Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Product Declarations

Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Product Declarations Jane Anderson

1. Welcome, why me meet

Founded in 1991 200+ employees 1,500+ customers â‚Ź25m sales in 2012 20+ Industry Specializations 160+ Sustainability Professionals 2,000 Man Years of Experience

How do construction products impact on the environment?

Growing Importance of Embodied Impacts

PE INTERNATIONAL, 2010 4

How has the industry reacted?

International Standards and LCA Schemes Year

Standard Published

1997 1998 2000 2000 2001 2004 2006 2006

ISO 14040: LCA: Principles and Framework ISO 14041: LCA: Goal and Scope ISO 14042: LCA: Impact Assessment ISO 14043: LCA: Interpretation ISO 14020: Labels General Principles CEN TC350 Standardisation Mandate issued ISO 14025: Labels: Type 3 EPDs ISO 14040: LCA Principles and Framework updated ISO 14044: LCA: Requirements and Guidelines updated ISO 21930: EPDs for Construction Products CEN TR 15941: Generic Data EN 15643-1: General Framework EN 15643-2: Environmental Framework EN 15878: Building level Calculation methods EN 15942: EPD B2B Communication Formats EN 15643-3: Social Framework EN 15643-4: Economic Framework

2006 2007 2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012

2012

Year National Schemes

1999 2004 2004 2006

2008 2010 2011 2011

BRE Environmental Profiles Methodology and Generic Environmental Profiles published NEN 8006: Dutch PCR for construction products NF P-01-010: French PCR for construction products IBU: German PCR for construction products PAS 2050: Assessment of Greenhouse Gas emissions of goods and services BPIC PCR Methodology launched in Australia Construction Products Regulation PAS 2050 updated

EN 15804 Core Rules for the Product Category Construction Products 6

LCA + PCR = EPD

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How much LCA data is there?

Construction EPD Schemes BRE (UK) FDES (FR) DAPc (ES) EPD-Norge International EPD速 RT Declaration (FI) IBU (DE) 8

How much LCA data is there?

Construction LCA Databases ELCD (Europe) Ecoinvent (CH) GaBi (DE) Oekobau.dat (DE) Milieudatabase (NL) IBO (AU)

BRE Environmental Profiles (UK)

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What do EPD look like?

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Environmental Profiles Certificate: Company Information Description of Element Characterised Data Normalised Data Ecopoints Score Certification: Scheme Information BRE Environmental Profiles www.greenbooklive.com 11

International EPD速 No Certification + Data Quality Product Information and Application LCA Methodology, Boundaries etc Other Accreditations Verification data International EPD速 www.environdec.com 12

How to undertake an EPD

EPD Processes Goal and Scope: Set by the EPD Program PCR Which products, which sites?

Data Collection Excel spreadsheets, word files Integration with ERP systems LCA Modelling LCA Analysis EPD Creation Project Report for the Client and Verifier Independent Verification 14

EN 15804: 2012 Part of the TC 350 standards Core Rules to be used by EPD schemes Fixes methodology to ensure consistency EN 15804 compliant EPD can be used within a building LCA, irrespective of EPD scheme used Links to building level standard, EN 15978 Standards for social and economic assessment will follow

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Upstream and downstream impacts Construction Products Building

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Life Cycle Assessment Modelling LCA Software normally used

Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) Process

Resource Use and Emissions

Environmental Impacts

Characterisation Coal use Carbon Dioxide

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Abiotic Depletion (Fossil Fuels) Global Warming Potential Potential

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Coal Fired Electricity

Methane Sulphur Dioxide

Summer Smog 1.2

Acidification

0.5

Nitrogen Dioxide

Eutrophication

Other emissions...

Other impacts...

Environmental Indicators Life Cycle Impact Assessment Indicators Global warming (GWP) Stratospheric ozone depletion (ODP) Acidification of land and water (AP) Eutrophication (EP) Photochemical ozone creation (POCP) Abiotic depletion of non fossil resources (ADP elements) Abiotic depletion of fossil resources (ADP fossil fuels)

Environmental Indicators Resource Indicators Non-renewable primary energy, not feedstock Non-renewable feedstock Total non-renewable primary energy Renewable primary energy, not feedstock Renewable feedstock Total renewable primary energy Net fresh water use

Environmental Indicators Resource Indicators Use of recycled materials Input of secondary material Input of renewable secondary fuels Input of non renewable secondary fuels

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Environmental Indicators Output Indicators Waste Indicators Hazardous waste disposed Non hazardous waste disposed Radioactive waste disposed Exported Materials Components for re-use Materials for recycling Materials for energy recovery Exported energy 22

EPD – What More?

Zumtobel is first in its industry with verified* EPDs for all of its 10,000 products.

Bill of Materials from ERP

Image: Zumtobel

GaBi DfX GaBi Databases Customized datasets Other databases

Product LCA

Automatic verified ISO 14025 EPD *according to IBU ECO Scheme

EAA EPD Tool for Aluminium Windows

This tool allows users to develop EPDs according to their own product specifications. The EAA EPD tool has been verified and should support aluminium window manufacturers in producing EPDs for their own products.

On-demand EPD for specific uses PE INTERNATIONAL worked with ERFMI to develop an EPD calculator for customers to generate EPD for specific uses

Construction Products Association Guide Free to download http://bit.ly/z2BXdB

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Thank you

Jane Anderson www.pe-international.com @constructionlca