the eu legislative framework for the sustainability

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The European legislative framework for the sustainability

of construction products,buildings and civil engineering works

Chris Hamans

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the overlap between EU Legislation & initiatives in sustainability (sustainability of construction works)

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Rules and Tools

Regulations – Directives - Communications

• CPR 305/2011• Ecodesign Directive: 2009-125/EC

• Ecolabel Regulation: 66/2010

• Energy labelling Directive: 2010-30

• Green Public Procurement (communication)

• Waste Framework Directive • Communication Sustainable Building• Flagship resource efficiency • REACH• ...etc.

Standards – Voluntary tools

• Harmonised Product Standards– hEN = product standards– EADs (ETAs)

• Standards– CEN/TC 350 – Sustainability Assessment

Buildings-Products– CEN/TC351 – Measuring Dangerous

Substances

• PEF - Product Environmental Footprint

• BREEAM, LEED, DGNB, HQE……• ....etc.** Apply to all construction products

* Today relevant for (some) construction products

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Sustainability: growing mushrooms

Too many initiatives

CPR – BWR#7

ECODesign

EcoLabelling

Energy Labelling

Green Public Procurement

EcoDesign for buildings

Green-It

Sustainability: missing coherence

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CPR – BWR#7ECODesign

EcoLabelling

Energy Labelling

Green Public Procurement

EcoDesign for buildings

Green-It

DG ENVIRONMENT

DG ENTERPRISE

DG ENERGY

DG SANCO

Construction products are intermediate products

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• The end use product is the building (works)

Product performance is defined in the building

? one layer-two layer? climate indoor-outdoor? type of building? building life time? application? maintenance scenario? end-of-life scenario? ………

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Rules and Tools






• Waste Framework Directive • Communication Sustainable Building• Flagship resource efficiency” • REACH• ...etc.


• Harmonised Product Standards– hEN– EADs



Substances


• BREEAM, LEED, DGNB, HQE……• ....etc.

The CPR is probably the most important Regulation for the construction sector:

Its basic starting point is the building.

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Product related initiatives

• Aim direct product comparison

• Do not take into account the products role in the building

• ..........

*) there is/was an initiative for an ECOLABEL for BUILDINGS

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If only we could ....

• Make all understand that– Sustainability it self cannot be a uniform performance over Europe– Sustainability has global, national, regional, .. and private policies

– Construction products are not fast moving consumer goods

• Have the DG’s cooperate and not compete on sustainability– Stop double initiatives, developing new methodologies and policies before results

and experiences with the previous ones have been gained

• Use the standards the EC has mandated: CEN TC350 standards

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Rules and Tools






• Waste Framework Directive • Communication Sustainable Building• Flagship resource efficiency • REACH• ...etc.


• Harmonised Product Standards– hEN = product standards– EADs (ETAs)



Substances


• BREEAM, LEED, DGNB, HQE……• ....etc.

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standards - rating tools - regulations

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Delivering Sustainability

how standardised methodologies, building rating tools and building regulations should be interlinked

DGNB

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positioning standards and tools

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Sustainability has

• many dimensions

• many aspects

• aspects are all interlinked

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SOC

ENV

ECON

BUILDING-WORKS

• we want to quantify the sustainability of

buildings or works

• not:

Cultura

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heritag

e

INFRA

SpatialPlanning

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• we want to quantify the contribution of construction products to sustainability

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SOC

ENV

ECON

CEN TC 350 standards

BUILDING-WORKS

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principles

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CEN TC350 standardisation

Nachhaltigkeit fängt an mit den Grundanforderungen für Bauwerke !• Ohne Erfüllung der funktionalen Anforderungen gibt es keine Nachhaltigkeit• Ohne Erfüllung der technischen Anforderungen gibt es keine Nachhaltigkeit

ENV SOC ECON

CEN TC350 Standardsfor works

CEN TC350Standards only quantify

aspects and impacts

Sustainability

No qualification, No benchmarks, No rating

Sustainability is built on 3 Dimensions(equivalent to People , Planet, Profit)

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CEN TC350 standardisation

Nachhaltigkeit fängt an mit den Grundanforderungen für Bauwerke !• Ohne Erfüllung der funktionalen Anforderungen gibt es keine Nachhaltigkeit• Ohne Erfüllung der technischen Anforderungen gibt es keine Nachhaltigkeit

ENV SOC ECON

Technical DesignFunktional Design

CPR305/2011

EuroCodes

CEN TC350 Standardsfor works

CEN TC350Standards only quantify

aspects and impacts

Sustainability

A prerequisite for sustainability are the 6 Basic Requirements for Construction Works• Without meeting the functional needs there is no sustainability• Without meeting the technical needs there is no sustainability

