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NORTH WEST Europe

[avniR] 2014

CAP’EM Cycle Assessment Procedure for Eco-impacts of Materials

http://www.capem.eu http://www.capemcompass.eu

Speakers

• Els Van de moortel, VIBE, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Brian Murphy, NGS, Peterborough, UK

Introduction

• Data on environmental impact of building

products is very complex.

ILCD Greenwash 2.85E-09

LCA expert Manufacturer Building professional

LCI: representative and recent data Method Software Product Category Rules (PCR)

variety of choices in every country and for every product

Gather data Different demands for countries Analyses of production process Communication:

Business to Business (B2B) Business to Consumer (B2C)

Find information Use information in daily practise Information about technical aspects and installation Information about materials

Introduction

• CAPEM brings forward some solutions.

The CAPEM project

• CAP’EM is an Interreg IVB North-West

European project

• brought together 7 partners
• across 5 countries
• to develop the

life cycle thinking in the building sector

• 2008-2014
• http://www.capem.eu

End of CAPEM Conference

Join the CAPEM team next door after lunch To learn all about CAPEM Project & team ambitions Policy drivers and industry response CAPEM Compass demonstration CAPEM Not so FAQuestions & Answers CAPEM service offering

The CAPEM project

• Straightforward manner to gather data
• Affordable LCAs for SMEs
• Develop shared LCA-methodology
• Provide scientifically robust and comparable

environmental impact information for construction materials.

• Communicate environmental and technical data on eco-

building products

• Engaging with the building industry
• Network of exhibition centres.

CAP’EM’s target audience includes:

• Architects,
• specifiers,
• self-builders,
• developers,
• local authorities,
• Government
• LCA experts
• ...

PROBLEM

• Find accurate,

unbias, comparable information on environmental impact

• f building materials.

SOLUTION

www.capemcompass.eu

CAP’EM Compass

• free online tool
• for building professionals, LCA experts and a wider public
• shortlist building products based on
• their appropriate application,
• local technical requirements,
• project material choices,
• then choose based on
• technical properties,
• accreditations
• local availability

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CAP’EM Compass

• compare cradle-to-gate product environmental impacts
• Options
• adding the impact of transportation (increase the

social awareness about using the local market and the influence of transportation on the environment)

• view and compare environmental data of

conventional generic materials

Common CAP’EM methodology

• CAP’EM Method is an LCA method
• based on common accepted methods and standards and

recent LCA developments:

• ISO 14040 and 14044 standards
• International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD).
• which makes the LCAs harmonized ,easy to review and

comparable

• www.capem.eu

Communication of LCA results

• All ILCD impact categories are available
• CAP’EM team pre-selected 3 impact categories

(for non–LCA expert users):

• “climate change”,
• “particulate matter” and
• “Mineral, fossil & resource depletion”.
• Selected according to :
• Level of uncertainty for different indicators,
• High level of national and international concern
• High level of comprehension by the general public

Common procedure

• describes the process for factory visits
• CAP’EM questionnaire for manufacturers (to provide information on):
• raw materials,
• transport to the factory,
• energy and water use in the factory,
• packaging materials
• Installation guidelines
• Guidelines and tools for practitioners to make a CAP’EM LCA
• CAP’EM Excel spreadsheet,
• SimaPro calculation method
• Describes review process

all the information is presented transparently

CAP’EM spreadsheet

• Transparent spreadsheet format as the calculating system

and Ecoinvent secondary data to calculate impacts from “cradle to gate”.

• Separating the technical emission factor calculations (i.e.

SimaPro based work)

• from the more straightforward data collection and
• final calculations
• The final spreadsheet component includes
• the manufacturer data as well as
• the environmental impacts and calculation.
• As such it provides an open platform for calculation, peer

review and information for the producer

PROBLEM

• EPDs in 4 countries in

Europe…

Not quite harmonized yet…

SOLUTION

www.capem.eu

probably on the website soon

RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR CAP’EM EPD

• Information required by EPD programmes
• different in each country
• despite several attempts at harmonisation in Europe
• Due to these differences
• EPD’s still cannot be compared
• are not accepted in all European countries

Very expensive for manufacturers!

RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR CAP’EM EPD

• Additional information
• how to cover biogenic carbon sequestration
• environmental benefits and loads beyond the system

boundary (module D)

• Impacts from “cradle to gate” and “gate to grave” product

specific data can be added.

• If manufacturer cannot provide “gate to grave”
• default national scenarios per country

Clarification: EN 15804 & National standards

• Benchmarking and comparing existing standards:

many different demands innational standards and EPD Programmes :

• additional impact categories in Belgium from 2017,
• impacts related to indoor air quality in France
• use specific end-of-life calculations rules in the

Netherlands.

Clarification: EN 15804 & National standards

RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR CAP’EM EPD

• More clarifications and guidelines are provided:
• functional unit matrix
• overview of demands and databases on

reference service life and theoretical lifespan

• overview of which life cycle stages to declare
• overview of available default scenarios
• overview of which impact categories and additional

parameters to declare

EPD: interesting communication format

• both for B2B and B2C
• provide scientifically robust environmental impact

information on building products

• To LCA-practitioners:
• data on eco-building materials
• To manufacturers:
• promote products with regard to environmental claims,
• identify areas of improvements
• To building professionals and decision makers:
• make knowledgeable choices about the products that

they purchase, specify or recommend

Conclusions

• CAP’EM Compass makes it possible to compare the

environmental impact of appropriate and competent building products

• for industry,
• building professionals
• and a wider public
• ‘Rules and Procedures for CAP’EM EPD’
• Provide more transparency and clarification on EN 15804
• Provide additional country based information and

country specific scenario

FUTURE

• Elaborate Compass
• EcoPlatform
• PEF Product Environmental Footprinting
• Build4LIFE

ECOPLATFORM

Build4LIFE Proposal (fingers crossed)

Acknowledgements:

• PRé Sustainability:
• LCA specialist advisor
• Delta Green software specialists:
• CAP’EM Compass development
• All funders and co funders
• Interreg IVB NWE

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PARTNERS, FUNDERS & CO FUNDERS:

References:

• ILCD (International Reference Life Cycle Data System) Handbooks (JRC European commission, 2010)
• PEF guidelines (European Union 2013),
• NF EN 15804
• UK (Product Category Rules for Type III environmental product declaration of construction products to EN 15804:2012 -

BRE Global Ltd. 2013),

• NEN-EN 15804
• Ontwerp van KB tot vaststelling van de minimumeisen voor het aanbrengen van milieuboodschappen op bouwproducten

en het oprichten van een federale databank voor milieuproductverklaringen

• Debacker et. Al., 2012. Milieugerelateerde Materiaalprestatie van Gebouwelementen. In opdracht van OVAM.
• Peeters et. al., 2013. LCA:TIM PCR Product Category Rules for Environmental Product Declarations for Thermal Insulation

Materials on the Belgian Market

• EN 15804. 2012. - Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations – Core rules for the product

category of construction products.

• CEN/TR 15941. 2010. Sustainability of construction works-Environmental product declaration – Methodology for selection

and use of generic data.

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