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GB/T 45005-2024Core rules for environmental product declarations of construction products and services (English PDF)

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Issued by

State Administration for Market Regulation, China National Standardization Administration

Level / Type

National · Recommended

Issue date

November 28, 2024

Implementation date

June 1, 2025

Scope

GB/T 45005-2024 (Core rules for environmental product declarations of construction products and services) is available as an English-translated PDF.

GB/T 45005-2024 — This document specifies the construction products and services, building components and accessories, and comprehensive building technology systems involved in any type of construction project.

Principles, specifications and requirements for Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), and general requirements of the Product Category Rules (PCRs) adopted by EPDs.

This document refines and supplements ISO 14025 as applied to building products and services.

This document is a general PCR file for EPD of building products, building components and building integrated technology systems, including the following. a) Calculate the life cycle inventory analysis (LCI), preset environmental indicators, and life cycle impact assessment involved in the EPD report (LCIA) results, etc.; b) Describe which life cycle phases are considered in a particular EPD, which processes are included in the life cycle phases, and the How it is subdivided into information modules; c) establish rules for how to build scenarios; d) Rules for reporting relevant environmental and technical information not included in the LCA; e) specify the core elements to be covered by the EPD; f) Establishing the structure of project reports; g) specify the conditions for comparing different building products based on the information provided in the EPD; h) provide requirements and guidance for PCR of construction product subcategories; i) Mandatory and non-changeable requirements to be included in any PCR based on this document.

This document applies to exchanges between suppliers and buyers (B2B), but under certain conditions it can also be applied to exchanges between suppliers and consumers (B2C).

For communication, refer to ISO 14025 (see 5.4). This document does not include an evaluation of the economic and social factors involved in the product. Note 1.Unless otherwise specified, "construction products" in this document include any goods or services related to construction works.

Note 2.Building components and building technology systems are considered building products.

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Document preview — GB/T 45005-2024

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS
91.040.01
Classification
Q 04

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation, China National Standardization Administration

Contents

  • Preface
  • 1 Scope
  • 2 Normative references
  • 3 Terms and Definitions
  • 4 Abbreviations 12
  • 5 General Provisions 13
  • 5.1 Objectives of the PCR General Guidelines
  • 5.2 Life cycle stages and information modules
  • 5.3 Average EPD
  • 5.4 Use of EPD
  • 5.5 Comparability of EPDs
  • 5.6 File
  • 6 Development and use of PCR
  • 6.1 Structure of the PCR General Guidelines
  • 6.2 Relationship between the general PCR and subcategories of PCR
  • 6.3 Development of sub-category PCR
  • 7 PCR for LCA
  • 7.1 Methodological framework
  • 7.2 Inventory Analysis
  • 7.3 Main environmental impact assessment indicators
  • 8 Additional environmental information
  • 8.1 General
  • 8.2 Additional environmental information not included in the pre-defined LCIA indicators 40
  • 8.3 Additional environmental information not derived from or related to LCA
  • 8.4 Mandatory additional environmental information
  • 9 Contents of EPD
  • 9.1 General Principles 42
  • 9.2 General Information Statement
  • 9.3 Methodological Framework Statement
  • 9.4 Technical Information and Scenario Statement
  • 9.5 Statement based on LCA environmental indicators
  • 9.6 Additional environmental information statement
  • 10 Project Report
  • 10.1 General Principles
  • 10.2 Contents of the project report related to LCA
  • 10.3 Data confidentiality rules
  • 10.4 Additional environmental information files
  • 10.5 Support for data validity verification
  • 11 EPD Verification and Validity
  • Appendix A (Normative) Requirements and Guidelines for RSL and ESL
  • Appendix B (Informative) Example of Average EPD
  • Appendix C (Informative) Release of Related Hazardous Substances
  • Appendix D (Informative) Controlled Substances of Very High Concern
  • Appendix E (Informative) Environmental indicators based on LCA
  • References

Foreword

This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for standardization work Part 1: Structure and drafting rules for standardization documents" Drafting.

This document is equivalent to ISO 21930:2017 "Sustainable building products and services for building and civil engineering - Environmental product soundness" "Ming Tong Ze".

The following minimal editorial changes were made to this document.

--- In order to coordinate with the existing standards, the name of the standard is changed to "General Principles for Environmental Declarations of Building Products and Services";

--- Change Figure 2 and Figure 3 of ISO 21930:2017 to Figure 1 and Figure 2 respectively.

1 Scope

This document specifies the construction products and services, building components and accessories, and comprehensive building technology systems involved in any type of construction project.

Principles, specifications and requirements for Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), and general requirements of the Product Category Rules (PCRs) adopted by EPDs.

This document refines and supplements ISO 14025 as applied to building products and services.

This document is a general PCR file for EPD of building products, building components and building integrated technology systems, including the following.

a) Calculate the life cycle inventory analysis (LCI), preset environmental indicators, and life cycle impact assessment involved in the EPD report (LCIA) results, etc.;

b) Describe which life cycle phases are considered in a particular EPD, which processes are included in the life cycle phases, and the How it is subdivided into information modules;

c) establish rules for how to build scenarios;

d) Rules for reporting relevant environmental and technical information not included in the LCA;

e) specify the core elements to be covered by the EPD;

f) Establishing the structure of project reports;

g) specify the conditions for comparing different building products based on the information provided in the EPD;

h) provide requirements and guidance for PCR of construction product subcategories;

i) Mandatory and non-changeable requirements to be included in any PCR based on this document.

This document applies to exchanges between suppliers and buyers (B2B), but under certain conditions it can also be applied to exchanges between suppliers and consumers (B2C).

For communication, refer to ISO 14025 (see 5.4).

This document does not include an evaluation of the economic and social factors involved in the product.

Note 1.Unless otherwise specified, "construction products" in this document include any goods or services related to construction works.

Note 2.Building components and building technology systems are considered building products.

2 Normative references

The contents of the following documents constitute essential clauses of this document through normative references in this document.

For referenced documents without a date, only the version corresponding to that date applies to this document; for referenced documents without a date, the latest version (including all amendments) applies to this document.

GB/T 24025-2009 Environmental labels and declarations Type III environmental declaration principles and procedures (ISO 14025:2006, IDT) GB/T 24044-2008 Requirements and guidelines for environmental management life cycle assessment (ISO 14044:2006, IDT) works-Vocabulary-Part 1: Generalterms) Note. GB/T 24020-2000 Environmental management - General principles for environmental labels and declarations (ISO 14020:1998, IDT)

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