European Standards work on reporting End of life scenarios and Benefits of recovery for products (CEN TC350 Modules C&D)

Jane Anderson,

UK Expert, CEN/TC350 WG3

thinkstep, UK

PEF for all products

EN 15804

for construction

products

PEF and EPD for Construction Products

PEF for non-construction products (B2C)

EN 15804 based PEF for construction products (B2C)

EN 15804 EPD for construction products (B2B)

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TC350 Modular Structure

BuildingLevel LCAEN 15978

ProductLevel EPDEN 15804

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TC350 and the Circular Economy

C3 Waste processing

A2 Transport to Manufacture

A3 Manufacture

A4 Transport

A5 Installation

on site

B1-B7 Use Stage

C1 Demolition

C2 Transport to

Waste Processing

A1 Raw Materials Extraction

System Boundary “End of Waste State”

C4 Disposal

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TC350 Module D

A1 Raw Materials Extraction

A2 Transport to

Manufacture

A3 Manufacture

A4-A5 Transport and Construction

B1-B7 Use Stage C1 Demolition C2 Transport

of WasteC3 Waste processing Module D

System Boundary “End of Waste State”

Module D recognises the “design for reuse, recycling and recovery” concept for buildings by indicating the potential benefits of avoided future use of primary materials and fuels while taking into account the loads associated with the recycling and recovery processes beyond the system boundary.

C3 Waste processing

A1 Raw Materials Extraction

C3 Waste Processing

C4 Waste Disposal

Module D

Product Life Cycle

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Revised Mandate for TC350 Standardsto align as PEF for Construction Products

• Mandatory declaration of modules C and D in EPD, with rules covering the “impossibility” of this for some products, e.g. those that do not “maintain their physical identity” through the life cycle, such as cement.

• The preferable option is the development of a European scenario for the typical end of life route.

• Plus optional additional scenarios for products for specific markets.

• Tighter requirements for on secondary data quality• More indicators (e.g. water scarcity)• B2C communication and benchmarking based on

• Functional Units• Weighted data