CEN/TR 18114:2024
(Main)Bitumens and bituminous binders - Sustainability - Review on how to address environmental information
Bitumens and bituminous binders - Sustainability - Review on how to address environmental information
This document provides an overview of:
- current requirements in the European Union and in individual European states to address sustainability in the field of construction works where bitumens and bituminous binders are used;
- the requirements of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) on environmental sustainability and analyses the implications for bitumens and bituminous binders;
- existing horizontal standard EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 related to core rules for the product category of construction products and assesses if it can be used without any additional documents for bitumen and bituminous binders;
- status of draft standards developed for specific complementary product category rules by CEN/TC 154, CEN/TC 227, CEN/TC 254 and any other relevant TCs, and assesses if these drafts could require any additional documents specific for bitumens and bituminous binders;
- other relevant documents.
This document is intended to provide support to CEN/TC 336 for assessing the need for any further standardization documents covering specific product category rules for bitumens and bituminous binders or for other standardization documents in the field of environmental sustainability of bituminous binders.
This document covers bitumens and bituminous binders as described in EN 12597, including cut-back and fluxed bituminous binder, and bitumen emulsion, as used in construction works.
Bitumen und bitumenhaltige Bindemittel - Nachhaltigkeit - Überprüfung des Umgangs mit Umweltinformationen
Bitumes et liants bitumineux - Développement durable - Revue de la manière de prendre en compte les informations sur l'environnement
Bitumen in bitumenska veziva - Trajnostnost - Pregled ravnanja z okoljskimi informacijami
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2025
Bitumen in bitumenska veziva - Trajnostnost - Pregled ravnanja z okoljskimi
informacijami
Bitumens and bituminous binders - Sustainability - Review on how to address
environmental information
Bitumen und bitumenhaltige Bindemittel -Nachhaltigkeit - Überprüfung des Umgangs mit
Umweltinformationen
Bitumes et liants bitumineux Développement durable Revue de la manière de prendre
en compte les informations sur l'environnement
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TR 18114:2024
ICS:
13.020.20 Okoljska ekonomija. Environmental economics.
Trajnostnost Sustainability
75.140 Voski, bitumni in drugi naftni Waxes, bituminous materials
proizvodi and other petroleum products
91.100.50 Veziva. Tesnilni materiali Binders. Sealing materials
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
CEN/TR 18114
TECHNICAL REPORT
RAPPORT TECHNIQUE
October 2024
TECHNISCHER REPORT
ICS 13.020.20; 75.140; 91.100.50
English Version
Bitumens and bituminous binders - Sustainability - Review
on how to address environmental information
Bitumes et liants bitumineux - Développement durable Bitumen und bitumenhaltige Bindemittel -
- Revue de la manière de prendre en compte les Nachhaltigkeit - Überprüfung des Umgangs mit
informations sur l'environnement Umweltinformationen
This Technical Report was approved by CEN on 9 September 2024. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC
336.
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Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
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United Kingdom.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 3
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 Abbreviations . 6
5 Status of environmental requirements in the European Union and individual
European states . 6
6 CEN activities and standards . 7
7 CPR requirements regarding Environmental Sustainability . 11
8 Conclusions . 13
Annex A (informative) Overview of European system and initiatives for environmental
requirements . 14
Annex B (informative) Activities of Stakeholders as well as global activities . 20
Bibliography . 23
European foreword
This document (CEN/TR 18114:2024) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 336
“Bitumens and bituminous binders”, 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.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
Introduction
The Construction Products Regulation (CPR), which entered in force in 2011, specifies the need to
address the sustainable use of natural resources in harmonised product standards (Basic Works
Requirement 7 or BWR 7). The current Mandate M/124 and accepted replies do not address the CPR,
therefore it is still not clear how in practice to address BWR 7 in product standards.
Once part of a Standardization Request (SReq), environmental sustainability assessment of bituminous
binders needs to be addressed in the revision of the product standards for harmonisation. This raises the
question of the need for drafting a CEN/TC 336 specific document giving guidelines on how to address
sustainability in the product standards and how, in practical, to realize the corresponding assessments
for bitumens and bituminous binders.
Work is ongoing in several CEN/TCs, either on horizontal level or per respective product groups. The
information presented in this document was collected by the members of the task group environmental
sustainability of the CEN/TC 336 at the time of drafting of this document, December 2023, and should
therefore not be considered as exhaustive.
1 Scope
This document provides an overview of:
— current requirements in the European Union and in individual European states to address
sustainability in the field of construction works where bitumens and bituminous binders are used;
— the requirements of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) on environmental sustainability
and analyses the implications for bitumens and bituminous binders;
— existing horizontal standard EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 related to core rules for the product category
of construction products and assesses if it can be used without any additional documents for bitumen
and bituminous binders;
— status of draft standards developed for specific complementary product category rules by
CEN/TC 154, CEN/TC 227, CEN/TC 254 and any other relevant TCs, and assesses if these drafts could
require any additional documents specific for bitumens and bituminous binders;
— other relevant documents.
