EN 15643:2021

Sustainability of construction works - Framework for assessment of buildings and civil engineering works

This document provides principles and requirements for the assessment of environmental, social and economic performance of buildings and civil engineering works taking into account their technical characteristics and functionality.
NOTE 1   Assessments of environmental, social and economic performance are the three aspects of sustainability assessment of buildings and civil engineering works, or combination thereof, (hereafter referred to as “construction works”).
The framework applies to all types of construction works and it is relevant for new construction works over their entire life cycle, and of existing construction works over their remaining service life and end of life stage.
The sustainability assessment of construction works covers aspects and impacts of construction works expressed with quantifiable indicators. It includes the assessment of the construction works’ influence on the environmental, social and economic aspects and impacts on the local area (area of influence) and of the local infrastructure beyond the curtilage of the building and the civil engineering works.
NOTE 2   The sustainability assessment in the standards developed under this framework encompasses potential impacts e.g. intrinsic hazards from chemicals that are not based on a full environmental risk assessment.
The assessment of environmental, social and economic aspects of organizations, such as management systems, are not included in the standards developed under this framework. However, the decisions or actions that influence the environmental, social and economic performance of the object of assessment can be taken into account where the assessment includes management process related aspects.

Nachhaltigkeit von Bauwerken - Allgemeine Rahmenbedingungen zur Bewertung von Gebäuden und Ingenieurbauwerken

Dieses Dokument stellt die Grundsätze und Anforderungen für die Bewertung von Gebäuden und Ingenieurbauwerken hinsichtlich ihrer umweltbezogenen, sozialen und ökonomischen Qualität unter Berücksichtigung ihrer technischen und funktionalen Eigenschaften bereit.
ANMERKUNG 1   Die Bewertungen der umweltbezogenen, sozialen und ökonomischen Qualität stellen die drei Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung von Gebäuden und Ingenieurbauwerken oder einer Kombination derselben (nachfolgend als „Bauwerke“ bezeichnet) dar.
Die Rahmenbedingungen gelten für alle Arten von Bauwerken und sind für neue Bauwerke über deren gesamten Lebenszyklus und bei Bestandsbauten für deren restliche Nutzungsdauer und die Entsorgungsphase/das Ende der Lebens- bzw. NutzungsdauerN1 maßgeblich.
Die Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung von Bauwerken erfasst Aspekte und Auswirkungen von Bauwerken mittels quantitativer Indikatoren. Sie schließt die Bewertung des Einflusses eines Bauwerks auf die umweltbezogenen, sozialen und ökonomischen Aspekte und Auswirkungen auf die Region (das Einflussgebiet) und die lokale Infrastruktur über das Grundstück des Gebäudes und des Ingenieurbauwerks hinaus ein.
ANMERKUNG 2   Die Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung in den unter diesen Rahmenbedingungen erarbeiteten Normen umfasst mögliche Auswirkungen wie z. B. von Chemikalien ausgehende Gefährdungen, die nicht auf einer vollständigen umweltbezogenen Risikoanalyse beruhen.
Die Bewertung der umweltbezogenen, sozialen und ökonomischen Aspekte von Organisationen, wie Managementsysteme, sind in den unter diesen Rahmenbedingungen erarbeiteten Normen nicht enthalten. Die Entscheidungen oder Maßnahmen, die einen Einfluss auf die umweltbezogene, soziale und ökonomische Qualität des Gegenstandes der Bewertung haben, können jedoch berücksichtigt werden, wenn die Bewertung Aspekte umfasst, die mit dem Managementprozess in Verbindung stehen.

Contribution des ouvrages de construction au développement durable - Cadre pour l’évaluation des bâtiments et des ouvrages de génie civil

