Task 4.1 – Requirements analysis for Eco-Label and Environmental Product Declaration Duration: month 1 to month 36 Partners involved: CONSORZIO TRE (WP leader), CETMA, TRE, MOTULAB

Evaluate the applicability for the Ecolabel and/or EPD Task 4.1 Requirements analysis for Eco-label and environmental Product Declaration Task 4.2 LCA I - Definition of the goal and scope for the case and Data inventory II – Impact assessment Task 4.3 LCA III – Interpretation of the results Task 4.4 Environmental Product Declaration Documentation WP4: Environmental compatibility analysis July, 2011 July, 2012 December, 2011 Work Package Task

WP4: Environmental compatibility analysis July, 2011 July, 2012 December, 2011 Task 4.1 Requirements analysis for Eco-label and Environmental Product Declaration Current PRODUCT GROUPS and related CRITERIA Award of the ECO-LABEL PRODUCT CATEGORIES and related PRODUCT CATEGORY RULES PRODUCT CATEGORIES and related PRODUCT CATEGORY RULES ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION To assess the applicability to the panel Ecoplasbrick Updating

ENVIRONMETAL LABELLING Type I – Ecolabel EU The product is certified by an external body and conforms to ISO14024 Type II – SELF DECLARATION The manufacturer declares himself the product according ISO Type II – SELF DECLARATION The manufacturer declares himself the product according ISO Type III – ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION The company shows product’s information according ISO Type III – ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION The company shows product’s information according ISO It’s required an LCA analysis according PRODUCT CATEGORY RULES Environmental labels and declarations Environmental labels and declarations Environmental labels and declarations

It’s a voluntary and selective european instruments The mark is subject to the definition of the CRITERIA The mark is subject to the definition of the PRODUCT GROUPS It’s possibile submitted only tests according by ACCREDIA It certifies the compliance with the environmental requirements It’s exposed directly to the product They are specified in the Regulation 1980/200 introduced by the European Union. Validity 4 years They are published by the European Commission

Involves technical support THE APPLICANT COMMITTEE ECOLABEL ECOAUDIT Send application ISPRA Institution for the protection and environmental research ISPRA Institution for the protection and environmental research Performes the investigation Successfull investigation: releas label The decision is notified to EUROPEAN COMMITTEE The trademark is valid for a maximum of three years, which will be reduced if the award criteria will be modified

ESTABLISHED PRODUCT GROUPS Cleaning Clothing Do-it-yourself FLOOR COVERINGS Electronic Equipment Furniture Gardening Lubricants Paper Selected category according research product aims Services Increasing number of product groups Household Appliances BUILDINGS Under development

PRODUCT GROUPS: FLOOR COVERINGS HARD FLOOR COVERINGS WOODEN COVERINGS Logo tells us: Reduced energy consumption during the production phase; Limitation of substances harmful for health and the environment; Reduced impact on habitats and natural resources; Limited emissions to air and water; Improved consumer information and waste management. Logo tells us: Use of recycled fibres or virgin fibres from sustainably managed forests Limitation of substances harmful to health and the environment User instructions for correct environmental use

PRODUCT GROUPS: FLOOR COVERINGS USER MANUAL HARD FLOOR COVERING FOR INTERNAL/EXTERNAL USE, WITHOUT ANY RELEVANT STRUCTURAL FUNCTION The criteria can be applied both to FLOOR and WALL coverings, if the production process is identical and uses the same materials and manufacturing methods PRODUCT GROUP FAMILY CLASSIFICATION

CRITERIA STRUCTURE WITH MAIN PHASES CONSIDERED PRODUCT GROUPS: FLOOR COVERINGS HARD FLOOR COVERINGS The product group definition and the specific ecological criteria are valid for 4 years (from July 2009 until July 2013) USER MANUAL

PRODUCT GROUPS: FLOOR COVERINGS USER MANUAL WOODEN FLOOR COVERING WOOD BASED MATERIALS means material made by binding with adhesives and/or glues one or more of the materials (f.ex. wood fibres, and/or stripped or sheared wood sheets, and/or wood residues from forest, plantations, sawn-wood, residues from pulp/paper industry, and/or recycled wood) The term also refers to composite materials made from wood-based panels coated by plastics, or laminated plastics, or metals, or other coating materials and finished/semi- finished wood-based panels PRODUCT GROUP FAMILY CLASSIFICATION Wood and timber coverings Laminate floorings Cork coverings Bamboo floorings

CRITERIA STRUCTURE WITH MAIN PHASES CONSIDERED PRODUCT GROUPS: FLOOR COVERINGS WOODEN FLOOR COVERINGS The product group definition and the specific ecological criteria are valid for 4 years (from December 2009 until December 2013) USER MANUAL 2.1 Raw materials Sustainable forest management Recycled wood and plant material Impregnating substances and preservatives Generically modified wood 2.2 Use of dangerous substances Dangerous substances for the raw wood and plant treatment Dangerous substances in the coating and surface treatments 2.3 Production process Energy consumption Waste managment 2.4 Use phase Release of dangerous substances VOC emissions 2.5 Packaging 2.6 Fitness for use

developed in accordance with the An EPD® is an CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL DECLARATION The International EPD® System has the ambition to help and support organizations to communicate the environmental performance of their products (goods and services) in a credible and understandable way The International EPD® System has the ambition to help and support organizations to communicate the environmental performance of their products (goods and services) in a credible and understandable way members consist of (TC) group of LCA/EPD experts Standard ISO 14025

EPD® is a registered trademark EPD® is sometimes used as an abbreviation for environmental declarations according to ISO in general but sometimes also for other types of environmental information. What about? The company implements PCR (Product Category Rules) are vital for the concept of environmental declarations and climate declarations PCR (Product Category Rules) are vital for the concept of environmental declarations and climate declarations The PCRs enable transparency for the EPD-development and also comparability between different EPDs based on the same PCR Purposes Methodology LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)

UPDATED Existing PRODUCT CATEGORIES Agriculture, forestry and fishery products Ores, minerales, stone Energy and water Food and beverages Textile and furniture Wood and paper Rubber, plastic, glass and chemicals Metal Machinery and appliances Transport equipment and services Services Construction and construction services

Existing PRODUCT CATEGORIES Wood (Flooring materials) Plastics It has expired and should be updated It is under development any EPD receives only a PRE-Certification PRODUCT CATEGORY RULES BASIC MODULE PCR Basic Modules are used as guidance documents when developing PCRs. PRODUCT CATEGORY RULES BASIC MODULE PCR Basic Modules are used as guidance documents when developing PCRs. This is a combined PCR and PCR Basic Module: it is partly based on the draft European standard prEN that provides Product Category Rules for all construction products (“Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations - Product category rules” ) A revision of the document is already planned for 2012 in order to comply with the upcoming EN standards. PCR Basic Modules includes text which is common for all full PCR documents regardless of product group, e.g. the introduction section, but does not specify the detailed calculation rules that are required in order for EPDs of the same product group to be comparable. Constructions and construction services bulk PCR-document (general documents)

 Actually evaluating analysis for applicability of labelling scheme demonstrate that Ecoplasbrick panel can not be compared to existing Product Categories and Product Groups  The applicability of the EU Eco-label (Type I), evaluating existing Product Group “Hard Covering” and “Woodwork”, is denied by comparing timber cladding and cooked products with a sandwich panel made of a core of mixed recycled plastic waste, welded through temperature and pressure with one or two skins; therefore Criteria, tests and limit values ​​ can not be assessed in order to comply with environmental requirements.  The applicability of the EPDsystem (Type III), evaluating existing Product Categories Wood”, “Plastic products” and “Construction products and services” could be assessed even if we have to wait for the PCRs documents, actually under development. Type II – SELF DECLARATION The manufacturer declares himself the product according ISO Type II – SELF DECLARATION The manufacturer declares himself the product according ISO Type III – ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION The company shows product’s information according ISO Type III – ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATION The company shows product’s information according ISO Type I – Ecolabel EU The product is certified by an external body and conforms to ISO14024