SIST EN 15804:2012
(Main)Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations - Core rules for the product category of construction products
Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations - Core rules for the product category of construction products
This European standard provides core product category rules (PCR) for Type III environmental declarations for any construction product and construction service.
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.
Nachhaltigkeit von Bauwerken - Umweltdeklarationen für Produkte - Grundregeln für die Produktkategorie Bauprodukte
Diese Europäische Norm liefert grundlegende Produktkategorieregeln (PCR) für Typ III Umweltdeklarationen für Bauprodukte und Bauleistungen aller Art.
Die grundlegenden Produktkategorieregeln (PCR):
- definieren die zu deklarierenden Parameter und die Art, wie sie auf Vollständigkeit überprüft und kommuniziert werden,
- beschreiben, welche Stadien des Lebenszyklus eines Produktes in der EPD berücksichtigt werden und welche Prozesse in die Stadien 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 Gesundheitsinformationen, 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 Bauprodukten.
Contribution des ouvrages de construction au développement durable - Déclarations environnementales sur les produits - Règles régissant les catégories de produits de construction
La présente Norme européenne fournit le tronc commun des règles de catégories de produits (RCP) pour les
déclarations environnementales de Type III relatives à tout produit et service de construction.
NOTE L’évaluation des performances sociales et économiques au niveau d’un produit n’est pas couverte
par la présente norme.
Ces règles :
- définissent les paramètres à déclarer et la manière dont ils sont regroupés et consignés ;
- décrivent 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 ;
- définissent les règles relatives à l'élaboration de scénarios ;- intègrent 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 ;
- intègrent 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 ;
- définissent 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.
Trajnostnost gradbenih objektov - Okoljske deklaracije na proizvodih - Osnovna pravila za kategorije proizvodov za gradbene proizvode
Ta evropski standard vsebuje osnovna pravila za kategorije proizvodov (PCR) za okoljske deklaracije tipa III za vse gradbene proizvode in storitve. Osnovna pravila za kategorije proizvodov: – določajo parametre, ki morajo biti deklarirani, ter način njihovega zbiranja in poročanja; – opisujejo, katere stopnje življenjskega cikla proizvoda so upoštevane v okoljski deklaraciji na proizvodih (EPD) in kateri procesi 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 na proizvodih, 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 proces in gradbeno storitev, kjer je potrebno; – določajo pogoje, pod katerimi se lahko gradbene proizvode primerja na podlagi informacij iz okoljske deklaracije na proizvodih. Za okoljsko deklaracijo na proizvodih za gradbene storitve se uporabljajo enaka pravila in zahteve kot za okoljsko deklaracijo na proizvodih za gradbene proizvode.
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Trajnostnost gradbenih objektov - Okoljske deklaracije na proizvodih - Osnovna pravila za kategorije proizvodov za gradbene proizvodeNachhaltigkeit von Bauwerken - Umweltdeklarationen für Produkte - Grundregeln für die Produktkategorie BauprodukteContribution des ouvrages de construction au développement durable - Déclarations environnementales sur les produits - Règles régissant les catégories de produits de constructionSustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations - Core rules for the product category of construction products91.040.01Stavbe na splošnoBuildings in general13.020.99Drugi standardi v zvezi z varstvom okoljaOther standards related to environmental protectionICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 15804:2012SIST EN 15804:2012en,fr,de01-marec-2012SIST EN 15804:2012SLOVENSKI
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SIST EN 15804:2012
EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM
EN 15804
January 2012 ICS 91.010.99 English Version
Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations - Core rules for the product category of construction products
Contribution des ouvrages de construction au développement durable - Déclarations environnementales sur les produits - Règles régissant les catégories de produits de construction
Nachhaltigkeit von Bauwerken - Umweltproduktdeklarationen - Grundregeln für die Produktkategorie Bauprodukte This European Standard was approved by CEN on 13 November 2011.
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 Centre has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of 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, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.
