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Sustainability of earth building materials - Environmental product declarations as an instrument of competition in building material industry

Schroeder, Horst,Lemke, Manfred

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[EN] The evaluation of the building process in terms of their environmental impact in all life cycle phases of a building leads to the key principle of sustainable building: the analysis of the life cycle of the materials used in a building. The goal of this analysis is to reduce waste and keep the environmental impact as low as possible by “closing” the cycle. During an inventory, the entire life cycle is assessed. This includes the sourcing and extracting of the raw material, the use of the raw material to produce building products, elements and structures, the use in finished buildings including emission of pollutants, decay and maintenance, and, finally, the demolition of the building and the recycling of the demolition materials. Transportation between the individual phases as well as production-related material and energy flows are also included in this evaluation.Several European and national norms and regulations define core rules and a special instrument for the evaluation of the sustainable quality of a building product based on a quantitative analysis of the life cycle of the materials used in a building: the Environmental Product Declaration EPD. These documents are voluntary standards, commitments or guarantees for building products. They are provided by producers, organizations and quality assurance associations in order to establish the “environmental performance” of buildings in the form of a certificate. Such declarations must fully include all phases of the life cycle of a product by describing the environmental impact during production and use as well as possible health hazards for the users.Until now, EPDs for earth building products do not exist. This paper will give current information about a project for developing EPDs for earth mortars and earth blocks started by the German Dachverband Lehm e.V. (DVL).

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44 Dia27:Sed by Angel A cones, 19/11/2008, used unde CC BY 2.0, modi ica ion: cu , sou ce:h ps://www. lick .com/pho os/ eddy- click-boy/3043533273/in/album-72157608339140317/ Vi u io In e na ional jou nal o A chi ec u e Technology and Sus ainabili y Volume 0 45 ABSTRACT Sus ainabili y o ea h building ma e ials – En i onmen al p oduc decla a ions as an ins umen o compe i ion in building ma e ial indus y Ho s Sch oede 1, Man ed Lemke1 1Dach e band Lehm e.V. DVL, Weima , Ge many The e alua ion o he building p ocess in e ms o hei en i onmen al impac in all li e cycle phases o a building leads o he key p inciple o sus ainable building: he analysis o he li e cycle o he ma e ials used in a building. The goal o his analysis is o educe was e and keep he en i onmen al impac as low as possible by “closing” he cycle. Du ing an in en o y, he en i e li e cycle is assessed. This includes he sou cing and ex ac ing o he aw ma e ial, he use o he aw ma e ial o p oduce building p oduc s, elemen s and s uc u es, he use in inished buildings including emission o pollu an s, decay and main enance, and, inally, he demoli ion o he building and he ecycling o he demoli ion ma e ials. T anspo a ion be ween he indi idual phases as well as p oduc ion- ela ed ma e ial and ene gy lows a e also included in his e alua ion. Se e al Eu opean and na ional no ms and egula ions de ine co e ules and a special ins umen o he e alua ion o he sus ainable quali y o a building p oduc based on a quan i a i e analysis o he li e cycle o he ma e ials used in a building: he En i onmen al P oduc Decla a ion EPD. These documen s a e olun a y s anda ds, commi men s o gua an ees o building p oduc s. They a e p o ided by p oduce s, o ganiza ions and quali y assu ance associa ions in o de o es ablish he “en i onmen al pe o mance” o buildings in he o m o a ce i ica e. Such decla a ions mus ully include all phases o he li e cycle o a p oduc by desc