neii central code committee april 15-16, 2015 · i have also attached the information for windy...

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NEII® CENTRAL CODE COMMITTEE April 15-16, 2015

KONE, Inc. North American Headquarters

4225 Naperville Road Lisle, IL 60532

Toll Free Dial-in Number: 888-204-5987

Int'l/ Caller Paid Dial-in Number: 602-333-2017 Access Code: 2612834#

Hotel information provided in Attachment #1.

1. Call to Order - 8:30 a.m. (breakfast at 8:00 a.m.)

2. Record of Attendance.

3. Announcements.

4. Adoption of Agenda.

5. Approval of Minutes. 6. Personnel.

Please see Attachment #2 for a copy of the NEII® Central Code Committee roster. Members are requested to advise Kevin Brinkman of any corrections that should be made.

7. NEII® CodeFinder.

(a) CodeFinder priority jurisdictions. (b) CodeFinder Policy (Attachment #3). (c) CodeFinder Procedures (Attachment #4).

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(b) Other.

8. Accessibility Issues.

(a) ICC/ANSI A117.1– Kevin Brinkman.

(b) CSA B44, Appendix E – David McColl.

9. Local Elevator Code Issues.

(a) California.

1) DOSH Non-MRL issues (Attachment #5). 2) Other.

(b) Vancouver – Joe Busse (Attachment #6). (c) NAVFAC (Attachment #7). (d) New York City (Attachment #8). (e) Arkansas (Attachment #9). (f) Other.

10. ASME QEI. 11. Seismic Task Group (Attachment #10). 12. Electrical Codes. (a) NEC. (b) CEC. 13. Building Code Activities. (a) ICC (Attachment #11). (b) NFPA. (c) National Building Code of Canada.

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14. Energy Efficiency. 15. ISO Activities. 16. NEII® NOW Articles.

The following author/article is scheduled for future editions:

Summer – to be determined Fall/Winter – to be determined

17. International Mutual Recognition Agreements and Meeting with European

Lift Association.

The Global Elevator Industry Commitment to Global Technical Barrier-Free Trade is located on the committee website at http://www.neii.org/members/committees/20/.

18. Liaison Committee Reports.

(a) NEII® Performance Standards Committee. (b) NEII® Architectural Standards Committee. (c) NEII® Field Employee Safety Committee. The 2014 NEII® Arc Flash Study is available for full members at http://www.neii.org/members/1/safety.cfm. 19. 2015 Budget Development. 20. Other Business.

(a) NEII in Canada, NEEA Code Committee – David McColl.

(c) SIL requirements in A17.1/B44, ISO 22200 and EN 81 – Vince Robibero. (d) Product Category Reviews (Attachment #12) and (Attachment #13) – Phil Hampton. (e) TN 13-918 on suspension requirements (Attachment #14) – Phil Hampton.

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(f) NEII representation on NFPA 13 (Attachment #15).

21. Review of Issues to bring to GAC/CCC meeting.

22. Time and Place for Future Meetings.

July 15-16, 2015 Central Code Committee Host: Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. Cypress, CA July 16, 2015 12:00 Noon - 5:00 PM Joint Central Code Committee & Government Affairs Committee Host: Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. Cypress, CA.

23. Adjournment.

The meeting is scheduled to adjourn at 11:30 a.m. on April 16, 2015 to be followed by a joint meeting with the Government Affairs Committee. That meeting is scheduled to adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on April 16, 2015.

Attachments 1. Hotel information 2. Committee roster 3. CodeFinder Policy 4. CodeFinder Procedures 5. DOSH Non-MRL PowerPoint 6. Busse email re Vancouver 7. NEII Response to NAVFAC Design Guidelines 8. NYC information sheet on OEEs 9. Letter to Arkansas State Fire Marshal 10. Seismic Task Group report 11. 2018 IBC elevator proposals 12. Product Category Reviews 13. Product Category Reviews 14. TN 13-918 15. Email re NFPA 13

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Brian Black

From: Amy BlankenbillerSent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 10:45 AMTo: Stepaniak Kurt; Mehta Divya; [email protected]; Salavantis, Peter; 'Tom

Austin'; Matuson, Jesse L.; Kevin Brinkman; Elizabeth A Ceriello; Beup, Neil W UTCHQ; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Doug Henderson; Kalgren Denny; Bornstein Sheldon; [email protected]; Horne, Bruce W.; McColl, David; [email protected]; [email protected]

Cc: Brian BlackSubject: CCC & GAC meeting hotel and other travel informationAttachments: Windy City Limo

Importance: High

April 15: CCC meeting from 8:30a‐5p (breakfast at KONE at 8a) April 16: CCC meeting from 8:30a‐11:30a (breakfast at KOEN at 8a) Lunch w/ GAC & CCC at 11:30a GAC/CCC meeting from 11:45a‐5p Here is a link to the Naperville Marriott. http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/chimn‐chicago‐marriott‐naperville/. It is only a few blocks from the KONE offices. Typically we reserve the hotel shuttle for our transportation, but can also carpool. KONE has a corporate rate of $145 per night. You need to go under “Special rates & Awards,” mark “Corporate/promotional code” and put “KOE” in box. I have also attached the information for Windy City Limo. DO NOT USE A TAXI at least from O’Hare…they add a 50% travel rate if you grab a taxi from the line depending on the time. I’ve used Windy City and it is super easy. OR get a rental car. The meeting agendas and other information will be sent separately… Amy J. Blankenbiller Government Affairs Director National Elevator Industry, Inc. (o) 785.286.7599 (c) 785.580.5070

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Central Code Committee

Name: BRIAN BLACKTitle: NEII CODE AND SAFETY DIRECTOR

Company: BDBLACK & ASSOCIATES, LTD.Address: 4034 NORTH HAMPTON BROOK DRIVE

City: HAMBURG State: NY Zip Code: 14075-6410

725

E-Mail: [email protected]

Notes: Alternate to Amy J. Blankenbiller NEII Government Affairs CommitteeAlternate to Edward A. Donoghue NEII Communications Committee

AlternateCategory:

Phone 1: 302-0813

Extension

Phone 2: 649-6348

Fax 1: 302-0841

Mobile: 354-6772

585

Area Number Area Number

716

585

585

Country: UNITED STATES

Name: AMY J. BLANKENBILLERTitle: NEII GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR

Company: AJB STRATEGIES, LLCAddress: 5537 SW URISH ROAD

City: TOPEKA State: KS Zip Code: 66610-9155

786


Notes: Alternate to Brian Black NEII Central Code CommitteeAlternate to Edward A. Donoghue NEII Communications Committee

AlternateCategory:

Phone 1: 286-7599

Extension

Phone 2:

Fax 1: 408-5796

Mobile: 580-5070

785


785

785


Name: SHELDON BORNSTEINTitle: MANAGER PROJECT SUPPORT

Company: KONE INC.Address: 6696 FINANCIAL DRIVE, UNIT 2

City: MISSISSAUGA State: ON Zip Code: L5N 7J6

850


Notes:

AlternateCategory:

Phone 1: 819-4605

Extension

Phone 2: 252-6151

Fax 1: 858-3925

Mobile: 996-7637

905


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Country: CANADA

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Name: KEVIN L. BRINKMAN, PETitle: NEII CODE & SAFETY DIRECTOR

Company: KEVIN L. BRINKMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLCAddress: 925 WEST CENTER STREET

City: EUREKA State: IL Zip Code: 61530

895


Notes:

SecretaryCategory:

Phone 1: 467-2379

Extension

Phone 2:

Fax 1: 467-3525

Mobile: 208-0812

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309


Name: JOSEPH BUSSETitle: CHIEF CORPORATE ENGINEER.

Company: FUJITEC AMERICA, INC.Address: 7258 INNOVATION WAY

City: MASON State: OH Zip Code: 45040

300


Notes:

MemberCategory:

Phone 1: 932-8000

Extension

Phone 2:

Fax 1: 933-5582

Mobile: 739-0802

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Name: STEVE GRAINERTitle: SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER

Company: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC US, INC.Address: 5900-A KATELLA AVENUE, PO BOX 6077

City: CYPRESS State: CA Zip Code: 90630-0007

461


Notes:

MemberCategory:

Phone 1: 220-4841

Extension

Phone 2: 220-4800

Fax 1: 220-4812

Mobile: 448-5796

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714

714

714





Name: PHILLIP HAMPTONTitle: CHIEF ENGINEER

Company: THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATIONAddress: 9280 CRESTWYN HILLS DRIVE

City: MEMPHIS State: TN Zip Code: 38125

623


Notes:

MemberCategory:

Phone 1: 261-1550

Extension

Phone 2:

Fax 1: 860-2598

Mobile: 210-9275

901


901

901


Name: DOUG HENDERSONTitle: ENGINEER

Company: THYSSENKRUPP ELEVATOR CORPORATIONAddress: P. O. BOX 370

City: MIDDLETON State: TN Zip Code: 38052

624


Notes:

AlternateCategory:

Phone 1: 376-3004

Extension

Phone 2:

Fax 1:

Mobile: 652-3649

731


901


Name: BRUCE W. HORNETitle: MANAGER CODES & PRODUCT COMPLIANCE

Company: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANYAddress: ONE FARM SPRINGS ROAD

City: FARMINGTON State: CT Zip Code: 06032

860


Notes:

AlternateCategory:

Phone 1: 676-5335

Extension

Phone 2:

Fax 1: 998-3429

Mobile: 284-8246

860


860

860





Name: DENNIS KALGRENTitle: MANAGER CODES AND STANDARDS

Company: KONE INC.Address: 700 CENTRAL EXPWY SOUTH SUITE 400

City: ALLEN State: TX Zip Code: 75013-8015

826


Notes:

MemberCategory:

Phone 1: - 854

Extension

Phone 2:

Fax 1: 383-1216

Mobile: 247-4086

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Name: BRIAN LEETitle: ENGINEER

Company: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC US, INC.Address: 5900-A KATELLA AVENUE, P. O. BOX 6007

City: CYPRESS State: CA Zip Code: 90630

823


Notes:

AlternateCategory:

Phone 1: 220-4758

Extension

Phone 2:

Fax 1:

Mobile:

714



Name: DAVID MCCOLL, P. ENG.Title: SENIOR MGR. , WORLD WIDE CODES

DEVELOPMENT

Company: OTIS CANADA INC.Address: 1655 THE QUEENSWAY EAST

City: MISSISSAUGA State: ON Zip Code: L4X 2Z5

272


Notes:

ChairCategory:

Phone 1: 272-6132

Extension

Phone 2: 276-5577

Fax 1: 660-9874

Mobile: 500-3919

905


905

860

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Country: CANADA




Name: VINCENT P. ROBIBEROTitle: NORTH AMERICAN CODE CONSULTANT

Company: SCHINDLER ELEVATOR CORPORATIONAddress: P. O. BOX 1935

City: MORRISTOWN State: NJ Zip Code: 07962-1935

53


Notes:

MemberCategory:

Phone 1: 397-6018

Extension

Phone 2:

Fax 1: 397-6141

Mobile: 216-8030

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Codes & Standards Analyst Office 4034 North Hampton Brook Drive Hamburg, New York 14075 Office: 585.302.0813 Cell: 585.354.6772

NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY INC. CODEFINDER POLICY


1.0 Purpose and Objective: This document establishes a policy for the proper flow of Code information to the NEII®

members to ensure an accurate and up-to-date NEII Local Code Regulations Database (hereinafter called “CodeFinder”) of all pertinent codes identified by this policy for tracking.

NEII member companies design, manufacture and install equipment in accordance with the requirements of current ASME A17/ CSA B44 Code unless required otherwise by local codes. Other related Model Codes that have sections dealing with elevators and are complied with as required, include: CODE MODEL CODE

1.1 Electrical Code: NFPA 70 in the US CSA C22.1 in Canada 1.2 Accessibility Code: ICC/ANSI - A117.1 1.3 Building Codes: IBC, or NFPA 5000 as applicable in

the US NBCC in Canada 1. 3 Elevator Inspection ASME A17.2 1.4 Existing Elevator Code ASME A17.3 in US 1.5 Elevator Suspension, ASME A17.6 Compensation, and Governor Systems 1.6 Performance based elevator ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 code Fire Alarm and Signaling Code NFPA 72 1.7 Life Safety Code NFPA 101 in US 1.8 Sprinkler Code NFPA 13


In order to meet this objective, NEII is committed to maintaining the CodeFinder database designed to identify variations between relevant local codes and the codes identified above. 2.0 Responsibilities:

2.1 NEII Central Code Committee:

It is the responsibility of the Central Code Committee to oversee the proper maintenance of CodeFinder.

2.2 NEII Code and Standards Analyst: It is the responsibility of the NEII Codes and Standards Analyst to obtain and document in accordance with this policy the information for all CodeFinder jurisdictions including their local code variations and interpretations. This information is to be recorded in CodeFinder in a timely manner. Only substantive deviations from the requirements in the Model Code shall be entered into CodeFinder. Editorial deviations from the Model Code should not be included in CodeFinder, e.g. wording revised but requirement the same.

3.0 CodeFinder Updates:

CodeFinder is to be maintained up to date with current codes and regulations. At a minimum on the 15th of January, April, July and October, the NEII Codes and Standards Analyst shall review and update CodeFinder local Code information. The update will include the data specified in the development document in Appendix A.

Users of CodeFinder will have the ability to opt in to e-mail notifications for all changes made to CodeFinder.

3.1 CodeFinder Feedback

The NEII Codes and Standards Analyst shall review all feedback, make any necessary updates to the CodeFinder database, and close out the feedback as soon as possible but in no case shall feedback not be addressed in less than 15 days.

3.2 Revision Methodology for CodeFinder:

The Central Code Committee shall prepare and maintain standard procedures for maintaining NEII CodeFinder.


4.0 NEII CodeFinder Metrics:

The following shall be tracked by the Central Code Committee:

Timeliness of updates; and Quality and accuracy of data.

5.0 Access to CodeFinder:

CodeFinder shall be accessible to employees of NEII Full Regular member companies and NEII Associate Regular member companies with CodeFinder access privileges with a password to the “MEMBERS” area of the NEII web site. It shall also be available to Individual Members. Only assigned company representatives (CodeFinder Editors) shall have access to edit and/or revise the data for their company’s assigned jurisdictions. The NEII Code and Safety Director shall have unrestricted access to CodeFinder. Full Regular member, Associate Regular member with CodeFinder access privilege companies and Individual Members shall have electronic access to CodeFinder records for internal information processing under a license agreement approved by the NEII Board of Directors. Paragraphs 6.0 thru 7.0 shall be respected in the handling, dissemination, and use of information processed from imported data. CodeFinder import protocol and security arrangements shall be authorized and established through the NEII Managing Director. All costs associated with such electronic access shall be borne by the licensed NEII Full Regular Member Company.

6.0 Reports:

All CodeFinder reports shall include the following statement:

© (YEAR) National Elevator Industry, Inc.

Licensed to NAME & COMPANY Printed; DATE

Single user license only. Distribution outside COMPANY prohibited.

7.0 Warranty, Disclaimer and Hold Harmless:

The following statement shall be displayed and user required acknowledging acceptance when accessing CodeFinder:

Confidentiality:


Access to and use of CodeFinder is limited to and exclusively for NEII Full Regular Member Companies, Associate Regular member with CodeFinder access privilege and their employees and Individual Members ("Authorized Users") in the ordinary and usual course of their business. Access passwords shall not be disclosed to third parties. Database reports created are subject to a single user, non-transferable license and are not to be copied in whole or in part for distribution outside the Company. Warranty and Disclaimer: NEII WARRANTS THAT IT OWNS AND/OR HAS FULL RIGHT AND AUTHORITY TO LICENSE THE INFORMATION AND REPORTS ACCESSIBLE FROM CodeFinder. Although reasonable efforts have been taken by NEII to promote the accuracy, sufficiency and quality of CodeFinder which was compiled for the convenience of Authorized Users, NEII DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING CodeFinder AND INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ACCURACY AND QUALITY OF SUCH INFORMATION, AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ANY RELIANCE ON INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM OR DERIVED FROM CodeFinder SHALL BE AT THE SOLE RISK OF THE AUTHORIZED USER. Hold Harmless and Release: Authorized Users shall defend, indemnify, and hold NEII and its employees, directors, officers, representatives, agents and legal representatives, as well as their successors and assigns, (the "Indemnities") harmless from and against any and all claims, lawsuits, liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, payments, costs, and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees) related to the use of CodeFinder by Authorized Users, or use of CodeFinder information or reports disclosed by Authorized Users to third parties. In addition, Authorized Users waive, release and relinquish any and all claims against the Indemnities which could be asserted presently or in the future pursuant to common law, any federal and/or state statute or regulation, or pursuant to any contract, agreement or other legal theory arising from or related to the use of CodeFinder by Authorized Users, or use of CodeFinder information or reports disclosed by Authorized Users to third parties.

APPROVED: The NEII® Central Code Committee is responsible for maintaining this policy. This policy shall be in effect for three (3) years from the date of approval by the NEII® Board of Directors.


NEII Central Code Committee – NEII Board of Directors –

APPENDIX A General overview and design specifications for NEII CodeFinder: 1. Information to be included in the database by locality:

(a) Statement of the Locality; State, Province or City

(i) Elevator Code for new construction in effect If A17.1/B44, A17 or B44, the Edition & Addenda or Supplement

deviations or additions to the stated Standard, if any If A17.6, the edition and deviations or supplements to the Standard, if any If A17.7/B44.7, the edition and deviations or supplements to the Standard,

if any If other than A17.1/B44, A17 or B44, the document identification and the

requirements of same

(ii) Elevator Inspection Guidelines in effect, if any If A17.2, the Edition and deviations or supplements to the Guideline

(iii) Elevator Code for Existing Elevators in effect, if any

If A17.3, the Edition & Addenda or Supplement deviations or additions to the stated Standard, if any

If other than A17.3, the document identification and the requirements of same

(iv) Building Code in effect

Edition Deviations or additions to the stated Standard affecting elevators,

escalators, if any

(v) Accessibility Code in effect Edition Deviations or additions to the stated Standard affecting elevators,

escalators, if any

(vi) Electrical Code in effect Edition


Deviations or additions to the stated Standard affecting elevators, escalators, if any

(vii) Life Safety Code in effect

Edition Deviations or additions to the stated Standard affecting elevators,

escalators, if any

(viii) Fire Alarm and Signaling Code in effect Edition Deviations or additions to the stated code affecting elevators, escalators, if

any (ix) Sprinkler Code in effect

Edition Deviations or additions to the stated code affecting elevators, escalators, if

any (x) Enforcement Information:

Name of Agency Contact person at agency (Individual's name)

Position (e.g. chief inspector, etc.) Address Phone No. Fax No. Email Address Website address, if any Web links to regulations, if any

(b) Date the information in 1(a) was updated. (c) Effective date of code or “UNKNOWN”

2. There shall also be a page or other means for explanation or definition of any abbreviations or special terms used in CodeFinder. 3. A cross-reference between the Model Code rules and the AHJ’s who have taken exception will be provided. 4. It shall include a comprehensive HELP file. 5. It is to be a Web based application with a web type interface


6. It is to have the same security as is maintained on the current NEII website, e.g. company domain name limited as a minimum. Access shall be limited to employees of NEII full regular Member Companies having a NEII "Member Area" password. 7. CodeFinder shall be secured to restrict electronic copying of the data. 8. User name to appear on all screens and reports. 9. Reports generated by CodeFinder shall be limited so as to not permit copying of the entire contents. 10. The information in CodeFinder is to be backed up on at least a weekly basis. 11. Means for users to report errors to responsible company and NEII Code and Safety Director. 12. Means for users of CodeFinder to opt into e-mail notification any time the database is updated. 13. The database shall be capable of storing multiple modifications in a holding area until reviewed and approved for entry by the person entering the data. 14. Once modifications have been approved for entry they shall be only removed as follows:

Modification entered in error shall be moved to the comment filed, struck out and noted as deleted entered in error. The comment field with data entered in error shall be permanently deleted after 3 months.

Modifications that are no longer applicable in the jurisdiction shall be moved to a “history” file.

15. Modifications shall include ability to accept tables, graphs figures and pictures or link to same.


Codes & Standards Analyst Office 4034 North Hampton Brook Drive Hamburg, New York 14075 Office: 585.302.0813 Cell: 585.354.6772


NATIONAL ELEVATOR INDUSTRY INC. CODEFINDER PROCEDURES

1.0 Purpose and Objective:

1.1 This document establishes procedures as required by the National Elevator Industry Inc. Local Code Regulations Database Policy (hereinafter called “NEII®

CodeFinder Policy”) to ensure an accurate and up-to-date NEII Local Code Regulations Database (hereinafter called “CodeFinder”) of all pertinent Codes including:

Accessibility (e.g. ANSI A117.1, ADAAG, ADA/ABA AG); Building Code (e.g. IBC, NFPA 5000); Electrical (e.g. NEC®, CEC); Elevator Maintenance (e.g. ASME A17.2; Elevator Existing (e.g. ASME A17.3); Elevator New (e.g. ASME A17.1/CSA B44); Elevator Performance (e.g. ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7); Elevator Suspension (e.g. ASME A17.6); Fire Alarm and Signaling Code (e.g. NFPA 72); Sprinkler Code (e.g. NFPA 13); and Life Safety (e.g. NFPA 101).