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EN 15804:2012 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword .4Introduction .51Scope .62Normative references .63Terms and definitions .74Abbreviations . 115General aspects . 125.1Objective of the Core PCR . 125.2Types of EPD with respect to life cycle stages covered . 125.3Comparability of EPD for construction products . 155.4Additional information . 155.5Ownership, responsibility and liability for the EPD . 165.6Communication formats . 166Product Category Rules for LCA . 166.1Product category . 166.2Life cycle stages and their information modules to be included . 166.2.1General . 166.2.2A1-A3, Product stage, information modules . 166.2.3A4-A5, Construction process stage, information modules . 166.2.4B1-B5, Use stage, information modules related to the building fabric . 176.2.5B6-B7, use stage, information modules related to the operation of the building . 176.2.6C1-C4 End-of-life stage, information modules . 176.2.7D, Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary, information module . 176.3Calculation rules for the LCA . 186.3.1Functional unit . 186.3.2Declared unit . 186.3.3Reference service life (RSL) . 196.3.4System boundaries . 196.3.5Criteria for the exclusion of inputs and outputs . 256.3.6Selection of data . 266.3.7Data quality requirements . 266.3.8Developing product level scenarios . 276.3.9Units . 276.4Inventory analysis. 286.4.1Collecting data . 286.4.2Calculation procedures . 286.4.3Allocation of input flows and output emissions . 286.5Impact assessment . 307Content of the EPD . 307.1Declaration of general information . 307.2Declaration of environmental parameters derived from LCA . 317.2.1General . 317.2.2Rules for declaring LCA information per module . 327.2.3Parameters describing environmental impacts . 327.2.4Parameters describing resource use. 337.2.5Other environmental information describing different waste categories and output flows . 347.3Scenarios and additional technical information . 357.3.1General . 35SIST EN 15804:2012
EN 15804:2012 (E) 3 7.3.2Construction process stage . 367.3.3B1-B7 use stage . 377.3.4End-of-life . 407.4Additional information on release of dangerous substances to indoor air, soil and water during the use stage . 417.4.1Indoor air . 417.4.2Soil and water . 417.5Aggregation of information modules . 418Project report . 418.1General . 418.2LCA-related elements of the project report . 428.3Documentation on additional information . 438.4Data availability for verification . 439Verification and validity of an EPD . 44Annex A (normative)
Requirements and guidance on the reference service life . 45Annex B (informative)
Waste . 48B.1End-of-waste . 48B.2Properties of hazardous waste for Table 5 . 48Bibliography . 49 SIST EN 15804:2012
EN 15804:2012 (E) 4 Foreword This document (EN 15804:2012) 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 July 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by July 2012. 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, 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 15804:2012
EN 15804:2012 (E) 5 Introduction This European standard 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.
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 EN ISO 14025. All common issues are covered horizontally for all product types in order to minimise vertical (branch specific) deviations. EPD information is expressed in information modules, which allow easy organisation and expression of data packages throughout the life cycle of the product. The approach requires that the underlying data should be consistent, reproducible and comparable. 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 predetermined parameters. Future revisions may incorporate additional predetermined parameters. This European Standard provides the means for developing a Type III environmental declaration of construction products and is part of a 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; 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 formats: business to business. SIST EN 15804:2012
EN 15804:2012 (E) 6 1 Scope This European standard provides core product category rules (PCR) for Type III environmental declarations for any construction product and construction service. 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. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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. 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 formats: business to business EN 15978, Sustainability of construction works — Assessment of environmental performance of buildings — Calculation method 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) 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 SIST EN 15804:2012
EN 15804:2012 (E) 7 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, 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 3.2 ancillary material input material or product that is used by the unit process producing the product, but which does not constitute part of the product [EN ISO 14040:2006] 3.3 average data data representative of a product, product group or construction service, provided by more than one supplier