ibing he en i onmen al impac du ing p oduc ion and use as well as possible heal h haza ds o he use s. Un il now, EPDs o ea h building p oduc s do no exis . This pape will gi e cu en in o ma ion abou a p ojec o de eloping EPDs o ea h mo a s and ea h blocks s a ed by he Ge man Dach e band Lehm e.V. (DVL). KEYWORDS Sus ainabili y, en i onmen al impac , building ma e ial indus y h p://dx.doi.o g/10.4995/ i u io-ija s.2015.4474 46 1. SUSTAINABLE BUILDING In he B und land Commission epo o he Uni ed Na ions Wo ld Commission on En i onmen and De elopmen en i led “Ou Common Fu u e” (1987) he e m “sus ainabili y” was i s used o desc ibe a las ing de elopmen o humankind. Sus ainable de elopmen ensu es ha i “mee s he needs o he p esen wi hou comp omising he abili y o u u e gene a ions o mee hei own needs“ (UNO, 1987). The building p ocess always has a mo e o less se e e impac on na u al esou ces and cycles. To apply he e m “sus ainabili y” o cons uc ion means ha in all phases o he li e o a building, and wi h espec o he use s' equi emen s, he use o exis ing esou ces and he en i onmen al impac need o be minimized. T adi ionally, du ing he cons uc ion p ocess, he main assessmen ocused on unc ion and design, s uc u al enginee ing, ma e ial echnology and building p ac ice. Today, he building p ocess is inc easingly seen as an op imiza ion ask whe e use demands and en i onmen al equi emen s by he legisla u e need o be in ha mony. The e o e, he e m “sus ainable de elopmen ” comp ises h ee aspec s which mus be conside ed as equals o e an app op ia ed pe iod o ime (BMVBS, 2011): sȩ ECOLOGY sȩ ECONOMYȩANDȩ sȩ USERȩ DEMANDSȩ SOCIOCULTURALȩ CONCERNSȩ ȩ unc ional quali y / heal h). Addi ionally, all buildings cons uc ed acco ding o he equi emen s o sus ainable building mus mee p ede ined echnical pa ame e s and co esponding quali y le els in e ms o planning and cons uc ion o each o he h ee aspec s. Ecological and economic aspec s a e be e de ined as use demands. Se e al cu en EU- unded esea ch p ojec s a e ocused on he use s age o building ma e ials. They in end o imp o e unc ional quali ies and he impac on heal h o building ma e ials, elemen s and s uc u es by imp o ed mois u e bu e ing p ope ies wi h clay as componen in p e- ab ica ed elemen s (Thomson e al. 2015), educed VOC ( ola ile o ganic compounds) emission and highe ene gy sa ings in use a lowe cos s [www.eco-see.eu, www.h-house- p ojec .eu, www.isobiop ojec .eu. In Ge many, he gene al equi emen s placed on building ma e ials and building elemen s wi h ega d o hei echnical quali y a e egula ed by he Model Building Code o he S a es o he Fede al Republic o Ge many (Mus e bauo dnung ü die Lände de Bundes epublik Deu schland – MBO). Acco ding o he MBO, building p oduc s, ma e ials, elemen s and sys ems a e p oduced o pe manen ins alla ion in s uc u es. “Building p oduc s a e only o be used i he s uc u es hey a e used in, along wi h p ope main enance o e a ime pe iod which is p opo iona e o i s pu pose, mee he equi emen s o his law o a e sui able o hei in ended use based on his law” (MBO, §3.2). The MBO lis s he ollowing aspec s as he main equi emen s o he building ma e ials' and building elemen s' sui abili y o use: sȩ MECHANICALȩSTRENGTHȩANDȩSTABILITY sȩ FIREȩPROTECTION sȩ HYGIENEȩ HEALTHȩ ANDȩ ENVIRONMENTALȩ p o ec ion, sȩ SAFETYȩINȩUSE sȩ SOUNDȩINSULATION sȩ ENERGYȩCONSERVATIONȩANDȩHEATȩINSULATION The Regula ion o he Eu opean Pa liamen and o he Council o “Laying down ha monized Vi u io In e na ional jou nal o A chi ec u e Technology and Sus ainabili y Volume 0 47 condi ions o he ma ke ing o cons uc ion p oduc s” published in Ma ch 2011 (Eu opäisches Pa lamen ; Ra de Eu opäischen Union, 2011) in oduces an addi ional equi emen : he sus ainable use o na u al esou ces. Acco ding o he egula ion, buildings mus be designed, buil and demolished a e hei use in a manne which acili a es he sus ainable use o na u al esou ces and gua an ees he ollowing: sȩ 4HEȩ BUILDINGȩ ITSȩ BUILDINGȩ MATERIALSȩ ANDȩ building elemen s need o be ecyclable a e demoli ion. sȩ 4HEȩBUILDINGȩMUSTȩBEȩDURABLE sȩ %NVIRONMENTALLYȩ FRIENDLYȩ RAWȩ MATERIALSȩ ANDȩ seconda y building ma e ials mus be used in he cons uc ion o he building. This egula ion also equi es he na ional go e nmen s o he EU o apply p inciples o sus ainable de elopmen o building ac i i ies in hei espec i e coun ies. In o de o es ablish sus ainable de elopmen i is necessa y o explici ly o mula e p o ec ion objec i es ega ding he en i onmen , economy and he use s’ in e es s. Examples o gene al p o ec ion objec i es a e he a oidance o ha m ul subs ances, a educ ion in he use o ene gy as well as land and esou ces, and he p e en ion o was e h ough ma e ial eco e y. Based on he knowledge o cause and e ec ela ionships, ac ion s a egies need o be de i ed om he p o ec ion objec i es. These s a egies should a ge h ee le els: aw and building ma e ials, building cons uc ion, and su oundings (Glücklich, 2005). The e ec s caused by he building p ocess on hese le els need o be desc ibed h ough indica o s and by de ining assessmen s anda ds. S anda ds o he assessmen o he sus ainabili y o buildings in e ms o hei en i onmen al, social and economic quali ies a e speci ied in he DIN EN 15643 g oup o s anda ds. Whe eas he ISO 21929-1 in e na ional s anda d de ines a amewo k o he de elopmen o indica o s and o he compila ion o co e indica o s o buildings, ISO 15392 o mula es gene al p inciples o sus ainable building. 2. THE LIFE CYCLE AND MATERIAL CYCLE OF A BUILDING The e alua ion o he ac ion s a egies desc ibed abo e in e ms o hei en i onmen al impac in all li e cycle phases o a building leads o he key p inciple o sus ainable building: he analysis o he li e cycle o he ma e ials used in a building. The goal o his analysis is o educe was e and keep he en i onmen al impac as low as possible by “closing” he cycle. Du ing an in en o y, he en i e li e cycle is assessed. This includes he sou cing and ex ac ing o he aw ma e ial, he use o he ma e ial o p oduce building p oduc s, elemen s and s uc u es, he use in he inished building including i s indoo en i onmen al p ope ies, he li e span wi h main enance, and, inally, he demoli ion o he building and he ecycling o he demoli ion ma e ials. T anspo a ion be ween he indi idual phases as well as p oduc ion- ela ed ma e ial and ene gy lows a e also included in his e alua ion. When passing h ough each phase o he li e cycle he building ma e ial needs o mee he equi emen s o sus ainable building de ined in Chap e 1. These equi emen s a e desc ibed wi h he help o ele an pa ame e s which a e de e mined h ough s anda dized es ing p ocedu es. Fo example, a building ma e ial needs o ha e adequa e comp essi e s eng h o be sui able o load-bea ing cons uc ion o p oo low VOC ( ola ile o ganic compounds) 48 emission in use acco ding o EN ISO 16000 e .al. Mee ing he es c i e ia ensu es ha he equi ed quali ies o a ce ain li e cycle phase ha e been a ained a e comple ing his s age. Only hen is he building ma e ial o building elemen sui able o use. Figu e 1 shows he li e cycle model o ea h as a building ma e ial (Dach e band Lehm e.V., 2004) (Sch oede , 2016). A e passing h ough each li e cycle phase, he ea hen ma e ial a ains a new quali y: aw soil becomes soil o cons uc ion; cons uc ion soil is p ocessed in o ea h building ma e ials e c. By eusing ecycled ea hen ma e ials he li e cycle becomes sel - sus aining. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT En i onmen al managemen is pa o he managemen sys em o an o ganiza ion. I de elops ac ion s a egies o en i onmen al p o ec ion a he company le el as well as he o icial au ho i y le el in o de o ensu e he en i onmen al compa ibili y o he p oduc s and p ocesses de eloped by he company and i s s a pe o mance. The e m li e cycle assessmen desc ibes he sys ema ic, quan i a i e analysis o he en i onmen al impac o p oduc s h oughou hei li es in he o m o ecological assessmen esul s. He e, “en i onmen al impac ” e e s o he use o esou ces as well as he en i onmen al e ec s o emissions a e e y phase in a p oduc 's li e ime. The esul s o he analysis make i possible o ind measu es o educing he en i onmen al impac o o compa ing di e en p oduc s. The li e cycle assessmen