SIST EN 16485:2014
(Main)Round and sawn timber - Environmental Product Declarations - Product category rules for wood and wood-based products for use in construction
Round and sawn timber - Environmental Product Declarations - Product category rules for wood and wood-based products for use in construction
EN 16485 provides general Product Category Rules (PCR) for Type III environmental declarations for wood and wood-based products for use in construction and related construction and in-service processes. This European Standard complements the core rules for the product category of construction products as defined in EN 15804 and is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 15804. The core PCR: - define the parameters to be declared and the way in which they are collated and reported; - describe which stages of a product’s life cycle are considered in the EPD and which processes are to be included in the life cycle stages; - define rules for the development of scenarios; - include the rules for calculating the Life Cycle Inventory and the Life Cycle Impact Assessment underlying the EPD, including the specification of the data quality to be applied; - include the rules for reporting predetermined, environmental and health information, that is not covered by LCA for a product, construction process and construction service where necessary; - define the conditions under which construction products can be compared based on the information provided by EPD. For the EPD of construction services, the same rules and requirements apply as for the EPD of construction products. Additionally to the common parts of EN 15804, this European Standard for wood and wood-based products: - defines the system boundaries; - defines the rules for modelling and assessment of material-specific characteristics such as carbon storage and energy content of wood; - defines allocation procedures for multi-output processes along the wood chain; - defines allocation procedures for reuse, recycling and energy recovery; - includes the rules for calculating the Life Cycle Inventory and the Life Cycle Impact Assessment underlying the EPD, including the assessment of carbon and energy content of wood; - provides guidance/specific rules for the determination of the Reference Service Life (RSL). This European Standard is intended to be used for cradle to gate or cradle to grave assessment, provided the intention is properly stated in the system boundary description.
Rund- und Schnittholz - Produkt-Kategorie-Regeln für Holz und Holz-Werkstoffe zur Umwelt-Produkt-Deklaration
Diese Europäische Norm liefert grundlegende Produkt-Kategorie-Regeln (PCR) für Typ III Umwelt-Deklarationen für Holz und Holz-Werkstoffe zur Verwendung in Bauwerken und die damit zusammen hän-genden Bauverfahren und Dienstleistungen aller Art.
Diese Europäische Norm ergänzt die Grundregeln für die Produkt-Kategorie sämtlicher Bauprodukte und leistungen, wie in EN 15804 festgelegt, und ist dazu vorgesehen, in Verbindung mit EN 15804 verwendet zu werden.
ANMERKUNG Die Beurteilung der sozialen und ökonomischen Qualität auf der Produktebene ist nicht Gegenstand die¬ser Norm.
Die grundlegenden Produkt-Kategorie-Regeln (PCR):
- definieren die zu deklarierenden Parameter und die Art, wie sie auf Vollständigkeit überprüft und kom-muniziert werden;
- beschreiben, welche Phasen des Lebenszyklus eines Produktes in der EPD berücksichtigt werden und welche Prozesse in die Phasen des Lebenszyklus einzubeziehen sind;
- definieren die Regeln für die Entwicklung von Szenarien;
- beinhalten die Regeln zur Berechnung der Sachbilanz und der Wirkungsabschätzung, die einer EPD unterliegen, einschließlich der Festlegung der zu verwendenden Datenqualität;
- beinhalten die Regeln für die Kommunikation vordefinierter Umwelt- und Gesundheits-Informationen, die für ein Bauprodukt, einen Bauprozess oder eine Bauleistung nicht von einer Ökobilanz (LCA) abgedeckt sind, soweit erforderlich;
- definieren die Bedingungen, unter welchen Bauprodukte auf der Basis der Informationen aus den EPD verglichen werden können.
Für die EPD von Bauleistungen gelten identische Regeln und Anforderungen wie für die EPD von Bauproduk-ten.
Zusätzlich zu den allgemeinen Teilen der EN 15804 legt diese Europäische Norm zu Holz und Holz-Werk-stoffen Folgendes fest:
- die Systemgrenzen;
- die Modellierung und Bewertung von Stoff spezifischen Eigenschaften wie etwa Kohlenstoff-Speicherung und Energieinhalt des Holzes;
- die Zuordnungs (Allokations )Verfahren für verschiedene Output-Verfahren entlang der Kette der Holz-verarbeitung;
- die Zuordnungs (Allokations )Verfahren für die Wiederverwendung, das Recycling und die Energie-Rückgewinnung;
- sie enthält die Regeln zur Berechnung der Sachbilanz und der Wirkungsabschätzung die einer EPD unterliegen, einschließlich der Bewertung des Kohlenstoff-Gehaltes und Energie-Inhaltes von Holz;
- sie liefert eine Anleitung/besondere Regeln für die Festlegung der Referenz Nutzungsdauer (RSL).
Die Norm ist vorgesehen für die Bewertung „von der Wiege bis zum Werkstor“ oder „von der Wiege bis zur Bahre“, voraus gesetzt, die Bestimmung ist in der Beschreibung der Systemgrenzen korrekt angegeben.
Bois ronds et sciages - Déclarations environnementales de produits - Règles de définition des catégories de produits en bois et à base de bois pour l'utilisation en construction
La présente Norme européenne fournit les règles de définition des catégories de produits (RCP) pour les déclarations environnementales de Type III relatives aux produits en bois et dérivés du bois destinés à être utilisés dans la construction et les services de construction associés à ces produits.
