Dear all,
We have a Type III environmental declaration form for a product, verified by a third party (Bauen und Umwelt institute). The PDE is based on the Product Category Rules established by the Bauen und Umwelt institute and clearly states that it conforms to the norms ISO 14025 and EN 15804. Nevertheless it’s never mentioned in the EPD form content that it conforms to the ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 norms.
The institute’s PCR as well as the ISO 14025 norm mention the need of conformity to the ISO 14040/44 norms for the validation of the LCA methods and data.
Could we imply that if the form is based on the institutes PCR and conforms to both the ISO 14025 and EN 15804 norms, the form also complies with the ISO 14040/44 norms? And if so, could this be a valid PDE for the credit?
Thank you
Paula Melton
Editorial DirectorBuildingGreen, Inc.
LEEDuser Moderator
180 thumbs up
May 23, 2016 - 10:46 am
Charline, compliance with 14025 assumes compliance with 14040. But whether a reviewer will find this acceptable I am not sure. Can you ask the company to send a pdf with all the relevant standards listed? My take: it's probably eligible for the credit, but I would not risk it without explicit documentation from the company.
Panu Pasanen
CEOBionova / One Click LCA
25 thumbs up
June 10, 2016 - 6:48 am
Charline, the EPD is fine. It will comply due to the structure of the standards, for these purposes, EN 15804 implements ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 and they're normative references in that standard.