vie - Application de l'EN ISO 14044:2006 aux Assessments (LCA) - Anwendung der EN ISO
nanomatériaux manufacturés 14044:2006 auf industriell hergestellte
Nanomaterialien
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 28 September 2018 for provisional application.
The period of validity of this CEN/TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN will be requested to
submit their comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard.
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Turkey and United Kingdom.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 9
2 Normative references . 9
3 Terms and definitions . 9
4 Uncertainty analysis . 14
4.1 Introduction to uncertainty . 14
4.2 Characterization . 15
4.3 Identity and grouping . 16
4.4 Life Cycle Inventory Data. 16
4.5 Exposure assessment . 16
4.6 Toxicity assessment . 17
4.7 Impact assessment . 17
5 Goal and scope definition (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.2) . 18
5.1 General . 18
5.2 Scope of the study (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.2.3) . 18
5.3 Function and functional unit (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.2.3.2). 18
5.4 System boundary (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.2.3.3). 19
5.5 LCIA methodology and types of impacts (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.2.3.4) . 19
5.6 Types and sources of data (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.2.3.5) . 19
5.7 Data quality requirements (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.2.3.6) . 20
5.8 Comparisons between systems (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.2.3.7) . 20
5.9 Examples . 20
6 Life cycle inventory analysis (LCI) (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.3) . 23
6.1 General (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.3.1) . 23
6.2 Collecting data (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.3.2) . 24
6.3 Calculating data (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.3.3) . 25
6.4 Available LCA models. 27
6.5 Allocation (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.3.4) . 28
6.6 Examples . 28
7 Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.4) . 30
7.1 General . 30
7.2 Ecotoxicity studies . 30
7.3 Human toxicity . 30
7.4 Other midpoint categories . 31
7.5 Damage categories . 31
7.6 Spatial and temporal differentiations . 31
7.7 Examples . 31
8 Life cycle interpretation (see EN ISO 14044:2006, 4.5) . 37
9 Reporting (see EN ISO 14044:2006, Clause 5) . 39
9.1 General . 39
9.2 Examples . 39
10 Critical Reviews (see EN ISO 14044:2006, Clause 6) . 42
Annex A (informative) Uncertainty Analysis in LCA of Manufactured Nanomaterials . 45
Annex B (informative) LCA case studies in area of manufactured nanomaterials . 48
Bibliography . 53
European foreword
This document (CEN/TS 17276:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 352
“Nanotechnologies”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association.
The purpose of this Technical Specification is to assist the use of the following Life Cycle Assessment
standards in their application to manufactured nanomaterials:
— EN ISO 14040:2006, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles and
framework (ISO 14040:2006)
— EN ISO 14044:2006, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and
guidelines (ISO 14044:2006)
This document follows a similar structure to that used for ISO/TR 14047:2012 and ISO/TR 14049:2012,
which also provide guidance to the application of EN ISO 14044:2006 in terms of explaining more fully
the terminology; as follows:
— ISO/TR 14047:2012, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Illustrative examples on
how to apply EN ISO 14044 to impact assessment situations
— ISO/TR 14049:2012, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Illustrative examples on
how to apply EN ISO 14044 to goal and scope definition and inventory analysis
The main text is “normative” and represents best practice in the application of EN ISO 14044:2006 to
Manufactured Nanomaterials. However, it is generally not possible to obtain all the required data, in
particular the human and eco-toxicity data, so that alternative approaches are necessary. The current
approaches possible are described by three “informative” examples (see Introduction) drawn from
different areas of nano-materials that are used to illustrate each stage of the application of
EN ISO 14044:2006. It is intended that these examples be updated or replaced as more reliable data
becomes available.
Annex A (informative) includes additional discussion on measurement uncertainty.
Annex B (informative) records recent life-cycle-analyses that are provided to give further examples and
sources of data.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Introduction
This Technical Specification provides guidelines on the application of Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) to
manufactured nanomaterials (MNMs), in the context of EN ISO 14044:2006. It does not cover incidental
nanomaterials. This document is not applicable to life-cycle based Risk Assessment (see [1], [2], [3] for
such studies).
The structure of this document follows the structure of EN ISO 14044:2006, and is similar to the related
technical reports from ISO [4], [5], showing illustrative examples on how to apply the various steps of the
LCA framework. Table 1 gives an overview of the linkage between the content of this Technical
Specification and the related content in EN ISO 14044:2006.
Table 1 — Cross references between EN ISO 14044:2006 and the content of this Technical
Specification
EN ISO 14044:2006 This Technical Specification
Nano-specificity Example(s)
1 Scope
Clause 1
2 Normative reference Clause 2
3 Terms and definitions Clause 3 - Definition & use of term for
manufactured nanomaterials and
LCA
Clause 4 - Causes of Uncertainty &
Variability in LCA of manufactured
nanomaterials
4 Methodological
framework for LCA
4.1 General requirements
4.2 Goal & scope definition Clause 5 - Choice of an appropriate E.1 Textiles with nano-Ag
functional unit
E.2 Façade coatings with nano-TiO
4.2.1 General 2
E.3 CNTs in electronics
4.2.2 Goal of the study
4.2.3 Scope of the study
4.3 Life cycle inventory analysis Clause 6 - LCI data of production of E.1 Textiles with nano-Ag
(LCI) manufactured nanomaterials;
E.2 Façade coatings with nano-TiO2
4.3.1 General Modelling of releases of
E.3 CNTs in electronics
manufactured nanomaterials
4.3.2 Collecting data
4.3.3 Calculating data
4.3.4 Allocation
4.4 Life
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