La présente Norme européenne vient compléter les règles régissant les catégories de produits de construction définies dans l'EN 15804 et est destinée à être utilisée conjointement avec cette dernière.
NOTE La présente norme ne traite pas de l'évaluation des performances sociales et économiques au niveau du produit.
Le tronc commun des RCP :
- définit les paramètres à déclarer et la manière dont ils sont regroupés et consignés ;
- décrit les étapes du cycle de vie d'un produit prises en compte dans la DEP ainsi que les processus devant être inclus dans les étapes du cycle de vie ;
- définit les règles relatives à l'élaboration de scénarios ;
- intègre les règles de calcul de l'inventaire du cycle de vie et de l'évaluation de l'impact du cycle de vie servant de base à la DEP, y compris la spécification de la qualité des données à appliquer ;
- intègre les règles de communication d'informations environnementales et sanitaires prédéterminées, qui ne sont pas couvertes par l'analyse du cycle de vie, pour un produit, un processus de construction et un service de construction, si nécessaire ;
- définit les conditions dans lesquelles les produits de construction peuvent être comparés, sur la base des informations fournies par la DEP.
Les règles et les exigences applicables à la DEP des services de construction sont les mêmes que pour la DEP des produits de construction.
Outre les parties communes de l'EN 15804, la présente Norme européenne relative aux produits en bois et dérivés du bois :
- définit les frontières du système ;
- définit la modélisation et l'évaluation de caractéristiques spécifiques du matériau telles que le stockage de carbone et le contenu énergétique du bois ;
- définit des procédures d'affectation applicables aux processus multi-débouchés de l'ensemble de la filière bois ;
- définit des procédures d'affectation applicables à la réutilisation, au recyclage et à la récupération d'énergie ;
- intègre les règles de calcul de l'inventaire du cycle de vie et de l'évaluation de l'impact du cycle de vie servant de base à la DEP, y compris l'évaluation du contenu en carbone et du contenu énergétique du bois ;
- fournit des lignes directrices/règles spécifiques pour la détermination de la durée de vie de référence (DVR).
La présente norme est destinée à être utilisée pour l'évaluation « du berceau à la sortie de l'usine » ou « du berceau à la tombe », à condition que le but associé soit énoncé de manière adéquate dans la description des frontières du système.
Okrogli in žagani les - Okoljske deklaracije za proizvode - Pravila za opredelitev vrste izdelka za les in lesne kompozite za uporabo v gradbeništvu
Standard EN 16485 določa splošna pravila za opredelitev vrste izdelka (PCR) za okoljske deklaracije tipa III za les in lesne kompozite za uporabo v gradbeništvu, sorodnih gradbenih postopkih in postopkih, ki se uporabljajo v gradbenih storitvah. Ta evropski standard dopolnjuje osnovna pravila za opredelitev vrste gradbenih izdelkov, določena v standardu EN 15804, in je namenjen za uporabo s standardom EN 15804. Osnovna pravila za kategorije proizvodov: – določajo parametre, ki morajo biti deklarirani, ter način njihovega zbiranja in poročanja; – opisujejo, katere stopnje življenjskega cikla izdelka so upoštevane v okoljski deklaraciji za proizvode (EPD) in kateri postopki morajo biti vključeni v stopnje življenjskega cikla; – določajo pravila za razvoj scenarijev; – vključujejo pravila za izračun popisa življenjskega cikla in ocene vpliva življenjskega cikla, ki sta podlaga za okoljsko deklaracijo za proizvode, skupaj s specifikacijo kakovosti podatkov, ki jo je treba uporabiti; – vključujejo pravila za poročanje vnaprej določenih okoljskih informacij ter informacij o zdravju, ki niso zajete v oceno življenjskega cikla (LCA) za proizvod, gradbeni postopek in gradbeno storitev, kjer je potrebno; – določajo pogoje, pod katerimi se lahko gradbene izdelke primerja na podlagi informacij iz okoljske deklaracije za proizvode Za okoljsko deklaracijo za proizvode za gradbene storitve se uporabljajo enaka pravila in zahteve kot za okoljsko deklaracijo za proizvode za gradbene izdelke. Dodatno k splošnim delom standarda EN 15804, ta evropski standard za les in lesne kompozite: - določa meje sistema, - določa pravila za modeliranje in ocenjevanje lastnosti, bistvenih za to vrsto materiala, kot so skladiščenje ogljika in energijska vsebnost lesa; - določa postopke dodeljevanja za večizhodne procese v lesni verigi; - določa postopke dodeljevanja za ponovno uporabo, reciklažo in energetsko predelavo; - vključuje pravila za izračun inventarja življenjskega cikla in vrednotenje vplivov življenjskega cikla, ki sta osnova deklaracije EPD, vključno z oceno energijske vsebnosti in vsebnosti ogljika v lesu; - ponuja smernice/posebna pravila za določevanje referenčne življenjske dobe (RSL). Ta evropski standard se uporablja za ocenjevanje faze izdelave »od zibelke do vrat« ali »od zibelke do groba«, če je namera jasno navedena v opisu meja sistema.