1.2 At this time Rack and Pinion Elevators, Screw-Column Elevators, Hand Elevators, Inclined Elevators, Limited-Use/Limited-Application Elevators, Private Residence Elevators, Private Residence Inclined Elevators, Power Sidewalk Elevators, Rooftop Elevators, Special Purpose Personnel Elevators, Shipboard Elevators, Mine Elevators, Elevators Used for Construction, Dumbwaiters, Material Lifts, Platform Lifts and Stairway Chair Lifts shall not be included in CodeFinder.

2.0 Responsibilities:

2.1 NEII Codes & Standards Analyst:

The NEII Board of Directors established the position of Codes & Standards Analyst in part for maintaining CodeFinder for the representative companies.

2.2 Codes & Standards Analyst Responsibilities:

2.2.1 It is the responsibility of the Codes and Standards Analyst to obtain and document in accordance with this procedure information for all CodeFinder


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jurisdictions including their local Code variations and interpretations. This information is to be recorded in CodeFinder in a timely manner. Only substantive deviations from the requirements in the Model Code shall be entered into CodeFinder. Editorial deviations from the Model Code should not be included in CodeFinder, e.g. wording revised but requirement the same.

2.2.2 Requirements in local codes that impact the industry shall also be included. 2.2.3 Local code information shall include major metropolitan areas identified by

the NEII Central Code Committee when they differ from the state code, state code effective date is different or local agency enforces state code. See also 3.3.2.

2.2.4 The Codes & Standards Analyst shall follow-up on feedback forms. Once

the issue is resolved, the Analyst shall close the feedback item. Every effort shall be made to resolve feedback within 14 days after it has been received by the Analyst.

3.0 CodeFinder Revisions:

CodeFinder is to be maintained up to date with current Codes and regulations. At a minimum on the 15th of January, April, July and October, the Codes & Standards Analyst shall review and update CodeFinder from local Code information. The update will include the data specified in Appendix A of the NEII CodeFinder Policy.

3.1 Revision Methodology:

3.1.1 The latest edition and addenda and/or supplement shall be indicated as the referenced Model Code in CodeFinder. The effective date is the date the AHJ begins to enforce the applicable Code. 3.1.2 The following method of revision shall be used for CodeFinder: 3.1.2.1 All text shall be Arial 10 (CodeFinder “Arial small”). Red Underline text shall be used for all additions and Blue Strikeout text for all deletions to the Model Code text. Text for “Other Codes” and a non-model code shall be black and not underlined. 3.2.2.1 The number recorded in the REQUIREMENT field shall be the actual requirement number for the affected text. In Example 1 the requirement numbers for the two entries are 2.27.1.1 and 2.27.1.2. In Example 2 the requirement number for the single entry is 2.27.1.1(g).



EXAMPLE 1: Where a Section, Rule or a Requirement is modified, each Requirement shall be entered into CodeFinder; e.g. Section 2.27

Requirement 2.27.1 Requirement 2.27.1.1 –Local modifications are made to this requirement. Only the text of this requirement shall be shown with the modifications. Requirement 2.27.1.2 – Where this local requirement does not appear in the Model Code, it is a new requirement. Only the text of this added requirement shall be shown

EXAMPLE 2: Where a new subparagraph is added to an existing Section, Rule or Requirement, the text of the affected Requirement subparagraph shall be entered into CodeFinder, e.g. Section 2.27

Requirement 2.27.1 Requirement 2.27.1.1(g) –A new local subparagraph (g) is added. The entire text of 2.27.1.1(g) shall be shown. The following text shall be inserted in the COMMENT field “This requirement has been added”.

3.1.3 Where a local Code requirement number exists that number shall precede the text of the modification.

3.1.4 Do not add text in requirement number field. The requirement number field

should contain only the model code section/requirement/rule number. The number must be entered exactly as shown in the referenced model code. When there is no requirement number insert the term “NOTE”

3.2 Agency Field: 3.2.1 Where there is no responsible agency for enforcement of an adopted model

code, enter “NO AGENCY IDENTIFIED” in the agency name field and “NA” in all other fields.

3.3 Comment Field: 3.3.1 If a modification was added by error or is revised due to an intermediate revision by the AHJ it shall be deleted from the modification field and shown in the COMMENT field as struck out text to advise the user of CodeFinder that a revision has been made to the entry.



3.3.2 Where a local jurisdiction enforces the State code insert in the COMMENT field “Same as state code requirements.”

3.3.3 The comment field should include the term(s), “Added”, “Modified”,

“Deleted”, and/or “Reference” at a minimum.

3.3.4 Where an existing Section, Rule or Requirement is deleted the following text shall be inserted in the COMMENT field for each deleted Requirement “This requirement has been deleted”. In this instance the Codes & Standards Analyst shall not show the struck out text for the requirement.

EXAMPLE 3: Where an entire Section is deleted each Requirement number shall be entered in CodeFinder. In this instance the Codes & Standards Analyst shall not show the struck out text for the requirement, e.g. Section 2.27

Requirement 2.27.1 - Where the Section has been deleted add the following to the COMMENT field “This requirement has been deleted”. Requirement 2.27.2 - Where the Section has been deleted add the following to the COMMENT field “This requirement has been deleted”.

3.3.5 Where ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 is adopted either directly or by reference from ASME A17.1/CSA B44 or other model code, one of the following statements shall be inserted in the COMMENT field for the ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 code:

“Adopted by legislation/regulation”; or “Adopted by reference from model code.” Substitute ASME A17.1/CSA

B44, etc. for the term “model code”.

3.3.5.1 Where the code is adopted by reference, the Codes & Standards Analyst is to verify with the AHJ that they will accept equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7. If the AHJ indicates equipment conforming to ASME A17.7/CSA B44.7 will not be accepted this information is to be recorded in the COMMENTs field along with the statement required by 3.3.5.

3.3.6 Where ASME A17.6 is adopted by legislation, regulation or reference from ASME A17.1/CSA B44 this should be noted in the COMMENT field for requirement 2.20.1 of ASME A17.1/CSA B44. Where any modification has been made to ASME A17.6, the Codes & Standards Analyst is to indicate in the COMMENT field for requirement



2.20.1 of ASME A17.1/CSA B44 that ASME A17.6 has been adopted with modifications.

3.3.6.1 One of the following statements shall be inserted in the COMMENT field for the ASME A17.6 Standard: “Adopted by legislation/regulation”; or “Adopted by reference from ASME A17.1/CSA B44.”

4.0 General:

4.1 Every effort shall be made to attach (preferred), or hyper-link to, a copy of the law or regulation (source document) adopted by the AHJ or attach some form of official verification that the regulation has been adopted. Where written documentation is not available the Codes & Standards Analyst shall document the form of verification in the COMMENT field.

4.2 Local letters of interpretation, directors ruling, etc. shall be attached to the modification to which they apply. 4.3 General documents pertaining to local regulations (e.g. permitting, licensing, enforcement, etc.) shall be attached to the “Edit Code Modification Record”. 4.4 When an effective date is not available, insert record added date, select “Other” for “As of” insert “Date Record Entered - Effective Date Unknown”.

5.0 NEII Local Code Database Metrics:

5.1 The following shall be tracked by the Central Code Committee:

(a) days between CodeFinder commit date and Code effective date; (b) revisions to modification records in CodeFinder after commit date, and (c) days between feedback opened and closed.

6.0 Auditing:

6.1 Immediately after adding or revising data the Codes & Standards Analyst shall generate a user report to verify the added or revised data is included in the report. If the report is not correct the Codes & Standards Analyst is to advise the developer, NEII Administrator and NEII Code and Safety Director of any discrepancies.

The NEII® Central Code Committee is responsible for maintaining this policy. This policy shall be in effect for three (3) years from the date of approval by the NEII® Central Code Committee.



APPROVED: NEII® Central Code Committee:


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DOSH Group V Proposals: Non-MRL-Related

3147.2201(a&b)• A17.1 §2.1.6.2 specifies beams, slabs or other building

construction making an angle less than 75 deg shall not project more than 4” inside hoistway.

• Group IV 3141.7(a)(4) specifies a 2” max. for A17.1-2004 2.1.6.2.

• (a) “flush surfaces” – A17.1-2013 requirement 2.1.6 modified to require clean surface.

• (b) Proposal specifies a flush hoistway surface but permits a 2” projection unless

– (a)(1) the top surface of the projection shall be beveled at an angle not less than 75 deg with the horizontal or

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3147.2201(a&b)– (a)(2) the top and bottom surface of the projection

shall be beveled at an angle not less than 75 deg with the horizontal where the horizontal distance between a projection and the standard railing on a car enclosure top is less than 12”.

– (b) separator beams between adjacent elevators are not required to have bevels

– (c) where recesses or setbacks exceeding 2” occur in the enclosure wall

– (c)(1) the top of the recess or setback shall be beveled at an angle of not less than 75 deg with the horizontal or

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3147.2201(a&b)– (c)(2) the top and bottom surface of the recess shall

be beveled at an angle not less than 75 deg with the horizontal where the horizontal distance between the hoistway wall and the standard railing on a car enclosure top is less than 12”.

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3147.2201(a&b) - COMMENTS• 2201(a) removal of all projections would be work by

others.

• 2201(b) Beveling of setbacks greater than 2” is the same as prior code and has been work by others.

• All other jurisdictions in USA and Canada allow 4” before requiring beveling. Requirement was relaxed from 2” prior to A17.1-2000 edition based in part on Canada’s allowance of 4” in B44-1990 edition.

• It is unclear the safety issue to be mitigated by 2” vs 4”.

• IMPACTS– Costs

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3147.2202(e)• A17.1 § 2.2.8 requires a means to inspect the

underside of the car at the lowest landing when it exceeds 83 inches and recognizes a working platform per 2.7.5.3 as an acceptable means.

• Group IV requirements accept A17.1-2004 using a “means”.

• Proposal requires the only acceptable means to be an inspection platform permanently installed.

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3147.2202(e) - COMMENTS

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• Proposal does not recognize a working platform per 2.7.5.3 or any other means previously permitted under Group IV.

• The restriction to remove Working Platform is a technical change to be consistent with other changes in proposal.

• It is unclear the safety issue to be mitigated by this proposal. No rationale provided.


3147.2205• A17.1 § 2.5.1.5.3 specifies that the clearance

between the loading side of the car platform and the hoistway enclosure is not limited provided: – A car door interlock is provided to prevent a door from

being opened unless the car is within the unlocking zone; and

– The strength of the door complies with 2.11.11.2, 2.11.11.4, 2.11.11.6, 2.11.11.7 and 2.11.11.8

• Group IV did not delete provision from A17.1-2004

• Proposal does not adopt 2.5.1.5.3.

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3147.2205 - COMMENTS• Group IV allows the removal of hoistway fascia

protection if the car door is opened by upgrading car door to equal an entrance door.

• It is unclear the safety issue to be mitigated by this proposal, as it has been allowed previously. No rationale provided.

• IMPACTS

– Restricts building design options (glass hoistway)

– Costs (large express-zone applications)

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3147.2209(a)• A17.1 § 2.9.3.1.2 states that where overhead

beams and floors are used to support machinery or equipment, securing bolts or fastenings are not required where sound isolation in compression is used between bases of machinery or equipment and supporting beams or floors.

• Group IV did not delete provisions from A17.1-2004

• Proposal does not adopt 2.9.3.1.2 or 2.9.3.3.2.

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3147.2209(a) - COMMENTS

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• Group IV does not require securing bolts or fasteners when isolation is used.

• It is unclear the safety issue to be mitigated by this proposal as it has been allowed previously. No rationale provided.

• IMPACTS

– Costs (Note: seismic zone 2 or greater requires securing)

3147.2210(a)• A17.1 § 2.10.1 requires guarding of accidental

contact of (c) exposed gears, sprockets, tape, etc and (d) keys, keyways, screws, etc.

• Group IV adopted all of 2.10.1 without modification

• Proposal make not changes to 2.10.1(c) or (d)

PLEASE REVIEW…no mention of change to 2.10.1(a) – line 10 in non-MRL chart – and not clear on last bullet

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3147.2210(a) - COMMENTS

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• No Impact as Group V does not make any changes.

• IMPACTS

– None

3147.2210(b) • A17.1 § 2.10.1 (a) & (b) requires that in

machinery spaces, machine rooms, control spaces, and control rooms, sheaves and ropes shall be guarded to protect against accidental contact.

• Group IV adopted (a) & (b) without modification.

• Proposal adds prescriptive requirements for guarding of equipment in overhead spaces and on car tops.

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3147.2210(b) - COMMENTS

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• Group IV adopts A17.1 guarding without modifications.

• Have there been incidents resulting in the need for this additional language? No rationale provided.

• Requirements already covered in (c) & are repeated in (a) making overall guarding requirements unclear.


3147.2211(a)• A17.1 § 2.11.1.2 has requirements for

emergency doors in Blind Hoistway. 2.11.1.4 permits non-removable sliding or swing panels or doors in the hoistway conforming to 2.11.1.2(d), (f), (g), and (i) for access to car or hoistway transparent enclosures for cleaning purposes.

• Group IV 3141.7(a)(2) has same restrictions to proposal.

• Proposal eliminates this allowance.16

3147.2211(a) - COMMENTS

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• No different from current Group IV exceptions to A17.1.


• Access to blind hoistway has been proven in other jurisdictions to be a safety benefit for significantly reducing entrapment durations.

• IMPACTS– Safety concern

3147.2212(b)• A17.1 § 2.12.2.4.2 requires for passenger

elevator the locking member of an interlock to hold the door in the locked position by means of gravity, or by a restrained compression spring, or by both, or by means of a positive linkage.

• Group IV adopted A17.1 without modifications.

• Proposal adds the requirement that the locking member shall not disengage when the door is subjected to a repetitive force of 450 N (100 lbf) in the direction of opening and at a right angle.

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• IMPACTS

– Cost (verification of compliance is unclear)

3147.2212(c)• A17.1 § 2.12.3.4.3 requires the mechanical lock

for vertically sliding doors (freight) to hold the door in the locked position by means of gravity or by a restrained compression spring, or by both.


• Proposal adds the requirement that the locking member shall not disengage when the door is subjected to a repetitive force of 450 N (100 lbf) in the direction of opening and at a right angle.

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3147.2212(c) - COMMENTS

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• IMPACTS

– Cost (verification of compliance is unclear)

3147.2212(d)• A17.1 § 2.12.7 requires hoistway access

switches where the rated speed is greater than 150 ft/min at:– the lowest landing when a separate pit access door is

not provided

– the top landing

• Group IV 3141.7(a)(18) is similar to the proposal.

• Proposal requires hoistway access switches regardless of rated speed and located within 12” of door frame at height 36”-78”.

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3147.2212(d) - COMMENTS

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• No rationale provided. (No escutcheon key allowed) Are you referencing that no rationale is for that one aspect or something different? I am unclear what is meant by the parenthetical…

• IMPACTS

– Cost on low speed (<150 fpm) applications

3147.2214(b), (a to e)• A17.1 § 2.14.1.5.1 requires car top emergency

exits to meet numerous location requirement.


• Proposal adds an additional requirement 3147.2214(b)(b) that the emergency exit shall reside within the car top railings, if railings are provided. 3247.2214(b)(a,c,d,e) are identical to A17.1-2013 2.14.1.5.1.

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• No rationale provided.

• IMPACTS

– With all other proposed handrail location requirements, exit hatch may not fit between rail and crosshead of industry standard sized cars.

3147.2214(b) (f to g)

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• A17.1 § 2.14.1.5.1 requires car top emergency exits to meet numerous location requirement s including references to 2.412 refuge area.


• Proposal modifies the reference number for the refuge requirement.

3147.2214(b) (f to g) - COMMENTS

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• The restriction in this modification is a technical change to be consistent with other changes in proposal.

3147.2218(a) • A17.1 § 2.18.4.2.5 a speed-governor overspeed

switch to opening the down direction at not more than 100% of the speed at which the governor is set to trip where a speed-reducing switch conforming to 2.18.4.1.3 is provided on the governor.


• Proposal requires a speed reducing “device” which effectively monitors the speed of the elevator in all conditions.

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3147.2218(a) - COMMENTS

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• A17.1-2013 and Group IV (A17.1-2004) do not require continuous monitoring of speed.


• It is unclear what is required by monitoring speed other than overspeed limit.

• IMPACTS– Safety Concern

– Cost : Eliminates all currently approved governors.

3147.2218(b)• A17.1 § 2.18.9 requires a speed-governor

marking plate on each speed governor indicating– Speed at which the governor is set

– Size, material and construction of the governor rope

– Governor pull-through tension

– Manufacturer’s name or trademark

– A “DO NOT LUBRICATE” statement.


• Proposal adds the additional marking of manufacturer’s model number .

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• IMPACTS– Cost : Obsoletes all currently approved governor

marking plates and would required new plate design.

3147.2220(a)• A17.1 § 2.20.4.2 permits aramid fiber ropes as

a suspension means.

• Group IV did not include alternate suspension means.

• The proposal deletes the allowance for aramid fiber ropes.

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3147.2220(a) - COMMENTS

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• It is unclear the safety issue to be mitigated by this proposal as aramid suspension means was codified in A17.6 and A17.1-2010.

• Restricts design options.

• IMPACTS

– Restricts elevator designs

3147.2220(b)

• A17.1 § 2.20.1 references all of ASME A17.6 for its suspension means requirements.

• Group IV did not include alternate suspension means.

• Proposal excepts Part 2 (aramid fiber rope) in its reference to ASME A17.6.

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• It is unclear the safety issue to be mitigated by this proposal as aramid suspension means was codified in A17.6 and A17.1-2010.

• Restricts design option

• IMPACTS

– Restricts elevator designs

3147.2220(c)• A17.1 § 2.20.8.3 requires all electric traction

elevators, excluding steel wire ropes, to be provided with a residual strength detection means.

• Alternate suspension means not addressed in Group IV.

• Proposal requires a residual strength detection device.– The proposal also requires “proven technology” that

“effectively monitors” the physical properties and the “actual residual strength” of the suspension members.

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3147.2220(c) - COMMENTS• Changes A17.1 performance language to prescriptive.

• Group IV permits similar performance language – 2.26.5 and 2.26.6: both of which involve a “means”

• “Means” is acceptable and utilized in all other AHJs.

• Actual residual strength at any time can only be tested by pulling the material apart in a destructive test.


• IMPACTS:– Eliminates MRL options where the design has not utilized steel wire rope.

– Reduces ratable space

– Restricts building design options

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3147.2222(a) • A17.1 § 2.22.4.8 states that when a car is level

with terminal landings, car and counterweight oil buffers of the mechanical spring-return type shall be permitted to be compressed not to exceed 25% of their stroke when the car is level with the terminal landings (see 2.4.2.1).

• Group IV is similar to proposal.

• Proposal does not adopt 2.22.4.8.

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3147.2222(a) - COMMENTS

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• IMPACTS

– None; because other changes (require buffer switch) makes this impractical.

3147.2222(b)• A17.1 § 2.22.1.1 states buffers of the spring, oil, or

equivalent type shall be installed under the cars and counterweights of passenger and freight elevators subject to the requirements of 2.22.1.1.1 through 2.22.1.1.3.

• Group IV 3141.7 (a)(5) is same as proposal.

• The proposal states that all oil and equivalent type buffers as referenced by 2.22.1.1 shall be subject to approval by the Division.

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3147.2222(b) - COMMENTS• No different than current Group IV exceptions to

A17.1.


• IMPACTS

– Minimal cost to submit designs for approval.

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3147.2222(c)• A17.1 § 2.22.2 states solid bumpers, where

permitted, shall be made of wood or other suitably resilient material of sufficient strength to withstand without failure the impact of the car with rated load, or the counterweight, descending at governor tripping speed. The material used shall be of a type that will resist deterioration or be so treated as to resist deterioration.


• Proposal would add that all elastometric bumpers be marked with manufacturer’s replacement criteria.

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3147.2222(c) - COMMENTS• Replacement criteria is not required on

nameplates of spring or oil buffers.

• Acceptance and periodic testing determines a buffer’s function and acceptability.


• IMPACTS

– Cost : Would require possible added testing and new data plate design.

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3147.2222(d)• A17.1 §2.22.4.5 states that gas spring-return oil

buffers shall be provided with a switch conforming to 2.26.2.22 that shall be actuated if the plunger is not within 13 mm (0.5 in.) of the fully extended position.

• Group IV adopted A17.1 without modifications. (This requirement is somewhere in Cal code ??)

• Proposal would add spring-return-type buffers to this requirement.

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3147.2222(d) - COMMENTS• This is a current Group IV requirement carried

over into current proposal.


• IMPACTS

– Cost : Additional switches required.

