Basic principles and recommendations for describing the dismantling, post-use, and disposal stage of construction products: a guidance document for the construction product industry and standardization bodies for the design of modules C and D in EPD and PCR : final report
In: Texte 2020, 130
In: Environmental Research of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
A lot of data is needed for life cycle assessments of buildings. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) according to EN 15804 can be used as a data basis – at least for the construction products used and the technical systems installed and for the transports, processes on the construction site, supply and disposal processes. EPD record the energy and material flows and describe the associated effects on the global environment. In the past, EPDs generally covered the production phase, including preliminary stages, with the system limit "cradle to gate" (module A in the logic of EN 15804). However, this is not enough to meet today's ecological challenges and new regulatory requirements. EPDs covering the entire product life cycle "from cradle to grave" (or modules A to D) are required. On the one hand, this guideline contains a system for the preparation of so-called End-of-Life Declarations, i.e. only for modules C and D, by actors responsible for these processes. On the other hand it describes how this information can be integrated into EPDs of construction product manufacturers. The aim is to provide realistic and comparable LCA data for the end of product life and building balance sheets.