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IBO - Environmental and Health related Criteria for Buildings Ecolabels for building products Ecolabels are voluntary schemes to encourage businesses to market products and services that are kinder to the environment than other one. Products and services awarded an ecolabel carry a logo, allowing consumers to identify them easily. On the other side it helps manufacturers, retailers and service providers to gain recognition for good standards. While the logo may be simple, the environmental criteria behind it are rather complicated in most cases considering the impact of the product or service on the environment throughout its lifecycle. The criteria should be based on a consultation with experts and all interested parties. The International Standards Organisation has provided a standard with requirements for an ecolabelling scheme (ISO 14024). This standard includes the following key criteria: - the reliability of information (i.e. are there adequate procedures in place for validation and compliance monitoring?); - the transparency of the administrative procedures of the scheme; - the existence of a formal process of consultation with stakeholders. EU Eco-Label and governmental national ecolabels The European Union established its voluntary ecolabel award scheme in 1992. The EU Eco- Label is intended to promote products with a reduced environmental impact during their entire life cycle and to provide consumers with accurate, non-deceptive, science-based information on the environmental impact of products. It is part of a broader action plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy adopted by the Commission on 16 July 2008. The initiative for an EU Eco-label award scheme for Buildings has already been mentioned several times in this report. Beside the EU Ecolabel plenty of national ecolabels still exist, e.g. German Ecolabel (“Blue Angel”), Austrian Ecolabel (“Hundertwasserzeichen”) or Nordic Ecolabel (“Nordic Swan”). natureplus and non-governmental Ecolabels natureplus is an international ecolabel for sustainable building and accommodation products uniting the leading non-governmental ecolabels for building products in Europe. It is carried by a private association involving all groups interested in building processes. The naturepluslabel embodies health-awareness, environmental soundness and technical performance of the tested products. Products with this label are made predominantly from renewable and sustainable sources of raw materials. Testing methods cover life cycle assessment, laboratory analysis of ingredients and emissions, visits to the production facilities and compliance test. Comparable to the ecolabels from the government, plenty of private national ecolabels exist. Table 22 gives an overview about the mentioned ecolabels. Final Report 134 31 03 2011
IBO - Environmental and Health related Criteria for Buildings Table 22: Selection of ecolabels throughout Europe: Name, link to website, logo, products covered by guidelines EU Ecolabel: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/index_en.htm natureplus: http://www.natureplus.org - Wooden coverings - Textile coverings - Hard floor coverings - Indoor paints and varnishes - Outdoor paints and varnishes - Insulation materials - Masonry elements - Mortar and plaster - Wood and derived timber products - Building boards - Floor Coverings - Roof tiles Nordic ecolabel: http://www.svanen.se/en/ - Paints, varnishes - Adhesives and sealants - Panels for the building, decorating and furniture industry - Floor coverings - Chemical Building Products - Durable Wood - Windows - Indoor Paints and Varnishes German ecolabel: http://www.blauer-engel.de/ - Thermal insulation materials - Wood products - Floor coverings - Floor covering adhesive - Wallpapers - Wall paints, varnishes Austrian ecolabel: http://www.umweltzeichen.at/ - Bitumen coatings and adhesives - Sealants for interior use - hydraulic bonded bricks - insulation materials - floor coverings - varnishes and glazes - wood based products and boards Final Report 135 31 03 2011
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