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BS EN 17213:2020+A1:2025 Windows and doors. Environmental Product Declarations. Product category rules complementary to EN 15804 for windows and pedestrian doorsets, 2025
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- European foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Symbols and abbreviations
- 5 General aspects [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Objective of this !c-PCR"
- 5.2 Types of EPD with respect to life cycle stages covered
- 5.3 Comparability of EPD for construction products
- 5.4 Additional !environmental" information
- 5.5 Ownership, responsibility and liability for the EPD
- 5.6 Communication formats
- 6 Product Category Rules for LCA [Go to Page]
- 6.1 Product category
- 6.2 Life cycle stages and their information modules to be included [Go to Page]
- 6.2.1 General
- 6.2.2 A1–A3, Product stage, information modules
- 6.2.3 A4–A5, Construction process stage, information modules
- 6.2.4 B1–B5, Use stage, information modules related to the building fabric
- 6.2.5 B6–B7, Use stage, information modules related to the operation of the building
- 6.2.6 C1–C4, End-of-life stage, information modules
- 6.2.7 D, Benefits and loads beyond the system boundary, information modules
- 6.3 Calculation rules for the LCA [Go to Page]
- 6.3.1 !Functional or declared unit
- 6.3.2 Functional unit
- 6.3.3 Declared unit
- 6.3.4 Reference service life (RSL)
- 6.3.5 System boundaries [Go to Page]
- 6.3.5.1 General
- 6.3.5.2 Product stage
- 6.3.5.3 Construction stage
- 6.3.5.4 Use stage [Go to Page]
- 6.3.5.4.1 General
- 6.3.5.4.2 B1–B5 Use stage information modules related to the building fabric
- 6.3.5.4.3 B6–B7 use stage information modules related to the operation of the building
- 6.3.5.5 End-of-life stage
- 6.3.5.6 Benefits and loads beyond the product system boundary in module D
- 6.3.6 Criteria for the exclusion of inputs and outputs
- 6.3.7 Selection of data
- 6.3.8 !Data quality"
- 6.3.9 Developing product level scenarios
- 6.3.10 Units
- 6.4 Inventory analysis [Go to Page]
- 6.4.1 Collecting data
- 6.4.2 Calculation procedures
- 6.4.3 Allocation of input flows and output emissions
- 6.5 Impact assessment
- 7 Content of the EPD [Go to Page]
- 7.1 Declaration of general information
- 7.2 Declaration of environmental !indicators" derived from LCA [Go to Page]
- 7.2.1 General
- 7.2.2 Rules for declaring LCA information per module
- 7.2.3 !Indicators describing environmental impacts based on LCIA"
- 7.2.4 !Indicators describing resource use and environmental information based on LCI"
- 7.2.5 !Information on biogenic carbon content"
- 7.3 Scenarios and additional technical information [Go to Page]
- 7.3.1 General
- 7.3.2 Construction process stage
- 7.3.3 B1–B7 use stage
- 7.3.4 End-of-life
- 7.4 Additional information on release of dangerous substances to indoor air, soil and water during the use stage [Go to Page]
- 7.4.1 Indoor air
- 7.4.2 Soil and water
- 7.5 Aggregation of information modules
- 8 Project report [Go to Page]
- 8.1 General
- 8.2 LCA-related elements of the project report
- 8.3 Documentation on additional information
- 8.4 Data availability for verification
- 9 Verification and validity of an EPD
- Annex A !(normative) Requirements and guidance on the reference service life
- Annex B !(informative) Waste
- Annex C !(normative) Impact categories and related indicators, methodologies and characterization factors (CF)
- Annex D !(informative) End of life formulae
- Annex E !(informative) Schemes to be applied for data quality assessment of generic and specific data
- Annex F (informative) Guidance for defining representative products within a product range
- Annex G (informative) Default use stage and EoL scenarios
- G.1 General
- G.2 Use stage
- G.2.1 A4 Transport
- G.2.2 A5 Construction installation process
- G.2.3 B2 Maintenance
- G.2.4 B3 Repair
- G.3 End-of-life (EoL)
- !Figure G.1 — Metal windows and doorsets"
- !Figure G.2 — PVC-U windows and doorsets"
- !Figure G.3 — Timber windows and doorsets"
- Annex H (informative) Voluntary use stage scenario based on energy balance calculation
- Table H.1 — Use stage environmental impacts for windows
- Table H.2 — Use stage environmental impacts for doorsets
- Bibliography [Go to Page]