NOTE The product group or construction service can contain similar products or construction services. 3.4 comparative assertion environmental claim regarding the superiority or equivalence of one product versus a competing product that performs the same function [EN ISO 14044:2006] 3.5 construction product item manufactured or processed for incorporation in construction works NOTE 1 Construction products are items supplied by a single responsible body. NOTE 2 Adapted from the definition in ISO 6707-1:2004 according to the recommendation of ISO/TC 59/AHG Terminology. [EN 15643-1:2010] 3.6 construction service activity that supports the construction process or subsequent maintenance
3.7 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
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EN 15804:2012 (E) 8 NOTE 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. 3.8 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). NOTE Adapted from the definition in ISO 21930-1:2007. 3.9 construction element part of a construction containing a defined combination of products 3.10 environmental performance
performance related to environmental impacts and environmental aspects
[ISO 15392:2008] [ISO 21931-1:2010] 3.11 functional equivalent quantified functional requirements and/or technical requirements for a building or an assembled system (part of works) for use as a basis for comparison NOTE Adapted from the definition in ISO 21931-1:2010. 3.12 functional unit quantified performance of a product system for use as a reference unit [EN ISO 14040:2006] 3.13 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
[EN ISO 14025:2010] 3.14 life cycle assessment
LCA compilation and evaluation of the inputs, outputs and the potential environmental impacts of a product system throughout its life cycle [EN ISO 14044:2006] 3.15 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 SIST EN 15804:2012
EN 15804:2012 (E) 9 [EN ISO 14040:2006] 3.16 non-renewable energy energy from sources which are not defined as renewable energy sources 3.17 non-renewable resource resource that exists in a finite amount that cannot be replenished on a human time scale [ISO 21930:2007] 3.18 performance expression relating to the magnitude of a particular aspect of the object of consideration relative to specified requirements, objectives or targets
NOTE Adapted from the definition in ISO 6707-1:2004 according to the draft recommendation of ISO/TC 59 Terminology. 3.19 product category group of construction products that can fulfil equivalent functions NOTE Adapted from EN ISO 14025:2010. 3.20 product category rules
PCR set of specific rules, requirements and guidelines for developing Type III environmental declarations for one or more product categories
[EN ISO 14025:2010] 3.21 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 [EN ISO 14040:2006] 3.22 programme operator body or bodies that conduct a Type III environmental declaration programme NOTE A program operator can be a company or a group of companies, industrial sector or trade association, public authorities or agencies, or an independent scientific body or other organization. 3.23 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. NOTE Adapted from the definition in Directive 2009/28/EC. SIST EN 15804:2012
EN 15804:2012 (E) 10 3.24 renewable resource resource that is grown, naturally replenished or naturally cleansed, on a human time scale NOTE 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. [ISO 21930:2007] 3.25 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 [ISO 21930:2007] 3.26 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. [ISO 15686-8:2008] 3.27 scenario collection of assumptions and information concerning an expected sequence of possible future events 3.28 secondary fuel fuel recovered from previous use or from waste which substitutes primary fuels NOTE 1 Processes providing a secondary fuel are considered from the point where the secondary fuel enters the system from the previous system. NOTE 2 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 Examples for primary fuels are: coal, natural gas, biomass, etc. NOTE 4 Examples for secondary fuels recovered from previous use or as waste are: solvents, wood, tyres, oil, animal fats. 3.29 secondary material material recovered from previous use or from waste which substitutes primary materials
NOTE 1 Secondary material is measured at the point where the secondary material enters the system from another system. NOTE 2 Materials recovered from previous use or from waste from one product system and used as an input in another product system are secondary materials. NOTE 3 Examples for secondary materials (to be measured at the system boundary) are recycled scrap metal, crushed concrete, glass cullet, recycled wood chips, recycled plastic. SIST EN 15804:2012
EN 15804:2012 (E) 11 3.30 specific data data representative of a product, product group or construction service, provided by one supplier 3.31 third party person or body that is recognized as being independent of the parties involved, as concerns the issues in question NOTE “Parties involved” are usually supplier (“first party”) and purchaser (“second party”) interests. [EN ISO 14024:2000] 3.32 type III environmental declaration environmental declaration providing quantified environmental data using predetermined parameters and, where relevant, additional environmental information NOTE The calculation of predetermined parameters is based on the ISO 14040 series of standards, which is made up of ISO 14040, and ISO 14044. The selection of the predetermined parameters is based on ISO 21930 (adapted from ISO 14025). 3.33 upstream, downstream process process(s) that either precedes (upstream) or follows (downstream) a given life cycle stage 3.34 waste substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard NOTE Adapted from the definition in the European Waste Directive 2008/98/EC. 3.35 unit process the smallest element considered in the life cycle inventory analysis for which input and output data are quantified [EN ISO 14040:2006] 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 SIST EN 15804:2012
