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Environmental Product D
This Environmental Product Declaratwith ISO 14025 for business to busine
The declared product Homogenous Pwith a 10 year warranty for floorcover
Polyflor is recognised globally asleading manufacturer of high quavinyl floor coverings.
It specialises in stylish, durable, maintenance resilient flooring availain sheet, planks and tiles.
In collaboration with industry partnethe company is working on developnew products and technologies.
They continually evaluate new ideand alternatives to minimenvironmental impact.
The company strives to be environmentally and economicsustainable business.
It reports annually on progress in areas including energy efficienrecycling, air quality, freight apackaging.
Low emissions of Volatile OrgaCompounds (VOC) also enablehealthy indoor environment.
Polyflor is the founding member Recofloor the vinyl flooring take-bscheme where used product collected and diverted from landfilbe recycled.
Socially aware, Polyflor hcommitments to continuously improlife quality of their workforce afamilies as well as the communitylarge.
Polyflor’s factories are ISO 140Environmental Management Systecertified.
More information is available http://www.polyflor.com.au.
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Table of Contents
Heading
1. Details of This Declaration
2. Product Characterisation
3. Green Star® Certified Credits
4. Sustainability Assessment Scores
5. Type 1 Ecolabel
6. Verification of this Declaration
7. Packaging, Installation, Use & Disp
8. Whole of life Performance
9. Base Material Origin and Detail
10. Life Cycle Impact Results
12. Life Cycle Assessment Method
13. Data Sources Representativeness
14. Supply Chain Modelling Assumpti
15. References for this LCA & EPD
16. Reviewers Report Conclusions
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comparable as e.g. Australian transport is more than is found at http://www.globalgreentag.com/
This EPD remains the property of Global GreenTag
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to ISO 14025
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an elsewhere. or contact:
Pty Ltd.
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1. Details of This Declaration
Program Operator
EPD Number
Date issue
Validity
Reference PCR
Time Made in and sold
Geography Made in UK. Use
Application Commercial and
Functional unit Polyflor 2000 PU
2. Product Characterisation
Definition 2000 PUR by Pinteriors
Standard BS EN 13845: 2with particle bas
3. Green Star® Certified Credits
Products are relevant to the Green required this EPD is evidence the decused as evidence in Green Star® sub
The product is certified by GBCA rcredits of Green Star®:
• Performance V1.1: Refurbish• Interiors V1.2: Sustainable Pr• Design and As Built V1.2: Sus
GBCA Disclaimer
Green Star® is a registered mark ofshall not be reproduced in part at anyby the GBCA. This EPD provides Teagents. Green Star® Technical Manu
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d from 2014 or 2015 for 20 years use
es are assumed as for Australasia.
residential building interiors
UR 3.55kg/m2 20 year use cradle to fate
Polyflor Ltd used in commercial and residential buildin
2017 Resilient floor coverings. Polyvinyl chloride floosed enhanced slip resistance. Specification.
Building Council of Australia’s (GBCA) Green Starclared product meets the following Green Star® credbmissions for those credits.
recognised Global GreenTag GreenRate to meet
ment Materialsroducts, Responsible Building Materials stainable Product, Responsible Building Material
f the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). y time. Rating Tools and Technical Manuals are subjechnical Opinion and as such is not endorsed by theals give technical details of credit requirements.
EPD Program
to ISO 14025
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GreenTag Globaall Pty Ltd hereafter called Global GreenTag noted at www.globalgreenntag.com
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21st Nov 2017
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Compliant with PPCCR: FC 2017
ngs for
or coverings
r® scheme. If dits. It may be
the following
Assessments ect to change
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4. Sustainability Assessment Sc
Table 1 lists Global GreenTag Susand then used to determine the Gre
Table 1 Normalised GreenTagCategory PoBuilding SynHealth & EcoBiodiversityLCA Score GreenhouseSocial RespGreenTag Ec
SAC scores are normalised againfunctions under the same categorbenefits with fewer impacts and dam
• worst case BAU results = 1• neutral = 0.0 and• net positive benefit = -1.0
5. Type 1 Ecolabel
The declared product Type 1 Ecola
Global GreenTagCertTM
Gold PLUS G
6. Verification of this Declaratio
This EPD was approved on 21 Novem
Role Name
PCR Review Chair Murray Jon
LCI Developer Delwyn Jo
LCIA, LCARate & EPD Developer
Dr Judy Lu
Internal EPD Audit David Bag
3rd Party LCI Verifier Shloka Ash
1 http://www.ecospecifier.com.au/knowledge-
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cores
stainability Assessment Criteria (SAC) scores priorenTag EcoPOINT1.
