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NORDIC LCA GUIDELINE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OVERVIEW OF ONGOING WORK Yannos Wikström October 23rd 2019

NORDIC LCA GUIDELINE – BACKGROUND • Joint effort between NPRA, STA and FTA • NordLCA project initiated in 2017 • WP1 – Phase II: Nordic LCA Guideline for Infrastructure • Draft prepared by Østfoldsforskning during 2018 2019-09-17 2

NORDIC LCA GUIDELINE – MOTIVATION • Narrow down playing field defined in ISO and EN standards • Support methodological consistency and implementation • Provide base for development of National Guidelines 2019-09-17 3

NORDIC LCA GUIDELINE – STRUCTURE • Introduction • LCA in short • Planning process • Study definition / Implementation 2019-09-17 4

NORDIC LCA GUIDELINE – STRUCTURE • Communication • National Guidelines • Green Procurement • Procurement of LCA Services 2019-09-17 5

STUDY DEFINITION – GOAL • Provide support for decision making across planning process stages • Develop material to support environmental certification and third party verified communication of environmental performance 2019-09-17 6

STUDY DEFINITION – PRODUCT SYSTEM • Transportation system • Project • Element • Component • Material 2019-09-17 7

STUDY DEFINITION – FUNCTIONAL UNIT • One km of the straight-line distance between point A and point B • Road infrastructure: one km of road (option to use m 2 available). • Rail infrastructure: one km of railway 2019-09-17 8

STUDY DEFINITION – SYSTEM BOUNDARIES • Specific boundary definition across all planning process stages • Based on EN 15804 • Management of activities requiring specific consideration addressed • Recommendation on study assessment period 2019-09-17 9

STUDY DEFINITION – ASSESSMENT PERIOD • 60 years suggested • Longer or shorter assessment period may be defined when supported by the study goal and product system definition 2019-09-17 10

STUDY DEFINITION – DATA QUALITY • Progressive scale-up of quality requirements • Based on EN 15804 • Focus on generic vs specific/EPD data • Assumptions on technology development over study period 2019-09-17 11

STUDY DEFINITION – IMPACT CATEGORIES • Based on EN 15804 • Focus on Global Warming Potential • GWP FOSSIL – mandatory • GWP LULUC – recommended • GWP BIOGENIC – optional • Recommended to include core indicators 2019-09-17 12

Yannos Wikström yannos.wikstrom@tyrens.se www.tyrens.se 13