An Introduction to Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) Thursday - PDF document

5/28/2020 An Introduction to Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) Thursday 28 th May, 13:00-14:30 @asbp_uk 1 Agenda 13:00 Welcome and introduction to EPD from the webinar chair - Jane Anderson, ASBP board member and Director, ConstructionLCA 13:20 Reading an EPD – what do they tell you? - Pat Hermon, Technical Lead, BRE 13:40 Digitising EPD - Oliver Kusche, Director, Oliver Kusche Research & Consulting (Replacement speaker for Christian Donath, EcoPlatform) 14:00 Discussion 14:30 Close 2 1

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5/28/2020 What we do We organise events, participate in research projects, advocate product standards and inform policy across our three core themes: Health and Resource Product well-being efficiency sustainability Natural materials Circular economy Whole life carbon Indoor air quality Design for Robust product Source control, deconstruction standards/EPDs VOCs, off-gassing Material re-use Decision making tools/product Moisture control databases 5 Our members and partners Over 70 members and partners from across the sector Architects Specifiers Contractors Product manufacturers Housebuilders Trade bodies Academia and more 6 3

5/28/2020 Tutorial series – Healthy Buildings www.asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents A new Healthy Buildings tutorial series with guest industry experts, in collaboration with the ASBP Natural Fibre Insulation Group. Thursday 11 th June, 11:00-12:00 Designing Healthy Buildings with Thursday 9 th July, 11:00-12:00 Carol Costello and Kristina Roszynski, Cullinan Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Buildings with Studio Professor Stephen Holgate Thursday 25 th June, 11:00-12:00 World-renowned air quality expert and lead author Measuring Healthy Buildings with of “The Inside Story – Health effects of indoor air John Jones, PPM Technology and quality on children and young people”. Tim Robinson, Waverton Analytics 7 New Masterclass Series www.asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents REGISTRATION OPEN NOW In-depth sessions (2 hours), limited to 25 attendees, DISCOUNTS WHEN BOOKING with interactive discussion and exercises. BOTH MASTERCLASSES Thursday 2 nd July, 13:00-15:00 Thursday 24 th September, 13:00-15:00 Biogenic Carbon in EPD and Building LCA Common pitfalls in EPD generation – a with Jane Anderson and Mark Lynn verifier’s view with Jane Anderson • An introduction to Biogenic Carbon • What is a verifier looking for? • How is sequestered carbon measured? • Common problems and how to avoid them • What about carbon storage? • What happens at the end of life? • Mass balance issues • How is biogenic carbon reported in EN 15804+A1 • Biogenic carbon • Data quality and EN 15978? • Indicators • Plausibility • What will be different in EN 15804+A2? 8 4

5/28/2020 More events www.asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents FREE EVENTS! Tuesday 2 nd June, 14:00-15:30 Thursday 18 th June, 14:00-15:30 Circular Economy, Reuse and Construction Plastics in Construction Dragon's Den - Circular economy and construction: Opportunities and Event #1 – Insulation challenges New pitch series looking for innovative alternatives to - Case study: How does reuse impact upon the design process conventional plastic building products and packaging. - Reuse of steel from the oil and gas industries and challenges of reusing steel from existing buildings Contestants - Embodied carbon for reuse – how does it work? One place left! Contact us for more information Is it a useful metric? 9 Get involved with the ASBP Join as a member – Standard (from £150) or Patron (from £1,000 per year) Sign up to our mailing list – http://bit.ly/ASBPnewsletter Become a sponsor – Support the ASBP Awards or Healthy Buildings 2021 Join one of our specialist groups – Natural Fibre Insulation, Plastics in Construction, Paints & Finishes (coming soon!) Register for one of our upcoming webinars – Circular Economy Week (2 nd June), Healthy Buildings Tutorials (11 th , 25 th June, 9 th July), Plastics in Construction (18 th June), Biogenic Carbon Masterclass (2 nd July) and more! https://asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents 10 5

5/28/2020 Contact us Jane Anderson jane@constructionlca.co.uk Richard Broad richard@asbp.org.uk @asbp_uk 11 ConstructionLCA ASBP EPD Webinar 28 May 2020 z Environmental Product Declarations 12 6

5/28/2020 ConstructionLCA z 13 ConstructionLCA z Lock-in Effect Emissions from material  production today are sunk emissions – we can only mitigate their impact in the future Less efficient new  buildings will emit long into the future because it is expensive to retrofit newer buildings 14 7

5/28/2020 ConstructionLCA z Global Embodied CO2 emissions Source: UN Environment, and International Energy Agency. 2017. “Towards a Zero-Emission, Efficient, and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector: Global Status Report 2017. 15 ConstructionLCA z Embodied impacts are becoming more important Increased Energy Efficiency Grid Decarbonisation Orr et al, Minimising energy in construction: Practitioners’ views on material efficiency, 2019 16 8

5/28/2020 ConstructionLCA z What’s an EPD? Image courtesy InterfaceFLOR 17 ConstructionLCA z EN 15804 is the Core PCR Uses TC350 Life Cycle Stages (A1-A3 - cradle to gate, A4 -  transport , A5 - construction, etc) Legal “end of waste” is system boundary  User of secondary material/fuel gets benefit of recovery  Module D shows benefit of recovery in the next product system  Biogenic carbon sequestration shown in Module A1, transfer or  emission in C3/C4 Only 1% cut off of energy and mass allowed  All EPD verified by an independent expert according to ISO 14025  18 9

5/28/2020 ConstructionLCA z EPD Scenarios  The majority of EPD voluntarily provide data beyond the factory gate. End of life (C1-C4 and Module D) will be mandatory soon The EPD should describe the scenario(s)  Must be realistic and representative  Should be  One of the most probable alternatives or  100% scenarios  Mixed scenario (with 100% scenarios)  19 ConstructionLCA z Over 7000 EPD to EN 15804 globally 20 10

5/28/2020 ConstructionLCA z Some EPD cover many products For example: In North America – over 1000 EPD covering over 25,000  separate products In France – over 1300 EPD covering over 67,000 product lines  21 ConstructionLCA z Information on EPD Briefing Papers on EPD  available from the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products https://asbp.org.uk/ An Introduction  Using EPD  Finding EPD  22 11

5/28/2020 ConstructionLCA z Finding EPD EcoPlatform Programme Operators – via www.eco-platform.org  Other Programme Operators (EN 15804, ISO 21930, ISO  14025) National databases, e.g. oekobau.dat, inies…  Digital resources, e.g. LCA Data Hub, EPD Registry and  Metsims, Declare, Quartz, EC3 (North America) Trade Association websites, eg cembureau, EAA etc  Manufacturer’s websites  23 ConstructionLCA z Thank You twitter: @constructionlca blog: http://constructionlca.wordpress.com EPD Verification and Consultancy: jane@constructionlca.co.uk PhD Student – Open University: jane.anderson@open.ac.uk 24 12