EN 15804:2012 (E) 12 5 General aspects 5.1 Objective of the Core PCR An EPD according to this standard provides quantified environmental information for a construction product or 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 the core PCR is to ensure: the provision of verifiable and consistent data for an EPD, based on LCA; 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 and ISO14044:2006, clause 5.1 for more information concerning LCA used for comparative assertion. 5.2 Types of EPD with respect to life cycle stages covered The LCA based information in an EPD may cover (see Figure 1): The product stage only. Such an EPD covers raw material supply, transport, manufacturing and associated processes; this EPD is said to be “cradle to gate” and becomes an EPD based on information modules A1 to A3; The product stage and selected further life cycle stages. Such an EPD is said to be “cradle to gate with options” and becomes an EPD based on information modules A1 to A3 plus other selected optional modules, e.g. end-of-life information modules C1 to C4. Information module D may be included in this EPD; The life cycle of a product according to the system boundary (see 6.3.4). In this case the EPD covers the product stage, installation into the building, use and maintenance, replacements, demol
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
kSIST FprEN 15804:2011
01-julij-2011
Trajnostnost gradbenih objektov - Okoljske deklaracije na proizvodih - Osnovna
pravila za kategorije proizvodov za gradbene proizvode
Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations - Core rules for
the product category of construction products
Nachhaltigkeit von Bauwerken - Umweltdeklarationen für Produkte - Grundregeln für die
Produktkategorie Bauprodukte
Contribution des ouvrages de construction au développement durable - Déclarations
environnementales sur les produits - Règles régissant les catégories de produits de
construction
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: FprEN 15804
ICS:
13.020.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
varstvom okolja environmental protection
91.040.01 Stavbe na splošno Buildings in general
kSIST FprEN 15804:2011 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD
FINAL DRAFT
FprEN 15804
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
May 2011
ICS 91.010.99
English Version
Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product
declarations - Core rules for the product category of construction
products
Contribution des ouvrages de construction au Nachhaltigkeit von Bauwerken - Umweltdeklarationen für
développement durable - Déclarations environnementales Produkte - Grundregeln für die Produktkategorie
sur les produits - Règles régissant les catégories de Bauprodukte
produits de construction
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for unique acceptance procedure. It has been drawn up by the Technical
Committee CEN/TC 350.
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
made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management
Centre has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of 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, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United 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
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
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Contents Page
Foreword .4
Introduction .5
1 Scope .6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Abbreviations . 11
5 General aspects . 11
5.1 Objective of the Core PCR . 11
5.2 Types of EPD with respect to life cycle stages covered . 12
5.3 Comparability of EPD for construction products . 14
5.4 Additional information . 14
5.5 Ownership, responsibility and liability for the EPD . 15
5.6 Communication formats . 15
6 Product Category Rules for LCA . 15
6.1 Product category . 15
6.2 Life cycle stages and their information modules to be included . 15
6.2.1 General . 15
6.2.2 A1-A3, Product stage, information modules . 15
6.2.3 A4-A5, Construction process stage, information modules . 15
6.2.4 B1-B5, Use stage, information modules related to the building fabric . 16
6.2.5 B6-B7, use stage, information modules related to the operation of the building . 16
6.2.6 C1-C4 End-of-life stage, information modules . 16
6.2.7 D, Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary, information module . 16
6.3 Calculation rules for the LCA . 17
6.3.1 Functional unit . 17
6.3.2 Declared unit . 17
6.3.3 Reference service life (RSL) . 18
6.3.4 System boundaries . 18
6.3.5 Criteria for the exclusion of inputs and outputs . 24
6.3.6 Selection of data . 25
6.3.7 Data quality requirements . 25
6.3.8 Developing product level scenarios . 26
6.3.9 Units . 26
6.4 Inventory analysis. 26
6.4.1 Collecting data . 26