Le présent document énonce les principes et les exigences de l’évaluation des performances environnementales, sociales et économiques des bâtiments et des ouvrages de génie civil en tenant compte de leurs caractéristiques techniques et fonctionnelles.
NOTE 1   Les évaluations des performances environnementales, sociales et économiques sont les trois aspects de l’évaluation de la contribution des bâtiments et des ouvrages de génie civil, ou d’une combinaison de ceux-ci (ci après dénommés « ouvrages de construction ») au développement durable.
Le cadre s’applique à tous les types d’ouvrages de construction et il est pertinent pour les ouvrages de construction neufs tout au long de leur cycle de vie, et pour les ouvrages de construction existants pour leur durée de vie résiduelle et leur phase de fin de vie.
L’évaluation de la contribution des ouvrages de construction au développement durable couvre les aspects et les impacts des ouvrages de construction exprimés à l’aide d’indicateurs quantifiables. Elle inclut l’évaluation de l’influence de l’ouvrage de construction pour les aspects et impacts environnementaux, sociaux et économiques locaux (zone d’influence) et ceux de l’infrastructure locale au-delà du périmètre du bâtiment et de l’ouvrage de génie civil.
NOTE 2   L’évaluation de la contribution au développement durable dans les normes élaborées dans ce cadre englobe les impacts potentiels, par exemple les dangers intrinsèques des produits chimiques qui ne sont pas basés sur une évaluation complète des risques environnementaux.
L’évaluation des aspects environnementaux, sociaux et économiques des organisations, comme les systèmes de management, n’est pas incluse dans les normes élaborées dans ce cadre. En revanche, les décisions ou actions ayant un impact sur les performances environnementales, sociales et économiques de l’objet de l’évaluation peuvent être prises en compte lorsque l’évaluation comprend des aspects liés au processus de management.

Trajnostnost gradbenih objektov - Okvir za ocenjevanje trajnostnosti stavb in gradbenih inženirskih objektov

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 29-Jun-2021
• Withdrawal Date: 30-Dec-2021
• ICS: 91.040.01 - Buildings in general
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 350 - Sustainability of construction works
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 350/WG 7 - Framework and Coordination
• Current Stage: 6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
• Start Date: 30-Jun-2021
• Due Date: 26-Apr-2021
• Completion Date: 30-Jun-2021
• Mandate: M/350 AMDT - Amendment to mandate M/350 to CEN for the development or horizontal standardised methods for the assessment of the integrated environmental performance of building
• Ref Project: SIST EN 15643:2021 - Sustainability of construction works - Framework for assessment of buildings and civil engineering works

Relations

• Replaces: EN 15643-2:2011 - Sustainability of construction works - Assessment of buildings - Part 2: Framework for the assessment of environmental performance
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2022
• Replaces: EN 15643-4:2012 - Sustainability of construction works - Assessment of buildings - Part 4: Framework for the assessment of economic performance
• Effective Date: 07-Jul-2021
• Replaces: EN 15643-5:2017 - Sustainability of construction works - Sustainability assessment of buildings and civil engineering works - Part 5: Framework on specific principles and requirement for civil engineering works
• Effective Date: 07-Jul-2021
• Replaces: EN 15643-1:2010 - Sustainability of construction works - Sustainability assessment of buildings - Part 1: General framework
• Effective Date: 07-Jul-2021
• Replaces: EN 15643-3:2012 - Sustainability of construction works - Assessment of buildings - Part 3: Framework for the assessment of social performance
• Effective Date: 14-Nov-2018

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2021
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 15643-1:2010
SIST EN 15643-2:2011
SIST EN 15643-3:2012
SIST EN 15643-4:2012
SIST EN 15643-5:2018
Trajnostnost gradbenih objektov - Okvir za ocenjevanje trajnostnosti stavb in
gradbenih inženirskih objektov
Sustainability of construction works - Framework for assessment of buildings and civil
engineering works
Nachhaltigkeit von Bauwerken - Allgemeine Rahmenbedingungen zur Bewertung von
Gebäuden und Ingenieurbauwerken
Contribution des ouvrages de construction au développement durable - Cadre pour
l’évaluation des bâtiments et des ouvrages de génie civil
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 15643:2021
ICS:
13.020.20 Okoljska ekonomija. Environmental economics.
Trajnostnost Sustainability
91.040.01 Stavbe na splošno Buildings in general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 15643
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2021
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 91.040.01 Supersedes EN 15643-3:2012, EN 15643-4:2012, EN
15643-2:2011, EN 15643-1:2010, EN 15643-5:2017
English Version
Sustainability of construction works - Framework for
assessment of buildings and civil engineering works
Contribution des ouvrages de construction au Nachhaltigkeit von Bauwerken - Allgemeine
développement durable - Cadre pour l'évaluation des Rahmenbedingungen zur Bewertung von Gebäuden
bâtiments et des ouvrages de génie civil und Ingenieurbauwerken
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 30 May 2021.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this
European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN
member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by
translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
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United Kingdom.
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worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents   Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 9
2 Normative references . 9
3 Terms and definitions . 10
4 Principles . 27
4.1 General. 27
4.2 Objectives of sustainability assessment of construction works . 28
4.3 Approach to assessment of sustainability . 28
4.4 Relevance of technical and functional requirements . 28
4.5 Consideration of the construction works life cycle . 28
4.6 Assessment of aspects and impacts related to the buildings and civil engineering
works . 29
4.7 Considerations for sustainable refurbishment of existing construction works as
alternative to new construction . 29
5 Requirements for assessment methods . 29
5.1 General. 29
5.2 Object of assessment and the system boundary . 29
5.3 Functional equivalent . 30
5.4 Type of data and their assignment to the construction works life cycle . 31
5.4.1 Assignment of data to the construction works life cycle . 31
5.4.2 Reference study period . 31
5.4.3 Aspects and impacts specific to the construction works . 31
5.4.4 Scenarios . 34
5.5 Requirements for data quality . 34
5.6 Requirements for verification . 34
5.7 Transparency of the assessment methods . 34
5.8 Requirements for reporting and communication . 35
5.8.1 General. 35
5.8.2 Results of the assessment . 35
5.8.3 Environmental, social and economic requirements from regulations and client’s brief
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5.8.4 Technical and functional characteristics . 38
6 Requirements for assessment methods of environmental, social and economic
performance of construction works . 39
6.1 Overview of the methodology for assessment of environmental, social and economic
performance of buildings and civil engineering works . 39
6.2 Categories of environmental aspects. 40
6.3 Categories of social aspects . 40
6.4 Categories of economic aspects . 41
Bibliography . 42

