PCR 2013:02 requires reporting of waste in three categories: hazardous, and radioactive. ASTM PCR only requires the hazardous and nonhazardous waste amounts to be reported. PCR 2013:02 requires GHG emissions and removals occurring due to direct land use change to be included in the LCI, if significant. ASTM PCR does not require accounting of GHG emissions and removals due to land use change. In addition, the North America PCR for ISO 14025 Carbon Leadership Forum’s (CLF’s) Type III Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) of Concrete, version 1.1, December 4, 2013, was reviewed. However, the CLF PCR is primarily written for ready-mix concrete and does not capture material and product-specific components unique to manufactured concrete and concrete masonry products. For example, in the manufacturing stage (A3) of the CLF PCR, only the energy used to and mix the concrete and “store, move, batch, operate the to be included. For this ASTM PCR, the manufacturing stage facility” need also includes energy related to forming and curing units. 1.1 | This PCR document specifies rules, requirements, and guidelines for developing EPDs for manufactured concrete and concrete masonry products and underlying requirements of related life-cycle assessments (LCAs). These PCR are valid for, and provide requirements for, Business-to-Business (BtoB) EPDs. An EPD prepared under these PCR will present data that has been aggregated over the following phases of the life cycle: raw materials acquisition, transportation, and manufacturing. These PCR are consistent with and comply with the mandatory requirements contained in the following standards: International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 21930: 2007 Building construction Sustainability in building construction Environmental declaration — — of building products. ISO 14025: 2006 Environmental labeling and declarations Type III — environmental declarations Principles and procedures. — ISO 14040: 2006 Environmental management Life cycle assessment — — Principles and framework.
PCR 2013:02 requires reporting of waste in three categories: hazardous, and radioactive. ASTM PCR only requires the hazardous and nonhazardous waste amounts to be reported. PCR 2013:02 requires GHG emissions and removals occurring due to direct land use change to be included in the LCI, if significant. ASTM PCR does not require accounting of GHG emissions and removals due to land use change. In addition, the Carbon Leadership Forum’s (CLF’s) North America PCR for ISO 14025 Type III Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) of Concrete, version 1.1, December 4, 2013, was reviewed. However, the CLF PCR is primarily written for ready-mix concrete and does not capture material and product-specific components unique to manufactured concrete and concrete masonry products. For example, in the manufacturing stage (A3) of the CLF PCR, only the energy used to “store, move, batch, and mix the concrete and operate the facility” need to be included. For this ASTM PCR, the manufacturing stage also includes energy related to forming and curing units. 1.1 | This PCR document specifies rules, requirements, and guidelines for developing EPDs for manufactured concrete and concrete masonry products and underlying requirements of related life-cycle assessments (LCAs). These PCR are valid for, and provide requirements for, Business-to-Business (BtoB) EPDs. An EPD prepared under these PCR will present data that has been aggregated over the following phases of the life cycle: raw materials acquisition, transportation, and manufacturing. These PCR are consistent with and comply with the mandatory requirements contained in the following standards: International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 21930: 2007 Building construction — Sustainability in building construction — Environmental declaration of building products. ISO 14025: 2006 Environmental labeling and declarations — Type III environmental declarations — Principles and procedures. ISO 14040: 2006 Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles and framework.
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