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BS EN 16908:2017

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Cement and building lime. Environmental product declarations. Product category rules complementary to EN 15804

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BSI 2017 28
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The general scope of the core product category rules (PCR) is given in EN 15804:2012+A1:2013, Clause 1. This PCR is primarily intended for the creation of cradle-to-gate EPDs of cement and building lime. In other respects, the scope is as in EN 15804.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
8 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Abbreviations
5 General aspects
5.1 Objective of the Core PCR
5.2 Types of EPD with respect to life cycle stages covered
5.3 Comparability of EPD for construction products
9 5.4 Additional information
5.5 Ownership, responsibility and liability for the EPD
5.6 Communication formats
6 Product Category Rules for LCA
6.1 Product category
6.2 Life cycle stages and their information modules to be included
6.2.1 General
6.2.2 A1-A3, Product stage, information modules
6.2.3 A4-A5, Construction process stage, information modules
6.2.4 B1-B5, Use stage, information modules related to the building fabric
6.2.5 B6-B7, Use stage, information modules related to the operation of the building
10 6.2.6 C1-C4, End-of-life-stage, information modules
6.2.7 D, Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary, information module
6.3 Calculation rules for the LCA
6.3.1 Functional unit
6.3.2 Declared unit
6.3.3 Reference service life (RSL)
6.3.4 System boundaries
6.3.4.1 General
11 6.3.4.2 Product stage
13 6.3.4.3 Construction process stage
6.3.4.4 Use stage
14 6.3.4.5 End-of-life stage
6.3.4.6 Benefits and loads beyond the product system boundary in module D
6.3.5 Criteria for the exclusion of inputs and outputs
6.3.6 Selection of data
6.3.7 Data quality requirements
6.3.8 Developing product level scenarios
6.3.9 Units
15 6.4 Inventory analysis
6.4.1 Collecting data
6.4.2 Calculation procedures
6.4.3 Allocation of input flows and output emissions
6.4.3.1 General
6.4.3.2 Co-product allocation
6.4.3.3 Co-products used in cement and building lime
16 6.4.3.4 Allocation procedure of reuse, recycling and recovery
6.5 Impact assessment
7 Content of the EPD
7.1 Declaration of general information
17 7.2 Declaration of environmental parameters derived from LCA
7.2.1 General
18 7.2.2 Rules for declaring LCA information per module
7.2.3 Parameters describing environmental impacts
7.2.4 Parameters describing resource use
7.2.5 Other environmental information describing different waste categories and output flows
7.3 Scenarios and additional technical information
7.3.1 General
7.3.2 Construction process stage
7.3.3 B1-B7 Use stage
7.3.4 End-of-life
7.3.5 Carbonation in cement-based products
19 7.3.6 Carbonation in building lime
7.4 Additional information on release of dangerous substances to indoor air, soil and water during the use stage
7.5 Aggregation of information modules
8 Project report
9 Verification and validity of an EPD
20 Annex A (normative)Requirements and guidance on the reference service life
21 Annex B (informative)Waste
22 Annex C (normative)Characterization factors for GWP, ODP, AP, EP, POCP and ADP
23 Annex D (informative)Application of the polluter pays principle
BS EN 16908:2017
$142.49