1. Joint Research Centre (JRC) Product Bureau
State of play and next steps

2. Office Buildings Preliminary Report Spring 2011
1st AHWG Meeting June 2011
2nd AHWG Meeting November 2011
Draft Ecolabel criteria Spring 2012 (March-April)

3. Office Buildings Key environmental impacts:
Energy consumption of the office building during the use stage
GHG emission of the office building during the use stage
Depletion of natural resources, through construction materials
Use of hazardous substances and mixtures in the office building
Water consumption
Waste generation during the whole life-cycle of the office building
Non-environmental impact: IAQ + Wellbeing

4. Office Buildings Major difficulties
No harmonization of energy performance certificate between MS
No market data available to determine the 20% best environmental performing buildings (in future mandatory to have such inventory)
Difficulties to track the supply chain for the verification of the avoidance of hazardous substances
Huge number of different materials and products used in the construction that makes impossible the assessment and verification of all of them
Linking the Ecolabel to existing schemes

5. Office Buildings Basic concepts
The owner/developer of the building is the applicant
The label scope ends before the use phase
The label is “one off”
Pre-verification in the design phase
Onsite assessment after delivery – before use
Introduction of a point system for criteria, with energy efficiency and GHG related criteria being mandatory

6. Office Buildings List of criteria
1. Minimum energy performance during the use stage
- Correspondence to mandatory A-G rating at MS level
- Demonstrate that building is amongst the best 20% in MS
- Use less than 50 kWh/m2/year
2. Reduced GHG emissions
a) Maximum GHG emissions during the use stage (13 kg CO2eq/m2/year)
b) Minimum share of renewable energy sources (20% on site)
3. Energy monitoring and energy management plan

7. Office Buildings List of criteria
4. Use of construction materials complying with certain environmental criteria
- 80% material in cost shall be type I or type III Ecolabel (including EPD) or have LCA following ISO and or EN 15804
5. Material recovery potential of the building materials
- 80% in weight of the building shall be prepared for reuse, recycling or recovery (text from WFD)
6. Recycled, reused and/or recovered content in the building materials
- 50% material in cost shall contain at least 30% reused, recycled or recovered material

8. Office Buildings List of criteria
7. Avoidance of hazardous substances and materials in the building components
8. Substances listed in accordance with article 59-1 of Regulation EC No 1907/2006
- Art 6.6/6.7. Difficult to apply
- Ideally not to be used for buildings
- If article 6.6/6.7 is to be applied, regard building elements as defined in BREEAM as homogeneous article: roof, exterior walls, interior walls, floors/ceilings, windows, structure
- Substances in construction material are already regulated (CPR, list of dangerous substances in construction products)
- No corresponding criterion in other schemes
- IAQ is dealt with in an extra criterion

9. Office Buildings List of criteria 9. Responsible sourcing of wood
- 80% wood responsibly sourced (potential schemes FSC, PEFC)
- (potential extension to other materials)
10. Indoor air quality
for office finishing materials (wall, ceiling, floor/wall covering, doors, windows etc): VOC, TVOC, SVOC, Formaldehyde
Minimum ventilation rate
Building flush out prior to occupancy

10. Office Buildings List of criteria WELLBEING 11. Visual comfort
- Daylighting, light distribution, views, glare prevention, artificial light distribution
12. Thermal and acoustic comfort
- noise isolation (exterior, interior), max noise level, min room temperature

11. Office Buildings List of criteria
13. Recycling facilities and waste management plan during the use phase of the building
Storage space for recyclable materials
Waste management plan for the use phase
14. Construction and demolition waste management plan
Plan for waste management during the construction phase
Indication for the waste demolition (based on current technologies)

12. Office Buildings List of criteria 15. Water saving installations
- Water saving devices (taps, toilets, irrigation etc)
16. Water management system
- Plan for the use phase regarding the inspection and maintenance of water facilities
- water consumption monitoring system
17. User information
18. Information appearing on the EU Ecolabel

