EN 16908:2017+A1:2022

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

EN 16908:2017+A1:2022

Name:EN 16908:2017+A1:2022   Standard name:Cement and building lime - Environmental product declarations - Product category rules complementary to EN 15804
Standard number:EN 16908:2017+A1:2022   language:English language
Release Date:29-Mar-2022   technical committee:CEN/TC 51 - Cement and building limes
Drafting committee:CEN/TC 51/WG 6 - Definitions and terminology of cement   ICS number:91.010.99 - Other aspects

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2022
Cement in gradbeno apno - Okoljske deklaracije za proizvode - Pravila za
kategorije proizvodov, ki dopolnjujejo EN 15804 (vključno z dopolnilom A1)
Cement and building lime - Environmental product declarations - Product category rules
complementary to EN 15804
Zement und Baukalk - Umweltproduktdeklarationen - Produktkategorieregeln in
Ergänzung zu EN 15804
Ciment et chaux de constructions - Déclaration environnementales sur les produits -
Règles de catégorie de produits complémentaires de l'EN 15804
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 16908:2017+A1:2022
ICS:
13.020.20 Okoljska ekonomija. Environmental economics.
Trajnostnost Sustainability
91.100.10 Cement. Mavec. Apno. Malta Cement. Gypsum. Lime.
Mortar
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 16908:2017+A1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
March 2022
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 91.010.99; 91.100.10 Supersedes EN 16908:2017
English Version
Cement and building lime - Environmental product
declarations - Product category rules complementary to
EN 15804
Ciment et chaux de constructions - Déclaration Zement und Baukalk - Umweltproduktdeklarationen -
environnementales sur les produits - Règles de Produktkategorieregeln in Ergänzung zu EN 15804
catégorie de produits complémentaires de l'EN 15804
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 21 November 2016 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 10
January 2022.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Abbreviations . 6
5 General aspects . 6
5.1 Objective of the Core PCR . 6
5.2 Types of EPD with respect to life cycle stages covered . 6
5.3 Comparability of EPD for construction products . 7
5.4 !Additional environmental information . 7
5.4.1 General . 7
5.4.2 Additional impact indicators . 7
5.4.3 Additional information on carbon offset, carbon storage and delayed emissions . 7
5.4.4 Additional Information not derived from LCA . 7
5.5 Ownership, responsibility and liability for the EPD . 7
5.6 Communication formats . 8
6 Product Category Rules for LCA . 8
6.1 Product category . 8
6.2 Life cycle stages and their information modules to be included . 8
6.2.1 General . 8
6.2.2 A1-A3, Product stage, information modules . 8
6.2.3 A4-A5, Construction process stage, information modules . 8
6.2.4 B1-B5, Use stage, information modules related to the building fabric . 8
6.2.5 B6-B7, Use stage, information modules related to the operation of the building . 8
6.2.6 C1-C4, End-of-life-stage, information modules. 8
6.2.7 D, Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary, information module . 8
6.3 Calculation rules for the LCA . 8
6.3.1 !Functional or declared unit . 8
6.3.2 !Functional unit . 9
6.3.3 Declared unit . 9
6.3.4 Reference service life (RSL). 9
6.3.5 System boundaries . 9
6.3.6 Criteria for the exclusion of inputs and outputs . 13
6.3.7 Selection of data . 13
6.3.8 !Data quality . 13
6.3.9 Developing product level scenarios . 14
6.3.10 Units . 14
6.4 Inventory analysis . 14
6.4.1 Collecting data . 14
6.4.2 Calculation procedures . 14
6.4.3 Allocation of input flows and output emissions . 14
6.4.4 !Information on biogenic carbon content . 15
6.5 Impact assessment . 15
6.5.1 !General . 15
6.5.2 Core environmental impact indicators . 15
6.5.3 Additional environmental impact indicators . 15
7 Content of the EPD . 15
7.1 Declaration of general information . 15
7.2 Declaration of environmental parameters derived from LCA. 16
7.2.1 General . 16
7.2.2 Rules for declaring LCA information per module . 17
7.2.3 !Indicators describing environmental impacts based on Life Cycle Impact
Assessment (LCIA) . 17
7.2.4 !Indicators describing resource use and environmental information based on Life
Cycle Inventory (LCI) . 18
7.2.5 !Information on biogenic carbon content . 18
7.3 Scenarios and additional technical information . 18
7.3.1 General . 18
7.3.2 Construction process stage . 18
7.3.3 B1-B7 Use stage . 18
7.3.4 End-of-life . 18
7.3.5 Carbonation in cement-based products . 18
7.3.6 Carbonation in building lime . 19
7.4 Additional information on release of dangerous substances to indoor air, soil and
water during the use stage . 19
7.5 Aggregation of information modules . 19
8 Project report . 19
9 Verification and validity of an EPD . 19
Bibliography . 27

European foreword
This document (EN 16908:2017+A1:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 51
“Cement and building limes”, the secretariat of which is held by NBN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2022, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2022.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 10 January 2022.
This document supersedes !EN 16908:2017".
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags !".
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association.
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