European foreword
This document (EN 15643:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 350 “Sustainability
of construction works”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by December 2021, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by December 2021.
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 supersedes a series of standards that consists of the following parts:
— EN 15643-1, Sustainability of construction works — Sustainability assessment of buildings —
Part 1: General framework
— EN 15643-2, Sustainability of construction works — Assessment of buildings — Part 2: Framework for
the assessment of environmental performance
— EN 15643-3, Sustainability of construction works — Assessment of buildings — Part 3: Framework for
the assessment of social performance
— EN 15643-4, Sustainability of construction works — Assessment of buildings — Part 4: Framework for
the assessment of economic performance
— EN 15643-5, Sustainability of construction works — Sustainability assessment of buildings and civil
engineering works — Part 5: Framework on specific principles and requirement for civil engineering
works
In comparison with the previous versions, this document:
— consolidates and develops the content of the previous standards (EN 15643-1 to -5) into a single
common framework for the assessment of the environmental, social and economic performance
assessment of all construction works (buildings and civil engineering works), while continuing to
recognize the distinction between, and differences of approach, that are appropriate for the separate
assessment of buildings and the assessment of civil engineering works;
— reflects the changes required under the revised Mandate M350, particularly the changes already
introduced on response to the Mandate in the amendment of EN 15804 (EN 15804+A2:2019);
— expands and consolidates the main Terms and definitions that are used across the standards of CEN
TC350;
— expands the modular structure of the assessment (adding Module B8) to include for the assessment
of users’ activities associated with object of assessment and expands the scope of Module D to cover
“exported utilities” for both buildings and civil engineering works;
— includes for the assessment of the technical feasibility for sustainable refurbishment of existing
buildings.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
This document forms part of a series of European Standards, written by CEN/TC 350, that provide a
system for the sustainability assessment of buildings and civil engineering works using a life cycle
approach. The sustainability assessment quantifies aspects and impacts to assess the environmental,
social and economic performance of buildings and civil engineering works using quantifiable indicators
measured without value judgements. The purpose of the standards developed under this framework is
to enable comparability of the results of assessments. The European Standards developed under this
framework do not set actual benchmarks.
The sustainability assessment of buildings and civil engineering works uses different types of
information. The results of a sustainability assessment of a building and/or civil engineering works
provide information on the different types of indicators, the related works scenarios, and the life cycle
stages included in the assessment.
In carrying out assessments, scenarios and a functional equivalent are determined at the construction
works level. This means that the descriptive model of the works with the major technical and functional
requirements has been defined in the client’s brief or in regulations, as illustrated in Figure 1.
Assessments can be undertaken for the object under consideration that is a whole building or civil
engineering works, a part of the works or a combination of several buildings and/or civil engineering
works.
Although the evaluation of technical and functional performance is beyond the scope of the standards
developed under this framework, the technical and functional characteristics are considered by reference
to the functional equivalent of the object of assessment. The functional equivalent takes into account the
technical and functional requirements and forms the basis for comparisons of the results of the
assessment under the basic principle that the functional equivalent is being fulfilled, when those set
technical and functional requirements are being met or exceeded. Therefore, the concept of functional
equivalent is used in this context instead of the concept of functional unit.
Figure 1 shows schematically how the functional equivalent and the following required technical
characteristics and functionality of the construction works are to be fulfilled by provided technical
characteristics and functionality. These all are communicated as illustrated in the box “Communication
of:”, so t
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