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Okrogli in žagani les - Okoljske deklaracije za proizvode - Pravila za opredelitev vrste izdelka za les in lesne kompozite za uporabo v gradbeništvuRund- und Schnittholz - Produkt-Kategorie-Regeln für Holz und Holz-Werkstoffe zur Umwelt-Produkt-DeklarationBois ronds et sciages - Déclarations environnementales de produits - Règles de définition des catégories de produits en bois et à base de bois pour l'utilisation en constructionRound and sawn timber - Environmental Product Declarations - Product category rules for wood and wood-based products for use in construction91.080.20Lesene konstrukcijeTimber structures79.040Les, hlodovina in žagan lesWood, sawlogs and sawn timber13.020.99Drugi standardi v zvezi z varstvom okoljaOther standards related to environmental protectionICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 16485:2014SIST EN 16485:2014en,fr,de01-julij-2014SIST EN 16485:2014SLOVENSKI
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SIST EN 16485:2014
EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM
EN 16485
March 2014 ICS 91.010.99; 91.080.20 English Version
Round and sawn timber - Environmental Product Declarations - Product category rules for wood and wood-based products for use in construction
Bois ronds et sciages - Déclarations environnementales de produits - Règles de définition des catégories de produits en bois et à base de bois pour l'utilisation en construction
Rund- und Schnittholz - Umweltproduktdeklarationen - Produktkategorieregeln für Holz und Holzwerkstoffe im Bauwesen This European Standard was approved by CEN on 3 February 2014.
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.
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EN 16485:2014 (E) 2 Contents Page
Foreword .4 Introduction .5 1 Scope .6 2 Normative references .7 3 Terms and definitions .7 4 Abbreviations .8 5 General aspects .8 5.1 Objective of this general PCR for wood and wood-based construction products .8 5.2 Types of EPD with respect to life cycle stages covered .9 5.3 Comparability of EPD for construction products .9 5.4 Additional information .9 5.5 Ownership, responsibility and liability for the EPD .9 5.6 Communication formats .9 6 Product Category Rules for LCA .9 6.1 Product category .9 6.2 Life cycle stages and their information modules to be included .9 6.2.1 General .9 6.2.2 A1-A3, Product stage, information modules . 10 6.2.3 A4-A5, Construction process stage, information modules . 10 6.2.4 B1-B5, Use stage, information modules related to the building fabric . 10 6.2.5 B6-B7, use stage, information modules related to the operation of the building . 10 6.2.6 C1-C4 End-of-life stage, information modules . 10 6.2.7 D, Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary, information module . 10 6.3 Calculation rules for the LCA . 10 6.3.1 Functional unit . 10 6.3.2 Declared unit . 10 6.3.3 Reference service life (RSL) (valid for cradle to gate with options and cradle to grave EPDs) . 11 6.3.4 System boundaries . 11 6.3.5 Criteria for the exclusion of inputs and outputs . 18 6.3.6 Selection of data . 19 6.3.7 Data quality requirements . 19 6.3.8 Developing product level scenarios . 19 6.3.9 Units . 19 6.4 Inventory analysis. 19 6.4.1 Collecting data . 19 6.4.2 Calculation procedures . 19 6.4.3 Allocation of input flows and output emissions . 19 6.5 Impact assessment . 22 7 Content of the EPD . 22 7.1 Declaration of general information . 22 7.2 Declaration of environmental parameters derived from LCA . 22 7.2.1 Rules for declaring LCA information per module . 22 7.2.2 Parameters describing environmental impacts . 22 7.2.3 Parameters describing resource use. 22 7.2.4 Other environmental information describing different waste categories and output flows . 22 SIST EN 16485:2014
EN 16485:2014 (E) 3 7.3 Scenarios and additional technical information . 22 7.3.1 General . 22 7.3.2 Construction process stage . 22 7.3.3 B1-B7 use stage . 23 7.3.4 End-of-life . 23 7.4 Additional information on release of dangerous substances to indoor air, soil and water during the use stage . 23 7.4.1 Indoor air . 23 7.4.2 Soil and water . 23 7.5 Aggregation of information modules . 23 7.6 Additional environmental information . 23 8 Project report . 23 8.1 General . 23 8.2 LCA-related elements of the project report . 24 8.3 Documentation on additional information . 25 8.4 Data availability for verification . 25 9 Verification and validity of an EPD . 25 Bibliography . 26 SIST EN 16485:2014
EN 16485:2014 (E) 4 Foreword This document (EN 16485:2014) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 175 “Round and sawn timber”, 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 September 2014 and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2014. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. .According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: 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, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. SIST EN 16485:2014
EN 16485:2014 (E) 5 Introduction European Standard EN 15804 provides core product category rules for all construction products and services. It provides a structure to ensure that all Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) of construction products, construction services and construction processes are derived, verified and presented in a harmonized way. This European Standard provides rules for Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) specifically for wood and wood-based products. It complements the core product category rules for all construction products and services as established in EN 15804. An EPD communicates verifiable, accurate, non-misleading environmental information for products and their applications, thereby supporting scientifically based, fair choices and stimulating the potential for market-driven continuous environmental improvement. The standardization process has taken place in accordance with EN ISO 14025. All common issues are covered horizontally for all product types in order to minimise vertical (branch specific) deviations. All common issues are covered horizontally for all wood and wood-based products in order to minimise intra-sectoral deviations. EPD information is expressed in information modules as defined in EN 15804, which allow easy organization and expression of data packages throughout the life cycle of wood and wood-based products. The approach requires that the underlying data should be consistent, reproducible and comparable. In line with EN 15804, the EPD is expressed in a form that allows aggregation (addition) to provide complete information for buildings. This standard does not deal with aggregation at the building level nor does this standard