6.4.2 Calculation procedures . 26
6.4.3 Allocation of input flows and output emissions . 27
6.5 Impact assessment . 29
7 Content of the EPD . 29
7.1 Declaration of general information . 29
7.2 Declaration of environmental parameters derived from LCA . 30
7.2.1 General . 30
7.2.2 Rules for declaring LCA information per module . 30
7.2.3 Parameters describing environmental impacts . 31
7.2.4 Parameters describing resource use. 32
7.2.5 Other environmental information describing different waste categories and output flows . 33
7.3 Scenarios and additional technical information . 34
7.3.1 General . 34
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7.3.2 Construction process stage . 34
7.3.3 B1-B7 use stage . 36
7.3.4 End-of-life . 39
7.4 Additional information on release of dangerous substances to indoor air, soil and water
during the use stage . 40
7.4.1 Indoor air . 40
7.4.2 Soil and water . 40
7.5 Aggregation of information modules . 40
8 Project report . 40
8.1 General . 40
8.2 LCA-related elements of the project report . 41
8.3 Documentation on additional information . 42
8.4 Data availability for verification . 42
9 Verification and validity of an EPD . 43
Annex A (normative) Requirements and guidance on the reference service life . 44
Annex B (informative) Waste . 47
B.1 End-of-waste . 47
B.2 Properties of hazardous waste for Table 5 . 48
Bibliography . 49
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Foreword
This document (FprEN 15804:2011) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 350 “Sustainability
of construction works”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the Unique Acceptance Procedure.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
Annex A is normative and Annex B is informative.
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Introduction
This European standard 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.
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 EN ISO 14025. All common issues are
covered horizontally for all product types in order to minimise vertical (branch specific) deviations.
EPD information is expressed in information modules, which allow easy organisation and expression of data
packages throughout the life cycle of the product. The approach requires that the underlying data should be
consistent, reproducible and comparable.
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 predetermined parameters. Future revisions may
incorporate additional predetermined parameters.
This European Standard provides the means for developing a Type III environmental declaration of
construction products and is part of a 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;
prEN 15978, Sustainability of construction works — Assessment of environmental performance of
buildings — Calculation method;
CEN/TR 15941, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations —
Methodology for selection and use of generic data;
prEN 15942, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations —
Communication formats: business to business.
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1 Scope
This European standard provides core product category rules (PCR) for Type III environmental declarations
for any construction product and construction service.
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.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application 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.
CEN/TR 15941, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Methodology
for selection and use of generic data
prEN 15942, Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Communication
formats: business to business
prEN 15978, Sustainability of construction works — Assessment of environmental performance of buildings —
Calculation method
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)
ISO 15686-1, Buildings and constructed assets — Service life planning — Part 1: General principles
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
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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, 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
3.2
ancillary material
input material or product that is used by the unit process producing the product, but which does not constitute
part of the product
[EN ISO 14040:2006]
3.3
average data
data representative of a product, product group or construction service, provided by more than one supplier
NOTE The product group or construction service can contain similar products or construction services.
3.4
comparative assertion
environmental claim regarding the superiority or equivalence of one product versus a competing product that
performs the same function
[EN ISO 14044:2006]
3.5
construction product
item manufactured or processed for incorporation in construction works
NOTE 1 Construction products are items supplied by a single responsible body.
NOTE 2 Adapted from the definition in ISO 6707-1:2004 according to the recommendation of ISO/TC 59/AHG
Terminology.
[EN 15643-1:2010]
3.6
construction service
activity that supports the construction process or subsequent maintenance
3.7
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 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.
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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).