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3147.2223• A17.1 § 2.23.9.3 requires that slotted guide-rail

brackets having single bolt fastenings be provided with an additional means to prevent lateral movement of the rail bracket. Such means shall have a factor of safety of not less than 5.


• Proposal would state slotted guide-rail brackets shall be secured in their final position by a bolt not less than 3/8 inch diameter or by welding in accordance with section 8.8. Such means shall have a factor of safety of not less than 5. 46

3147.2223 - COMMENTS

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• The current Group IV and A17.1 are performance based language requiring a 5 factor of safety.

• An additional prescriptive requirement.


• IMPACTS

– Cost: No Impact (remove if no impact??)

– Likely always a larger diameter bolt to achieve the factor of safety.

3147.2224• A17.1 § 2.24.2.3.2 addresses traction

requirements for aramid fiber ropes.

• Alternate suspension means not addressed in Group IV.

• Proposal does not adopt 2.24.2.3.2.

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3147.2227(a)• A17.1 § 2.27.1.2 states that when an emergency

stop switch (2.26.2.5) is provided, an audible signaling device shall be provided.


• Proposal states an audible signaling device in accordance with, subsection 2.27.1.2 shall be provided on all elevators regardless of the existence of an emergency stop switch. The audible signal shall be actuated by a push button located in or adjacent to the car operating panel. The push button shall be visible and permanently identified with the “ALARM” symbol (see 2.26.12.1). The identification shall be on or adjacent to the “ALARM” push button. 50

3147.2227(a) - COMMENTS

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• A17.1 requirement 2.27.1 replaced the ALARM button in the 2002 edition with requiring 2 way communications and that it must go to authorized personnel who can take appropriate action because the ALARM could be ineffective.

• A17.1-2013 has requirements on the availability of the 2 way communications.

• Proposal still requires the 2 way communication means.

• IMPACTS– Cost

– Safety Concern

3147.2227(c)

• 2.27.3.2(c) requires smoke detectors in an elevator hoistway when sprinklers are located in the hoistway.


• Proposal excludes hoistway where sprinklers are located within 24 inches of the pit floor.

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• A17.1 – 2013 requires a detector to remove the car out of service when a known fire is in the pit.


3147.2227(d)• A17.1 § 2.27.3.2.3(a) states that the activation of a

fire alarm initiating device specified in 2.27.3.2.1(a) or 2.27.3.2.2(a) at any floor, other than at the designated level, shall cause all elevators that serve that floor, and any associated elevator of a group automatic operation, to be returned nonstop to the designated level.


• Proposal limits elevator recall to cars that share the same hoistway or lobby, machine room, control room or control space.

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3147.2227(d) -COMMENTS• It is unclear the safety issue to be mitigated by this

proposal. No rationale provided.

• A17.1 – 2013 does not address the interconnection of elevators in a common lobby or other shared spaces to allocation of detectors.

• NFPA defines detector requirements in a building.

• It is unclear why the responsibility of allocation / interconnection of detectors in a building is moved from the fire system to the elevator system.


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3147.2227(e) - COMMENTS• A17.1 § 2.27.3.2.4(a) states that the activation of a

fire alarm initiating device specified in 2.27.3.2.1(a) or 2.27.3.2.2(a) that is located at the designated level, shall cause all elevators serving that level to be recalled to an alternate level, unless Phase I Emergency Recall Operation is in effect.


• Proposal limits elevator recall to cars that share the same hoistway or lobby, machine room, control room or control space.

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3147.2227(e) - COMMENTS• It is unclear the safety issue to be mitigated by this

proposal. No rationale provided.

• A17.1 – 2013 does not address the interconnection of elevators in a common lobby or other shared spaces to allocation of detectors.

• NFPA defines detector requirements in a building.

• It is unclear why the responsibility of allocation / interconnection of detectors in a building is moved from the fire system to the elevator system.


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3147.2806(a)

• A17.1 § 8.6 applies to maintenance, repairs, replacements, and testing and states that maintenance, repair, and replacement shall be performed to provide compliance with the Code applicable at the time of installation or alteration.


• Proposal states that sections 8.6.3.2.2, 8.6.4.20.1(b), 8.6.4.20.4(b), 8.6.4.20.10(b), 8.6.7.11, 8.6.11.5.2 through 8.6.11.5.6, 8.6.11.9, and 8.6.11.10 are not adopted.

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3147.2806(a) - COMMENTS

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• No rationale provided for the elimination of emergency evacuation procedures 8.6.11.5.2 through 8.6.11.5.6 but still require in 8.6.11.5.1 compliance to 8.6.11.5.2 through 8.6.11.5.6.


3147.2806(b) • A17.1 § 8.6.1.7.2 states that, for periodic testing,

if any of the alternative test methods contained in 8.6.4.20 were performed, then the test tag must indicate alternative testing was utilized for the applicable requirement.

• Group IV did not recognize alternative test methods.

• Proposal would delete provision for alternative test methods.

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3147.2806(b) - COMMENTS

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• Disallowing Alternative Testing Procedures increases the risk of damaging equipment during testing, therefore reducing public safety if that damage or degradation is not readily evident and placed in public service as “walking wounded” only to later fail.

• Full load/full speed tests requiring weights decrease worker safety and increase the potential risk to the riding public.

• Alternative testing procedures are based on physics principles that do not change.

• The physics principles are defined in an engineering analysis and verified on every elevator.

• IMPACTS

– Safety Concern

3147.2806(c)

• A17.1 § 8.6.4.19 does not have testing requirements for the seismic device.


• Proposal adds new testing requirement 8.6.4.19.17 for seismic device operation. “Seismic devices where provided, shall be tested for proper operation.”

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• No rationale provided for the requiring annual testing of seismic devices.

• Test procedures must be provided by the seismic device manufactures.

• It is unclear as to the Pass / Fail criteria or if built in test of the device complies.

• Like smoke detectors, the testing requirement of the sensing device should not be in the elevator code.

• A common seismic device may be applied to provide all building systems input and not specific to the elevator system.

• IMPACTS– Cost

3147.2806(d)

• A17.1 §8.6.4.19.12(b) specifies an alternative test provided in the Maintenance Control Program [see 8.6.1.2.1(f)]

• Group IV did not recognize loss of traction loss detection means.

• Proposal would eliminate the reference to an MCP and instead state if relative motion between the drive sheave and suspension means will result in material damage, it is permissible to relieve the tension between the two devices prior to demonstrating conformance with 8.6.4.19.12(a).

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• No rationale provided for eliminating the alternative of slipping the drive sheave.

• The proposal would require landing the car or counterweight and hang the other side by means of rigging each year (Category 1 test).

• IMPACTS– Cost– Safety Concern

3147.2806(e) • A17.1 § 8.6.4.20.3 requires car oil buffers to be

tested to determine conformance with the applicable requirements.


• Proposal reverts back the A17.1-2004 language and deleted no load car buffer testing.

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• Disallowing Alternative Testing Procedures increases the risk of damaging equipment during testing therefore reducing public safety if that damage or degradation is not readily evident and placed in public service as a “walking wounded” only to later fail.

• Full load/full speed tests requiring weights decrease worker safety and increase the potential risk to the riding public.

• Alternative testing procedures are based on physics principles that do not change.

• The physics principles are defined in an engineering analysis and verified on every elevator.


3147.2806(h)• A17.1 § 8.6.11.1 requires all elevators

provided with firefighters’ emergency operation shall be subjected monthly, by authorized personnel.

• Group IV is similar to the proposal.

• Proposal states testing can be done by authorized personnel except on every third time it shall be by be performed by a Certified Competent Conveyance Mechanic.

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3147.2806(h) - COMMENTS• Requires Certified Competent Conveyance

Mechanic to run the test quarterly.

• Requires formal / recorded Certified Competent Conveyance Company notification protocol.

• IMPACTS– Cost

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3147.2806(i)• A17.1 § 8.6.11.4.1 requires the cleaning of the

exterior of transparent car enclosures or transparent hoistway enclosures from inside the hoistway shall be performed only by authorized personnel (see 1.3) trained in compliance with the procedures specified in 8.6.11.4.2 and 8.6.11.4.3.

• Group IV is similar to the proposal.

• Proposal requires cleaning to be done under the direct supervision of a Certified Competent Conveyance Mechanic. 70

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• Requires Certified Competent Conveyance Mechanic to supervise the cleaning of glass.

• IMPACTS– Cost

3147.2806(j)• A17.1§ 8.6.11.5.1 states that the evacuation of

passengers from stalled elevators shall be performed only by authorized, elevator and emergency personnel (see 1.3) in compliance with the procedures specified in 8.6.11.5.2 through 8.6.11.5.6.


• Proposal states the evacuation of passengers from stalled elevators shall be performed only by elevator and emergency personnel (see 1.3).

NOTE : See ASME A17.4, Guide for Emergency Personnel.

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• Removes the building the evacuation procedure 8.6.11.5.2 through 8.6.11.5.6 but in 8.6.11.5.1 still requires following the eliminated procedure.

• Product specific evacuation procedure are not required.

• IMPACTS– Safety concern

3147.2806(l)• A17.1 § 8.6.11.13 requires all elevators provided

with Occupant Evacuation Operation (OEO) shall be subjected, by authorized personnel, to a check of the operation in conjunction with the fire alarm system testing in accordance with the requirements of NFPA 72.

• Group IV OEO was not permitted.

• The proposal requires an annual test by a Certified Competent Conveyance Mechanic.

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• Requires Certified Competent Conveyance Mechanic to annually test operation.

• Will require multiple people at different locations in the building.

• IMPACTS– Cost

Administrative Issues

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• A17.1 (section ?) allows use of A17.7

• Group IV didn’t address as A17.1 – 2004 did not include the A17.7 reference

• Proposal would delete the reference and exclude ability to use A17.7

AMY paraphrasing the A17.7 issue. Will work on this slide and insert a comment slide…need to identify any other issues from Admin section of proposed rules.


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Brian Black

From: Busse, Joe <[email protected]>Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 4:43 PMTo: [email protected]; Grainer, Steve; Hampton, Phil

([email protected]); Kalgren DennyCc: McColl, David; Barry Blackaby ([email protected]); Brian Black; Amy

BlankenbillerSubject: 2.26.5 Code Compliance Issue in Vancouver

Dear CCC Members, Confidential NEii CCC business please. I suspect the below might be a common concern if you have center opening dual clutch, dual interlock designs. Recently Fujitec has been cited by the BCSA (Vancouver) on a ruling of non‐compliance to 2.26.5(b)(2) related to center opening door entrances with an interlock on each driven panel (dual clutch design). The contention of violation is that if one interlock contact of one door panel is jumpered or faulty at the contact itself (i.e. contact doesn’t open properly with open doors), then we violate 2.26.5(b)(2) since we don’t detect the faulty contact (since the contacts are wired in series at the entrance assembly). In other words, when the monitored position of car doors “doors not closed” signal indicates open doors, the series interlock string is open‐circuited because the opposite door panel interlock contact opens the circuit in the normal fashion, so the faulty contact is not discovered. I’ve done a little research and have comments from a few old‐timers that the series wiring of the interlocks at the entrance assembly is very common industry practice. At first I thought this was a gotcha with respect to 2.26.5(b)(2), but upon further careful reading I believe that an entrance assembly is to be considered as a single entity within the Code and if so, then there would be no violation of 2.26.5(b)(2) in this scenario. I believe that the Code does not stipulate that each individual interlock contact of a dual interlock center‐opening design need be individually detected for a jumper or faulty contact. The literal tenses used in the 2.26.5 rule and the definitions seem to support this conclusion. At present we are at a standoff with BCSA as they understand the code as though each coupled landing door panel must comply with 2.26.5(b)(2). We’ve also made a reasonable case of equivalent safety as compared with a center opening single interlock‐relating cable design, and the fact that interlocks are robust, type‐tested devices with mandated service intervals well within the proof test frequency. To no avail. As a mental exercise, I drafted an interpretation request and concluded with my presumed straw‐man answers as below. David has agreed to add this to CCC agenda for discussion and possible NEii request for interpretation if the BCSA does not yield to Fujitec requesting reconsideration of their 2.26.5(b)(2) understanding. In advance of the next CCC meeting, we’re formulating a task group to confer by teleconference. Please reply if you would like to be a member of have a company member to be on the task group. So far myself and Barry have been assigned. Thanks,


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JB DRAFT: A17.1 2000 through current, Requirements 2.26.5, 2.11.11.7.2, and definitions. Question #1) Is an “entrance assembly” a singular entity in the sense of being inclusive of all door panels (i.e. “doors”) ofa multiple portion entrance? Answer = Yes. Question #2) Is the term “landing door” as used in 2.26.5(b)(2) meant to be the same as “hoistway door”? Answer = Yes. Question #3) With respect to question #1) and with reference to the A17.1/B44 definition of “door” (emphasis on the singular) as being inclusive as a single entity possible consisting of multiple panels, the opening paragraph of 2.26.5 as related to the entrance door(s) is written in the plural, i.e. “hoistway doors”, whereas the 2.26.5(a) and 2.26.5(b) are written in the singular tense, i.e. “landing door”. Is the singular tense of “landing door” in 2.26.5(b)(2) meant to be understood as the entire entrance door inclusive of multiple panels, regardless of the number of individual panels in the hoistway door system ? Answer = Yes. Question #4) For an entrance assembly that complies with 2.11.11.7.2 (2.11.11.7.2 Panels shall be equipped with hoistway door interlocks on

each driven panel….), is it required that each individual per panel interlock contact of such a multi‐panel door (emphasis on the singular “door”) comply with 2.26.5(b)(2). Answer = No. Question #5) For an entrance assembly described in Question #4), where two interlock contacts of two driven panels are wired in series at the local entrance wiring system and then returned to the controller as a series circuit, be in compliance 2.26.5(b)(2) if such detection of a shorted contact within an interlock assembly itself occurs when both contacts are shorted and not when only one of the contacts shorted. (Note: “Shorted” in question #5 is intended to understood as by both intentional means or by unintentional means). Answer = Yes. Question #6) For a single hoistway entrance with more than one driven door panel within the entrance assembly, and where an interlock is provided for each door panel and the interlocks are wired in series, are the multiple interlocks functionally considered a single interlock contact in the context of 2.26.5(b)(2)? Answer = Yes. Best Regards, Joseph D. Busse | Chief Corporate Engineer Fujitec America, Inc. 7258 Innovation Way Mason, Ohio 45040 P 513 932 8000, Ext. 5203


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National Elevator Industry Inc. Significant Questions/Concerns Regarding ITG 2013-01

NAVFAC ELEVATOR DESIGN GUIDE

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Item NAVFAC 2013-01 Requirement Proposed Question

1 2-2.6 LEED Certification Design Options a. High-Efficiency Permanent Magnet Gearless Machine A high-efficiency gearless machine has been developed and incorporated into elevator design in the elevator industry. This elevator drive is similar to traditional gearless traction machines and can be located in the elevator machine room. However, the high-efficiency gearless machine utilizes an electric motor design that uses permanent magnets to increase the energy efficiency of the drive machine. This type of elevator drive system should be considered for all facilities. For Navy Facilities, the machine must be located in the elevator machine room. 2-5.2 Electric Traction Elevators (2) Gearless Traction Machine: The elevator gearless drive machine is located in the elevator machine room. The motor connects directly to the drive sheave; there is no gear reduction unit. This type of electric traction elevator may be used for all applications and must be used for applications of greater than 10 floors. Car speed must be a minimum of 350 fpm (106.7 m/min) for 10 floors or less and 500 fpm (152.4 m/min) for greater than 10 floors. (3) High Efficiency Gearless Machine: This type is very similar to the gearless traction machine above. However, the high efficiency gearless machine utilizes an electric motor design that incorporates permanent magnets to increase the energy efficiency of the drive machine. For Navy Facilities, the machine must be located in the elevator machine room. 8-1.1 Elevator Hoist Machine The elevator hoist machine, including hoist motor and assembly, must be located within the elevator machine room (MR).

Requirements 2-2.6(a), 2-5.2(2), 2-5.2(3) and 8-1.1 This requirement prohibits Machine Roomless (MRL) type elevators. Unnecessarily restrictive and costly. What is the reason for prohibiting the machines from being located outside an elevator machine room? Is it based on design constraints, maintenance, safety, other? Is there any empirical data on which this design restriction is based? Please provide rationale and supporting documentation related to this requirement.

2 ARCHITECTURAL 3-1 Elevator Machine Room. An elevator machine room must be provided for each individual elevator or for each elevator group. The elevator machine and elevator controller must be located in the elevator machine room. 8-1.2 Elevator Controller The elevator controller must be located in the elevator MR. All elevator motor control equipment and wiring must be located in the elevator machine room.

Requirements 3-1 and 8-1.2 What is the reason for requiring an elevator machine room and why must the machine and controller be located in it? Is there any empirical data on which this design restriction is based? Please provide rationale and supporting documentation related to this requirement.

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3 3-1.2 Elevator Machine Room Plans f. Size and configure the elevator MR so that there is a minimum clearance of 20 inches (508 mm) between any building component and a traction elevator drive machine. g. Size and configure the elevator MR so that there is a minimum clearance of 12 inches (305 mm) between any building component and an over-speed governor. h. Size and configure the elevator MR so that there is a minimum clearance of 10 inches (254 mm) between any building component and a hydraulic elevator pump unit. 5-1.2 Mechanical Equipment Installation c. There must be a minimum of 20 inches (508 mm) clearance between an elevator drive machine and any mechanical or electrical equipment that is installed in the elevator machine room.

Requirements 3-1.2(f), (g), (h) and 5-1.2(c) What is the technical or safety reason for these clearance values? How did NAVFAC determine that a 20 inch clearance was appropriate between an elevator drive machine and its power leads (electrical equipment)? Please provide rationale and supporting documentation for these clearance numbers.

4 3-2.1 Elevator Hoistway Pit Entrapment Protection For all new design and construction projects, including additions to existing structures, the design of the elevator and hoistway must provide a minimum horizontal clearance of 20 inches (508 mm) between the side of the elevator platform/cab and any one wall of the elevator hoistway. The horizontal clearance of 20inches (508 mm) must be maintained from the pit floor to the top of the hoistway. Modernization of an elevator with an existing hoistway is not required to comply with this requirement.

Requirement 3-2.1 This requirement could actually create a safety issue for people trapped in the pit and trying to self-evacuate. For example, car could move during self-evacuation. It is unclear if the switch required by 8-2.4 will provide sufficient mitigation for this safety concern. Please explain.

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5 8-1.1.1 Non-Proprietary Elevator Hoist Machine The elevator hoist-machine must be a non-proprietary product and must comply with the following paragraphs. 8-1.1.1.1 The elevator hoist machine configuration and installation design must be mechanically and electrically interchangeable with a minimum of 3 other elevator manufacturer’s hoist machines that are readily available in the elevator industry. 8-1.1.1.2 The elevator hoist machine manufacturer must provide comprehensive factory training to include installation, adjustment, service, and maintenance. The training must be identified as available to any licensed elevator contractor. The manufacturer must have an established and documented schedule, with pricing, for factory training classes that have been provided for a minimum period of one year prior to contract award date of the applicable project. 8-1.2.1 Non-Proprietary Controller The elevator controller must be a non-proprietary microprocessor controller. The controller equipment, software, and manufacturer must comply with the following paragraphs. 8-1.2.1.1 The controller must be manufactured and sold by an elevator controller manufacturer that does not engage in installation, service, or maintenance of elevators.

Requirements 8-1.1.1, 8-1.1.1.1 and 8-1.1.1.2 8-1.1.1.1 would essentially exclude all manufacturers. There is no such thing as a non-proprietary machine. Each manufacturer provides its own machine, which is designed for optimal efficiency for the entire installation. A machine from one manufacturer is not interchangeable with the designs from other manufacturers. , Replacement parts, however, are readily available.

8-1.1.1.2 Installation, adjustment, service, and maintenance is performed by IUEC members who follow a comprehensive industry training program. There is no need or benefit to doing the training outlined in this provision in a factory location. IUEC mechanics must complete a comprehensive training and apprenticeship program, which addresses the areas included in this provision and has been recognized by the US Dept. of Labor.

Other training and apprenticeship programs, typically for non-union mechanics, have also been recognized by the US Dept. of Labor and are available.

Company specific training is made available only to personnel hired by the elevator contractor and not made available to other companies (i.e. competitors/customers). This requirement essentially excludes all of the major manufacturers and breaches confidential business practices. 8-1.2.1 and 8-1.2.1.1 essentially excludes OEM manufacturers (major elevator companies).

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6 8.1.1.2 In Navy Facilities, only stranded steel wire rope may be used for elevator suspension and counterbalance. Aramid fiber ropes, coated steel ropes, and non-circular coated steel belts shall not be used for elevator suspension and counterbalance. 8.1.1.2.1 The minimum diameter of hoisting and counterweight ropes shall be 3/8 inches (9.52 mm).

Requirements 8-1.1.2 and 8-1.1.2.1 Steel wire ropes, aramid fiber ropes and noncircular elastomeric-coated steel suspension members are all permitted by the A17.1 code and there are no safety reasons to prohibit any one of these types. What is the reason for prohibiting the use of safe and industry-proven suspension means? Please provide rationale and supporting documentation related to this requirement.

