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o emissions to air, water and soil; • indicator results of life cycle impact assessment (LCIA), if applied, including o climate change, o depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer, o acidification of land and water sources, o eutrophication, o formation of photochemical oxidants, o depletion of fossil energy resources, and o depletion of mineral resources; • other data such as quantities and types of waste produced (hazardous and non-hazardous waste). 2.2.3 Additional environmental information According to ISO 14025, a Type III environmental declaration shall include, where relevant, additional information related to environmental issues, other than the environmental information derived from LCA, LCI or information modules. Identification of the significant environmental aspects should, as a minimum, take into consideration the following: • Information on environmental issues, such as o impact(s) and potential impact(s) on biodiversity; o toxicity related to human health, the environment or both o geographical aspects relating to any stages of the life cycle, e.g. a discussion on the relation between the potential environmental impact(s) and the location of the product system • Data on building product performance, if environmentally significant • Organisation’s adherence to any environmental management system, with a statement on where an interested party can find details on the system • Any other environmental certification programme applied to the building product and a statement on where an interested party can find details of the certification programme • Information that is derived from the LCA but not communicated in the typical LCI- or LCIA-based formats. • Instructions and limits for efficient use • Hazard and risk assessment on human health and the environment; • Information on absence or level of presence of a material in the building product that is considered of environmental significance in certain areas [see ISO 14021, 5.4 and 5.7 r]; • Preferred waste management option for used building products; • Potential for incidents that can have impact(s) on the environment Additional environmental information shall only be related to environmental issues (sic). Information and instructions on product safety unrelated to the environmental performance of the product shall not be a part of a Type III environmental declaration. 16
2.3 ISO/FDIS 21930 The ISO FDIS 21930 standard (ISO, 2007) is one in a suite of International Standards dealing with sustainability (of buildings). The purpose of the International Standard is to describe the principles and framework for environmental product declarations of building products, including consideration of the reference service life of the building products, seen over a building’s life cycle. The standard builds on the requirements outlined in ISO 14025 – and as a consequence of this – also on ISO 14040 and ISO 14044. The environmental information produced using the requirements in the standard is intended mainly for business-to-business communication, but it is acknowledged that some EPD may be used in the business-to-consumer marketplace. 2.3.1 Life cycle approach Being based on the framework and principles outlined in the ISO standards mentioned above, the main approach of course follows these closely. To establish a crude overview, the most important provisions are stated. Life cycle stages The environmental impacts of a building product may be given for any part of the life cycle, where appropriate and justified. It is thus possible to address only the production stage (“cradle-to-gate” or “cradle to gate with option”). In such cases, the resulting EPD is not based on a LCA but on one or more information modules. The results are expressed per declared unit, e.g. kilo or m 3 , which is different from the functional unit, in which the performance of the building product in the life cycle of a building is a key element. Environmental information of an EPD covering all life cycle stages (“cradle to grave”) shall be subdivided into at least four life cycle stages: • Product stage, including information modules from raw material supply, transport, manufacturing of product and all upstream processes from cradle to grave • Construction process stage, including information modules from transport to building site and building installation/construction • Use stage/operation, including information modules from installed services and appliances, maintenance, repair, replacement and refurbishing, and all transport • End-of-life stage, including information modules from deconstruction, reuse, demolition, recycling and disposal, including all transport Consequential or attributional LCA The EPD of a building product shall be based on an LCA, LCI and/or information modules conducted according to the guidance given in ISO 14040 and ISO 14044. The standards do not give specific provisions as to which approach shall be used. The interpretation of ISO 14040 and ISO 14004 by Danish LCA and EPD practitioners is that both approaches are allowed within the general framework. 17
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