[Adapted from ISO 21930:2007]
3.9
construction element
part of a construction containing a defined combination of products
3.10
environmental performance
performance related to environmental impacts and environmental aspects
[ISO 15392:2008]
[ISO 21931-1:2010]
3.11
functional equivalent
quantified functional requirements and/or technical requirements for a building or an assembled system (part
of works) for use as a basis for comparison
NOTE Adapted from the definition in ISO 21931-1:2010.
3.12
functional unit
quantified performance of a product system for use as a reference unit
[EN ISO 14040:2006]
3.13
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
[EN ISO 14025:2010]
3.14
life cycle assessment
LCA
compilation and evaluation of the inputs, outputs and the potential environmental impacts of a product system
throughout its life cycle
[EN ISO 14044:2006]
3.15
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
[EN ISO 14040:2006]
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non-renewable energy
energy from sources which are not defined as renewable energy sources
3.17
non-renewable resource
resource that exists in a finite amount that cannot be replenished on a human time scale
[ISO 21930:2007]
3.18
performance
expression relating to the magnitude of a particular aspect of the object of consideration relative to specified
requirements, objectives or targets
NOTE Adapted from the definition in ISO 6707-1:2004 according to the draft recommendation of ISO/TC 59
Terminology.
3.19
product category
group of construction products that can fulfil equivalent functions
NOTE Adapted from EN ISO 14025:2010.
3.20
product category rules
PCR
set of specific rules, requirements and guidelines for developing Type III environmental declarations for one or
more product categories
[EN ISO 14025:2010]
3.21
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
[EN ISO 14040:2006]
3.22
programme operator
body or bodies that conduct a Type III environmental declaration programme
NOTE A program operator can be a company or a group of companies, industrial sector or trade association, public
authorities or agencies, or an independent scientific body or other organization.
3.23
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.
NOTE Adapted from the definition in Directive 2009/28/EC.
3.24
renewable resource
resource that is grown, naturally replenished or naturally cleansed, on a human time scale
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NOTE 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.
[ISO 21930:2007]
3.25
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
[ISO 21930:2007]
3.26
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.
[ISO 15686-8:2008]
3.27
scenario
collection of assumptions and information concerning an expected sequence of possible future events
3.28
secondary fuel
fuel recovered from previous use or from waste which substitutes primary fuels
NOTE 1 Processes providing a secondary fuel are considered from the point where the secondary fuel enters the
system from the previous system.
NOTE 2 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 Examples for primary fuels are: coal, natural gas, biomass, etc.
NOTE 4 Examples for secondary fuels recovered from previous use or as waste are: solvents, used wood, used tyres,
used oil, animal fats.
3.29
secondary material
material recovered from previous use or from waste which substitutes primary materials
NOTE 1 Secondary material is measured at the point where the secondary material enters the system from another
system.
NOTE 2 Materials recovered from previous use or from waste from one product system and used as an input in
another product system are secondary materials.
NOTE 3 Examples for secondary materials (to be measured at the system boundary) are recycled scrap metal,
crushed concrete, glass cullet, recycled wood chips, recycled plastic.
3.30
specific data
data representative of a product, product group or construction service, provided by one supplier
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third party
person or body that is recognized as being independent of the parties involved, as concerns the issues in
question
NOTE “Parties involved” are usually supplier (“first party”) and purchaser (“second party”) interests.
[EN ISO 14024:2000]
3.32
type III environmental declaration
environmental declaration providing quantified environmental data using predetermined parameters and,
where relevant, additional environmental information
NOTE The calculation of predetermined parameters is based on the ISO 14040 series of standards, which is made
up of ISO 14040, and ISO 14044. The selection of the predetermined parameters is based on ISO 21930 (adapted from
ISO 14025).
3.33
upstream, downstream process
process(s) that either precedes (upstream) or follows (downstream) a given life cycle stage
3.34
waste
substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard
NOTE Adapted from the definition in the European Waste Directive 2008/98/EC.
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
5 General aspects
5.1 Objective of the Core PCR
An EPD according to this standard provides quantified environmental information for a construction product or
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.
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Thus the objective of the core PCR is to ensure:
the provision of verifiable and consistent data for an EPD, based on LCA;
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.
5.2
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