g EcoPOINT & SAC Scores otential Results (-1 to +1) nergy 0.75
otoxicity 0.25 y 0.61
0.49 e Emission 0.40 onsibility 0.50 coPOINT 0.48
nst business as usual (BAU) product performingry rules. Lower scores show better environmenta
mages. Considering sustainability:
1.0,
abel achieved
reenRate Level A
n
mber 2017 according to requirements of ISO14025 8
Position Signatu
nes Ecquate Pty Ltd CEO
nes The Evah Institute CEO
uo Global GreenTag Assessor
gs Global GreenTag CEO & Program Director
har Global GreenTag Lead Auditor LCI Verifier
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7. Packaging, Installation, Use &
Packaging Cardboard form
Service life Residential and
Health Safety & Environment
Apart from comenvironmental l
Residual Scrap Mill off-cuts are
Cleaning & Maintenance
The recommenhealth concerns
Scenario Weekly deterge
Recycling Home mill, fabr
Re-use This study assu
Disposal It assumes 30%
8. Whole of life Performance
Health Protection
The product dosubstances thapassed the Ecoissues or red lig
Effluent The LCI results
Waste Cradle to grave
Environmental Protection
Continuous impavoid toxics, w
Environmental Health Effects
Installed produIEQ VOC crediuse impacts on
2 According with national standards in ANZE3 in accordance with national standards and
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& Disposal
ms & cartons, plastic wrap & strapping on reused pall
d commercial refits vary but 20 year life is assumed t
mpliance to occupational and workplace health safetyaws no additional personal protection is considered
reused. Installation scrap of 5% is assumed to land
ded cleaning and maintenance raises no ecosystems. Care and maintenance guides are on company we
ent spray, light mop, monthly wet machine scrub and
ication and installation scrap is reworked into new pr
umes 60% product is serviceable for reuse over 40 m
% is recycled. Incineration is rare in Australia so none
oes not contain levels of carcinogenic, toxic or hazardat warrant ecological or human health concern cradleospecifier Cautionary Assessment Process (ESCAP)ght concerns existed for product human or ecologica
s and ESCAP raised no red light concerns in emissio
e waste to landfill was 1% hazardous and 99% non-h
provement under the maker’s certified ISO14001 EMaste and pollution plus reduce their material and ene
cts are certified as having VOC’s compliant with Greits for indoor environment3 quality credits. No other pn environment or health are known.
ECC Guideline For Fresh & Marine Water Quality (2000) practice
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more years.
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9. Base Material Origin and Deta
Table 2 lists key components by fun
Table 2 Base Material
Function Component Filler Dolomite
Binder PVC Resin
Plasticiser DOTP
Recyclate Home Scrap
Whiting Titania
Finish PUR
Stabiliser Fatty acid mix
Process aid Polymer
Lubricant Calcium soap
Colours Pigments
10. Life Cycle Impact Results
Table 3 shows Life Cycle Assessme
Table 3 Potential Impact Resu
Evaluation Category
Product mass
EcoIndicator 99
Carbon Dioxide Equiva
Renewable Primary Ene
Ecosystem Quality Dam
Human Health Damages
Ozone Depletion
Acidification
Eutrophication
Fossil Fuel Depletion
Mineral Resource
4 UK, Netherlands, Belgium 5 France, Netherlands 6
Stocker et al (eds ) Climate Change 2013:
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nction, type, key operation, source and % mass share
Production Origin Mine, Crush, Sieve, Hold & Deliver UK
Drill, Extract, Chlorinate Polymerise Europe4
Drill, Distil, Extract, Polymerise Europe5
Reuse Home Scrap Trims UK
Mine, Digest, Precipitate, Coat Czech Rep
Farm, Drill, Extract, Polymerise UK
Farm, Press, Extract, Refine, Mill UK
Farm, Drill, Extract, Polymerise Germany
Farm, Press, Extract, Refine, Mill Germany
Mine, Digest, Precipitate, Coat Germany
ent (LCA) Eco-Indicator 99 results for 20 years of pro
ults
Unit Result
kg/m 3.5
ecopoint 0.6
lent Emissions6 kg CO2e 10.8
ergy MJ 19.
