Umwelteigenschaften von Produkten Die Rolle der Ökobilanz in ISO Typ III Umweltdeklarationen

Schmincke, Eva; Grahl, Birgit

doi:10.1065/uwsf2006.03.116

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“…ISO 14025 (ISO 2006b), published in 2006, describes the procedure necessary for preparing the declarations, how to develop consistent and comparable data sets (Grahl and Schmincke 2007;Schmincke and Grahl 2006), according to common rules, i.e. Product Category Rules (PCR; Fet and Skaar 2006).…”

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Definition of the methodology for a Sector EPD (Environmental Product Declaration): case study of the average Italian cement

Strazza

Borghi

Blengini

et al. 2010

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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Purpose The objective of this paper is to describe the process of development of an appropriate methodology for a type III label that can be used by a trade association, namely "Sector Environmental Product Declaration" (EPD). The study starts from the definition of required data, data collection procedures, sample selection criteria etc. With this aim, the application of the scheme on a case study has been conducted, regarding the cement production in Italy. Methods The methodology has been selected coherently with the requirements of the International EPD® system. The basis for the definition of the methodology of the study was the document Product Category Rules 2004:01 for the Product Group "Cement". Since these rules were prepared before the introduction of the International EPD® system, the guidelines have been refined in order to suit the revised programme instructions, whose spectrum includes the innovative case of the Sector EPD. Results and discussion A pre-inventory analysis, aimed to the sample selection for the case study presented, has been conducted. The elements influencing the selection of plants and products were geographical position of plants and eventual company/group affiliation, plant productivity, process technology type, fuels and raw materials use and product typology. Seven plants have been identified. The environmental impacts are referred to the production of 1 ton of representative average cement. "Representative" is referred to the selection of the panel of typical cement plants, whilst "average" refers to data source. In particular, for every selected plant, the analysis has yielded the results related to an average cement, including all the typologies there produced; then, the average profile is derived. It can be remarked that the relative contribution of the different life cycle phases remains almost unchanged for every impact category. Apart from waste production, the distribution appears rather uniform. The amount of clinker results as the main potential source of variation for the impacts, as regards the different cement typologies. Conclusions It can be concluded that a targeted analysis of the sample representativeness is required to support the robustness of the selection in view of the successive verification process. The incoming revision of the Product Category Rules, in order to extend the application spectrum to product-type declarations, will enable the compilation of the life cycle assessment results presented in this paper in a Sector EPD for the case study.

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Definition of the methodology for a Sector EPD (Environmental Product Declaration): case study of the average Italian cement

Strazza

Borghi

Blengini

et al. 2010

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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“…This type of formalized product declaration relies on life cycle analyses (LCAs) according to ISO14040ff (ISO 2006a;Klöpffer 2005). ISO 14025 (ISO 2006b), published in 2006, describes how to develop consistent and comparable data sets (Grahl and Schmincke 2007;Schmincke and Grahl 2006), according to common rules [Product Category Rules (PCR); Fet and Skaar 2006]. PCRs ensure that results can be easily compared among products or services of the same category (Del Borghi et al 2007).…”

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Development of PCR for WWTP based on a case study

Borghi¹,

Gaggero²,

Gallo³

et al. 2008

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Background, aim, and scope In order to apply the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) to products or services, specific rules [Product Category Rules (PCR)] have to be issued to ensure comparability among different declarations within the same service group. The aim of the present study is to describe the reasons leading to each choice in the development of PCR applied to Collecting and Treatment Service of Municipal Wastewater and to evaluate, through life cycle analysis (LCA), their influence on the potential environmental impact of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), analysed as a case study. Specific data were collected during the year 2003 from an Italian active sludge treatment plant with separate wastewater and sludge treatment lines. Materials and methods The PCR 2005:5 (Collecting and treatment service of municipal wastewater (MWW). Product group/service type: refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities, NACE code:90) document was prepared by the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering “G.B. Bonino” (University of Genoa, Italy). This PCR was tested on the Collection and Treatment Service of Municipal Wastewater in a wastewater treatment plant located in Savona, Italy (Consorzio per la Depurazione delle Acque di Scarico). The PCR 2005:5 document was issued in an open and participatory process between companies and organizations having good knowledge of the specific environmental aspects of the service to be included in the EPD® system. PCR, LCA, and EPD studies were developed according to the document “Requirements for an International EPD Scheme” (EU funded LIFE Env 2003 program, INTEND Project, www.intendproject.net). Results The following LCA-based information was considered in preparing the PCR: definition of service type, definition of functional unit, choice and description of system boundaries, choice of cutoff criteria, choice of allocation rules, description of quality requirements for data, choice of selected LCI results or other selected parameters for description of environmental performance to be included in the declaration, description of parameters contributing to each preset category, description of specific information to be included in the use stage of the declaration, other environmental information. Ecotoxicity characterization factors, evaluated by the model Uniform System for the Evaluation of Substances (USES-LCA), was added to the PCR as an Annex. The potential environmental impacts of the considered case study were evaluated separately for the following phases: sewer net and plant construction, sewer net and plant management, sludge management. Alternative sludge management techniques were investigated. Discussion PCR of Collecting and Treatment Service of Municipal Wastewater (MWW) was prepared in an open and participatory process between companies and organizations having in-depth knowledge of the specific environmental aspects of the service, in order to safeguard the provision and input of appropriate product-specific knowledge from relevant companies and bra...

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Life‐Cycle Analysis of Biobased Products

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2011

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Umwelteigenschaften von Produkten Die Rolle der Ökobilanz in ISO Typ III Umweltdeklarationen

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Definition of the methodology for a Sector EPD (Environmental Product Declaration): case study of the average Italian cement

Definition of the methodology for a Sector EPD (Environmental Product Declaration): case study of the average Italian cement

Development of PCR for WWTP based on a case study

Life‐Cycle Analysis of Biobased Products

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