8-1.2 The elevator controller must be located in the elevator MR. All elevator motor control equipment and wiring must be located in the elevator machine room.

This is an overly restrictive design requirement, which prohibits some types of MRL designs. As a result, unnecessary work and additional costs will be incurred. .

8-1.2.1 The elevator controller must be a non-proprietary microprocessor controller. The controller equipment, software, and manufacturer must comply with the following paragraphs.

There is no such thing as a non-proprietary controller. Each manufacturer provides its own controller, which is designed for optimal efficiency for the entire installation.

8-1.2.1.1 The controller must be manufactured and sold by an elevator controller manufacturer that does not engage in installation, service, or maintenance of elevators.

This is an overly restrictive design requirement, which prohibits major full-service manufacturers in the U.S. from providing equipment designed, manufactured, installed and maintained by them. Equipment installed by major manufacturers can still be maintained and serviced by independent companies.

7 8-1.2.1.3 The elevator controller must be identified as available for purchase and installation by any licensed elevator contractor. In addition, all parts, diagnostic tools, and software must be available for purchase and installation and use by any licensed elevator contractor; “exchange-only” provisions for the purchase of spare parts are not acceptable.

Requirement 8-1.2.1.3 This requirement shows blatant disregard for copyright and proprietary information from any manufacturer.

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8 8-1.2.2 Elevator Controller Interface Cabinet A separate elevator control cabinet must be provided with an integrated human interface system. The separate controller interface cabinet must be supplied by the elevator controller manufacturer and include a minimum 12 inch (305 mm) wide keyboard and a minimum 10 inch (254 mm) monitor. The system must provide complete elevator controller interface capability and must include the elevator controller manufacturer’s comprehensive package of installation and diagnostic software. The microprocessor interface system must provide unrestricted access to all parameters, all levels of adjustment, and all flags necessary for installation, adjustment, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the elevator. Elevator controller fault log must provide capability for storage of all faults for a minimum of 60 days and the ability to download or print the fault log. Expiring software, degrading operation, and “key” access controls are not acceptable.

Requirement 8-1.2.2 This is an overly restrictive design requirement. Manufacturers design their interface tools to match their equipment. There is no benefit to specifying the exact size and shape of an interface device. Per A17.1 code, access to the machine room is available to authorized personnel (Group 2 security). This requirement would provide access to safety critical elevator functions and parameters.

9 8-1.2.4 New elevator controllers in Navy facilities must carry a current certificate of safety code compliance issued by the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA), Toronto, Canada.

Requirement 8-1.2.4 This requirement is unnecessary, adds costs and is vague. Controllers are already designed to meet the A17.1 code and third party certified to meet the B44.1/A17.5 code. Further certification by another AHJ entails unnecessary expense. There is no standard to specify how this certification is to be performed. What is the reason/purpose for requiring a Canadian TSSA certification for US Government installations?

10 8-1.4 Emergency Brake When an emergency brake is required by ASME A17.1, the emergency brake shall be designed to decelerate the car be acting directly on the elevator hoist ropes.

Requirement 8-1.4 Restrictive design which unnecessarily eliminates some manufacturers who have proven, safe designs, meeting the A17.1 code, which do not act directly on the hoist ropes. Many other methods of decelerating the car exist and are recognized by the A17.1 Code. This requires the use of a rope-gripper emergency brake and would eliminate all current manufacturer gearless designs.

11 8-2.3.2 Structural steel pit channels must be installed to serve as mounting surfaces for main guide rails, counterweight guide rails, car buffers, and counterweight buffers.

Requirement 8-2.3.2 Why are pit channels required? The requirement mandates the use of unnecessary materials.

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Facts regarding BC 403.5.2 (Additional Exit Stairway, OEEs)

Effective date: The latter of June 30, 2015 or the zoning text amendment date The majority of the provisions of Local Law 141/2013 (the 2014 NYC Construction Codes) took effect on December 31, 2014. However, Section 403.5.2 of the Building Code, Additional Exit Stairway, states that the provisions “shall take effect the later of 18 months after the date of enactment of this local law or the date of an amendment of the definition of floor area in the New York City Zoning Resolution providing for the exclusion of the floor area of the additional exit stairway and additional exit stairway width from the calculation of floor area…”. (Section 14 of Local Law 141 of 2013)

Why is it Important:

Included in the latest revisions of the 2014 NYC Construction Codes are many provisions that increase safety within buildings, especially high‐rise buildings. Some of these safety provisions implement the recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) World Trade Center Report (2005) that include decreasing the time it takes to evacuate an entire building in an emergency, increasing the ability of first responders to access building occupants and providing greater redundancy in escape routes to ensure that, should one such route become unavailable for building occupants, there is still adequate capacity to exit or evacuate the building. The practice of safety procedures during emergencies, including emergency occupant evacuation, is evolving. The 2008 Construction Codes assumed a “typical” firefighting strategy to shelter in place, thereby focusing on providing capacity to evacuate only one or two stories. The 2009 International Building Code, NIST and general building industry recognized an increased need for full building evacuation.

What are the requirements of BC 403.5.2?

Briefly summarized, Building Code Section 403.5.2 is a new provision requiring one of the following options be incorporated into the design of all new non‐residential buildings greater than 420 feet in height, or any mixed‐use building that contains non‐residential use above a height of 420 feet:

1. Construct one additional “emergency” exit stairway than is normally required based on the number of building occupants; or

2. Construct all passenger elevators in the building as “occupant self‐evacuation” type, including the safety requirements of such elevators, such as connection to emergency standby power, emergency communications, and special lobby dimensions to accommodate floor occupants, including wheelchairs; or

3. Increase the required width of all “emergency” exit stairways by 25 percent above what is otherwise required based on building occupant loading and construct all passenger elevators as “occupant self‐evacuation” type but the standby power generating‐equipment need only be sized to accommodate a limited number of the elevators (defined by an approved timed egress analysis).


Facts regarding BC 403.5.2 (Additional Exit Stairway, OEEs)

Why the 25% stairway widening + limited number of OEEs option?

The option that requires all the currently required number of emergency

exit stairways to be 25% wider PLUS providing a limited number of OEEs

being connected to the emergency power requirements arose out of the

NYC Code Revision mediation process. It was formulated to address the

types of buildings that may not be able to reasonably comply with either

the additional stairwell requirement or the all‐OEE connection

requirement. To use this option, the building developer must first

conduct an analysis to calculate egress time for the proposed building

including an additional stairwell. That egress time would then be

compared to the egress time for the proposed building with no additional

stairwell, but with at least one elevator per public elevator bank

designated as an OEE. If the egress time for the partial‐OEE option is

greater than that for the additional stairwell option, additional OEEs are

added to the assessment until the egress time is below the egress time of

the building with the additional stairway. The final building configuration

must have the emergency power generating capacity to simultaneously

connect at least as many OEEs as required by the analysis that provides a

faster egress time. Because the provision of a limited number of OEEs

does not provide enough egress redundancy, the final building design is

required to ALSO widen all of the currently required emergency exit

stairwells by at least 25% over what was used in the analysis.


Code & Safety Office 4034 North Hampton Brook Drive Hamburg, New York 14075 Office: 585.302.0813 Cell: 585.354.6772


December 8, 2014 Captain Lindsey Williams Arkansas State Fire Marshal Arkansas State Police Headquarters One State Police Plaza Drive Little Rock, AR 72209 RE: Elevator Phase I Recall Dear Captain Williams, I have received a copy of an email sent by Ryan Baker of the Fire Marshal's Division of the Little Rock Fire Department that indicates,

“After speaking with Dennis Free of the Arkansas State Fire Marshal’s Office, the standard practice is and has been to send the elevator into Phase I upon activation of any general fire alarm.

Thank you for asking Mr. Free to contact me regarding this. Unfortunately, we were unable to connect these past few weeks. Nonetheless, the National Elevator Industry Inc. (NEII®) would like to express our concerns regarding this policy.

The ASME A17.1‐2007/CSA B44‐07 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators adopted and enforced by the Arkansas Elevator Safety Division requires fire alarm initiating devices installed in conformance to NFPA 72 to be located at each elevator lobby, associated elevator machine rooms and spaces, and in the elevator hoistway to initiate FEO Phase 1 emergency recall operation (section 2.27.3.2.1).

The NFPA 72 Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, section 21.3.3 requires only the elevator lobby, hoistway and machine room detectors to be used to recall elevators for firefighter service unless otherwise required by AHJ. Initiation of Phase I elevator recall upon activation of any fire alarm initiating device in the building is not permitted.


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We have been unable to find any state regulations that permit an AHJ to deviate from this requirement.

Elevators recalled unnecessarily by FAIDs outside of the elevator lobby, hoistways and machine rooms are not available to persons with disabilities who require elevators to egress the building. This will require resources from first responders to locate and evacuate those persons. The use of these resources could be better deployed addressing the fire/emergency.

Requiring compliance with this policy in existing buildings that currently comply with ASME A17.1/CSA B44 creates significant burdens in the areas of permitting, inspections, equipment, and costs. Arkansas building owners are rightfully questioning our members why this is necessary and what the safety benefits are for these retrofits.

NEII® would like to discuss this matter further with your office, the Arkansas Chief Elevator Inspector and Mr. Free. Please advise if revising this policy to comport with the provisions in our national NFPA and ASME codes is something you would consider. With Regards,

Brian Black NEII® Code and Safety Director CC: Mr. Larry Smothers, Arkansas Chief Elevator Inspector


NEII Seismic Task Group report to the Central Code Committee regarding ASCE 7-10 Supplement 1

In 2000, the International Code Council (ICC) published a new model building code: The International

Building Code (IBC). With the exception of the year 2000 revision, it incorporates by reference American

Society of Civil Engineers/Structural Engineering Institute (ASCE/SEI) Standard 7, aka ASCE 7, for

structural and non-structural component loads. For reference, the seismic horizontal component force

level equation is as shown:

Where ap and Rp are the component amplification factor and component response modification factor

respectively. For elevator equipment, these are tabulated to be ap=1.0 and Rp=2.5 (in ASCE 7-10, this is

Table 13.6-1).

With regard to concrete anchorage, ASCE 7 evolved with each revision. Here is how ASCE 7-02

addressed the anchorage of nonstructural systems:

The change in Rp to 1.5 in 9.6.1.6.1 translates to a two-thirds increase in anchorage design force. This

would be a typical anchor application for rail brackets. For cast-in-place anchors, such as might be used


for basement set machines, item “b” would be the most likely least of these and it requires a 30 percent

increase in anchorage design force.

In ASCE 7-05, the requirements for post-installed anchors (typically expansion type anchors) and

embedded anchors were merged somewhat by applying the Rp modification to embedded anchor

systems unless the anchorage design is such that the failure mode is ductile. The Rp modification for

post installed anchors gets an exception should the anchorage be prequalified in accordance with ACI

355.2. See below:

ASCE 7-10, the Rp modification for embedded anchors isn’t as severe and more to the point, requires the

provisions of Appendix D of ACI 318 be applied when designing these connections. And now post

installed anchorage shall be prequalified in accordance with ACI 355.2 or other approved qualification

procedures:


In October 2013, the American Society of Civil Engineers released ASCE 7-10 Supplement 1. They made a substantial revision to the aforementioned Table 13.6-1 in that a new column was added for a term called Ω0, also referred to as “omega-naught”. For elevator and escalator components (and almost all

others as well), the value tabulated is 2 ½. The note at the bottom of the table addressing this addition states: “Overstrength as required for anchorage to concrete. See Section 12.4.3 for inclusion of Overstrength factor in seismic load effect.” The important clause in 12.4.3 is:

Where QE = effects of horizontal seismic forces from V, Fpx, or Fp as required in Sections 12.8.1, 12.10, or 13.3.1. On 12 August 2014, members of the NEII Seismic Task Group had a conference call with Jon Roberson, SE. Jon is a Structural Engineer registered in the State of California with deep experience in equipment anchorage. The purpose of the meeting was to gain understanding behind the change and how it may affect our designs.


Here’s a bullet point list of what we learned:

Since the primary modes of concrete related failure are brittle, this was implemented in an attempt to drive the failure to a ductile element where some warning before failure might be observed.

When designing the anchorage, Fp is multiplied by Ω0 to determine the strength required of the

anchoring system (tension and shear).

The component itself is not subject to this amplified force in its design.

Mr. Roberson attended a seminar with the chairman of the ASCE 7 Non-structural Components committee (Greg Soules) and there is no current effort to re-examine this.

California adopted this with the California Building Code 2013. After we let Mr. Roberson off the call, the Task Group discussed possible technical solutions, especially with respect to rail brackets. The leading candidate was to have the contractor provide a steel mounting interface where brackets would normally be fastened to concrete. This would put the burden of anchorage determination on the Structural Engineer of Record. The Seismic Task Group hopes that the Central Code Committee finds the information contained in this report useful. Tony Shelton (KONE) Jean Smith (Schindler) Chuck Schadrack (ThyssenKrupp) Bruce Horne (Otis)

Submitted 18 March 2015


2015 IBC Elevator proposals

ITEM PROPONENT ISSUE NEII RESPONSE

G 194 Kulk Lose reference to A17.7 Request disapproval

G 195 Cid Video 2‐way communication Request disapproval

G 197 AIA Escalator width Support – see rationale.

G198 Owens Fire resistance rating ?

G199 Kranz Sprinklers in OEE and FSAE machine rooms

?

G 200 CTC Hoistway opening protection Support

G 201 CTC Hoistway opening protection Support

G 202 CTC Enclosed elevator lobbies – where required

Support

G 203 CTC FSAEs in parking garages Support

G 204 CTC Water protection clarification Support

G 205 Frable‐ GSA FSAEs above fire department vehicle access only

? Similar to G 203

G 206 Frable‐ GSA Standby power Disapproval – support G 207

G 207 CTC Number of OEOs Support

G 208 CTC OEOs in parking garages Support

G 210 Frable‐ GSA Disapproval – support G 207

NOTE: The ICC Code Technology Committee on elevator lobbies (CTC) spent two years looking at

problems with the 2015 IBC elevator requirements, and specifically those that have come up regarding

Fie Service Access Elevators and Occupant Evacuation Elevators (e.g., excessive standby power

requirement). I represented NEII in these discussions. NEII should support the CTC package of proposed

changes with any editorial changes the CCC suggests we offer in the April hearings.

‐Brian


ICC COMMITTEE ACTION HEARINGS ::: April, 2015 G275


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PCR for Lifts (Elevators)

ISO TC178 Plenary2014:10/24

Product Category Rules

• Definition from ISO 14025: Environmentallabels and declarations -- Type III environmental declarations -- Principlesand procedures

• Product Category Rules - PCR– set of specific rules, requirements and

guidelines for developing Type III environmental declarations (3.2)

– for one or more product categories (3.12)

211/12/2014ISO TC 178 - PCR for Lifts - Christian de MAS LATRIE

Product Category Rule

• From ISO 14025:

• Clause 6.4 General programmeinstructions (GPI)– Prepared by the programme operator

– Operation of the programme: • Scope, involvement of interested parties, definition

of product categories, data management, data confidentiality management, procedure for development and maintenance of PCR, independent verification, fees etc.



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Product Category Rule

• From ISO 14025: – Clause 6.7.1 Developing the contents of a

PCR document• Select programme operator for a new PCR and follow the

rules defined in the GPI (General Programme Instructions) (and other Standards: e.g. ISO 15804)


Content of PCR 1/3a) product category definition and description (e.g. function, technical performance and use);

b) goal and scope definition for the LCA of the product, according to ISO 14040 series, including

functional unit

system boundary

description of data

criteria for the inclusion of inputs and outputs

data quality requirements including coverage, precision, completeness,representativeness, consistency, reproducibility, sources and uncertainty, and

units


Content of PCR 2/3

c) inventory analysis, including

data collection

calculation procedures, and

allocation of material and energy flows and releases

d) impact category selection and calculation rules, if applied

e) predetermined parameters for reporting of LCA data (inventory data categories and impact category indicators) (see Note below);

f) requirements for provision of additional environmental information, including any methodological requirements (e.g. specifications for hazard and risk assessment); see 7.2.3 for information;



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Content of PCR 3/3g) materials and substances to be declared (e.g. information about product content, including specification of materials and substances that can adversely affect human health and/or the environment, in all stages of the life cycle);

h) instructions for producing the data required to develop the declaration (LCA, LCI, information modules and additional environmental information);

i) instructions on the content and format of the Type III environmental declaration (see 7.2);

j) information on which stages are not considered, if the declaration is not based on an LCA covering all life cycle stages;

k) period of validity.

NOTE Predetermined parameters are the parameters on which environmental information about a product is to be supplied as identified in the PCR.


Programme Operator

• Selected programme operator:– International EPD® System operated by Environdec

(www.environdec.com)– Programme operator selected in April/May 2013

• All information is available free on this internet page:

• Draft PCR Lifts (status 2014-05-05) simple registration for login required

• E.g. ELA comments (status 2014-02-06)• Etc.


PCR Development

• Schedule of the programme operator– Start of open consultation phase agreed in 2nd

workshop for PCR Lifts 15th October 2014– New dates (in red) not yet agreed by programme

operator– Release of PCR Lifts is currently foreseen for

begin of August 2015 (not confirmed)



PRODUCT CATEGORY RULES

DATE 2014-05-05 UN CPC 4354

LIFTS (ELEVATORS)

2014:XY VERSION 1.2 DRAFT FOR SECOND OPEN CONSULTATION REFLECTING COMMENTS FROM 1ST PHASE (6TH DEC 2013- 7TH FEB 2014) AND EXTENDED 1ST PHASE (7TH FEB 2014 – 11TH APRIL 2014)



DATE 2014-05-05 UN CPC 4354 LIFTS (ELEVATORS)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................................................................3

LIST OF FIGURES ...........................................................................................................................................................4

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ..............................................................................................................................................4

GENERAL INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................5

1 GENERAL INFORMATION ......................................................................................................................................6

1.1 OWNERSHIP, RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR THE EPD® .................................................................7

2 DEFINITION OF THE PRODUCT GROUP ..............................................................................................................7

2.1 SPECIFICATION OF COMPANY ........................................................................................................................8 2.2 SPECIFICATION OF THE PRODUCT ................................................................................................................9

3 REPRESENTATIVE CONFIGURATION AND FUNCTIONAL UNIT ....................................................................... 10

3.1 REPRESENTATIVE CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................................... 10 3.2 FUNCTIONAL UNIT .......................................................................................................................................... 13

4 CONTENT DECLARATION .................................................................................................................................... 15

5 UNITS AND QUANTITIES ...................................................................................................................................... 17

6 GENERAL SYSTEM BOUNDARIES ...................................................................................................................... 17

6.1 GENERAL CUT OFF RULES ............................................................................................................................ 19 6.2 UPSTREAM PROCESSES ............................................................................................................................... 19 6.3 CORE PROCESSES ......................................................................................................................................... 19 6.4 DOWNSTREAM PROCESSES ......................................................................................................................... 20

7 CORE MODULE (A3) ............................................................................................................................................. 20

7.1 SYSTEM BOUNDARIES ................................................................................................................................... 20 7.2 CUT OFF RULES .............................................................................................................................................. 21 7.3 ALLOCATION RULES ....................................................................................................................................... 21 7.4 DATA QUALITY RULES .................................................................................................................................... 22 7.5 OTHER CALCULATION RULES (RULES FOR GENERIC DATA) ................................................................... 22

8 UPSTREAM MODULE (A1-A3’) ............................................................................................................................. 22

8.1 SYSTEM BOUNDARIES ................................................................................................................................... 22 8.2 CUT-OFF RULES .............................................................................................................................................. 22 8.3 ALLOCATION RULES ....................................................................................................................................... 22

9 DOWNSTREAM MODULE (A4 – C4) ..................................................................................................................... 24

9.1 USE PHASE ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 9.2 CUT-OFF RULES .............................................................................................................................................. 26 9.3 ALLOCATION RULES ....................................................................................................................................... 26 9.4 DATA QUALITY RULES .................................................................................................................................... 26 9.5 RECYCLING DECLARATION AND WASTE TREATMENT .............................................................................. 27

10 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION........................................................................ 28

10.1 USE OF RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................. 28 10.2 POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ............................................................................................. 28 10.3 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS .............................................................................................. 29 10.4 WASTE PRODUCTION AND OUTPUT FLOWS ...................................................................................... 30 10.5 ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION .................................................................................. 30

11 CONTENT OF THE EPD® .................................................................................................................................... 31

11.1 PROGRAMME RELATED INFORMATION .............................................................................................. 31 11.2 PRODUCT-RELATED INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 32 11.3 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION .......................................................... 32 11.4 MANDATORY STATEMENTS .................................................................................................................. 32 11.5 DIFFERENCES VERSUS PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THE EPD® ......................................................... 33




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11.6 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 33

12 VALIDITY OF THE EPD® ...................................................................................................................................... 34

13 CHANGES IN THIS PCR DOCUMENT ................................................................................................................. 34

14 ANNEX A ............................................................................................................................................................... 35