mages PDF*m2*yr 7.8E-0
s DALY 8.2E-0kg R11e 1.4E-0
kg SO2e 0.3kg PO4
3-e 6.0E-0
MJsurplus 10.
MJsurplus 0.3
The Physical Science Basis CH8 IPCC AR5 Cambridge U P
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Amount % >46 <47
>32 <33
>11 <15
>4 < 5
>2 < 5
>1 <0.5
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11. Supply Chain Modelling
Processes to acquire, refine, transpomasonry, ceramic, timber, glass, plas
• Mining, extracting and refining• Acquiring, cultivating, harvest• Fuel production to supply pow• Chemicals use in processing • Process energy, fuel and freig• Use, cleaning, recoating, repa• Infrastructure process energy
A flow chart in Figure 2 shows key known operations are included not all
Figure 2 Major Product Operations
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rt, fabricate, coat, use, clean, repair, reuse and disptic and composites are modelled. These include thos
g resources to make commodities and packaging; ting, extracting, refining produce and biomass; wer and process energy and freight; resources, intermediates and ancillaries;
ght of resources, intermediates and ancillaries; air, recycling, re-use and landfill, as well as y transformed and material wear loss e.g. tyres.
product supply chain operations from cradle to fa are shown.
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ate. While all
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12. Life Cycle Assessment Meth
LCA Author The Evah Institute a
Study Period Factory data was co
LCA Method Compliant with ISO
LCIA method EcoIndicator 99 Life
Scope Cradle to Fate includPhases The LCA covered al
Assumptions Use is to typical Aus
Scenarios Use, cleaning, maintFacility Managemen
System Boundaries
The LCA covers all o
Processes All known processesuse, power generatioscrap re-use, packinsignificant waste andmake, pack and inst
Figure 3 Phases and Stages Cradle
Evah industry databases cover allexclude scope 3 burdens from capincidental activities and employee co
The databases exist in top zones ocontrol methods are applied to ensu
• Coverage of place in time wit• Consistency to Evah guideline• Completeness of modelling b• Plausibility in 2 way checks o• Mathematical correctness of a
Electricity supply models in active danew data is available the databases a
7 Jones D G (2004) LCI Database for Comme8 Evah Tools, Databases and Methodology Q
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s described at www.evah.com.au
ollected from 2012 to 2014
14040 and ISO 14044 Standards
Cycle Impact (LCIA) Assessment
ding all supply chain phases and stages depicted in F
l known flows in all known stages cradle to end of life
stralian Facility Management professional practice.
tenance plus disposal and re-use were scenario-bast Association denoted and published typical operatio
operations in the system boundary depicted in Figure
s are included from resource acquisition, water, fuel on & distribution, freight, refining, intermediates, man
ng and dispatch, installation, use, maintenance and lad emission flows from all supply chain operations invall the product are included.
e to Grave
known domestic and global scope 1 and 2 opeital facilities, equipment churn, noise and dehydratioommuting.