describe the rules for applying EPD in a building assessment. The standard deals with a limited number of quantifiable parameters as predefined in EN 15804. Future revisions of EN 15804 may lead to the incorporation of additional predetermined parameters. This European Standard provides the means for developing a Type III environmental declaration of wood and wood-based construction products in the context of the suite of standards that are intended to assess the sustainability of construction works. This suite of standards includes: — 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 15978, Sustainability of construction works — Assessment of environmental performance of buildings — Calculation method — EN 15804, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Core rules for the product category of construction products — CEN/TR 15941, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Methodology for selection and use of generic data — EN 15942, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Communication format business to business SIST EN 16485:2014
EN 16485:2014 (E) 6 1 Scope This European Standard provides general Product Category Rules (PCR) for Type III environmental declarations for wood and wood-based products for use in construction and related construction and in-service processes. This European Standard complements the core rules for the product category of construction products as defined in EN 15804 and is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 15804. NOTE
The assessment of social and economic performances at product level is not covered by this standard. The core PCR: — define the parameters to be declared and the way in which they are collated and reported; — describe which stages of a product’s life cycle are considered in the EPD and which processes are to be included in the life cycle stages; — define rules for the development of scenarios; — include the rules for calculating the Life Cycle Inventory and the Life Cycle Impact Assessment underlying the EPD, including the specification of the data quality to be applied; — include the rules for reporting predetermined, environmental and health information, that is not covered by LCA for a product, construction process and construction service where necessary; — define the conditions under which construction products can be compared based on the information provided by EPD. For the EPD of construction services, the same rules and requirements apply as for the EPD of construction products. Additionally to the common parts of EN 15804, this European Standard for wood and wood-based products: — defines the system boundaries; — defines the rules for modelling and assessment of material-specific characteristics such as carbon storage and energy content of wood; — defines allocation procedures for multi-output processes along the wood chain; — defines allocation procedures for reuse, recycling and energy recovery; — includes the rules for calculating the Life Cycle Inventory and the Life Cycle Impact Assessment underlying the EPD, including the assessment of carbon and energy content of wood; —
provides guidance/specific rules for the determination of the Reference Service Life (RSL). This European Standard is intended to be used for cradle to gate or cradle to grave assessment, provided the intention is properly stated in the system boundary description. SIST EN 16485:2014
EN 16485:2014 (E) 7 2 Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN ISO 14025, Environmental labels and declarations — Type III environmental declarations — Principles and procedures (ISO 14025:2006) EN ISO 14044:2006, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines (ISO 14044:2006) EN 15804:2012, 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 15084:2012 and the following apply. 3.1 co-product any of two or more marketable materials, products or fuels from the same unit process, but which is not the object of the assessment Note 1 to entry: Co-product, by-product and product have the same status and are used for identification of several distinguished flows of products from the same unit process. From co-product, by-product and product, waste is the only output to be distinguished as a non-product. [SOURCE: EN 15804:2012, 3.7] Note 2 to entry: When further used as a material or fuel, according to COM (2007)59, (Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the Interpretative Communication on waste and by-products) Annex I, sawdust, wood chips and off-cuts from untreated wood as generated at saw mills or at secondary operation such as the manufacturing of furniture or pallets and packaging and customarily referred to as by-products are, for the purpose of this document, considered co-products. Materials of this type fall outside the definition of waste. However, where material of this kind requires a full recycling or recovery operation, or contains contaminants that need to be removed before it can be further used or processed, this would indicate that the material is a waste until the recycling or recovery operation is completed. 3.2 biogenic carbon carbon derived from/contained in biomass 3.3 biomass material of biological origin excluding material embedded in geological formations and material transformed to fossilised material 3.4 biogenic carbon neutrality balance of biogenic carbon uptake during growth of biomass and release during natural decay or incineration 3.5 carbon storage biogenic carbon stored over a specific period of time SIST EN 16485:2014
EN 16485:2014 (E) 8 3.6 direct land use change change in human use or management of land at the location of the production, use or disposal of raw materials (ISO 14050:2009, 6.12), intermediate products (ISO 14050:2009, 6.2.1) and final products (3.4.1) or wastes (ISO 14050:2009, 3.12) in the product system being assessed 3.7 forest carbon pools compartments storing biogenic carbon in the forest: above-ground biomass, below-ground biomass, litter, dead wood and soil organic carbon [SOURCE: IPCC 2006, Table 1.1] 3.8 fossil carbon carbon which is contained in fossilised material Note 1 to entry: Examples of fossilised material are coal, oil and natural gas. 4 Abbreviations EPD Environmental Product Declaration PCR Product Category Rules LCA
Life Cycle Assessment LCI
Life Cycle Inventory analysis LCIA
Life Cycle Impact Assessment RSL Reference Service Life ESL
Estimated Service Life EPBD Energy Performance of Buildings Directive GWP Global Warming Potential GHG Greenhouse Gas CHP Combined Heat and Power