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overview CEN TC350 standards

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EnvironmentalPerformance

SocialPerformance

EconomicPerformance

TechnicalPerformance

FunctionalPerformance

EN 15643-2Framework for

Environmental Performance

EN 15643 - 3Framework for

Social Performance


Economic Performance

TechnicalCharacteristics

Functionality

Building level

EN15978Assessment of

Environmental Performance- Calculation Method -

FprEN16309Assessment of

Social Performance- Calculation Method -


Economic Performance- Calculation Method -

EN15804Environmental

Product Declarations- core rules for the product category

of construction products -

(see Note below) (see Note below)

EN 15942Environmental Product Declarations

- Communication format -Business to Business

CEN/TR 15941Environmental product declarations – Methodology for selection and use

of generic data -

Product levelNote: At present, technical information related to some aspects of social and

economic performance are included under the provisions of pr EN 15804 to form part of the EPD

Concept level

Integrated Building Performance

Framework level

EN 15643 - 1 Sustainability Assessment of Buildings -General Framework

STATUS 03-2014

CEN TC350 Standards

a logical and practical structure of standards

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SocialPerformance

EconomicPerformance






Social Performance




Functionality

Building level














of generic data -



Concept level


Framework level


Framework level

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SocialPerformance

EconomicPerformance






Social Performance




Functionality

Building level














of generic data -



Concept level


Framework level


Building level

Framework level

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SocialPerformance

EconomicPerformance






Social Performance




Functionality

Building level














of generic data -



Concept level


Framework level


Building level

Product level

Framework level

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SocialPerformance

EconomicPerformance






Social Performance




Functionality

Building level














of generic data -



Concept level


Framework level


Building level

Product level

Information flow

Modular information: allowing the use of product data in all building assessments, aggregation and tracing back contributions

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SocialPerformance

EconomicPerformance






Social Performance




Functionality

Building level














of generic data -



Concept level


Framework level


ENVIRONMENT3 Dimensions assessed

EN15978

EN15804

EN15942

TR15941

ENVIRON.

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SocialPerformance

EconomicPerformance






Social Performance




Functionality

Building level














of generic data -



Concept level


Framework level


SOCIAL3 Dimensions assessed

EN16309

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SocialPerformance

EconomicPerformance






Social Performance




Functionality

Building level














of generic data -



Concept level


Framework level


ECONOMIC3 Dimensions assessed

FprEN16627

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standards, tools and regulations

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BUILDING:calculation

aggregation –

EN15978EN16309EN16627

CEN TC350

CEN TC350PRODUCT:

EN15804

standardisation programs regulators

clients

Product info - EPDProduct assessment

Building info – quantified !Building assessment

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aggregation –

EN15978EN16309EN16627

CEN TC350

CEN TC350PRODUCT:

EN15804

Other supporting standardsCEN TC350


clients

Product info - EPDProduct assessment

hEN

product standards What indicators will be Essential Product Characteristics

to be included in Annex ZA ?

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aggregation –

EN15978EN16309EN16627

CEN TC350

CEN TC350PRODUCT:

EN15804



clients

building assessment :DGNBBREEAMHQE................etc.

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aggregation –

EN15978EN16309EN16627

CEN TC350

CEN TC350PRODUCT:

EN15804



clients

QU

AN

TIF

ICA

TIO

N

RATING

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rating

weighting


aggregation –

EN15978EN16309EN16627

CEN TC350

CEN TC350PRODUCT:

EN15804


?


clients

decide – select methodology

benchmarking

?

?

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setting performance requirements

Another methodology ?

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aggregation –

EN15978EN16309EN16627

PRODUCT:

EN15804

weighting

benchmarking

rating

2

hEN

product standards

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rating

weighting


aggregation –

EN15978EN16309EN16627

CEN TC350

CEN TC350PRODUCT:

EN15804


?


clients

decide – select methodology

benchmarking

?

?

1

setting performance requirements

Another methodology ?

3


aggregation –

EN15978EN16309EN16627

PRODUCT:

EN15804

weighting

benchmarking

rating

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NO development of new methods!

There are well working systems operational based on CEN TC350 standards PEF

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My personal opinion:

EcoDesign, Ecolabelling, Energy Labelling and Green Public Procurement will not work for construction products.

but if ,... then by EN15978 (building) and EN15804 (product)

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Consistent & Coherent

BWR 1

BWR 2

BWR 3

BWR 4

BWR 5

BWR 6

BWR 7

CPR

Harmonised information

hEN

ProductStandards

CEN TC351standards

CEN TC350Standards

EN15804EN15978

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Thank you !

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