of commercial global modelling and calculating engure:
h all information7 for each dataset noted, checked anes8 for all process technology, transport and energy ased on in-house reports, literature and industry revf LCI input and output flows of data checked for validall calculations in mass and energy balance cross ch
atabases are updated annually. As each project is mare updated and audited by external Type 1 ecolabel
ercial Building Report 2001-006-B-15 Icon.net, Australia Queensland, Australia at http://www.evah.com.au/tools.html
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13. Data Sources Representative
Primary data used for modelling the
• Technology sequences;• Energy and water use;• Landfill and effluent plus
Primary data is sourced from clientlogistics, technology use, market improved environmental performanc
• Supply chain mills, their techn• Manufacturing specifications
Background data is sourced from Franklin Associates, Boustead 6, Plmodel databases. Information on op
• Library, document, NPI and w• Global Industry Association a
For benchmarking, comparison andbusiness as usual and worst practinfrastructure in Australia and overse
Such technology, performance and farming, forestry, freight, infrastructu
As most sources do not provide est95% confidence levels of Geometric
Table 4 Data Quality Uncertainty (U
Metric g U ±0.01
Temporal Post 2015
Duration >3yr
Data Source Process
Technology Actual
Reliability on Site Audit
Precision to Process
Geography Process
True of the Process
Sites cover of >50%
Sample size >66% trend
Cut-off mass 0.01%
Consistent to ±0.01
Reproducible >98%
Certainty Very High
No data set with >±30% uncertainty is
Evah Institute data quality control system acc
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eness and Quality
state of art of each operation includes all known pro
• Reliance on raw and recycled ma• High and reduced process emiss• Freight and distribution systems.
ts, Annual Reports and their publications on corporshare, management systems, standards and co
ce. Information on operations is also sourced from cl
nical manuals, corporate annual reports and sector ewebsites and factory site development license applic
the International Energy Agency, IBISWorld, USGlastics Europe, CML2, Simapro 8, EcoInvent 3 and
perations is also sourced from:
web searches, review papers, building manuals and and Government reports on Best Available Technolog
d integrity checks inventory data is developed to reice options with operations covering industry sectoeas.
license conditions were modelled and evaluated aure and manufacturing and building industry sectors
imates of accuracy, a pedigree matrix of uncertaintyc Standard Deviation2 ( g) is used to define quality as
U) for 2017
U ±0.05 U ±0.10 U ±0.20 UPost 2010 Post 2005 Post 2000 P3yr 2yr 1yr <Line Plant Corporate SComparable Within Class Conventional WExpert verify Region Report Sector Report ALine Plant Company InLine Plant Nation CMill Company Group In>25% >10% >5% <>25% trend >10% batch >5% batch A0.05% 0.1% 0.5% 1<±0.05 <±0.10 <±0.20 <>95% >90% >80% <High Typical Poor >
s used without notation in the LCA as well as the EP
cords with UNEP SETAC Global LCI Database Quality 2010 Guide
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ocess for:
aterial; ions;
ate locations, ommitment to ient:
experts, and cations.
GS Minerals, NREL USLCI
gy (BAT).
present BAT, or supply and
cross mining, since 1995.
y estimates to s in Table 49.
U ±0.30 Pre 2000 <1yr Sector Within Sector Academic ndustry Continent ndustry <5% Academic 1% <±0.30 <70% >±0.30
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14. Supply Chain Modelling Ass
Australian building sector rules and E
Table 5 Scope Boundaries Assump
Quality/Domain National includ
Process Model Typical industry
Resource flows Regional data f
Temporal Project data wa
Geography Designated clie
Representation Designated clie
Consistency Model all opera
Technology Pacific Rim Ind
Functional Unit Typical product
System ControlPrimary Sources Clients and sup
Other Sources IEA 2017, GGT
Data mix Power grid and
Operational Company data
Logistics Local data is us
New Data Entry VliegLCA, Evah
Data Generator Manufacturers,
Data Publisher The Evah Instit
Persons input All contributors
Data Flow & Mix System Boundary Earth’s cradle o
System flows All known from
Capital inclusions Natural stocks
Arid Practice Dry technology
Transportation Distance >20%
Industrial Company or ind
Mining All raw material
Imported fuel Mix is from nea
Finishes Processing inpu
Validation Accuracy 10th generation
Completeness All significant op
Precision Tracking of >90
Allocation %100 to co pro
Burdens All resource use
Plausibility Results are che
Sensitivity Calculated U is
Validity Checks Are made versu
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vah assumptions applied are defined in Table 5.