15 ANNEX B ............................................................................................................................................................... 36

16 ANNEX C................................................................................................................................................................... 38

LIST OF TABLES Table 0–1 Principle programme elements .................................................................... 5

Table 1–1 General information regarding the PCR development process .............................. 6

Table 2–1 Main subsystems and components of a lift system ............................................ 8

Table 2–2 Product description and scope of application, minimum requirement ....................... 9

Table 3–1 Usage categories for lifts .......................................................................... 10

Table 3–2 Six lift system representatives defining representative performance parameters, minimum requirement ............................................................................... 11

Table 3–3 Predefined and non-predefined parameters of representative configuration to be declared (exemplary values shown) .............................................................. 13

Table 3–4 Predetermined parameters and formula for definition of mandatory “per tkm” functional unit and optional “per passenger*floor” functional units ............................ 14

Table 4–1 Material content to be declared ................................................................... 16

Table 8–1 Selected generic data sources* .................................................................. 23

Table 9–1 Parameters to be disclosed within information module A4 ................................... 27

Table B-1 Recycling ratios, based on geographic region (source?) ..................................... 36

Table C-1 Table of results – Use of resources per functional unit (optional indicators and life cycle stages in brackets) ....................................................................... 38

Table C-2 Table of results – Potential environmental impacts per functional unit (optional life cycle stages in brackets) ....................................................................... 40

Table C-3 Table of results – Waste production and output flows per functional unit (optional indicators and life cycle stages in brackets) ......................................... 41




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LIST OF FIGURES Figure 6–1. Presentation of core, upstream and downstream modules ................................ 18

Figure A-1 System boundaries (presentation of core, upstream and downstream modules) ....... 35

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS BoM Bill of materials BREEAM Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European parliament and of the Council of 16 December

2008 on classification, labelling packaging of substances and mixtures CF Characterization factor CPC Central Product Classification DGNB Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen EEE Electronic and electrical equipment EN European Standards EOL End of Life EOR End of life recycling EPD® Environmental Product Declaration GHS Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals GPI General Programme Instructions HQE Haute Qualité Environnementale ISO International Standard Organization LCA Life Cycle Assessment LCI Life Cycle Inventory LCIA Life Cycle Impact Assessment LEED Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design NCV Net Calorific Value NEII National Elevator Industry, Inc. OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Pst5 Standby power (W) used of lift system after 5 minutes in standby condition Pst30 Standby power (W) used of lift system after 30 minutes in standby condition PCR Product Category Rule PWB Printed wiring board REACh Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European parliament and the council of 18 December

2006 concerning the Regulation, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals RC Recycling content RSL Referent service life SVHC Substance of very high concern TVOC Total volatile organic compound VERDE Environmental Building Certificate of the Spanish Green Building Council (GBCe) VDI Verein Deutscher Ingenieure VOC Volatile organic compound




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GENERAL INTRODUCTION This is a document developed in the framework of the International EPD® System (www.environdec.com). The International EPD® System is a system of environmental declarations based on a hierarchic approach following the international standards:

ISO 9001, Quality management systems

ISO 14001, Environmental management systems

ISO 14040, LCA - Principles and procedures

ISO 14044, LCA - Requirements and guidelines

ISO 14025, Type III environmental declarations

The General Programme Instructions of the system are based on these standards, as well as instructions for developing Product Category Rules (PCR). Please note in particular that the relevant core rules - as long as of environmental relevance and practical usefulness, feasibility and simplicity - defined in EN 15804 are indispensable for the application of the PCR at hand.

In the case of building products EN 15804 (Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations - Core rules for the product category of construction products) and ISO 21930 Environmental declaration of building products are also used as underlying standards, if relevant.

This PCR document specifies further and additional minimum requirements on EPDs of the product group defined below complementary to the above mentioned general requirement documents.

The principle programme elements concerning the Product Category Rules (PCR) included in International EPD® System are presented below. More information is available in the General Programme Instructions.

Table 0–1 Principle programme elements

Purpose Element identification and principal approach Complying with principles set in ISO 14025 on modularity and comparability

1. "Book-keeping LCA approach" (attributional LCA) 2. A Polluter-Pays (PP) allocation method

Simplifying work to develop Product Category Rules (PCR)

3. PCR Module Initiative (PMI) in order to structure PCR in modules according to international classification 4. PCR Moderator for leadership and support of the PCR work 5. Pre-certification of EPDs

Secure international participation in PCR work

6. Online PCR Forum for open and transparent stakeholder consultation

Facilitating, identification and collection of LCA-based information

7. Selective data quality approach for specific and generic data

Broaden market applications of EPDs 8. Introducing Sector EPDs 9. Introducing "Single-issue EPDs"

Expand possibilities for organisations to issue EPDs in a cost-effective way 10. Introducing "EPD process certification"

Product Category Rules (PCR) are specified for specified information modules “gate-to-gate”, so called core modules. The structure and aggregation level of the core modules is defined by the United Nation Statistics Division - Classification Registry CPC codes (http://unstats.un.org). The PCR also provides rules for which methodology and data to use in the full LCA, i.e. life cycle parts up-streams and down-streams the core module.

The PCR also has requirements on the information given in the EPD®, e.g. additional environmental information. A general requirement on the information in the EPD® is that all information given in the EPD®, mandatory and voluntary, shall be verifiable.

In the EPD®, the environmental performance associated with each of the three life-cycle stages (modules) mentioned above is reported separately.

Within the present PCR the following terminology is adopted, as defined in the Guidance for Product Category Rules Development v1.0: The term “shall” is used to indicate what is obligatory.

The term “should” is used to indicate a recommendation, rather than a requirement.

The term “may” or “can” is used to indicate an option that is permissible. ATTACHMENT #13

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1 GENERAL INFORMATION

Table 1–1 General information regarding the PCR development process

Name: Lifts (elevators)

Programme operator: The International EPD® System, www.environdec.com. E-mail: [email protected]

Publication date: To be added

Registration no: To be added

This PCR was prepared by:

Carlos Peribáñez, Instituto Tecnológico de Aragón, [email protected]

Cornelia Stettler, Carbotech AG, [email protected]

Nikolay Minkov, Technische Universität Berlin, [email protected]

Paula Casares Medrano, ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG, [email protected]

Sascha Iqbal, IQC Consult GmbH, [email protected]

Urs Thumm, Schindler Elevator Ltd., [email protected]

Hanna Uusitalo, European Elevator Association, [email protected]

Appointed PCR moderator: Nikolay Minkov, Technische Universität Berlin, [email protected]

Open consultation period: 2013-12-06 until 2014-02-06

Contributors during open consultation

(only list with their approval)

Ana Maria Lorente Lafuente, Member of ISO TC 178/WG 10 Etienne Lees-Perasso, Bureau Veritas CODDE Guenter Horny, VDMA Hanna Uusitalo, KONE Jan Koenig, VFA-Interlift e.V. Johannes Kreissig, PE International AG Jose Maria Fernandes, IHOBE Karl-Michael Renz, OSMA Stefania Galletti, IMQ S.p.A.

Review panel for this PCR: The Technical Committee of the International EPD® System. Full list of TC members available on www.environdec.com/TC

The PCR is valid within the following geographical region

Global

Valid until: To be added

Language: English only (no translation in other languages is foreseen)

More information on this PCR’s website:

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This document provides Product Category Rules (PCR) for the assessment of the environmental performance of lifts (elevators), which is a sub-set of UN CPC 4354 Lifts, skip hoists, escalators and moving walkways, and the declaration of this performance by an EPD®. More information about the product group could be found in Section 2.

This PCR complies with the General Programme Instruction of the International EPD® System, version 2.01 dated 2013-09-18 and it is based on the requirements and guidelines given in:

“PCR Basic Module, CPC Division 43: “General-purpose machinery”, version 2.0, dated 2013-10-24

General Programme Instructions (GPI) for the International EPD® System, version 2.01, dated 2013-09-18

EN 15804:2012 Sustainability of construction works. Environmental product declarations. Core rules for the product category of construction products

Guidance for Product Category Rules Development v1.0 (www.pcrguidance.org) and conformity assessment.

There are no existing PCRs for the same CPC code used as a reference to the present PCR. Preparing a PCR for lifts (elevators) will help avoiding inconsistencies between companies when reporting LCA results and increases transparency. Furthermore, it will help avoiding abuse of LCA’s for unjustified marketing purposes or for gaining unfair competitive advantages.

This PCR document is publicly available on www.environdec.com. The PCR document is a living document. If relevant changes in the LCA methodology or in the technology for the product category occur, the document will be revised and any changes will be published on the website.

Any comments to this PCR document may be given on the PCR Forum on www.environdec.com or directly to the PCR moderator during the period of validity. The PCR Moderator should initiate a revision process before the validity time expires to give due time for announcing and collecting comments.

EPDs shall be based on the latest version of the PCR, and refer to the version number and date of the PCR used. The production of new PCR versions does not affect the certification period of EPDs that are already published.

1.1 OWNERSHIP, RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR THE EPD® A company1 or a group of companies producing an EPD® based on this PCR are the sole owners and have liability and responsibility for their EPD®.

2 DEFINITION OF THE PRODUCT GROUP

Elevator systems as for the application of this PCR consist of the following main subsystems and components, (may be grouped differently depending on the product structure definition applied by the respective lift manufacturer):

1 Under ”the company”, henceforth the following description according to the Lift Directive 95/16/EC, Article 1, point 4 shall apply: ‘ ...the 'installer of a lift' shall mean the natural or legal person who takes responsibility for the design, manufacture, installation and placing on the market of the lift and who affixes the CE marking and draws up the EC declaration of conformity’.






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Table 2–1 Main subsystems and components of a lift system2

Subsystem Components

Car

Side walls, roof, floor, interior decoration, safety gear, load measuring device, car lighting (LED, CFL, fluorescent tubes, halogen spots, incandescent lamps), car fan, car air conditioner (if any), guide shoes or rollers, car isolation, guardrail for top of car, underfloor heating (if any)

Controller Electrical and electronic equipment, printed wiring boards (PWBs) for car operating panel, landing operating panels, landing indicators, user interfaces (car and landing), wiring, communication equipment, car and pit inspection boxes

Converter Power electronics, electrical and electronic equipment, printed wiring boards (PWBs), energy regeneration equipment, line or net filter, mains choke, braking resistors, voltage regulators

Counterweight Frame, filling blocks, safety gear, guide shoes or rollers, counterweight guard

Doors Landing doors (frame, door panels) and car door (door panels, door drive, light curtain/barrier), toe guard, door sills

Hoistway (or Shaft) Material

Guide rails for car and counterweight, fish plates, clips, brackets, shock absorbers (spring, hydraulic, buffers) for car counterweight, pit set, over speed governor governor pulley, governor rope and tensioning device, suspension ropes/belt or hydraulic piston, rope compensation (chains), tensioning device for rope compensation, rope terminations, pulleys, hoistway wiring, position reference system

Machine (traction)

Rotor, stator, bearings, sheave shaft, housing, gear (if geared traction), brakes, fan or air conditioner for cooling the engine, traction sheave and protection (rope guarding), machine support structure (bed plate, levelling shims, antivibtration pads), inverter, measuring devices (encoder, encoder cables, tachometer)

Machine (hydraulic) motor, pump, filter, oil tank, valves, pressure switch, hand pump, jack (cylinder and ram / piston), hydraulic oil (mineral, synthetic, bio), energy recovery equipment, interconnecting pipes, oil heating / cooling unit

2.1 SPECIFICATION OF COMPANY Information about the company issuing the EPD® shall be specified in the EPD®, including a description of the company, and a description of its overall environmental work.

Mandatory information:

Name and address of company

The site(s), company or group of companies or those representing them for whom the EPD® is representative, i.e. list of all in-house manufacturing locations

Issuer and contacts

Voluntary information:

Name and address of supplier / manufacturers and designation of main component supplied by them

ISO 14001 and/or EMAS certificate of manufacturing sites

Management of ecodesign according to ISO 14006 or equivalent

Specific aspects regarding the production

2 The list is not exhaustive and may be extended. A proposal for a standardized lift structure can be found in chapter 4.3. of the doctoral thesis of Dr. Ana Ma Lafuente referenced in chapter 11.6 of this PCR.




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Environmental policy

Company logotype

2.2 SPECIFICATION OF THE PRODUCT The product category is defined under UN CPC Ver.2 classification:

Section: 4 - Metal products, machinery and equipment

- Division: 43 - General-purpose machinery

Group: 435 - Lifting and handling equipment and parts thereof

Class: 4354 - Lifts, skip hoists, escalators and moving walkways

More information is available on http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/regcs.asp?Cl=25&Lg=1&Co=4354.

UN CPC 4354 Lifts, skip hoists, escalators and moving walkways includes many different types of machinery. The scope of this PCR is limited to machinery defined as lifts (or elevators3) since production technologies and functionality are specific4. The PCR cannot be used for other type of products (e.g. skip hoists, escalators or moving walkways) classified under the same UN CPC 4354.

This PCR covers new and existing installations of the following types of gearless traction, geared traction and hydraulic lifts, which are part of CPC 4354:

Lifts designed for transportation of persons;

Lifts designed for transportation of freights (goods and materials);

Lifts designed for both, i.e. transportation of passengers and goods.

Lifts covered by this PCR can have vertical or inclined trajectories5.

The EPD® shall clearly describe the lift system considered and its scope of application using as a minimum the parameters listed in Table 2–2 below. To help the reader, it is recommended that the EPD® includes a schematic overview of the lift’s main components.

Table 2–2 Product description and scope of application, minimum requirement

Information Example Commercial name As stated in the operating manual or sales catalogue Manufacturing company Main purpose Transport of persons / goods / both (passengers & goods) Type of drive system gearless traction / geared traction / hydraulic Nominal (rated) load range 320 … 1000 kg Nominal (rated) velocity range 0.4 … 1.25 m/s

Number of stops range 2 … 21 Travelled length (maximum) 60 m

Building rise and type (typical)

low- (2..6 floors) / mid- (7..20 floors) / high- rise (> 20 floors); residential / commercial / office / administrative / hotel / hospital / shopping centre / transportation / industrial e.g. low-rise residential

Optional equipment List if the unit has optional equipment, different than the one listed under the commercial name in the sales catalogue

3 The term ”elevator” corresponds to the American word for ”lift” in British English (according to Lift Directive 95/16/EC) 4 As the general system boundaries of the elevator life cycle model (see Figure 6-1) underlying this PCR do include elevator installation (optionally, see A5 in Figure 6-1), maintenance and repair (mandatory, see B2 & B3 in Figure 6-1), UN CPC codes 54691 (Lift and escalator installation services) and 87157 (Maintenance and repair services of elevators and escalators) are implicitly included in the scope defining this PCR with respect to elevators (and not escalators). 5 Inclined elevators are to be considered as such that travel at an angle of inclicnation ” of more than 15 degree to the horizontal” (as per Lift Directive 95/16/EC), ” not more than 15° to the vertical” (as per EN81), or ”of 70 deg or less from the horizontal” (as per ASME A17.1)


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Relevant Type I and Type II environmental labels awarded to the product may be declared additionally. Any claims made about the product shall be verifiable.

3 REPRESENTATIVE CONFIGURATION AND FUNCTIONAL UNIT

The functional unit is defined as a quantified performance of the product for use as a reference unit in an environmental declaration of the life cycle of a product. The primary purpose of the functional unit is to provide a reference by which input and output flows (material, energy, waste, emissions, etc.) of the lift LCA results and any other information are normalized to produce data expressed on a common basis.

Due to the large variety of lift configurations, first a representative configuration shall be defined in order to differentiate the lift specifications of the unit under declaration in the EPD®. The representative configuration shall relate to a predetermined application scope of the product that is considered to be representative based on criteria to be disclosed as a minimum in qualitative terms. It is necessary to specify and document the used configuration, to prepare the figures for the functional unit and to ensure a reasonable comparability. Therefore, the representative configuration has to be seen as part of the specification of the functional unit. This can be done by a set of defined parameters. After, to support comparability within the product group, a functional unit is required to make a fair comparison possible and to allow the EPD® to cover a full cradle-to-grave LCA.

3.1 REPRESENTATIVE CONFIGURATION A representative configuration shall be defined in the EPD® based on the selection of a representative usage category for lifts (Table 3–1) and a set of predetermined performance parameters or parameter ranges (Table 3–2), including additional category covering East Asia specifics (“Mid-Rise2” in Table 3-2).

Please, note that usage category shall be chosen based on the approach chosen for the calculation of the use phase scenario (section 9.1), i.e. approach A (VDI 4707-1) or approach B (ISO/DIS 25745-26). In the EPD® it shall be clearly stated which approach is chosen.

Regarding the predefined parameters (ranges) it should be noted that they are representative average numbers for the given category, based on expert judgement. The lift configuration shall include predetermined and product specific parameters (see exemplary Table 3–3).

Table 3–1 Usage categories for lifts

6 ISO/DIS 25745-2:2013 (draft international standard) ”Energy performance of lifts, escalators and moving walks - Part 2 : Energy calculation and classification for lifts (elevators)” is being developed under the Vienna Agreement (CEN an ISO approval in parallel procedure), thus it can also be refered to prEN ISO 25745-2:2013 (preliminary European norm). 7May be determined from the average number of trips and average trip duration.

Usage categories according to VDI 4707-1, Table 1 (Approach A) Usage category 1 2 3 4 5 Usage intensity/ frequency

very low very seldom

low seldom

medium occasionally

high frequently

very high very frequently

Average travel time in hours per day7

0.2 (≤ 0.3)

0.5 (> 0.3-1)

1.5 (>1-2)

3 (>2-4.5)

6 (>4.5)

Average standby time in hours per day

23.8 23.5 22.5 21 18




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Usage categories according to ISO/DIS 25745-2, Annex A, Table A.1 (Approach B) Usage Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 Usage intensity/ frequency Very low Low Medium High Very high Extremely high

Number of trips per day (nd) Typical range

50 (≤75)

125 (75 -200)

300 (200-500)

750 (500-1000)

1500 (>1000)

2500 (>2000)

Typical buildings and usage

Residential building up to 6 dwellings (360)

Residential care home (360)

small office or administrative building with few operations (260)

suburban

railway stations (360)

Residential building up to 20 dwellings (360)

small office or administrative building with 2 to 5 floors (260)

small hotels (360)

office car parks (260)

general car parks (360)

main line railway stations (360)

library (6)

entertainment centres (360)

stadia (intermittent)

Residential building with up to 50 dwellings (360)

medium-sized office or administrative building with up to 10 floors (260)

medium-sized hotel (360)

airports (360)

university (260)

small hospital (360)

shopping centre (360)

Residential building with more than 50 dwellings (360)

large office or administrative building with more than 10 floors (260)

large hotel (360)

very large office or administrative building over 100 m height (260)

very large office or administrative building over 100 m height (260)

Typical rated speed [m/s] 0.63 1.00 1.60 2.50 5.00 5.00

Table 3–2 Six lift system representatives defining representative performance parameters, minimum requirement

Parameter Unit Low-Rise1

Low Traffic

Low-Rise 2a

(Hydraulic Passngr.)

High Traffic

Low-Rise2b (Hydraulic

Freight)

Medium Traffic

Mid-Rise1

Medium Traffic

Mid-Rise2

Medium Traffic

High-Rise

High Traffic

Drive system -- Traction Hydraulic Hydraulic Traction Traction Traction

Typical types of building and use

Residential building with up to 6 dwellings

Small office or administrative building with few operation

Residential block with up to 20 dwellings

Small office and administrative building with 2 to 5 floors

Small hotels

Goods lift with little operation

Residential block with up to 50 dwellings

Medium-sized office and administrative building with up to 10 floors

Medium-sized hotels

Goods lift with medium operation

Residential block with more than 50 dwellings

Tall office and administrative building with more than 10 floors

Large hotels

Small to medium-sized hospital

Goods lift in a production process with a single shift

Office and administrative building over 100 m in height

Large hospital

Goods lift in a production process with several shifts




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Main transport purpose

-- Passenger Passenger Freight Passenger Passenger Passenger

Usage category acc. to VDI 4707-1

-- 2 (?) 3 3 3 5

Usage category acc. to ISO/DIS 25745-2

-- 2 4 3 3 3 5

Daily travel time corresponding to above ISO/DIS usage category (needed for VDI calculation approach)

[h/d] 0.5 (?) 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

Number of trips per day corresponding to above ISO/DIS 25745-2 usage category

[trips/d] 125 750 300 300 300 300

Daily standby time corresponding to above ISO/DIS usage category (needed for VDI calculation approach)

[h/d] 23.5 (?) 22.5 22.5 22.5 22.5

Reference service life

[y] 20 20 20 20 20 20

Nominal load

(typical rated load range)*

[kg] 320 – 640 320 - 640 1’000 – 6’300 640 – 1’600 640 – 1’600 1’600 - .2’250 (or 2x 2’250 ‘double

deck car’)

Nominal velocity

(typical rated speed range)*

[m/s] 1.0

(≤ 1.0)

1.00

(0.15-0.63)

1.00

(0.15-0.63)

1.6

(1.0-3.0)

1.75

(1.0-3.0)

6.0

(≤ 10.0)

Traveling lenght

(typical allocation range)*

[m] 12

(6..18)

12

(6..18)

12

(6..18)

25

(20..60)

57

(20..60)

180

(180..500)

Number of stops

(typical floor range)

-- 5

(2..6 floors)

3

(2..6 floors)

5

(2..6 floors)

9

(7..20 floors)

20

(7..20 floors)

15 (express zone)

(> 20 floors)




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Number of car entrances

-- 1 2 2 1 1 1

* can support the selection of a suitable representative configuration for the lift system for which EPD shall be developed.

