task 4.1 – requirements analysis for eco-label and environmental product declaration duration:...
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Task 4.1 – Requirements analysis for Eco-Label and Environmental Product Declaration
Duration: month 1 to month 36Partners involved: CONSORZIO TRE (WP leader), CETMA, TRE, MOTULAB
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36WP4:
Environmental compatibility
analysis
4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4
July, 2011 July, 2012December, 2011
Work PackageTask
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36WP4:
Environmental compatibility
analysis
4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4
July, 2011 July, 2012December, 2011
To assess the applicability to the panel Ecoplasbrick
Updating
Environmental labelsand declarations
Environmental labelsand declarations
Environmental labelsand declarations
It’s exposed directly to the product
They are specified in the Regulation
1980/200 introduced by the European
Union.
Validity 4 years
They are published by the European
Commission
Involves technical support
THE APPLICANT
COMMITTEE ECOLABEL ECOAUDIT
Send application
ISPRA Institution for the protection and environmental researchPerformes the investigation
Successfull investigation:releas label
The decision is notified to EUROPEAN COMMITTEE
The trademark is valid for a maximum of three years, which will be reduced if the award criteria will be modified
ESTABLISHED PRODUCT GROUPS
Cleaning
Clothing
Do-it-yourself
FLOOR COVERINGS
Electronic Equipment
Furniture
Gardening
Lubricants
Paper
Selected category according research product aims
Services
Increasing number of product groups
Household Appliances
BUILDINGSUnder development
PRODUCT GROUPS: FLOOR COVERINGS
HARD FLOOR COVERINGS WOODEN COVERINGS
Logo tells us:Reduced energy consumption during the production phase;Limitation of substances harmful for health and the environment;Reduced impact on habitats and natural resources;Limited emissions to air and water;Improved consumer information and waste management.
Logo tells us:Use of recycled fibres or virgin fibres from sustainably managed forestsLimitation of substances harmful to health and the environmentUser instructions for correct environmental use
PRODUCT GROUPS: FLOOR COVERINGS
USER MANUAL
HARD FLOOR COVERINGFOR INTERNAL/EXTERNAL USE,
WITHOUT ANY RELEVANT STRUCTURAL FUNCTION
The criteria can be applied both to FLOOR and WALL coverings, if the production
process is identical and uses the same materials and manufacturing methods
PRODUCT GROUP FAMILY CLASSIFICATION
CRITERIA STRUCTURE
WITH MAIN PHASES CONSIDERED
PRODUCT GROUPS: FLOOR COVERINGS
HARD FLOOR COVERINGS
The product group definition and the specific ecological criteria are valid for 4 years (from July 2009 until July 2013)
USER MANUAL
PRODUCT GROUPS: FLOOR COVERINGS
USER MANUAL
WOODEN FLOOR COVERINGWOOD BASED MATERIALS means material made by binding with adhesives and/or glues one or more of the materials(f.ex. wood fibres, and/or stripped or sheared wood sheets, and/or wood residues from forest, plantations, sawn-wood, residues from pulp/paper industry, and/or recycled wood)
The term also refers to composite materials made from wood-based panels coated by plastics, or laminated plastics, or metals, or other coating materials and finished/semi-finished wood-based panels
PRODUCT GROUP FAMILY CLASSIFICATION
Wood and timber coverings
Laminate floorings
Cork coverings
Bamboo floorings
CRITERIA STRUCTURE
WITH MAIN PHASES CONSIDERED
PRODUCT GROUPS: FLOOR COVERINGS
WOODEN FLOOR COVERINGS
The product group definition and the specific ecological criteria are valid for 4 years (from December 2009 until December 2013)
USER MANUAL
2.1 Raw materials
Sustainable forest management
Recycled wood and plant material
Impregnating substances and preservatives
Generically modified wood
2.2 Use of dangerous substances
Dangerous substances for the raw wood and plant treatment
Dangerous substances in the coating and surface treatments
2.3 Production process
Energy consumption
Waste managment
2.4 Use phase
Release of dangerous substances
VOC emissions
2.5 Packaging
2.6 Fitness for use
developed in accordance with the
An EPD® is an CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL DECLARATION
The International EPD® System has the ambition to help and support organizations to communicate the environmental performance of
their products (goods and services) in a credible and understandable way
members consist of (TC) group of LCA/EPD experts
Standard ISO 14025
EPD® is a registered trademark
EPD® is sometimes used as an abbreviation for environmental declarations according to ISO 14025 in general but sometimes also for other types of environmental information.
What about?
The company implements
PCR (Product Category Rules) are vital for the concept of environmental declarations
and climate declarations
The PCRs enable transparency for the EPD-development and also comparability between different EPDs based on
the same PCR
Purposes
Methodology LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)
UPDATED
Existing PRODUCT CATEGORIES
Agriculture, forestry and fishery products
Ores, minerales, stone
Energy and water
Food and beverages
Textile and furniture
Wood and paper
Rubber, plastic, glass and chemicals
Metal
Machinery and appliances
Transport equipment and services
Services
Construction and construction services
Existing PRODUCT CATEGORIES
Wood (Flooring materials)
Plastics
It has expired and should be updated
It is under development
any EPD receives only a PRE-Certification
PRODUCT CATEGORY RULES
BASIC MODULE
PCR Basic Modules are used as guidance documents when
developing PCRs.
This is a combined PCR and PCR Basic Module: it is partly based on thedraft European standard prEN 15804 that provides Product Category Rules for all construction products (“Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations - Product category rules” )
A revision of the document is already planned for 2012 in order to comply with the upcoming EN 15804 standards.
PCR Basic Modules includes text which is common for all full PCR documents regardless of product group, e.g. the introduction section, but does not specify the detailed calculation rules that are required in order for EPDs of the same product group to be comparable.
Constructions and construction services
bulk PCR-document(general documents)
Actually evaluating analysis for applicability of labelling scheme demonstrate that Ecoplasbrick panel can not be compared to existing Product Categories and Product Groups
The applicability of the EU Eco-label (Type I), evaluating existing Product Group “Hard Covering” and “Woodwork”, is denied by comparing timber cladding and cooked products with a sandwich panel made of a core of mixed recycled plastic waste, welded through temperature and pressure with one or two skins; therefore Criteria, tests and limit values can not be assessed in order to comply with environmental requirements.
The applicability of the EPDsystem (Type III), evaluating existing Product Categories Wood”, “Plastic products” and “Construction products and services” could be assessed even if we have to wait for the PCRs documents, actually under development.