has become a gene ally accep ed me hodological app oach o he quan i a i e e alua ion o he sus ainabili y o building ma e ials and building p oduc s. On a Eu opean le el, he ollowing s anda ds o conduc ing a li e cycle assessmen a e cu en ly a ailable: DIN EN ISO 14040:2009-11 En i onmen al managemen - Li e cycle assessmen - P inciples Figu e 1. Li e cycle o ea h as a building ma e ial (Dach e band Lehm e.V., 2004) (Sch oede , 2016) Vi u io In e na ional jou nal o A chi ec u e Technology and Sus ainabili y Volume 0 49 and amewo k, DIN EN ISO 14044:2006-10 En i onmen al managemen - Li e cycle assessmen - Requi emen s and guidelines. Acco ding o DIN EN ISO 14040 he li e cycle assessmen consis s o ou phases. These phases co espond o each o he and canno be iewed sepa a ely: sȩ DEFININGȩGOALȩANDȩSCOPE sȩ LIFEȩCYCLEȩINVENTORYȩANALYSIS sȩ IMPACTȩASSESSMENT sȩ INTERPRETATIONȩ 3.1 DEFINING GOAL AND SCOPE A de e mina ion o he goal and scope mus de ine he use and unc ion o a p oduc and i s gene al li e cycle om aw ma e ial sou cing o disposal. Figu e 1 shows his cycle o ea hen ma e ials. In e ms o building ma e ials and building p oduc s, his phase is used o selec and de ine di e en ma e ial and cons uc ion op ions. To acili a e his p ocess, so-called unc ional uni s a e de e mined o se e as a e e ence (such as a quan i y uni o a building ma e ial o a sample building as a p oduc -speci ic size). The esul s o he analysis o he en i onmen al impac can hen e e o hese unc ional uni s. P oduc uni s which a e o be compa ed need o ma ch exac ly in e ms o hei unc ions. Fo example, ende and plas e should be compa ed as kg pe m² co e age and insula ion ma e ial as m³ needed pe W/m2K. A he beginning, he sys em bounda ies need o be de e mined by deciding which indica o s o include in he analysis and which o lea e ou . “F om c adle o ac o y ga e” and “ om c adle o g a e” a e ypical examples o sys em bounda ies. The selec ion o hese indica o s can in luence he esul o he li e cycle assessmen . 3.2 LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY ANALYSIS Du ing he li e cycle in en o y analysis phase he de ined ma e ial and cons uc ion a ia ions wi hin he de e mined sys em bounda ies a e es ablished o he ele an ma e ial and ene gy lows. The li e cycle in en o y analysis con ains in o ma ion on all ele an consump ion o aw ma e ials and ene gy, he kind and quan i y o emissions and ha m ul subs ances and, i applicable, all quan i ies o was e gene a ed h oughou he en i e li e ime o he ma e ials and buildings. This ini ial in o ma ion needs o be ob ained om he manu ac u e . The de e mined ma e ial quan i ies a e linked wi h hei en i onmen al impac du ing he impac assessmen phase. The li e cycle in en o y analysis i sel does no include an e alua ion. Collec ion o he equi ed da a can be e y ime- consuming unless exis ing da abases can be used. P ima y Ene gy In ensi y. The ene gy expendi u e needed o he p oduc ion o building ma e ials including he p oduc ion and anspo a ion o he sou ce ma e ials is an impo an indica o o he selec ion o “ecological” building ma e ials. This ene gy expendi u e is called he “p ima y ene gy in ensi y” (PEI) and is mainly ela ed o he sys em bounda y “ om c adle o ac o y ga e”. When i comes o mee ing ene gy needs, he a ailable ene gy includes enewable (e.g. biomass), inexhaus ible (e.g. sun) and non- enewable (e.g. ossil uels) sou ces. The supply o non- enewable ene gy sou ces is limi ed and hey should, he e o e, be used spa ingly. When de e mining he PEI, he amoun o non- 50 enewable ene gy sou ces is iden i ied. This also makes he PEI a measu emen o he en i onmen al impac “use o ene gy esou ces” ca ego y. Applied o adi ional ea h building, he manual p ocessing o sui able exca a ion ma e ial in o ea h building ma e ials and s uc u es on he building si e was and s ill is he ideal si ua ion as a as he PEI is conce ned. Pa icula ly he ac ha no anspo a ion o he ea h building ma e ial was equi ed esul ed in a PEI o p ac ically ze o. Mode n ea h building, howe e , is la gely mechanized and cha ac e ized by he physical sepa a ion o building ma e ial