What is this BS EN 16485 about?
BS EN 16485 provides general Product Category Rules (PCR) for Type III environmental declarations for wood and wood-based products for use in construction and related construction and in-service processes.
BS EN 16485 complements the core rules for the product category of construction products as defined in EN 15804 and is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 15804.
NOTE: The assessment of social and economic performances at the product level is not covered by this standard.
BS EN 16485 is intended to be used for cradle to gate or cradle to the grave assessment provided the intention is properly stated in the system boundary description.
BS EN 16485 does not deal with aggregation at the building level nor does this standard describe the rules for applying EPD in a building assessment
Who is this BS EN 16485 for?
BS EN 16485 on Environmental Product Declarations useful for:
- Architects
- Construction industry
- Civil engineer
- Contractor of building
- Manufacture, supplier and installers of timber
Why should you use this BS EN 16485?
An EPD is an objective report based on a life cycle assessment (LCA). It is used to communicate information about the potential environmental and human health impacts of a product.
BS EN 16485 specifies EPD to know the environmental performance of the products that you are purchasing, safeguard the ecosystem by choosing products and services that have less impact than others on the market and in the case of buildings, the choice of materials whose environmental impacts are certified can increase their quality standard, and therefore their economic value.
BS EN 16485 intended core product category rules that help you to provide a structure to ensure that all Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) of construction products, construction services and construction processes are derived, verified and presented in a harmonized way.
Overall, EPD communicates verifiable, accurate, non-misleading environmental information for products and their applications, thereby supporting scientifically based, fair choices and stimulating the potential for market-driven continuous environmental improvement.