Benchmarking and additional environmental information in ... - ANEC

impact category shall be a maximum starting point. It is, however, stressed that
the cut-off rule does not apply to hazardous and toxic substances.
Allocation issues
As a specific detail, the PCR-document specifies that for materials that do not
change their inherent properties during recycling, the end-of-life actual recycling
rate usually is the environmentally more appropriate parameter to quantify the
recycling aspect instead of recycled content.
2.4.2 LCA/LCI-information to be included
The following environmental information is suggested to be included in the EPD.
• Environmental impacts expressed in terms of the impact categories of
LCIA
o climate change
o destruction of the stratospheric ozone layer;
o acidification of land and water sources;
o eutrophication;
o formation of tropospheric ozone (photochemical oxidants).
o depletion of non-renewable energy resources;
o depletion of non-renewable material resources;
• Use of resources and renewable primary energy — Data derived from
LCI and not assigned to the impact categories of LICIA
o use of renewable material resources;
o use of renewable primary energy;
o consumption of freshwater.
• Waste to disposal — Data derived from LCA and not assigned to the
impact categories of LCIA. The waste allocated to the building product
during its life cycle shall be classified in the EPD as
o hazardous waste, or
o non-hazardous waste
• Emissions to water and indoor air
o To be declared in accordance with national standards and
practice. Information on human health and comfort due to
chemical, biological and physical emissions is required for further
evaluation on the building level of human health and comfort.
When compared to ISO 14025 and ISO/FDIS 21930 it can be noticed that there
are some differences in the assignments and terminology used. In CEN TC 350
depletion of non-renewable energy and material resources is thus considered to
be an impact category, while in the ISO-standards it is considered as inventory
information. Another difference is that CEN TC 350 addresses the “destruction”
of the stratospheric ozone layer, whereas the ISO-standards address its
“depletion”.
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