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General aspects 5.1 Objective of this general PCR for wood and wood-based construction products An EPD according to this standard provides quantified environmental information for wood and wood-based construction product or related service on a harmonized and scientific basis. It also provides information on health related emissions to indoor air, soil and water during the use stage of the building. The purpose of an EPD in the construction sector is to provide the basis for assessing buildings and other construction works and identifying those which cause less stress to the environment. Thus the objective of this general PCR for wood and wood-based products is to ensure: — the provision of verifiable and consistent data for an EPD, based on LCA; SIST EN 16485:2014
EN 16485:2014 (E) 9 — the provision of verifiable and consistent product related technical data or scenarios for the assessment of the environmental performance of buildings; — the provision of verifiable and consistent product related technical data or scenarios potentially related to the health of users for the assessment of the performance of buildings; — that comparisons between construction products are carried out in the context of their application in the building; — the communication of the environmental information of construction products from business to business; — the basis, subject to additional requirements, for the communication of the environmental information of construction products to consumers. Declarations based on this standard are not comparative assertions. NOTE See definition 3.4 of EN 15804:2012 and EN ISO 14044:2006, 5.1 for more information concerning LCA used for comparative assertion. 5.2 Types of EPD with respect to life cycle stages covered As in EN 15804. 5.3 Comparability of EPD for construction products As in EN 15804. 5.4 Additional information As in EN 15804. 5.5 Ownership, responsibility and liability for the EPD As in EN 15804. 5.6 Communication formats As in EN 15804. 6 Product Category Rules for LCA 6.1 Product category The product category referred to in this standard includes all wood and wood-based construction products as well as related construction services for buildings and other construction works. 6.2 Life cycle stages and their information modules to be included 6.2.1 General As in EN 15804. SIST EN 16485:2014
EN 16485:2014 (E) 10 6.2.2 A1-A3, Product stage, information modules As in EN 15804. 6.2.3 A4-A5, Construction process stage, information modules As in EN 15804. 6.2.4 B1-B5, Use stage, information modules related to the building fabric As in EN 15804. 6.2.5 B6-B7, use stage, information modules related to the operation of the building As in EN 15804. 6.2.6 C1-C4 End-of-life stage, information modules As in EN 15804. 6.2.7 D, Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary, information module As in EN 15804. 6.3 Calculation rules for the LCA 6.3.1 Functional unit As in EN 15804 with the following addition: When communicating the functional unit of an EPD, the apparent density and moisture content of wood and wood-based products shall be provided as complementary information. Values for apparent density and moisture content can be taken from product or application standards and should reflect the respective values underlying the LCA calculations. 6.3.2 Declared unit As in EN 15804 with the following addition: The declared unit is used instead of the functional unit when the precise function of the product or scenarios at the building level is not stated or is unknown. The declared unit shall be applied when an EPD covers one or more life cycle stages as information modules, i.e. in the case of a "cradle to gate" EPD and "cradle to gate with options" EPD and when the EPD is not based on a full “cradle to grave” LCA. The declared unit provides a reference by means of which the material flows of the information module of a construction product are normalised (in a mathematical sense) to produce data, expressed on a common basis. It provides the reference for combining material flows attributed to the construction product and for combining environmental impacts for the selected stages of the construction product’s incomplete life cycle (see 7.5). The declared unit shall relate to the typical applications of products. The declared unit in the EPD shall be one of the unit types listed below. A different unit may be declared for reasons that shall be explained and in such cases information shall be provided on how to convert this unit to one or more of the required unit types: — an item, an assemblage of items, e.g. 1 wood window; SIST EN 16485:2014
EN 16485:2014 (E) 11 — Volume (m3), e.g. 1 m3 of sawn timber; —
Mass (kg), e.g. wood chips, recovered wood; — Length (m), e.g. 1 m of wood moulding; — Area (m2), e.g. 1m2 of wall elements; 1 m2 of wood flooring; 1 m2 of wood-based panel. If the declared unit is not expressed in mass, then a conversion factor, e.g. to 1 kg of material shall be provided. For the development of, for example, transport and disposal scenarios, conversion factors to mass per declared unit shall be provided. For the development of, e.g. transport and disposal scenarios, the apparent density and moisture content shall be part of the declared unit provided. NOTE 1 Reasons for declaring units other than those listed include the need to use units normally used for design, planning, procurement and sale. NOTE 2 CEN Technical Committees for product standards are expected to harmonize the declared unit to be used for their product families. 6.3.3 Reference service life (RSL) (valid for cradle to gate with options and cradle to grave EPDs) As in EN 15804. 6.3.4 System boundaries 6.3.4.1 General As in EN 15804. 6.3.4.2 Product stage As in EN 15804 with the following addition: The product stage is an information module required to be included in the EPD. As illustrated in Figure 1 of EN 15804:2012 it includes the information modules A1 to A3. The system boundary with nature is set to include those technical processes that provide the material and energy inputs into the system and the following manufacturing, and transport processes up to the factory gate as well as the processing of any waste arising from those processes. NOTE 1 In accordance with European policies forests are understood as a natural system with multiple functions, the production function of timber being one of them. The existence of forests as natural systems is protected by European and national legislation. Therefore, natural growth and decay processes including natural disturbances etc. are not attributable to the production function of forests and are therefore - and as common practice - not considered in LCA. NOTE 2 Harvesting operations lead to temporal decreases in forest carbon pools in the respective stand. Impacts on forest carbon pools resulting from the sustainable or unsustainable management of forests, however, cannot be defined or assessed on stand level but requires the consideration of carbon pool changes on landscape level, i.e. the level based on which management decisions are made. Resulting from the fundamental principle of sustainable forest management to preserve the production function of forest, total forest carbon pools can be considered stable (or increasing) under sustainable forest management. This is due to the fact that temporal decreases of forest carbon pools resulting from harvesti
