Environmental and health related criteria for buildings - ANEC

IBO - Environmental and Health related Criteria for Buildings
The next step of the force group foresees the setup of an expanded working group with
representatives from labelling schemes in Europe and a wider range partners and
stakeholders affected by this topic. The task of this expanded WG/committee/forum will be to
finalise the details and achieve broader consensus on the harmonised framework of the
European labelling scheme through open consultation. The broader consensus would enable
the efficient implementation of the harmonised framework of indoor labelling schemes in
building assessment systems.
11.3. Summary, conclusions and recommendations
Summary
Neither REACH nor the Construction Products Directive nor any other European Legislation
or Standardisation are sufficient instruments to guarantee the absence of hazardous
ingredients in or emissions from building materials into indoor air.
The existing building assessment systems go beyond legislation but cover the use of
chemicals in a very different manner as one can see in the following table: in a range from
the ban of certain chemicals or categories of chemicals to strict limits for VOC-emissions of
building materials.
Table 31: Regulation on hazardous substances in building and product assessment systems
and other related instruments on building level
Building assessment systems
Others
EU Eco-
Label
CSH
(BRE)
BREEA
M MR
LEED f.
HRS
TQB
Resid.
product
labels
ROHS
(for EEE)
Hazardous ingredients
CMR ● ● ●
Elements
PBB&PBDE ● ●
HBCDD, DEHP, BBP,
DBP
Nitrosamines
HFC ● ● ● ●
PVC ● •
VOC
●
● paint,
adhesive
● paint,
bitumen
Preservatives ● ●
Emissions from building materials to indoor air
VOC ● ● ●
SVOC ● ●
Formaldehyde ● ● ●
●
●
●
●
●
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