ptions and Metadata 2017
ding Import and Export y practice with currently most common or best (BAT)or resource mapping, fuels, energy, electricity and lo
as collated from 2015 to 2017 ent, site, regional, national, Pacific Rim then Europeaent, their suppliers and energy supply chains back to ations by known given operations with closest proximustry Supply Chain Technology typical of 2014 to 20t usage with cleaning& disposal/m2 over the set year
ppliers mills, publications, websites, specifications & T 2017, Boustead 2013, Simapro 2016, IBIS 2017, Ec
renewable shares updated to latest IEA 2017 reportfor process performance, product share, waste and
sed for power, fuel mix, water supply, logistics shareh Institute 2016; Global Green Tag Researchers 201Evah Institute 2017; GGT 2017; Meta: IBIS 2017, O
ute Pty Ltd to Global GreenTag and designated cliencited in Evah & Global GreenTag records or website
of all resource & emission flows to end of use, fitout oand to air, land, water and community sources & sin, industry stockpiles , capital wear , system lossesadopted, Water use is factored by 0.1 as for e.g. Mi than EU; >20% fuel efficient larger vehicles, load & dustry sector data for manufacturing and minerals invl extraction is based on Australian or Pacific Rim tec
arest sources is e.g. UAE, SE Asia, Canada or New Zuts with finishing burdens are factored in. If not that i
study is ± 5 to 15% uncertain due to some backgrouperations are tracked and documented from the crad
0% flows applies a 90:10 rule sequentially to 99.9% aducts on reaction stoichiometry by energetic or masse from & emissions to community air land, water are ecked and benchmarked against BAT, BAU & worst
reported & compared to libraries of Bath U RICE & us Plastics Europe, Ecobilan, GaBi & or Industry LCA
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technology ogistics
an jurisdiction the cradle
mity 016 r service life
manuals coInvent 2016 ts emissions & capacity 7
Other pre 2017 nt only es
or build life nks s and use ning distance volved hnology Zealand is denoted
und data dle to grave and beyond s fraction included practice EcoInvent 3.2 A Literature
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15. References for this LCA & E
Australian & New Zealand (ANZEhttp://www.environment.gov.au/wa
Basel Convention (2011) Control ohttp://www.basel.int/portals/4/base
Boustead (2014) Model 6 LCI databasEcoInvent (2016) LCI Model 3 databaEvah (2016) LCA Tools, Databases &Franklin Associates (2016) US LCI DaGreenTag™ Certification (2016) http:/GreenTag™ (2016) Product CategoryJones D., Mitchell. P. & Watson P. (2
Report 2001-006-B-15, SustainablJones D.G et al. (2009) Chapter 3: M
Design & Process Innovation in theIBISWorld (2014) Market Research, h
International Energy Agency (2016) EISO 9001:2008 Quality Management ISO 14001:2004 Environmental manaISO 14004:2004 EMS: General guideISO 14015:2001 EMS: EnvironmentaISO 14020:2000 Environmental labelsISO 14024:2009 Environmental labelsISO 14025:2006 Environmental labellISO 14031:1999 EM: Environmental pISO 14040:2006 EM: Life cycle assesISO 14044:2006 EM: LCA: RequiremISO 14064:2006 EM: Greenhouse GaISO 15392:2008 Sustainability in buildISO 15686-1:2011 Buildings & constrISO 15686-2:2012 Buildings & constrISO 15686-8:2008 Buildings & constrISO 21929-1:2011 Sustainability in buISO 21930:2007 Building constructionISO/TS 21931-1:2010 Sustainability inISO 21932:2013 Sustainability in buildPlastics Europe (2016) Portal http://wPre (2016) SimaPro 8 Software, The Myhre et al, 2013, Anthropogenic and
Climate Change 2013, AR5 of the http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/
Roache S. K. (2012) IMF Report WP/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft
UNEP (2016) Persistent Organic PolluUSLCI (2016) Life-Cycle Inventory DaU.S. Geological Survey National MineUS EPA (2016) Database of Sources
http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/reco
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ECC) Guidelines For Fresh & Marine Water Qater/quality/national-water-quality-management-strateof Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wasteel%20convention/docs/text/baselconventiontext-e.pdse http://www.boustead-consulting.co.uk/publicat.htm