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Okrogli in žagani les - Okoljske deklaracije na proizvodih - Pravila za opredelitev
vrste lesa in lesnih izdelkov/produktov za uporabo v gradbeništvu
Round and sawn timber - Environmental Product Declarations - Product category rules
for wood and wood-based products for use in construction
Rund- und Schnittholz - Produkt-Kategorie-Regeln für Holz und Holz-Werkstoffe zur
Umwelt-Produkt-Deklaration
Bois ronds et sciages - Déclarations environnementales de produits - Règles de
définition des catégories de produits en bois et à base de bois pour l'utilisation en
construction
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 16485
ICS:
13.020.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
varstvom okolja environmental protection
79.040 Les, hlodovina in žagan les Wood, sawlogs and sawn
timber
91.080.20 Lesene konstrukcije Timber structures
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
DRAFT
prEN 16485
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2012
ICS 91.010.99; 91.080.20
English Version
Round and sawn timber - Environmental Product Declarations -
Product category rules for wood and wood-based products for
use in construction
Bois ronds et sciages - Déclarations environnementales de Rund- und Schnittholz - Produkt-Kategorie-Regeln für Holz
produits - Règles de définition des catégories de produits
und Holz-Werkstoffe zur Umwelt-Produkt-Deklaration
en bois et à base de bois pour l'utilisation en construction
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 175.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, 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.
This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language
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Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
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Contents Page
Foreword .4
Introduction .5
1 Scope .6
2 Normative references .7
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Abbreviations . 12
5 General aspects . 13
5.1 Objective of the PCR for wood and wood-based construction products . 13
5.2 Types of EPD with respect to life cycle stages covered . 13
5.3 Comparability of EPD for construction products . 13
5.4 Additional information . 13
5.5 Ownership, responsibility and liability for the EPD . 13
5.6 Communication formats . 13
6 Product Category Rules for LCA . 14
6.1 Product category . 14
6.2 Life cycle stages and their information modules to be included . 14
6.2.1 General . 14
6.2.2 A1-A3, Product stage, information modules . 14
6.2.3 A4-A5, Construction process stage, information modules . 14
6.2.4 B1-B5, Use stage, information modules related to the building fabric . 14
6.2.5 B6-B7, use stage, information modules related to the operation of the building . 14
6.2.6 C1-C4 End-of-life stage, information modules . 14
6.2.7 D, Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary, information module . 14
6.3 Calculation rules for the LCA . 14
6.3.1 Functional unit . 14
6.3.2 Declared unit . 14
6.3.3 Reference service life (RSL) (valid for cradle to gate with options and cradle to grave
EPDs) . 15
6.3.4 System boundaries . 15
6.3.5 Benefits and loads beyond the product system boundary in module D . 21
6.3.6 Criteria for the exclusion of inputs and outputs . 22
6.3.7 Selection of data . 22
6.3.8 Data quality requirements . 22
6.3.9 Developing product level scenarios . 22
6.3.10 Units . 22
6.4 Inventory analysis. 22
6.4.1 Collecting data . 22
6.4.2 Calculation procedures . 22
6.4.3 Allocation of input flows and output emissions . 22
6.5 Impact assessment . 25
7 Content of the EPD . 25
7.1 Declaration of general information . 25
7.2 Declaration of environmental parameters derived from LCA . 25
7.2.1 Rules for declaring LCA information per module . 25
7.2.2 Parameters describing environmental impacts . 25
7.2.3 Parameters describing resource use. 25
7.2.4 Other environmental information describing different waste categories and output flows . 25
7.3 Scenarios and additional technical information . 25
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7.3.1 General . 25
7.3.2 Construction process stage . 26
7.3.3 B1-B7 use stage . 26
7.3.4 End-of-life . 26
7.4 Additional information on release of dangerous substances to indoor air, soil and water
during the use stage . 26
7.4.1 Indoor air . 26
7.4.2 Soil and water . 26
7.5 Aggregation of information modules . 26
8 Project report . 26
8.1 General . 26
8.2 LCA-related elements of the project report . 27
8.3 Documentation on additional information . 28
8.4 Data availability for verification . 28
9 Verification and validity of an EPD . 28
Annex A (informative) Guidance on default reference service lives for wood and wood-based
construction products . 29
Bibliography . 31
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Foreword
This document (prEN 16485:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 175 “Round and
SawnTimber”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
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Introduction
This European Standard EN 15804 provides core product category rules for all construction products and
services. It provides a structure to ensure that all Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) of construction
products, construction services and construction processes are derived, verified and presented in a
harmonised way.
This European Standard provides rules for Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) specifically for wood
and wood-based products. It complements the core product category rules for all construction products and
services as established in EN 15804.
An EPD communicates verifiable, accurate, non-misleading environmental information for products and their
applications, thereby supporting scientifically based, fair choices and stimulating the potential for market-
driven continuous environmental improvement.
The standardisation process has taken place in accordance with ISO 14025. All common issues are covered
horizontally for all product types in order to minimise vertical (branch specific) deviations. All common issues
are covered horizontally for all wood and wood-based products in order to minimise intra-sectoral deviations.