Table 3–3 Predefined and non-predefined parameters of representative configuration to be declared (exemplary values shown)

Parameter Unit Value

Country and place of installation (*) -- Paris, France

Drive system (*) -- Traction, gearless

Main transport purpose (*) -- Passenger

Reference standard -- VDI or ISO/DIS

Usage category (**) -- 2

Reference service life (**) [y] 20

Nominal (rated) load (*) [kg] 630

Nominal (rated) velocity (*) [m/s] 1,0

Traveling lenght (**) [m] 12

Number of stops (**) -- 5

Number of car entrances (**) -- 1

Reeving factor (*) -- 1:1

Counterweight balancing (*) % 45

Car dimensions (width x depth) (*) [mm] 1100 x 1400

Door dimensions (width x height) (*) [mm] 800 x 2000 (*) product specific parameters, (**) predetermined parameters (see Table 3–1 and Table 3–2 above)

Comparison of results between different representative configurations is not possible and shall be avoided.

Among others, the service life of the following components shall be considered in the service life of the lift: traction ropes, belt of car door operator, brake pads of 2 speed machines, roller guides, slide guides, traction cables, traction belts, electrolytic capacitors at the power cube, relays, contactors, switches and buttons.

Replacement of these components shall be included in the analysis accordingly.

Selection criteria for representativeness of performance parameters (configuration) shall be explained in qualitative terms, such as e.g. configuration with highest actual or expected number of units sold/to be sold, internal cost representatives of most frequently expected configurations to be delivered, most frequently asked configuration by stakeholders, launch of a new product line, etc.

3.2 FUNCTIONAL UNIT The function of the lift can be defined as the vertical (or inclined) transportation of persons, freights or both. Based on this, the functional unit shall be defined as the transportation of 1t (1,000 kg) of load over a distance of 1km, expressed in terms of nominal load [t] over a distance of one [km] travelled, i.e. tonne-kilometre [tkm].

The functional units shall be documented in a transparent and reproducible manner according to the formulas and predetermined parameters shown in the table below.

In order to facilitate the integration of lift LCI and LCIA data based on this PCR into whole building LCAs of ’green’ building schemes, a functional unit of “per floor” may be defined optionally in the EPD®, distinguishing between floor-dependent (such as e.g. ropes/belts, landing doors, total energy demand, etc.) and floor-independent (such as e.g.




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motor, controller, converter, vehicle travels of service personnel, etc.) components / life cycle stages. If a ”per floor” functional unit is defined, it is recommended to include the life cycle stage B4 modernisation and extend the reference service life from 20 to 50 years.

Table 3–4 Predetermined parameters and formula for definition of mandatory “per tkm” functional unit and optional “per passenger*floor” functional units

Approach A (VDI 4707-1)

Parameter Unit Symbol Value

Selected representative usage category () -- UC 1, 2, 3, n

Reference service life [y] RSL 20

Average travel time per day [h] tTravel 0.2, 0.5, 1.5, 3.0, or 6.0

Average standby time per day [h] tStandby tStandby = 24 - tTravel

Operating days per year [d/y] d 365

Nominal load [kg] Q product specific

Nominal velocity [m/s] vnom product specific

Annual distance travelled [km] sy

Distance travelled over RSL [km] sRSL

Functional unit ’per tkm’ (mandatory) [1/tkm] FUtkm

Number of passangers -- P 1,2, 3, n

Functional unit ’per passenger*floor' (optional)(*) [pfl] FUFloor

Approach B (ISO/DIS 25745-2)

Parameter Unit Symbol

Low-Rise1 Low

Traffic

Low-Rise 2a (Hydr.

Passgr.) High

Traffic

Low-Rise2b (Hydr.

Freight) Medium Traffic

Mid-Rise1

Medium Traffic

Mid-Rise2

Medium Traffic

High-Rise

Medium Traffic

Usage category [-] UC 2 4 3 3 3 5

Reference service life [y] RSL 20

Number of stops [-] FL 5 3 5 9 20 15

Number of trips per day [trips/d] nd 125 750 300 300 300 300

Operating days per year [d/y] dop

260 for office & administrative buildings 360 for all other building types (residential, hotel, public transportation,

shopping centre, etc.)

Rated load [kg] Q product specific

Average car load [kg] %Q

Travel distance of reference cycle [m] src

Distance travelled during reference cycle as defined in clause 2.13 of ISO 25745-1




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Travel distance of reference trip [m] srt

Average travel distance [m] sav

Annual distance travelled [km] sy

Distance travelled over RSL [km] sRSL

Functional unit ’per tkm’ (mandatory) [1/tkm] FUtkm

Number of passangers -- P 1,2, 3, n

Functional unit ’per passenger*floor' (optional)(*)

[-] FUFloor

(*) average height of 1 floor = 3 m; average weight of 1 passenger = 75 kg;

4 CONTENT DECLARATION

The EPD® shall include a content declaration of the product covering relevant materials and substances including maintenance & repair material (spare parts) over the entire RSL according to the following relevance criteria:

95% of gross weight of non-hazardous materials making up the majority of the lift and used in large amounts (such as e.g. ferrous and non-ferrous metals)

Any hazardous substances published on the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)8 by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) (such as e.g. halogenated plastics or ODP substances)

Any materials with a very high specific environmental burden per kg of extracted and processed raw material (such as e.g. electrical and electronic equipment).

Information on hazardous substances of materials and chemical substances is mandatory and shall follow the requirements given in latest revision of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS9), issued by the UN or national or regional applications of the GHS. Thus, for lifts put on the market in the European Union the following regulations shall apply:

Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European parliament and the council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Regulation, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACh)

Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP)

Therefore, for lifts put on the market of the European Union, the declaration of material content of the product shall list as a minimum substances contained in the product that are in the SVHC for authorisation when their content exceeds 0,1 weight-% of the construction product. SVHC are listed by ECHA and includes the Candidate List of SVHC..

An optional detailed list of the product’s substances, including CAS number, environmental class and health class, may be included in the product content declaration. It is also recommended to include substances’ functions in the product (e.g. surface treatment, anticorrosion protection, flame retardant, pigment, etc.).

The declaration of contents shall also report all substnace’s inherent properties that are regarded as hazardous. These hazardous substances may be reported with the applicable risk classification, as per the regulations for those markets where the product will be used.

8 http://echa.europa.eu/de/candidate-list-table 9 GHS document available from http://www.unece.org


http://echa.europa.eu/de/candidate-list-table

http://www.unece.org/



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EPDs prepared for lifts with target markets outside the European Union, disclosure of information on substances in the product considered being hazardous shall apply any respective national or regional legislation equivalent to REACh and CLP. If no such equivalent legislation exists (yet), as a minimum the information requirements for hazardous substances present in the product, of the UN GHS shall be applied.

Additionally, optional hazardous substances disclosure is possible via Health Product Declarations (HPDs)10.

Content of regulated substances within the geographical regions for which the EPD® is valid shall be declared.

Table 4–1 Material content to be declared

Category / Type of material Lift as

installed [kg]

[%] Maintenance

& repair material over

RSL [kg] [%]

Ferrous metals (mandatory) Steel (non- and low-allowoyed)

Cast iron Rare earth and ferrite permanent

magnets

Optional (mandatory after 2016) Non alloyed steel Low-alloyed steel

High-alloyed (stainless) steel Galvanized steel

Non-ferrous metals Aluminium

Brass Bronze Copper

EEE (electrical & electronic equipment)11 and PWBs (printed wiring boards)12 (mandatory)

EEE PWBs

Optional (mandatory after 2016) EEE lead-free13

EEE lead containing PWBs, lead-free solder14

PWBs, lead solder Batteries / accumulators

Lead-acid Nickel cadmium

Mercury NiMh Li-Ion Other

Lubricants & lamps Lubricants (oils & greases)

Lamps (CFLs, fluorescent tubes, LEDs,..)

Refrigerants in car air conditioning (if any)

HCFC-141b HCFC-142b

HCFC-22 10 HPDs are defined under the HPD Open Standard Version 1, available at http://hpdcollaborative.org/ 11 Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste or http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32002L0096 12 Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_circuit_board 13 < 1000 ppm of lead in the homogenous material 14 < 1000 ppm of lead in the solder


http://hpdcollaborative.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_waste

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32002L0096

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Other Plastics and rubbers

PVC PTFE (Teflon)

Other thermoplastics (ABS, PA, PE, ..)

Natural Rubbers

Synthetic Rubbers (EPDM/NBR/NR…)

Packaging (optional) Paper

Cardboard Wood

Plastics Metals

Other Ceramics Concrete

Natural stone Wood (MDF, plywood,..)

Proprietary materials15 TOTAL

5 UNITS AND QUANTITIES

The International System of Units (SI16 units) shall be used:

[kWh] for electricity demand and consumption ([mWh], [MWh])

[MJ] for consumption of primary energy resources

[kg] for mass, except [m3] for water

[m] or [km] for distance

Time shall be expressed in practical units depending on the assessment scale e.g. years, days, hours or seconds

A meaningful number of digits should be used when reporting LCA results disclosing and considering their significance as outlined in the data quality rules.

6 GENERAL SYSTEM BOUNDARIES

The International EPD® System has adopted an LCA calculations procedure which is separated into three different life cycle stages:

Upstream processes (from cradle-to-gate);

Core processes (from gate-to-gate);

Downstream processes (from gate-to-grave);

In the EPD®, the environmental performance associated with each of the three life-cycle stages above shall be reported separately.

If required, the system boundaries of EPDs covered by this PCR can be broken down to (Figure 6–1 below and in Annex A):

15 Materials and substances such as those covered by exclusive legal rights including patent and trademarks. 16 Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units


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Upstream module (cradle-to-gate), core module (gate-to-gate), and downstream module (gate-to-grave) according to the General Programme Instructions (v2.01);

Product stage (A1-A3), (building) construction process stage (A4-A5), use stage (B1-B6), and end-of-life stage (C1-C4) according to EN 15804;

‘Cradle-to-Gate’, ‘Cradle-to-Job (‘cradle-to-installation site’ or ‘cradle-to-jobsite)’, and ‘Cradle-to-Grave’ according to typical clustering of life cycle stages in LCA studies.

For reasons of simplicity, the PCR document is structured according the GPI’s division into upstream, core, and downstream module, referring to the corresponding life cycle stages (information modules) according to EN 15804.

Figure 6–1 Presentation of core, upstream and downstream modules

and their corresponding life cycle stage and information modules according to EN 15804. The figure illustrates that all relevant unit processes taking place in the upstream-, core- and downstream modules shall be included from “cradle to grave”. To identify the relevance of including upstream and downstream infrastructure the general cut-off rules defined in chapter 6.1 shall be applied.

In this PCR, the in-house production phase A3 (including the production of spare parts) is due to the direct influence of the manufacturer included in the core module. Upstream processes include raw materials extraction and processing A1, transport A2, and outsourced manufacturing of components A3’. Use phase (energy demand B6 and service phases B2 & B3), transportation to building construction site A4, and end-of-life waste disposal C3 & C4 are considered as downstream processes.

B4 Lift modernisation provided the nominal speed and nominal weight do not change, whilst extending the predetermined lift reference service life, from 20 to 50 years and whilst disclosing which subsystems or components are considered for modernisation. LCIA results and declaration list of materials for modernisation shall be reported separately from those without modernisation, i.e. results and material list for the predetermined (default) RSL of 20 years shall be reported separately from those covering the modernisation time span from 21 to 50 years. Modernization shall be considered optional.

Despite their minor potential environmental impact (only a few percentages above or below the general cut-off threshold of 5%) within the life cycle, but due to their relevance to ‘green’ building schemes such as LEED, BREEAM, DGNB, HQE, VERDE, etc. and their respective whole building LCAs, packaging waste management, and indoor environmental quality related credits, the following information modules may be included optionally:




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A5 Installation phase, in particular VOC emissions released from adhesives & sealants, and paints & coatings used during the installation of the lift, and LCI data related to packaging waste management on the construction site.

B1 Use of the installed lift in terms of any substances released to the (indoor air) environment, in particular VOC and formaldehyde emissions from car interior decoration, car structure, and car flooring materials.

B4 Lift modernisation provided the functional unit determined by nominal speed and nominal weight does not change, whilst extending the predetermined lift reference service life, e.g. from 20 to 50 years.

C1 Disassembly of the lift

C2 Transportation of disassembled parts and components to waste processing and disposal sites

6.1 GENERAL CUT OFF RULES

All inflows and outflows, for which data are available, shall be included in the calculations. If data are not available, conservative assumptions with generic data may be used. All such assumptions shall be documented.

If insufficient data or data gaps occur for a unit process (as defined in EN 15804, i.e. “the smallest element considered in the life cycle inventory analysis for which input and output data are quantified”), not more than 1% of the total energy consumption and 1% of the total mass input may be omitted from each unit process. For each module (A1-C4) as per Figure 6-1, aggregated according to EN 15804, not more than 5% of material and energy input flows shall be excluded, in accordance with EN 15804, clause 6.3.5. Conservative assumptions in combination with plausibility considerations and expert judgment shall be used to demonstrate compliance with these criteria.

Special emphasis shall be placed on material and energy flows that are known to have a large impact.

6.2 UPSTREAM PROCESSES The upstream processes include the below-listed inflow of raw materials and energy wares needed for the production of the lift, expressed through the following information modules:

A1 Extraction and production of raw material for all parts and components, as well as spare parts needed for the service phase;

A2 Transportation from direct suppliers (i.e. from previous production or extraction process. Earlier transport journeys should be included in module A1) of raw materials, finished and semi-finished parts to in-house and outsourced manufacturing locations of main components, in particular air cargo transport such as e.g. electrical and electronic equipment & PWBs from South East Asia.

A3’ Manufacturing and assembly of components and repair & maintenance material (spare parts) by outsourced companies including the amounts of the following:

- Production of energy (electricity, heat, steam, fuel, etc.) consumed

- Production of operating and auxiliary materials consumed

- Production of packaging materials (optional)

- Direct emissions to air (such as particulate matter or VOCs), water or soil

- Treatment of waste generated from the manufacturing and assembly of main parts;

Production, maintenance, and disposal of outsourced manufacturing infrastructure (buildings, machinery and capital goods), and internal transportation of materials and components between factories and internal transportation within the factories are excluded, due to negligible impact (below general 5% cut-off threshold).

6.3 CORE PROCESSES Covered by one information module, the core processes include the following:

A3 In-house manufacturing of parts, components and repair & maintenance material (spare parts) according to a further specification below (7.1.1) and assembly of components in state ready for transportation to installation site including:




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- Production of energy (electricity, heat, steam, fuel, etc.) consumed;

- Production of operating and auxiliary materials consumed;

- Production of packaging materials (optional);

- Direct emissions to air (such as particulate matter or VOCs), water or soil;

- Treatment of waste generated from the manufacturing and assembly of main parts;

The core processes exclude production, maintenance, and disposal of manufacturing infrastructure (buildings, machinery and capital goods).

Internal transportation of materials and components between factories may be excluded if the impact is below general 5% cut-off threshold.

6.4 DOWNSTREAM PROCESSES The downstream processes include the following information modules:

A4 Transportation from final manufacturing to distribution hub/port (if any) to building construction site;

B6 Nominal lift energy demand separated by standby (B6.1) and travel (B6.2) energy demand;

B2 & B3 Routine and non-routine service, replacements of parts, during operation; lifetime of lift components shall be considered, including the replacement of all components with a lifetime below 20 years, or 50 years in case modernization activities are included;

C3 & C4 Recycling and disposal of materials after end-of-life;

The following downstream processes expressed as information modules may be reported optionally:

A5 Installation phase, in particular VOC concentrations (in g/L), densities (in kg/L) and quantities (in kg) of touch-up paints, varnishes, coatings, adhesives, sealants, solvents & cleaning agents, solvents, (guide rail cleaning), etc. used during installation of the lift and data related to packaging waste management.

B1 Use of the installed lift in terms of any substances released to the (indoor air) environment, in particular VOC concentrations (in g/L), densities (in kg/L) and quantities (in kg) and formaldehyde emissions released from car interior decoration & car structure materials (including wooden materials such as MDF or plywood, if any), and from car flooring materials

B4 Lift modernisation provided the functional unit determined by nominal speed and nominal weight does not change, whilst extending the predetermined reference service life from 20 to 50 years.



In the EPD®, the environmental performance associated with each of the three main life-cycle modules (upstream, core and downstream) above shall be reported separately.

7 CORE MODULE (A3)

7.1 SYSTEM BOUNDARIES

7.1.1 TECHNICAL SYSTEM

The processes listed below for the in-house production of components and their assembly shall be included. Optionally, primary and secondary packaging can be included. Manufacturing processes not listed may be included. However, amounts of raw materials used for production of all products’ parts shall be included:

Production and use of electricity, natural gas, district heat, fuel oil, heavy fuel oil and water;

Production and use of known operating and auxiliary materials;

- Auxiliary materials include materials that end up in the final product, but in low quantities and fulfil supporting functions such as paints, varnishes, powder for powder coating, welding rod, screws, etc.




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- Operating materials include materials & substances required to maintain the operation of manufacturing processes & activities. Operating materials do not end up in the final product like auxiliary and raw materials. Examples of operating materials include cooling and cutting fluids, lubricants (oils & greases), cleaning agents & rags, etc.

Direct emissions to air (such as particulate matter or VOCs), water or soil;

Waste generated and treatment of waste from the assembly process;

A minimum of 95 % of the total weight of the declared product shall be included.

The following activities shall not be included in the technical system:

Business travel of personnel and travel to and from work by personnel

Construction of buildings, structures and equipment at the sites where product is manufactured

Manufacturing of production equipment

Research and development activities

7.1.2 BOUNDARIES IN TIME

The life cycle inventory (LCI) data should be representative for the year/time frame for which the EPD® is valid (maximum three years).

7.1.3 BOUNDARIES TOWARDS NATURE

Boundaries to nature are defined as flows of material and energy resources from nature into the system. Emissions to air, water and soil cross the system boundary when they are emitted from or leaving the product system.

7.1.4 BOUNDARIES TOWARDS GEOGRAPHY

The data for the core module shall be representative for the actual production processes and representative for the site/region where the respective process is taking place.

7.1.5 BOUNDARIES TOWARDS OTHER TECHNICAL SYSTEMS

If there is an inflow of recycled material to the production system in the production/manufacturing phase, the recycling process and the transportation from the recycling process to where the material is used shall be included. If there is an outflow of material to recycling, the transportation of the material to the recycling process shall be included. The material going to recycling is then an outflow from the production system.

7.2 CUT OFF RULES The general cut-off rules of chapter 6.1 above apply.

7.3 ALLOCATION RULES According to ISO 14040/44 allocation should be avoided by subdivision of processes or system expansion. If allocation cannot be avoided, allocation methods based on physical relation are preferred to others. However, the method of avoiding allocation by expanding the system boundaries is not applicable within the framework of the International EPD® System due to the rationale of the book-keeping LCA approach (attributional LCA) used and the concept of modularity.

The use of economic allocation criteria should be avoided because of its sensibility to market specific conditions. If the economical allocation has been used, a specific sensitivity analysis shall be provided to the verifier and the monitoring of the relationship between results and current economic value shall be documented and updated. In case of economical allocation, the PCR shall explain the reference values that shall be used.

The allocation factor of input and output flows during in-house manufacturing (A3) and assembly shall be calculated as the total mass of mass of flows for the specific elevator or component divided by the total mass of all elevators or components produced at the given production site.

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7.4 DATA QUALITY RULES Specific data (also referred to as primary data)17 shall be used for the core module. Specific data are gathered from the actual manufacturing plant(s) where specific processes are carried out and data from other parts of the life cycle traced to the specific product system under study, e.g. materials or electricity provided from a contracted supplier being able to provide data for the actual delivered services, transportation taking place based on the actual fuel consumption and related emissions, etc..

The requirements for specific data also include actual product weights, gross amounts of raw materials used (including material losses) and amounts of waste, etc.

If no specific data is available to account for material losses (cuttings, wastage, residues, etc.) mass of materials used in the main components shall be accounted for with an increase of 5%.

Specific data for the generation of electricity bought shall be used if possible. The data should be verifiable by invoice or similar.

If specific data are not available or if the electricity bought is not specified for parts of the core module, the electricity mix used in those parts shall be approximated as the OECD electricity mix in the country of manufacture. The mix of energy shall be documented.