p oduc ion and p oduc use on he building si e. This au oma ically leads o ene gy consump ion and anspo a ion. Long-dis ance anspo a ion and he esul ing high speci ic ene gy consump ion ha e a nega i e impac on an ecological assessmen o building ma e ials, e.g. in he case o a i icial d ying. Tab. 1 shows he PEI o common modes o anspo acco ding o (Glücklich,2005): Mode o anspo PEI [kWh/ km] Rail 0.43 Passenge ca Wes e n Eu ope 1.43 T uck 40 me ic ons 0.72 T uck 28 me ic ons 1.00 T uck 16 me ic ons 1.45 Van < 3.5 me ic ons 3.10 Ca go ship o e seas 0.04 Ca go ship inland wa e ways 0.27 Table 1. Ene gy use o common modes o anspo In e ms o hei PEI, ea h building ma e ials a e s ill un i aled compa ed o he main con en ional building ma e ials. This is e en ue when addi i es wi h a high embodied ene gy a e used. A selec ion can be seen in Tab. 2 (Umwel bundesam e al., 1982): Building ma e ial PEI [kWh/m3] Ea h 0 – 30 S aw panels 5 Wood, domes ic 300 De i ed imbe p oduc s 800 – 1,500 Fi ed b icks 500 - 900 Cemen 1,700 S anda d conc e e 450 - 500 Sand-lime b icks 350 Shee glass 15,000 S eel 63,000 Aluminum 195,000 Polye hylene PE 7,600 – 13,100 PVC 13,000 Table 2. P ima y ene gy in ensi y o selec ed building ma e ials Cumula i e ene gy demand. The cumula i e ene gy demand encompasses he ene gy demand o a building o e i s en i e li e ime (sys em bounda y “ om c adle o g a e”). Acco ding o VDI guideline 4600: 2012-01 i is es ima ed wi h he help o speci ic assump ions and scena ios. The co esponding en i onmen al impac s a e compa ed o his ene gy demand. F equen ly, he PEI o a building ma e ial o a building echnique is only used o a compa a i e e alua ion. A ealis ic assessmen , howe e , needs o ake all phases in he li e o a building in o conside a ion because he ac ual p oduc ion o a building ma e ial and he cons uc ion o a Vi u io In e na ional jou nal o A chi ec u e Technology and Sus ainabili y Volume 0 51 building ep esen ela i ely sho ime pe iods. The e o e, he ad an age o a “low PEI” o an ea h building ma e ial migh come a he expense o he du abili y o he s uc u e o a highe main enance equi emen . Insula ing ma e ials wi h a highe PEI can o se his “disad an age” by educing he equi ed ene gy o hea ing, he eby lowe ing emissions o he en i e li e ime o he building. In addi ion o he posi i e en i onmen al impac , hese ma e ials can he e o e also o e inancial ad an ages o he owne . As a esul , he de e mina ion o how long a building will be in use becomes an addi ional impo an sys em bounda y which has an e ec on he numbe o equi ed main enance cycles o he building elemen o ma e ial laye s. 3.3 IMPACT ASSESSMENT In his phase, he ma e ial and ene gy lows collec ed du ing he li e cycle in en o y analysis a e e alua ed in e ms o hei en i onmen al impac on he basis o selec ed indica o s and de ined sys em bounda ies: The causes a e compa ed o he impac s. Cu en ly, a numbe o compu e p og ams con aining da abases o ele an alues can be used o calcula ing he impac assessmen . The da a analysis mus be ca ied ou acco ding o de ined s anda ds. The p og ams GaBi (www. gabi-so wa e.com), EcoIn en (www.ecoin en . ch, app ox. 4,500 da a iles) and WECOBIS (www. wecobis.de o he Ge man Fede al Minis y o he En i onmen , Na u e Conse a ion, Building and Nuclea Sa e y) a e examples o commonly used en i onmen al da abases. The la e has been a ailable since Janua y 2015. I is s uc u ed based on he c i e ia o DIN EN 15804 and cu en ly con ains app ox. 1,300 da a iles which also co e ea h plas e , ea h blocks and ammed ea h. 3.4 INTERPRETATION Depending on he speci ic si ua ion, he inal in e p e a ion o he calcula ed esul s can be ca ied ou in di e en ways, such as: sȩ AȩCOMPARISONȩOFȩSUGGESTEDȩDESIGNȩVARIATIONSȩ (p e e ed a ia ion), sȩ ECOLOGICALȩIMPACTȩASSESSMENTȩHAZARDS sȩ IMPACTȩ INȩ RELATIONȩ TOȩ ALREADYȩ EXISTINGȩ en i onmen al pollu ion. Today, li e cycle assessmen s a e indispensable o en i onmen al decision making, o example when ying o de e mine binding egula ions o o de s o magni ude o dec easing CO2 emissions in ele an documen s on an in e na ional le el. En i onmen