EPD information is expressed in information modules as defined in EN 15804, which allow easy organisation
and expression of data packages throughout the life cycle of wood and wood-based products. The approach
requires that the underlying data should be consistent, reproducible and comparable.
In line with EN 15804 the EPD is expressed in a form that allows aggregation (addition) to provide complete
information for buildings. This standard does not deal with aggregation at the building level nor does this
standard describe the rules for applying EPD in a building assessment.
The standard deals with a limited number of quantifiable parameters as predefined in EN 15804. Future
revisions of EN15804 may lead to the incorporation of additional predetermined parameters.
This European Standard provides the means for developing a Type III environmental declaration of wood and
wood-based construction products in the context of the suite of standards that are intended to assess the
sustainability of construction works.
This suite of standards includes:
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 15978, Sustainability of construction works — Assessment of environmental performance of buildings —
Calculation methods
EN 15804, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declaration — Core rules for the
product category of construction products
CEN/TR 15941, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Methodology
for selection and use of generic data
EN 15942, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Communication
format - Business to Business
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1 Scope
This European standard provides the product category rules (PCR) for Type III environmental declarations for
wood and wood-based products for use in construction and related construction and in-service processes.
This European Standard complements the core rules for the product category of construction products as
defined in and is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 15804.
NOTE The assessment of social and economic performances at product level is not covered by this standard.
The core PCR:
defines the parameters to be declared and the way in which they are collated and reported,
describes which stages of a product’s life cycle are considered in the EPD and which processes are to be
included in the life cycle stages,
defines rules for the development of scenarios,
includes the rules for calculating the Life Cycle Inventory and the Life Cycle Impact Assessment
underlying the EPD, including the specification of the data quality to be applied,
includes the rules for reporting predetermined, environmental and health information, that is not covered
by LCA for a product, construction process and construction service where necessary,
defines the conditions under which construction products can be compared based on the information
provided by EPD.
For the EPD of construction services the same rules and requirements apply as for the EPD of construction
products.
Additional to the common parts of EN 15804, this European Standard for wood and wood-based products:
defines the system boundaries,
defines the modelling and assessment of material-specific characteristics such as carbon storage and
energy content of wood,
defines allocation procedures for multi-output processes along the wood chain,
defines allocation procedures for reuse, recycling and energy recovery
includes the rules for calculating the Life Cycle Inventory and the Life Cycle Impact Assessment
underlying the EPD, including the assessment of carbon and energy content of wood,
provides guidance/specific rules for the determination of the reference service life (RSL)
This standard is intended to be used for cradle to gate or cradle to grave assessment, provided the intention is
properly stated in the system boundary description.
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2 Normative references
The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are
indispensable for its application. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 15804, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Core rules for the
product category of construction products
EN 15942, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Communication
formats: business to business
EN 15978, Sustainability of construction works — Assessment of environmental performance of buildings —
Calculation method
prEN 16449, Wood and wood-based products – Calculation of atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration
CEN/TR 15941, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Methodology
for selection and use of generic data
EN ISO 14025:2010, Environmental labels and declarations — Type III environmental declarations —
Principles and procedures (ISO 14025:2006)
EN ISO 14044:2006, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines
(ISO 14044:2006)
prEN ISO 14067, Carbon footprint — Requirements and guidelines for quantification and communication
(ISO/DIS 14067)
ISO 15686-1, Buildings and constructed assets — Service life planning — Part 1: General principles and
Framework
ISO 15686-2, Buildings and constructed assets — Service life planning — Part 2: Service life prediction
Procedures
ISO 15686-7, Buildings and constructed assets — Service life planning — Part 7: Performance evaluation for
feedback of service life data from practice
ISO 15686-8:2008, Buildings and constructed assets — Service-life planning — Part 8: Reference service life
and service-life estimation
ISO 21930:2007, Sustainability in building construction — Environmental declaration of building products
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, and additional to the terms and definitions in EN 15804, the following
terms and definitions apply
3.1
additional technical information
information that forms part of the EPD by providing a basis for the development of scenarios
[SOURCE: EN 15804: 2012]]
3.2
biogenic carbon
carbon derived from/contained in biomass
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[SOURCE: derived from ISO/DIS 14067]
3.3
biomass
material of biological origin excluding material embedded in geological formations and material transformed to
fossilised material
[SOURCE: ISO/DIS 14067]
3.4
biogenic carbon neutrality
balance of biogenic carbon uptake during growth of biomass and release during natural decay or incineration
under the condition that the specified biomass carbon pool is not permanently reduced
3.5
carbon storage
carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere and stored as biogenic carbon over a specified period of time
[SOURCE: prEN 16449]
3.6
comparative assertion
environmental claim regarding the superiority or equivalence of one product versus a competing product that
performs the same function
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14044:2006]
3.7
construction product
item manufactured or processed for incorporation in construction works
Note 1 to entry Construction products are items supplied by a single responsible body.
Note 2 to entry Adapted from the definition in ISO 6707-1:2004 according to the recommendation of ISO/TC 59/AHG
Terminology.
[SOURCE: EN 15643-1: 2010]
3.8
construction service
activity that supports the construction process or subsequent maintenance
[SOURCE: EN 15804:2012]
3.9
co-product
any of two or more marketable materials, products or fuels from the same unit process, but which is not the
object of the assessment
Note 1 to entry Co-product, by-product and product have the same status and are used for identification of several
distinguished flows of products from the same unit process. From co-product, by-product and product, waste is the only
output to be distinguished as a non-product.