ase http://www.ecoinvent.ch/ EcoInvent, Switzerland & Methodology at http://www.evah.com.au/tools.html atabase http://www.fal.com/index.html Eastern Rese//www2.ecospecifier.org/services_offered/greentag_y Rules http://www.globalgreentag.com/greentag-epd2004) LCI Database for Australian Commercial Buildle Built Assets, CRC for Construction Innovation
Material Environmental LCA in Newton P et al., (eds)e Built Environment, Taylor & Francis, UK
http://www.ibisworld.com.au/ IBISWorld Australia
Energy Statistics http://www.iea.org/countries/membeSystems Requirements
agement systems: Requirements with guidance for uelines on principles, systems & support techniques l assessment of sites & organizations (EASO) s & declarations — General principles s & declarations -- Type I Principles & procedures ing & declarations Type III EPDs Principles & proced
performance evaluation: Guidelines ssment (LCA): Principles & framework ent & guideline for data review: LCI; LCIA, Interpreta
ases: Organisation & Project reporting, Validation & vding construction General principles ucted assets Service life planning Part 1: General pructed assets Service life (SL) planning Part 2: predicucted assets SL planning Part 8: Reference & estimuilding construction Sustainability indicators Part 1: Fn: Sustainability, Environmental declaration of buildinn building construction: Framework for assessment, dings and civil engineering works -- A review of termww.plasticseurope.org/plastics-sustainability/eco-proNetherlands http://www.pre-sustainability.com/simap
d Natural Radiative Forcing Chapter 8 in Stocker et aIPCC, Cambridge U Press UK. /12/115 China’s Impact on World Commodity Markett/wp/2012/wp12115.pdf International Monetary Fundutants http://www.chem.unep.ch/pops/ The UN atabase https://www.lcacommons.gov/nrel/search, Uerals (2016) http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/c
of Environmental Releases of Dioxin like Compoundordisplay.cfm?deid=20797 p 1-38, 6-9, USA
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16. Reviewers Report Conclus
The independent LCA reviewer’s readdressed the EPD. The verifier wainterests from their organisational that documentation was provided from the:
The Evah Institute, the LCA deve
a) Recipes of input and output data
b) Datasheets of measures, calcula
e) References to literature and data
g) Notes on supply chain processes
i) Embodied Energy shares as used
j) Proof percentages or figures in ca
k) Notes on proof of % and allocatio
o) All operations covered Vs criteria
Product Manufacturer in:
c) Specifications used to create the
d) Citations, references, specificatio
f) Specification demonstrating that t
The Certifier Global GreenTag on
l) Notes and calculation of averages
m) Substantiating additional environ
n) Procedures for data collection, q
Requiring No Evidence:
As the EPD is cradle to grave as we
h) Substantiate a few stages as all
p) Substantiate alternatives when n
q) Demonstrate consistency for few
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eport confirmed that the LCA project report and addias not involved in developing the LCA or EPD and haposition. While the report is confidential its conclusaccording to set ISO Standard requirements inclu
eloper:
a of unit processes used for LCA calculations
ations, estimates and emails with sources as in Table
abases from which data was extracted as noted in Ta
s and scenarios satisfying requirements of this Stand
d for sensitivity analyses re ISO 14044:2006, 4.5.3.3
alculations in the end of life scenario
on calculations
a and substantiation used to determine system boun
e manufacturer's product
ons or regulations & data showing completeness
the building product can fulfil the intended use
n:
s of different locations yielding generic data
nmental information ISO 14025:2006, 7.2.4
uestionnaires, instructions, confidentiality deeds
ell as PCR compliant the independent reviewer did n
stages were substantiated
no other choices and assumptions were applied
w stages as the same rules in Tables 5 and 6 applied
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