An uncertainty and quality analysis of the data used shall be performed and documented in the LCA report complementing data checks for completeness, sensitivity and consistency in accordance with ISO 14044, clause 4.5.3.

Any generic electricity LCI data used shall include transmission and distribution losses and should correspond to the specific voltage level used and represent the mix effectively supplied at grid (consumption not production mix, i.e. accounting for electricity imports and exports of a country).

7.5 OTHER CALCULATION RULES (RULES FOR GENERIC DATA) Generic collection data on physical information must not exceed 10% of the core process life cycle inventory on the bases of the overall environmental impact from the product system.

8 UPSTREAM MODULE (A1-A3’)

8.1 SYSTEM BOUNDARIES As a minimum, the processes listed in chapter 6.2 shall be included in the upstream module. Processes not listed may also be included.

8.2 CUT-OFF RULES The general cut-off rules of chapter 6.1 above apply.

8.3 ALLOCATION RULES When using generic data, a description of allocation rules applied shall be given in the LCA report referring to the allocation method applied in the underlying LCI database.

The allocation factor of input and output flows during outsourced manufacturing (A3’) and assembly shall be calculated as the total mass of mass of flows for the specific elevator or component divided by the total mass of all elevators or components produced at the given production site.DATA QUALITY RULES

Selected generic data shall be used, e. g. data from commonly available data sources such as commercial databases and free databases, describing specific raw materials or processes usually referring to the system under study or to other systems equivalent from a technical point of view.

17 Definition of all types of data (specific, generic or secondary) used in the present PCR is also given in Section A.5, page 34 of GPI v2.01.




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8.3.1 RULES FOR USING GENERIC DATA

For allowing the use of selected generic data selected prescribed characteristics for precision, completeness and representativeness must be fulfilled and demonstrated, including but not limited to: Reference year to be as actual as possible, preferably being representative for at least 5 years;

Cut-off criteria to be met on the level of the modelled product system are the qualitative coverage of at least 95% of-both the energy, the mass, and the overall relevance of the flows;

Completeness where the inventory data set should in principle cover all elementary flows that contribute to a relevant degree of the impact categories, and

Representativeness of the resulting inventory for the good or service in the given geographical reference should, as a general principle, be better than +/-5%

Data calculated with system expansion should not be used, but if no other data is available, any negative flows should be changed to zero;

Generic data18 are generally accepted including the data sources below:

Table 8–1 Selected generic data sources*

Material Database

Metals: alloys, ferro, non-ferro; Chemicals : organic, inorganic; Transports : road, rail, water, air; Waste disposal

Ecoinvent EIME European Aluminium Association ELCD Gemis GaBi IDEMAT NREL's U.S. LCI database Ökobau.dat ProBas World Steel Association

Plastics and rubbers See above PlasticsEurope (formerly APME)

Electricity Ecoinvent GaBi OECD statistics International Energy Agency statistics

Electronic components Ecoinvent EIME GaBi

*Selected generic data sources shall be in compliance with the data quality requirements as per GPIs clause A.5.1 and EN 15804 clause 6.3.7.

The EPD® should include references to the generic database (and version) used and identify the unit processes represented. How the different materials were assigned to the respective generic LCI process data sets shall be documented in the LCA report.

It is highly recommended to use datasets that are consistent, e.g. consistent within one database for the entire LCA and to include a data quality table in the LCA study to compare the quality of the data used in the study versus the data quality requirements listed in this PCR. Deviations shall be registered. An uncertainty and quality analysis of the data used shall be performed and documented in the LCA report complementing data checks for completeness, sensitivity and consistency in accordance with ISO 14044, clause 4.5.3.

If specific data on recycled content of raw materials (A1) is known, generic datasets shall be adapted accordingly and values and origin of the data have to be declared in the EPD®. If specific recycled content is unknown average recycled content of datasets is acceptable. In the latter case it has to be declared in the EPD®, that average recycled and not specific recycled contents were used for LCIA and respective average values and origin of average data have to be declared in the EPD®.

18 In case of using data from Ecoinvent v3.01, allocation, cut-off by classification shall be used, corresponding to the RC approach used in ecoinvent v.2.2 and older. This shall be in force also in the downstream module.




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Data regarding components manufactured and/or assembled by sub-suppliers (A3’) can be approximated by own manufacturing data of comparable processes and be applied instead of using specific data from the sub-supplier, or in combination with (other) generic data (e.g. metal working process data of ecoinvent) representative for the sub-supplier’s manufacturing process. In such a case, this shall be made transparent in the EPD®.

Any generic electricity LCI data used shall include transmission and distribution losses and should correspond to the specific voltage level used and represent the mix effectively supplied at grid (consumption not production mix, , i.e. accounting for electricity imports and exports of a country).

For the transportation module A2, use of specific data is recommended as a minimum for the specific distance and specific mass transported, and optionally for loading rates and empty return rates of the respective means of transportation (else predetermined value used by the underlying LCI background data is acceptable, e.g. average loading rate of 100%, and an empty return rate of 0%). Selection of generic LCI data within a transportation category shall reflect as close as possible the geographical context of the representative unit, e.g. with regard to lorry capacities (e.g. 17 t, 40 t, etc.) or emission classes (e.g. EURO 3, EURO 5, etc.) and shall be transparently documented in the LCA report. This should allow reflecting benefits of efforts of regional manufacturing with shorter transport distances and of own ‘clean’ cargo fleet efforts or those of 3rd party logistic service providers hired.

If these data sources do not supply the necessary data, other generic data may be used and documented. The environmental impact of the processes where the other generic data are used must not exceed 10% of the overall environmental impact from the product system.

8.3.2 DATA QUALITY DECLARATION

The EPD® may include an indicator suitable for demonstrate the relevance of specific, selected generic and other generic data.

9 DOWNSTREAM MODULE (A4 – C4)

The processes listed in chapter 6.4 shall be included in the downstream module. The downstream module shall be based on relevant scenarios for the geographical area in which the EPD® is valid.

9.1 USE PHASE Despite the paramount relevance of the use stage (lift electricity consumption), the use stage is attributed to the downstream module. Therefore / nevertheless, special care should be taken regarding completeness, accuracy and reproducibility of energy demand calculations and use of any generic LCI electricity mix data for LCIA calculations.

The use phase scenario shall be defined and declared in the EPD®. The LCA inventory shall as a minimum contain the following:

B6 Use of electricity during standby (B6.1) and operation (B.6.2) of the lift – if specific data is not available, the calculation of the total nominal electricity demand (B6) shall be based on one of the two following approaches:

A. the calculation procedure outlined in VDI 4707-1, clause 4.8 applying predetermined average usage and standby times per day of the usage category predetermined in the representative configuration, OR

B. the calculation procedure outlined in ISO/DIS 25745-2, applying predetermined average trips per day corresponding to the usage category predetermined in the representative configuration.

In approach A, the following parameters and values shall be reported in the LCA report and in the EPD® in accordance with VDI 4707-1:

Energy consumption of the reference trip in Wh (in the absence of measurements, estimations based on calculations are allowed)

The load factor applied (0.7 or 1.2) or indication, that energy consumption of the reference trip has been measured applying the load spectrum according to table 2 of VDI 4707-1, clause 4.2

The specific standby demand in W and its class (A-G)

The specific travel demand in mWh/(kg*m) and its class (A-G)

For all five usage categories in kWh:




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- the annual standby energy demand19 (B6.1),

- the annual travel energy demand (B6.2), and

- the annual total (standby + travel) energy demand (B6).

For the RSL and all five usage categories:

- the total (standby + travel) energy demand in kWh.

For the selected representative usage category (A-G):

- the overall energy efficiency class (A-G).

In approach B, the following parameters and values shall be reported in the LCA report and in the EPD® in accordance with ISO 25745-1 and ISO/DIS 25745-220:

Measured energy consumption of the ISO reference cycle with empty car in Wh

The specific idle power in W

The specific standby power Pst5 and Pst30 in W

The specific running energy for the average running cycle in mWh/(kg*m)

The specific running energy for the ISO reference cycle in mWh/(kg*m)

For all relevant usage categories in kWh p.a.:

- the estimated annual standby energy demand (B6.1),

- the estimated annual travel energy demand (B6.2), and

- the estimated annual total (standby + travel) energy demand (B6)

For the RSL (20 years) and all relevant usage categories:

- the total (standby + travel) energy demand in kWh

It shall clearly state in the EPD® which approach is used in the underlying calculations.

Regardless of which calculation approach is chosen, the LCA inventory shall as a minimum contain the following as well:

Clear documentation of power and energy measurements in the underlying LCA report.

Clear documentation of electricity demand calculation in the underlying LCA report.

Transparent disclosure in the EPD why and which procedure was selected for energy demand calculation.

In order to allow for comparison of EPDs the electricity mix in the city / region / country where the lift is installed (A5), used (B2 – B6) and disassembled (C1) shall be approximated by the OECD21 electricity mix. The mix shall be documented.

A4 Transport of the product to the distribution hub/port (if any) to building construction site

B2 & B3 Use of auxiliary materials and spare parts for routine and non-routine service;

B2 & B3 Transport of personnel for routine and non-routine maintenance. The calculated scenario (service frequency per annum, distance travelled, type of vehicle and vehicle fuel, etc.) shall be described in the EPD®;

Since approach B is based on draft document ISO/DIS 25745-2, the PCR shall undergo update once EN ISO 25745-2 is officially accepted and published.

The following downstream processes may be reported optionally, presented as information modules:

19 The terms energy efficiency (EE) rating & label (in [mWh/kg*m] (VDI 4707-1) and / or a letter from A-G (ISO/DIS 25745-2) should not be confused with (calculated) energy demand in [kWh] or (measured) energy consumption in [kWh]. 20 Assumptions for the average acceleration, average jerk and the time for the opening, opened and closing times of the lift doors at the landings are proposed to be made based on tables 8.1 and 8.3 of Elevate 8 Manual, Section “Elevator Data”: http://www.peters-research.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=107 and for rated speed (or display generic calculation formula, with rated speed as a variable). 21 http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/energy/electricity-information_20783442


http://www.peters-research.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=107

http://www.peters-research.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=107

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/energy/electricity-information_20783442



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A5 installation phase of the lift, in particular: o TVOC or VOC concentrations (in g/L), densities (in kg/L) and quantities (in kg) of:

Paints, varnishes and coatings applied during installation of the lift Adhesives and sealants used during installation of the lift Solvent and cleaning agents e.g. used for guide rail cleaning

And their compliance status with the respective requirements of applicable ‘green’ building schemes and therein referenced standards such as e.g. SCAQMD22 Rules, Green Seal (GS)23, FloorScore, Green Label Plus, or AgBB24.

o Packaging material type (e.g. wooden pallet, LDPE foil, PVC foil, cardboard, etc.), weight and final method of disposal (i.e. recycling, incineration or landfill) generally applied for disposal of packaging during installation.

B1 Use of the installed lift in terms of any substances released to the (indoor air) environment, in particular TVOC or VOC concentrations (in g/L), densities (in kg/L) and quantities (in kg) and formaldehyde emissions released from car interior decoration & car structure materials (including wooden materials such as MDF or plywood, if any), and from car flooring materials

B4 Lift modernisation provided the functional unit determined by nominal speed and nominal weight does not change, whilst extending the predetermined reference service life from 20 to 50 years. Among others, the service life of the following components shall be considered to extend the service life of the lift: safety gears, speed governor, guide rails, traction pulley, traction cables and drive unit, car door, landing doors and door operator, buffers, controller, hydraulic components such as cylinder, and safety valves, position indicators, call buttons, cab lighting, encoder, safety switches, hoistway wiring, travel cable and intercom.



9.2 CUT-OFF RULES The general cut-off rules of chapter 6.1 above apply.

9.3 ALLOCATION RULES Recycled content (RC) or cut-off approach shall be applied for the end-of-life stage, unless the company performs extraordinary efforts for recycling and reuse of their lift material, in which case the end of life recycling (EOR) or avoided burden approach can be applied in order to account for impacts and benefits associated with recycling and reuse of material (EN 15804, clause 6.4.3.3 “allocation procedure of reuse, recycling and recovery” and Module D). Any such extraordinary efforts such as e.g. voluntary take back programs of the lift company for recycling, refurbishment and reuse of PWBs and e-waste shall be declared in the EPD®. Continued use of e.g. landing doors, car or counterweight after modernisation shall not be considered as extraordinary practice, but business as usual.

9.4 DATA QUALITY RULES It is acceptable to use 100% generic upstream data for electricity production, whereas quantity of energy used shall be primary/ system specific modelled data.

Accuracy of energy measurements and demand calculations shall be +/- 10% (ISO 25745-1 requires at least than +/- 10% accuracy).

As described in section 9.1, only OECD electricity mix for calculation of LCIA of the installation (A5, optional) and use stage (B2 & B3, B6) is allowed. This is due to ensure comparability of EPDs, independent of advantages/disadvantages given by national electricity mix with lower specific environmental burden per kWh. Electricity LCI data used shall include transmission and distribution losses and should correspond to the specific

22 South Coast Air Quality Management District Rules 1168 and 1113 23 GC-03, GS-36, and GS-11 24 Gesundheitliche Bewertung der Emissionen von flüchtigen organischen Verbindungen (VOC und SVOC) aus Bauprodukten




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voltage level used and represent the mix effectively supplied at grid (consumption not production mix, i.e. accounting for electricity imports and exports of a country).

For A4 Transport of the product to the distribution hub/port (if any) to building construction site, as a first option, it shall be calculated based on the actual transportation distances to a defined marked with different means of transport. The chosen transport scenario (mean of transportation, distances, load factors of transportation means, and weights transported) shall be described in the EPD®. As a second option, it could be calculated as the average distance of a product of that product type transported with different means of transport or, if also such data is not available be calculated as a fixed long transport such as e.g.1,000 km distance transport with lorry or 10,000 km by airplane, according to product type. The following information shall be provided (as per section 7.3.2.1 of EN 15804):

Table 9–1 Parameters to be disclosed within information module A4

Parameter Unit (per functional unit)

Fuel type and consumption of vehicle or vehicle type used for transport e.g. long distance truck, boat etc.

Litre of fuel type per distance or vehicle type, Commission Directive 2007/37/EC (European Emission Standard)

Distance km

Capacity utilization (including empty returns) %

Bulk density of transported products kg/m3

Volume capacity utilisation factor (factor: =1 or <1 or ≥ 1 for compressed or nested packaged products)

Not applicable

For the optional transportation module C2 an average distance of 20 km for inert and non-hazardous wastes, as well as for can used as predetermined value and 100 km for hazardous wastes. For recycled products sent to a recycling facility an average distance of 250 km for trucks can be used as a predetermined value. The use of any shorter distances shall be justified and documented in the LCA report.

9.5 RECYCLING DECLARATION AND WASTE TREATMENT The end of life scenario shall be documented in the EPD® describing the final method of disposal, i.e. recycling, incineration and landfill per category applying the values predetermined in Annex B specific to the geographical region where the lift is installed as defined in the representative unit.

The following C3 & C4 end-of-life information modules shall be included:

Landfilling of materials or incineration residues;

Incineration of materials with or without energy recovery; materials for energy recovery are identified based on the efficiency of energy recovery with a rate higher than 60 % without prejudice to existing legislation; materials from which energy is recovered with an efficiency rate below 60% are not considered materials for energy recovery; only when materials have reached the end-of-waste-state can they be considered as materials for energy recovery, provided the energy recovery process has an energy efficiency rate higher than 60%.

Recycling of materials;

Cut-off criteria and allocation approaches shall be clearly described.

The following information modules can be included optionally:

C1 Lift dismantling;

C2 Transport to recovery or disposal facility;

Building, maintenance, decommissioning and disposal of product disassembling and waste treatment facilities are typically included, when using generic data (e.g. ecoinvent).




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10 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION

10.1 USE OF RESOURCES The following environmental indicators apply data based on the LCI. They describe the use of renewable and non-renewable material resources, renewable and non-renewable primary energy and water. They are required and shall be included in the EPD® as follows:

Total use of renewable primary energy resources (primary energy and primary energy resources used as raw materials)

MJ, net calorific value

Total use of non-renewable primary energy resources (primary energy and primary energy resources used as raw materials)


The following optional indicators may be included separately:

Use of renewable primary energy excluding renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials


Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials MJ, net calorific value Use of non-renewable primary energy excluding non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials


Use of non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials MJ, net calorific value

Use of secondary materials kg Use of renewable secondary fuels MJ, net calorific value Use of non-renewable secondary fuels MJ, net calorific value Net use fresh water m³

Exemplary table for results disclosure is presented in Annex C (Table C-1).

10.2 POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS The potential environmental impact per functional unit for the following environmental impact categories shall be reported in the EPD®, divided into core, upstream and downstream module:

Emission of greenhouse gases (expressed as the sum of global warming potential (GWP), 100 years, in carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalents) (CML 2001, IPCC 2007)

Emission of acidifying substances (expressed as the sum of acidification potential (AP) in sulphur dioxide (SO2) equivalents) (CML 2001, Hauschild and Wenzel 1998)

Emission of substances to water contributing to oxygen depletion (expressed as the sum of eutrophication potential (EP) in phosphate (PO43-) equivalents) (CML 2001, Heijungs et al. 1992)

Emission of gases that contribute to the creation of ground-level ozone (expressed as the sum of ozone-creation potential (POCP), ethylene (C2H4)-equivalents) (CML 2001, Jenkin and Hayman 1999, Derwent et al. 1998)

Depletion of abiotic resources (expressed as abiotic depletion potential ADP) for:

- ADP-elements for non-fossil resources (includes all non-renewable, abiotic material resources (i.e. excepting fossil resources) in kg Antimony (Sb) equivalents

- ADP-fossil fuels for fossil resources in MJ, net calorific value

Reference of impact assessment methods applied shall be disclosed for each impact category, e.g. “ICCP 2007 100 year horizon” for calculation of the GWP.

Impacts shall be calculated using characterisation factors (CFs) recommended in regionally accepted impact assessment methods (e.g. in case of Europe – European CFs from ELCD or CML). References of documents where characterisation factors can be obtained shall be disclosed.

The use of the following CFs is recommended:




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The European Reference Life Cycle Database (ELCD) for all above mentioned impact categories except ADP

The Institute of Environmental Sciences Faculty of Science University of Leiden, Netherlands (CML) for ADP

The recommended characterisation factors to use are available on The International EPD® System’s website25. References are already provided as listed above.

The selection of these impact categories and CFs is based on internationally accepted and commonly applied methodologies.


10.2.1 SPECIFICATIONS FOR GWP CALCULATIONS

This section is adopted from the GPI, Section A.8.

Both emissions to the atmosphere and removals from the atmosphere shall be accounted for the assessment of the overall GHG emissions of the product being assessed, if the sensitivity analysis performed demonstrates relevance with regard to the general cut-off rules, as defined in section 6.1. This assessment shall include the gases arising from both fossil and biogenic sources for all products, with the exception of human food and animal feed products. Emissions and removals of biogenic carbon shall be reported separately

Where some or all removed carbon will not be emitted to the atmosphere within the 100-year assessment period, the portion of carbon not emitted to the atmosphere during that period shall be treated as stored carbon. Following issues shall be taken into account:

carbon storage might arise where biogenic carbon forms part or all of a product (e.g. wood fibre in a table), or where atmospheric carbon is taken up by a product over its life cycle (e.g. cement);

while forest management activities might result in additional carbon storage in managed forests through the retention of forest biomass, this potential source of storage is not included in the scope of the International EPD® System;

GHG emissions offset mechanism shall not be used at any point in the assessment of the GHG emissions of the product. The organisation could declare its participation to some offsetting program in the other information section of the EPD® or single issue EPD.

10.3 OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS Emission of ozone-depleting gases (expressed as the sum of ozone-depletion potential (ODP) in mass of CFC-11 equivalents) (CML 2001, WMO 1999) may be declared optionally.

Human toxicity potential and ecotoxicity potential indicators may be reported. If reported, methodology, impact category and unit shall be clearly indicated, such as e.g.:

ReCiPe26 (H, A) human toxicity in kg 1,4-dichlorobenzene (1,4-DCB)-eq.

ReCiPe (H, A) freshwater / terrestrial / marine ecotoxicity in kg 1,4-dichlorobenzene (1,4-DCB)-eq.

TRACI27 human health air pollutants in kg PM2.5-eq.

TRACI human health carcinogenics in kg benzene-eq.

TRACI human health non-carcinogenics kg toluene-eq.

TRACI ecotoxicity in kg 2,4-D-eq.

USETox28 human toxicity or ecotoxicity in CTUs.

Despite the impact assessment method chosen, the latest available version shall be used.

25

http://www.environdec.com/en/The-EPD-system/General-Programme-Instructions/Recommended-characterisation-factors/

26 http://www.lcia-recipe.net/ 27 USEPA (2002). Tool for the reduction and assessment of chemical and other environmental impacts (TRACI): Users guide and system documentation. USEPA, Office of Research and Development, July 2002. http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/std/sab/traci/ 28 http://www.usetox.org/


http://www.environdec.com/en/The-EPD-system/General-Programme-Instructions/Recommended-characterisation-factors/

http://www.lcia-recipe.net/

http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/std/sab/traci/

http://www.usetox.org/



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The methodologies outlined under http://www.eebguide.eu/?p=3527 are recommended to be used for calculation of human toxicity and ecotoxicity indicators. Should any human or ecotoxicity indicators be reported, name and version of background LCI database used shall be clearly indicated, interpretation of results shown shall be given and limitations of results shown shall be explained in order to avoid any misleading conclusions or misuse of results shown.

