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GEDnet granted liaison status with CEN/TC 350 Sustainability of construction works

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GEDnet has been granted a liaison status with CEN/TC 350 Sustainability of construction works, by CEN/TC 350 Resolution 40/2006. This means that GEDnet now has the possibility to share experiences from thier members and give useful input to this important work.

The TC 350 will create a set of horizontal European standards regarding sustainability of construction works, including the use of environmental product declarations:

- Sustainability of construction works – Use of environmental product declarations

This standard is applicable to cradle to grave as well as modular environmental product declarations (EPD) of building products, processes and services. It describes the requirements placed on any EPD when it is to be applied in combination with other EPD for the assessment of the environmental performance and health & comfort performance of a building in the framework of the integrated performance of buildings. This standard gives the rules for converting the product, process or service related information, from an EPD supplying the information as related to the performance in the building. The information includes environmental and health and comfort aspects. The conversion will take account of the need to avoid data gaps, data overlaps and double counting. It also includes checking consistency, completeness and comparability as well as equivalence in quality of applied data derived from different EPD.

- Sustainability of construction works – Environmental product declarations – Product category rules

This standard is applicable to building products, processes and services. The product category rules specify requirements for all building products in accordance with ISO 21930 and ISO 14025 for the intended audience whether business or consumers. This standard supports the application of environmental product declarations for the assessment of the environmental performance of buildings and for the assessment of the health & comfort performance of buildings in the framework of the integrated performance of buildings.

- Sustainability of construction works – Environmental product declarations – Communication formats

This standard is applicable to all building products, processes and services. It defines and describes the communication formats of an environmental product declaration dependent on the intended audience; business or consumers.

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- Sustainability of construction works – Environmental product declarations – Methodology and data for generic data

This technical report describes the sources and methodology to be used when preparing generic data for environmental product declarations. The methodology complies with the requirements of ISO 14044. The report supports the development of the product category rules for environmental declarations of building products, processes and services addressing the use of generic data.