[SOURCE: EN 15804:2012]
Note 2 to entry: according to COM (2007)59, (Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European
Parliament on the Interpretative Communication on waste and by-products) Annex I, sawdust, wood chips and off-cuts
from untreated wood as generated at saw mills or at secondary operation such as the manufacturing of furniture or pallets
and packaging and customarily referred to as by-products are, for the purpose of this document, considered co-products.
Materials of this type fall outside the definition of waste. However, where material of this kind requires a full recycling or
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recovery operation, or contains contaminants that need to be removed before it can be further used or processed, this
would indicate that the material is a waste until the recycling or recovery operation is completed.
3.10
declared unit
quantity of a construction product for use as a reference unit in an EPD for an environmental declaration
based on one or more information modules
EXAMPLE Mass (kg), volume (m³)
[SOURCE: EN 15804:2012, adapted from ISO 21930-1:2007]
3.11
direct land use change
change in human use or management of land at the location of the production, use or disposal of raw
materials (ISO 14050:2009, 6.12), intermediate products (ISO 14050:2009, 6.2.1) and final products (3.4.1) or
wastes (ISO 14050:2009, 3.12) in the product system (ISO/DIS 14067:2011, 3.4.2) being assessed.
[SOURCE: ISO/DIS 14067]
3.12
construction element
part of a construction containing a defined combination of products
[SOURCE: EN 15804:2012]
3.13
environmental performance
performance related to environmental impacts and environmental aspects
[SOURCE: ISO 15392:2008]
[SOURCE: ISO 21931-1:2010]
3.14
forest carbon pools
Compartments storing biogenic carbon in the forest: above-ground biomass, below-ground biomass, litter,
dead wood and soil organic carbon
3.15
fossil carbon
carbon which is contained in fossilised material
Note 1 to entry: Examples of fossilised material are coal, oil and natural gas
[SOURCE: ISO/DIS 14067]
3.16
functional unit:
quantified performance of a product system for use as a reference unit
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14040:2006]
3.17
information module
compilation of data to be used as a basis for a Type III environmental declaration covering a unit process or a
combination of unit processes that are part of the life cycle of a product
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14025:2010]
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3.18
life cycle assessment
LCA
compilation and evaluation of the inputs, outputs and the potential environmental impacts of a product system
throughout its life cycle
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14044:2006]
3.19
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
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14040:2006]
3.20
non-renewable energy
energy from sources which are not defined as renewable energy sources
[SOURCE: EN 15804:2012]
3.21
non-renewable resource
resource that exists in a finite amount that cannot be replenished on a human time scale
[SOURCE: ISO 21930:2007].
3.22
performance
expression relating to the magnitude of a particular aspect of the object of consideration relative to specified
requirements, objectives or targets
Note 1 to entry: Adapted from the definition in ISO 6707-1:2004 according to the draft recommendation of ISO/TC 59
Terminology.
[SOURCE: EN 15804:2012]
3.23
product category
group of construction products that can fulfil equivalent functions
[SOURCE: EN 15804, adapted from ISO 14025:2010]
3.24
product category rules
PCR
set of specific rules, requirements and guidelines for developing Type III environmental declarations for one or
more product categories
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14025:2010]
3.25
product system
collection of unit processes with elementary and product flows, performing one or more defined functions, and
which models the life cycle of a product
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14040:2006]
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3.26
renewable energy
energy from renewable non-fossil sources
EXAMPLES Wind, solar, aerothermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill
gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases
[SOURCE: EN 15804:2012, adapted from the definition in Directive 2009/28/EC]
3.27
renewable resource
resource that is grown, naturally replenished or naturally cleansed, on a human time scale
Note 1 to entry: A renewable resource is capable of being exhausted, but may last indefinitely with proper
stewardship. Examples include: trees in forests, grasses in grassland, fertile soil.
[SOURCE: ISO 21930:2007]
3.28
reference service life
RSL
service life of a construction product which is known to be expected under a particular set, i.e., a reference
set, of in-use conditions and which may form the basis of estimating the service life under other in-use
conditions
[SOURCE: ISO 21930:2007]
3.29
reference service life data
RSL data
information that includes the reference service life and any qualitative or quantitative data describing the
validity of the reference service life
EXAMPLE Typical data describing the validity of the RSL include the description of the component (3.10) for which it
applies, the reference in-use conditions under which it applies, and its quality.
[SOURCE: ISO 15686-8:2008]
3.30
scenario
collection of assumptions and information concerning an expected sequence of possible future events
[SOURCE: EN 15804:2012]
3.31
secondary fuel
fuel recovered from previous use or from waste which substitutes primary fuels
Note 1 to entry: Processes providing a secondary fuel are considered from the point where the secondary fuel enters
the system from the previous system
Note 2 to entry: Any combustible material recovered from previous use or from waste from the previous product
system and used as a fuel in a following system is a secondary fuel.
Note 3 to entry: Examples for primary fuels are: coal, natural gas, biomass etc.
Note 4 to entry: Examples for secondary fuels recovered from previous use or as waste are: solvents, used wood,
used tyres, used oil, animal fats
[SOURCE: EN 15804:2012]
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