“Single score” or “fully aggregating” indicators such as e.g. ecological scarcity 2006 total, eco-indicator (H,A) total, or ReCiPe (H,A) may be reported optionally in the EPD® for the purpose of LCIA interpretation (e.g. demonstration of product improvement efforts),, but shall be reported clearly separated from LCIA categories as per chapter 10.2 and 10.3.

10.4 WASTE PRODUCTION AND OUTPUT FLOWS Waste generated along the whole life cycle shall be reported per functional unit according to EN 15804, clause 7.2.5, table 5:

Hazardous waste29; disposed in kg

Non-hazardous waste disposed in kg;

Definition of and distinguishing between hazardous and non-hazardous waste categories shall follow EU legislation referenced in the footnote below or equivalent pertaining legislation in the country or geographic region, where the lift is installed according to the representative unit defined, and shall be documented in the EPD.

Other environmental information describing different waste categories and output flows may be declared as follows in adoption of EN 15804, clause7.2.5, table 6:

Components potentially suitable for re-use (e.g. counterweight filling blocks, landing door frames)

kg and % of total system weight as installed

Materials potentially suitable for recycling (e.g. all ferrous and non-ferrous parts)


Materials potentially suitable for energy recovery (e.g. used oils, plastic parts)


Exported energy MJ per energy carrier


10.5 ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION Additional environmental information can optionally also include as a minimum in qualitative terms information about recommendations for energy saving measures related shaft thermal energy losses in the responsibility of the building owner (loss of heat in cold climates and heated buildings; loss of cold air in hot climates and air conditioned buildings) such as e.g. automatic ventilation dampers or heat exchangers.

Additional environmental information can also include a more detailed description of an organization’s overall environmental work, such as:

Guidelines for disposal and recycling of materials and components shall either be included in the EPD®, or the EPD® shall contain a reference to a separate instruction.

The existence of quality or environmental management system or any type of organized environmental activity;

Any activity related to supply chain management, social responsibility, etc.

Information on where interested parties may find more details about the organization’s environmental work

Any energy saving features implemented according to annex B of VDI 4707-1 may be declared. If declared, it shall be indicated if the feature is available as a standard or as an option.

Specific pre- and post-consumer recycled content of main components as defined in ISO 14021 including origin of information. For practical reasons a cut-off between 60% and 80% of total system mass as installed is sufficient.

29 Hazardous waste is defined by EU Directive 91/689/EEC (hazardous waste directive) and 75/442/EEC (waste oils directive) within the European Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC


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ISO 14021 defines recycled content as “the proportion, by mass, of recycled material in a product (or packaging). Only pre-consumer and post-consumer materials shall be considered as recycled content, consistent with the following usage of the terms:

- Pre-consumer material:

Material diverted from the waste stream during a manufacturing process. Excluded is reutilization of materials such as rework, regrind or scrap generated in a process and capable of being reclaimed within the same process that generated it.

- Post-consumer material:

Material generated by households or by commercial, industrial and institutional facilities in their role as end-users of the product, which can no longer be used for its intended purpose. This includes returns of material from the distribution chain.”

The useful lifetime of spare parts (not their availability) may be declared (years).

Typical airborne noise levels e.g. noise in the car or hoistway, door noise, etc. according to pertinent standards such as e.g. ISO 18738 or VDI 2566 may be declared.

Information related to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and related electromagnetic emissions (‘electro smog’) measured and/or limit values achieved according to pertinent standards such as e.g. EN 12015.

Energy efficiency rating and label of overall, travel, and standby demand according to VDI 4707-1, ISO/DIS 25745-2 and/or any other lift energy efficiency rating/labelling scheme (e.g. NEII Energy Efficiency Guidelines and/or Hong Kong Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Lift & Escalator Installations).

11 CONTENT OF THE EPD®

As a general rule the EPD® content:

must be verifiable;

must not include rating, judgements or direct comparison with other products.

EPD®s can be published on several languages, but if the EPD® document is not available in English, the organisation shall provide a summary in English including the main content of the EPD® to be available on www.environdec.com.

The EPD® cover page (if existent) shall as a minimum include relevant information about the product, such as name and an image, the EPD® logotype and date of publication and validity.

11.1 PROGRAMME RELATED INFORMATION The programme- related part of the EPD® shall include:

Reference to the International EPD® System as the programme operator

EPD® logotype

Reference PCR document(s) and CPC codes

EPD® registration number as provided by the Secretariat

Date of publication and validity. If relevant, the revision schedule may be indicated.

Declaration of the year(s) covered by the data used for the LCA calculation

Geographical scope of application of the EPD®

Information about the year or reference period of the underlying data to the EPD®

Reference to the website – www.environdec.com – and other relevant websites for more information

For sector EPDs specific indication shall be given upfront stating that the document covers average values for an entire or partial product category (specifying the percentage of representativeness) and, hence, the declared unit is not available for purchase on the market.




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11.2 PRODUCT-RELATED INFORMATION

11.2.1 SPECIFICATION OF THE COMPANY

See 2.1.

11.2.2 SPECIFICATION OF THE PRODUCT

See 2.2.

11.2.3 REPRESENTATIVE CONFIGURATION AND FUNCTIONAL UNIT

See 3.

11.2.4 CONTENT DECLARATION

See 4.

11.3 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE-RELATED INFORMATION

11.3.1 USE OF RESOURCES

See 10.1.

11.3.2 POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

In this category the potential environmental impact per functional unit shall be reported.

See 10.2.

11.3.3 OTHER INDICATORS

In this category relevant indicators shall be reported per functional unit.

See 10.3.

11.3.4 WASTE PRODUCTION

See 10.4

11.3.5 ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION

See 10.5.

11.4 MANDATORY STATEMENTS The following information is mandatory to include in the EPD®:

any omission of life cycle stages not making the EPD® cover the full life cycle, with a justification of the omission,

means of obtaining explanatory materials, for example references to chosen methodologies,

a statement that “EPDs within the same product category but from different programmes may not be comparable”.




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The EPD® shall also give the following information about the verification process:

Product Category Rules (PCR) review was conducted by: The Technical Committee of the International EPD® System. Chair: Massimo Marino Contact via [email protected].

Independent verification of the declaration and data, according to ISO 14025:2006: EPD process certification EPD verification

Third party verifier: Name and contact information Accredited or approved by: Name of the accreditation body. For individual verifiers: “The International EPD® System”

11.5 DIFFERENCES VERSUS PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF THE EPD® The main causes for changes in environmental performance in comparison with previous EPD® versions shall be described.

11.6 REFERENCES The EPD® shall, if relevant, refer to:

The underlying LCA

The name, CPC code and version number of the PCR used

Other documents that verify and complement the EPD®

Instruction for recycling, if relevant

The General Programme instructions of the International EPD® System

Relevant normative references as per table shown below:

Reference Title Version

95/16/EC Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 1995 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts (Lift Directive)

1995

1907/2006/EC Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006, concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

2006

ASME A17.1 Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators 2007

CEN/TR 15941 Sustainability of construction works — Environmental product declarations — Methodology for selection and use of generic data

2010

DIN EN 15804:2012

Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations - Core rules for the product category of construction products

2012

EN-81 series of standards

Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts 1998

EN 15978 Sustainability of construction works — Assessment of environmental performance of buildings — Calculation methods

2011

ISO 14020 Environmental labels and declarations - General principles 2000

ISO 14021 Environmental labels and declarations -- Self-declared environmental claims (Type II environmental labelling)

1999


http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31995L0016:EN:HTML



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ISO 25745-1 Energy performance of lifts, escalators and moving walks – Part 1: Energy measurement and verification

2012-10-01

ISO/DIS 25745-2 Energy performance of lifts, escalators and moving walks – Part 2: Energy calculation and classification for lifts (elevators)

2013-08

VDI 4707-1 Lifts - Energy efficiency 2009-03

Relevant references related to LCIA are shown below (as per recommendation by the Operator):

CML (2001): CML-IA Characterisation Factors, http://cml.leiden.edu/software/data-cmlia.html#downloads

Derwent RG, Jenkin ME, Saunders SM and Pilling, MJ (1998): Photochemical ozone creation potentials for organic compounds in northwest Europe calcualted with a master chemical mechanism, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 32 (14-15), pp 2429-2441

Hauschild MZ and Wenzel H (1998): Environmental Assessment of Products, Springer, Volume 2

Heijungs R, Guinée JB, Huppes G. Lankreijer RM, Udo de Haes HA, Wegener Sleeswijk A, Ansems AMM, Eggels PG, van Duin R, de Goede HP (1992): Environmental life cycle assessment of products: guide and backgrounds (Part 1), Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden

IPCC (2007): Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambride

Jenkin, ME and Hayman GD (1999): Photochemical ozoen creation potentials for oxygenated volatile organic compounds: sensitivity to variations in kinetic and mechanistic parameters; Atmospheric Environmnet, Vol. 33 (8), pp 1275-1293

WMO (1999): Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion. Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project Report. World Meteorological Organization, Geneva

12 VALIDITY OF THE EPD®

The validity of the EPD® is set at three years after which the declaration must necessarily be revised and reissued.

During the validity period surveillance follow up shall be agreed with the verifier in order to evaluate if the content are still consistent with the current situation. It is not necessary to perform a full LCA, only the monitoring of main parameters is requested. The surveillance verification could be organised as documental check aimed to the evaluation of the main environmental aspects relevant for the LCA calculation.

The EPD® shall be updated if any one of the mandatory environmental-performance-related indicators declared in the EPD® has changed by more than+/- 10% (see section 10 of the PCR at hand) compared with those published in the current EPD®.”.

13 CHANGES IN THIS PCR DOCUMENT

VERSION 1.0, 2014-XX-YY Original version.



DATE 2014-05-05 UN CPC 4354

LIFTS (ELEVATORS)

14 ANNEX A

Figure A-1 System boundaries (presentation of core, upstream and downstream modules) ATTACHMENT #13

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15 ANNEX B

Table B-1 Recycling ratios, based on geographic region (source?)

Material Type of disposal

South Europe

North Europe (*)

North America & Australia

Central & Latin

America

East Europe, Middle

East, India & Africa

South Asia &

Southeast Asia

Remarks

Metals excluding high alloyed and galvanized steel

recycling 90% 90% 90% 90% 90% 90% Applied to non-alloy steel, low-alloy steel, cast iron, brass, bronze, aluminium, and copper

land fill 10% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%

incineration -- -- -- -- -- -- High alloyed and galvanized steel recycling 50% 80% 80% 50% 50% 50% Heavy metals such as zinc and chromium, from anti-corrosion

surface treatments and alloying elements do harm the steel quality from re-smelting of steel scrap in electric arc furnaces and thus are less welcome as scrap input. Therefore, lower recycling rates have been assumed as for above.

land fill 50% 20% 20% 50% 50% 50%

incineration -- -- -- -- -- --

Plastics and elastomers recycling -- -- -- -- -- -- Applied to all plastics (incl. PVC) and synthetic rubber

land fill 60% 60% 100% 100% 100% 100%

incineration 40% 40% Used oils and greases recycling 40% 50% 30% 40% 40% 30% (*) For disposal of used oils/greases in Germany 76% recycling,

0% land fill, and 24% incineration shall be applied, based on 2008 statistical data on used oil disposal methods available from "Bundesumweltministerium".

land fill 10% 10% 70% 10% 10% 70%

incineration 50% 40% 50% 50% Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE or e-waste)

recycling 70% 70% Though in countries like China and India a high recycling rate of EEE takes place, but under highly hazardous and unhealthy work conditions. Thus, as a conservative approach (worst case) 100% landfill of WEEE was assumed.

land fill 100% 10% 10% 100% 100% 100%

incineration 20% 20% Inert material such as e.g. glass, stone, etc

recycling Due to the lack of reliable information about the final method of disposal of balustrade glass a conservative approach (worst case) of 100% landfill was assumed for both locations. land fill 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

incineration -- -- -- -- -- -- Wood recycling -- -- -- -- -- --

land fill 50% 50% 50% 50%

incineration 50% 100% 100% 50% 50% 50% Chemicals such as e.g. solvents, recycling -- -- -- -- -- --




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paints, cleaning agents, etc. land fill 100% -- -- 100% 100% 100%

incineration -- 100% 100% -- -- --




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16 ANNEX C Table C-1 Table of results – Use of resources per functional unit (optional indicators and life cycle stages in brackets)

Environmental Impact Category Unit Upstream Module

Core Modu

le Downstream Module

Product Stage

Building Constr. Process

Stage

Use Stage EoL Stage

A1 R

aw m

ater

ial

supp

ly

A2 T

rans

port

A3’ O

utso

urce

d m

anuf

actu

ring

A3 In

-hou

se

man

ufac

turin

g

A4 T

rans

port

(A5

Inst

alla

tion)

(B1

Indo

or e

mis

sion

s)

B2 M

aint

enan

ce&

B3

Rep

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(B4

Mod

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satio

n (R

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cem

ent))

B6 E

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y de

man

d

(C1

Dis

asse

mbl

y)

(C2

Tran

spor

t)

C3

Was

te p

roce

ssin

g &

C4

Dis

posa

l

Total use of renewable primary energy resources (primary energy and primary energy resources used as raw materials)

MJNCV / tkm

Total use of non-renewable primary energy resources (primary energy and primary energy resources used as raw materials)

MJNCV / tkm

(Use of renewable primary energy excluding renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials)

MJNCV / tkm

(Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw

MJNCV / tkm




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materials)

(Use of non-renewable primary energy excluding non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials)

MJNCV / tkm

(Use of non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials)

MJNCV / tkm

(Use of secondary materials) kg / tkm

(Use of renewable secondary fuels)

MJNCV / tkm

(Use of non-renewable secondary fuels)

MJNCV / tkm

(Net use of fresh water) m3 / tkm




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Table C-2 Table of results – Potential environmental impacts per functional unit (optional life cycle stages in brackets)

Environmental Impact Category Unit Upstream Module

Core Modu


Product Stage


Stage

Use Stage EoL Stage

A1 R

aw m

ater

ial

supp

ly

A2 T

rans

port

A3’ O

utso

urce

d m

anuf

actu

ring

A3 In

-hou

se

man

ufac

turin

g

A4 T

rans

port

(A5

Inst

alla

tion)

(B1

Indo

or e

mis

sion

s)

B2 M

aint

enan

ce&

B3

Rep

air

(B4

Mod

erni

satio

n (R

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cem

ent))

B6 E

nerg

y de

man

d

(C1

Dis

asse

mbl

y)

(C2

Tran

spor

t)

C3

Was

te p

roce

ssin

g &

C4

Dis

posa

l

Global warming potential (GWP 100)

kg CO2-eq. / tkm

Acidification potential (AP) kg SO2-eq. / tkm

Eutrophication potential (EP) kg (PO4)3--eq. / tkm

Photochemical ozone creation Potential (POCP)

kg CO2-eq. / tkm

Ozone depletion potential (ODP)

kg C2H4-eq. / tkm

Abiotic resource depletion potential (ADP) - Elements

kg Sb-eq. / tkm

Abiotic resource depletion potential (ADP) – Fossil fuels

MJNCV / tkm

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Table C-3 Table of results – Waste production and output flows per functional unit (optional indicators and life cycle stages in brackets)

Waste Category or Output Flow Unit Upstream Module

Core Modu


Product Stage


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TN 13-918 (Inspections)

TN 13-918

Revised Proposal for A17 Standards Committee First Consideration Ballot and concurrent A17 Inspections Committee Review and Comment Ballot

Proposed Revision to A17.2 Item 3.23.1 Suspension Rope: 7 RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT (a) It is recommended that the inspector have the following equipment…….. (b) Periodic and Acceptance Inspection and Tests. In addition to the equipment specified above, the following should be provided by the owner or contractor: (1) suitable test…………. (15) Equipment for checking suspension means. ---- ITEM 3.23 SUSPENSION ROPE, COMPENSATION AND GOVERNOR SYSTEMS 3.23.1 Periodic Inspections (a) Wire Rope Inspection. Examine suspension ropes and note if they conform to the Code requirements. Always place the stop switch in the stop position while inspecting the rope. (1) Internal breakage of wire ropes is difficult to detect and, consequently, may be a greater hazard than surface wear. The surface of the rope may show little or no wear, but if the rope is bent over a short radius, individual wires will snap and in extreme cases the rope may be broken by hand. Such failures are more likely to occur in governor and compensating ropes where the ropes are lightly loaded and the ratio of sheave diameter to rope diameter is smaller. (2) When replacing suspension ropes, all ropes in a set must be replaced. The ropes in the set must all be from the same manufacturer and of the same material, grade, construction, and diameter. (3) The lengths of all wire ropes in a set of suspension ropes, and consequently the rope tensions, should be substantially equal if maximum rope life and efficiency are to be obtained. If the tensions do are not appear to be substantially the same, equalization of the rope lengthswithin tolerance, adjustment is recommended…. ---- (c)(1)(c) (c) Measure for minimum diameter at various points along each rope. The measurement shall be taken across the top of two opposing lays strands, not in the valleys. Refer to the A17.1 Code for rope replacement criteria. See Table 8.11.2.1.3(cc)(1) and Table 8.11.2.1.3(cc)(3). In jurisdictions that have adopted A17.1-2010 / B44-10 and later editions, refer to ASME A17.6 Tables 1.10.1.2-1 and 1.10.3-1. In jurisdictions enforcing A17.1-2000 / B44-00 through A17.1b-2009 / B44b-09, refer to A17.1 Table 8.11.2.1.3(cc)(1) and Table 8.11.2.1.3(cc)(3). For jurisdictions enforcing A17.1d-2000 and earlier editions, refer to A17.1, Table 1001.2(c)(29)(c). ---- 3.23.1(e) Equal tensioning among suspension members (1) Ensure that suspension system members have been checked for equal tensioning (8.6.4.1.3). If range of tension readings exceeds 10%, have tension adjusted. Examples of calculations are contained in NONMANDATORY APPENDIX D. Check maintenance control program requirements to determine if elevator manufacturer’s criteria for equal tensioning may be more stringent and for methods to check. Check also "On-Site Documentation" (see 8.6.1.2.2 (b)) for product unique criteria or method provided by the elevator manufacturer to check verify tensioning,


TN 13-918 (Inspections)

3.23.4 References 3.23.4.1 Electric Elevators. A17.1d–2000 and earlier editions—Section 212; and Rules 206.7, 1001.2(c)(29)(a), 1200.5, 1202.14, 1203.9, and 1004.2(c). A17.1–2000/B44-00 and later editions — Requirements 2.20, 2.18.7, 8.10.2.2.3(cc), 8.11.2.1.3(cc), 8.6.3, 8.6.4.1.3, 8.7.2.21, and 8.7.3.25. A17.3 — Paragraph 3.12. A17.6-2010.

NONMANDATORY APPENDIX D

Examples of suspension member tension measurement data and calculations for adjustment. Example 1 - five (5) suspension member system Member #1 measurement = 500 lbf (highest tension measured, therefore all other tensions must be equal or greater than 450 lbs = 500 lbf – 0.10 x 500 lbs) Member #2 measurement = 480 lbf (tension is okay) Member #3 measurement = 472 lbf (tension is okay) Member #4 measurement = 435 lbf (tension is unacceptable) Member #5 measurement = 413 lbf (tension is unacceptable)

Example 1 Results: Since tensions in suspension members #4 and #5 were less than 450 lbf, tension adjustment is required.

Example 2 - seven (7) suspension member system Member #1 measurement = 746 lbf (tension is okay) Member #2 measurement = 695 lbf (tension is okay) Member #3 measurement = 750 lbf (highest tension measured, therefore all other tensions must be equal or greater than 675 lbf = 750 lbf – 0.10 x750 lbf) Member #4 measurement = 700 lbf (tension is okay) Member #5 measurement = 689 lbf (tension is okay) Member #6 measurement = 702 lbf (tension is okay) Member #7 measurement = 715 lbf (tension is okay) Example 2 Results: Since tensions all suspension members were equal to or greater than 675 lbf, no tension adjustment was required. Rationale: Include equal tensioning requirement addressed in A17.1-2010/B44-10.


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Brian Black

From: Brian BlackSent: Tuesday, March 24, 2015 12:58 PMTo: '[email protected]'Subject: National Elevator industry Inc. representation on NFPA 13

Mr. Klaus, I am writing to inquire about the process to nominate a NEII representative for the technical committee responsible for the requirements of NFPA 13, section 8.15.5. Any direction you could provide would be greatly appreciated. Brian Black

NEII Code & Standards Analyst 4034 North Hampton Brook Drive Hamburg, NY 14075 585.302.0813 office 585.354.6772 cell [email protected]

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