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PD CEN/TR 16970:2016 Sustainability of construction works. Guidance for the implementation of EN 15804, 2016
- Contents Page
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Abbreviations
- 5 General aspects [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Objectives [Go to Page]
- 5.1.1 Objectives of core PCR
- 5.1.2 Objectives of the guidance
- 5.2 Types of EPD with respect to life cycle stages covered [Go to Page]
- 5.2.1 Information Modules
- 5.2.2 Beyond the product life cycle: information module D
- 5.2.3 Scenarios
- 5.2.4 Types of EPD with respect to applied modules
- 5.2.5 Default values for indicator results for the use in c-PCR
- 5.3 Comparability of EPD for construction products
- 5.4 Additional information
- 5.5 Ownership, responsibility and liability for the EPD
- 5.6 Communication formats
- 6 Product Category Rules for LCA [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Product Category
- 6.2 Life cycle stages and their information modules to be included [Go to Page]
- 6.2.1 General
- 6.2.2 A1-A3, Product stage, information modules
- 6.2.3 A4-A5, Construction process stage, information modules
- 6.2.4 B1-B5, Use stage, information modules related to the building fabric
- 6.2.5 B6-B7, use stage, information modules related to the operation of the building
- 6.2.6 C1-C4 End-of-life stage, information modules
- 6.2.7 D, Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary, information module
- 6.3 Calculation rules for the LCA [Go to Page]
- 6.3.1 Functional unit
- 6.3.2 Declared Unit
- 6.3.3 Reference service life (RSL)
- 6.3.4 System boundaries [Go to Page]
- 6.3.4.1 General
- 6.3.4.2 Product stage
- 6.3.4.3 Construction stage
- 6.3.4.4 Use stage
- 6.3.4.5 End-of-life stage
- 6.3.4.6 Benefits and loads beyond the product system boundary in module D
- 6.3.5 Criteria for the exclusion of inputs and outputs
- 6.3.6 Selection of data with regard to average EPD
- 6.3.7 Data quality requirements
- 6.3.8 Developing product level scenarios
- 6.3.9 Units
- 6.4 Inventory analysis [Go to Page]
- 6.4.1 Collecting Data
- 6.4.2 Calculation procedures
- 6.4.3 Allocation of input flows and output emissions [Go to Page]
- 6.4.3.1 General
- 6.4.3.2 Co-product allocation
- 6.4.3.3 Allocation procedure of reuse, recycling and recovery
- 6.5 Impact assessment
- 7 Content of the EPD [Go to Page]
- 7.1 Declaration of general information
- 7.2 Declaration of environmental parameters derived from LCA [Go to Page]
- 7.2.1 General
- 7.2.2 Rules for declaring LCA information per module
- 7.2.3 Parameters describing environmental impacts
- 7.2.4 Parameters describing resource use [Go to Page]
- 7.2.4.1 Primary energy use
- 7.2.4.2 Net use of fresh water
- 7.2.5 Other environmental information describing different waste categories and output flows
- 7.3 Scenarios and additional technical information
- 7.4 Additional information on release of dangerous substances to indoor air, soil and water during the use stage
- 7.5 Aggregation of information modules
- 8 Project report
- 9 Verification and validity of an EPD [Go to Page]