al goals can only be achie ed i hey a e de ined as guidelines in app op ia e s anda ds and egula ions. This also includes p oduc s anda ds in he ield o building ma e ials. The echnical in o ma ion shee s “Technische Me kblä e 02 – 04” (Dach e band Lehm e.V, Tm 02, 2011), (Dach e band Lehm e.V, Tm 03, 2011) (Dach e band Lehm e.V, Tm 04, 2011) published in 2011 by he Ge man Associa ion o Building wi h Ea h include a p ocedu e o de e mining he CO2-equi alen alue on he basis o DIN EN ISO 14040. App op ia e p ocedu es ha e been included in DIN s anda ds o ea h blocks and ea h mo a s (DIN 18945 – 47) as op ional es s (Appendix A). A li e cycle assessmen equi es a signi ican e o du ing he planning s age as well as he willingness o add sus ainable building concep s o con en ional planning ope a ions. O en, a lack o su icien da a poses a p oblem. Al hough he indica o s men ioned abo e allow o a e y de ailed desc ip ion o ecological impac ca ego ies, he e a e s ill ha m ul en i onmen al e ec s which a e gene ally known bu , so a , ha e 52 no been able o be measu ed quan i a i ely. The e e ence accu acy o co ela ions o indica o s which ha e al eady been de ined also emains ques ionable. Finally, he eliabili y o he li e cycle in en o y da a collec ed in he a ailable en i onmen al da abases mus be examined. This mo e o less limi s he alidi y o each esul . On he o he hand, li e cycle assessmen s a e al eady a sui able ool o checking i seemingly easible, ecologically ounded a gumen s can hold up in eali y. Howe e , he necessa y undamen als and ins umen s need o be imp o ed u he . 3.5 ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS AND CERTIFICATION OF BUILDINGS The li e cycle analysis acco ding o DIN EN ISO 14040 p o ides sys ema ic and s anda dized da a o eco ding ene gy demands and en i onmen al consump ion as well as hei en i onmen al impac s o e he o al li e cycle o a building. In addi ion, he en i onmen al pe o mance o a building acco ding o he p inciples o sus ainable building comp ises i s echnical quali y, unc ional aspec s, socio-cul u al c i e ia as well as loca ion, e.g. anspo a ion in as uc u e. Finally, cos s a e an impo an conside a ion o he clien . These aspec s exceed a “pu e” li e cycle analysis. Two ins umen s ha e been de eloped o analyzing he en i onmen al pe o mance o a building p oduc : sȩ ENVIRONMENTALȩ LABELSȩ ȩ ENVIRONMENTALȩ decla a ions o manu ac u e s o building p oduc s, sȩ ENVIRONMENTALȩ BUILDINGȩ CERTIFICATESȩ FOR owne s/clien s. En i onmen al P oduc Decla a ions. Cu en ly, h ee ca ego ies o en i onmen al labeling a e a ailable o manu ac u e s o building p oduc s: sȩ 4YPEȩ )ȩ ENVIRONMENTALȩ LABELINGȩ ACCORDINGȩ TOȩ DIN EN ISO 14024 consis s o symbols o logos which ha e been awa ded by ex e nal bodies o ou s anding en i onmen al pe o mance. The eco-labels “Blue Angel” and “na u eplus” a e ypical examples. Se e al ea h building p oduc s ca y he la e (na u e plus, e. W.). sȩ 4YPEȩ))ȩENVIRONMENTALȩLABELINGȩACCORDINGȩTOȩ DIN EN ISO 14021 consis s o en i onmen al decla a ions by he p oduce s hemsel es. This means ha he p oduce s a e esponsible o hei own decla a ions which hey can ha e e i ied by ex e nal bodies. sȩ 4YPEȩ )))ȩ ENVIRONMENTALȩ LABELINGȩ ACCORDINGȩ o DIN EN ISO 14025 consis s o olun a y s anda ds, commi men s o gua an ees o building p oduc s. They a e p o ided by p oduce s, o ganiza ions and quali y assu ance associa ions in o de o es ablish he “en i onmen al pe o mance” o buildings in he o m o a ce i ica e awa ded by ex e nal bodies. This ype o label is known as an En i onmen al P oduc Decla a ion (EPD). The ollowing s anda ds cu en ly exis o he de elopmen o EPDs o building p oduc s: DIN EN 15804 Sus ainabili y o cons uc ion wo ks – En i onmen al p oduc decla a ions – Co e ules o he p oduc ca ego y o cons uc ion p oduc s, DIN EN 15942 Sus ainabili y o cons uc ion wo ks – En i onmen al p oduc decla a ions – Communica ion o ma business- o-business DIN EN ISO 14025 En i onmen al labels and decla a ions – Type III en i onmen al decla a ions – P inciples and p ocedu es, ISO 21930 Sus ainabili y in building cons uc ion