This document is intended to provide support to CEN/TC 336 for assessing the need for any further
standardization documents covering specific product category rules for bitumens and bituminous
binders or for other standardization documents in the field of environmental sustainability of bituminous
binders.
This document covers bitumens and bituminous binders as described in EN 12597, including cut-back
and fluxed bituminous binder, and bitumen emulsion, as used in construction works.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 12597, Bitumen and bituminous binders — Terminology
EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 , Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations —
Core rules for the product category of construction products
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 12597,
EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 , and the following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
As impacted by EN 15804:2012+A2:2019/AC:2021.
3.1
construction products regulation
CPR
regulation (EU) N° 305/2011 of the European parliament and of the council of 9 March 2011, laying down
harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive
N° 89/106/EEC
Note 1 to entry: Additional terms and definitions applicable to this document can be found in the CPR.
3.2
product category rules
PCR
set of specific rules, requirements and guidelines for developing environmental declarations for one or
more product categories
3.3
complementary product category rules
c-PCR
product group specific or horizontal PCR, which provide additional compliant and non-contradictory
requirements to EN 15804
3.4
life cycle assessment
LCA
compilation and evaluation of the inputs, outputs and the potential environmental impacts of a product
system throughout its life cycle
3.5
life cycle inventory analysis
LCI
phase of life cycle assessment involving the compilation and quantification of inputs and outputs for a
product throughout its life cycle
3.6
reference service life
RSL
service life of a construction product which is known to be expected under a set of reference in-use
conditions and which can form the basis for estimating the service life under other in-use conditions
4 Abbreviations
EPD Environmental Product Declaration
PEF Product Environmental Footprint
5 Status of environmental requirements in the European Union and individual
European states
Some countries in Europe have already implemented environmental requirements for construction and
more specifically for asphalt materials, including certification system. The Scandinavian countries have
been pioneers in developing EPD systems in accordance with EN 15804 since 2017. France has developed
a system and data base for construction with FDES ("Fiche de Déclaration Environnementale et
Sanitaire" — environmental health and safety data sheet) based on EN 15804 since 2014. The
Netherlands also set up a system and database used for civil works since 2017 with first product category
rules published in 2019. Other countries have initiated initiatives over the last few years to set up rules
and environmental requirements for construction project either at the design stage or for construction
works.
Annexes A and B provide an overview of current systems and initiatives at the date of this document.
6 CEN activities and standards
6.1 EN 15804
EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 is a European Standard providing the framework to define product category
rules (PCR) in order to establish type III Environmental Declarations in accordance with
EN ISO 14025:2010 [1] for goods and services in the construction sector. Regulations established by each
member state need to be in accordance with that standard.
If developed, Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) have to be established based on relevant PCR
for construction works with respect to life cycles stages. In accordance with EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 ,
all construction products and materials shall declare modules A1-A3 — product stage, C1-C4 — end of
life stage and D – beyond the system boundaries, with some specific exemptions. Other modules A4-A5 —
construction process stage and B1-B7 — use stage may be optional depending on the type of EPD.
The points potentially relevant for bitumens and bituminous binders are:
— the material will stay embedded in final product, either asphalt mix or waterproofing, and is not
separated at end of the life. Consequently, the exemption to cradle to gate (A1-A3), as stated
in EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 , subclause 5.2 may be applied unless the material contains biogenic
carbon. For any product containing biogenic carbon the declaration of modules C1-C4, end of life and
module D beyond the life cycle cannot be omitted;
— when EPD is limited to A1-A3 modules, there is no need to define a functional unit, however, a
declared unit, typically tons, needs to be defined;
— EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 states that specific data or average data should be used. An EPD
describing an average product shall be calculated using representative average data of the products.
An EPD describing a specific product shall be calculated using specific data.
EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 , Table 1, suggests generic or specific data for raw materials. Generic data
may be used for processes the producer cannot influence e.g. commodities, raw material extraction,
electricity production. The data used must be as recent as possible and must be representative of a
reference year, within 10 years for generic data and 5 years for producer specific data.
There are several tables contained in EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 that list environmental impact indicators
as shown in Table 1.
Table 1 — List of tables in EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 listing environmental impact indicators
Table Type of indicator Number of indicators
3 Core environmental indicators 13
4 Additional environmental indicators 7
6 Resource use 10
7 Waste information 3
8 Output flows 4
9 Biogenic carbon content 2
Total indicators 40
For the construction, use and end of the life stages, other indicators are defined.
The following two categories of additional information not derived
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