13. Additional slide office building
Office Buildings
List of criteria
Application of Art 6.6/6.7.
Example 1:
- Model building with 4800m2: 5100 tons
- 0.1 % threshold for hazardous substances: 5 tons
- Floor covering 1.3 tons (laminate), 8.6 tons (carpet)

14. of hazardous substances (ton)
Additional slide office building
Office Buildings
Application of Art 6.6/6.7.
Example 2:
- Model building with 4800m2 disaggregation:
Average values
Total weight
(ton)
max concentration
of hazardous substances (ton)
Exterior walls
439,98
0.440
Interior walls
81,50
0.082
Roof
284,14
0.284
Floors/Ceilings
118,60
0.119
Windows
23,21
0.003
Structure M3
4135
4.15
Total
5082,44
Floor covering:
0.7% (carpet)
4.6% (laminate)

15. Additional slide office building
Office Buildings
List of criteria
Example 3:
- Disaggregation of the building to components weighing more than 0.1% (5 tons): To large number of components

16. Hydronic Central Heating Generator
Preliminary Report Spring 2011
1st AHWG Meeting June 2011
2nd AHWG Meeting November 2011
Draft Ecolabel criteria early summer 2012

17. Hydronic Central Heating Generator
Key issues
- Energy consumption during use phase
- Greenhouse gas emission during use phase
- Indoor air emissions
Major difficulties
- How to set a common benchmark for all technologies?
- Criteria for water-based heat pumps might be less strict than before
- Ecodesign Implementing Measures (IM) and Energy Labelling are developed in parallel but at different paces
- Biomass boilers are a special case:
Separate Ecodesign IM (different methodology and testing methods)
No Energy Labelling

18. Hydronic Central Heating Generator
Systems
- Only central heating (no room heating)
- Only water based
Technologies included
- Central Heating Boilers (gas/oil, biomass)
- Heat Pumps
- Combined Heat and Power (Micro CHP)
- Solarthermal assisted systems (Hybrid technologies)

19. Hydronic Central Heating Generator
List of criteria
1. Minimum energy efficiency (90% for all)
2. Greenhouse gas emissions
(220g CO2eq/kWh heating output (TEWI) for all or split 220g/180g)
3. Refrigerant and secondary refrigerant (for heat pumps)
4. Nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions limit
5. Organic carbon (OGC) emissions limit
6. Carbon monoxide (CO) emissions limit
7. Particulate matter (PM) emissions limit

20. Hydronic Central Heating Generator
List of criteria
8. Noise
9. Hazardous substances and materials
10. Substances listed in accordance with Article 59(1) of Regulation (EC) 1907/2006
11. Plastic parts (plasticisers complying with criterion 9/10, no PVC)
12. Product design for sustainability (design for reuse, recycling, durability)
13. Installation and user information
14. Information appearing on the Ecolabel

21. Hydronic Central Heating Generator
Next steps
Final preliminary report 2012
Final EU Ecolabel criteria proposal 2012
Final EU Ecolabel technical report 2012
Website
All documents available at:

22. Flushing Toilets and Urinals
Timeline
Scoping document January 2011
Product definition January 2011
2 Questionnaires sent out March & June 2011
Market analysis & consumer behaviour report October 2011
Base-case assessment report October 2011
1st EU Ecolabel AHWG meeting working document October 2011
1st EU Ecolabel criteria AHWG meeting October 2011

23. Flushing Toilets and Urinals
Key issue
Water consumption during use phase
Major difficulties
- EcoReport tool (LCA tool) not suited for this product group
 Additional work carried out to overcome the problem
- Drainage systems different across EU
 Strong implications for limiting water consumption
- European Standards not available for all products in the scope (e.g. squat toilets, stall urinals, slab urinals, waterless urinals)
 Problem for those uncovered products when referring to testing methods

24. Flushing Toilets and Urinals
List of identified criteria areas
Water efficiency:
Water flush volumes (maximum, average and/or minimum)
Flush control (including water saving devices and flush programs)
Flush performance (fitness for use)
2. Material composition, recycling and maintenance:
Material composition (hazardous substances)
Durability (warranty, design for repair and spare parts)
Design for recycling
3. Other criteria:
Maximum noise level
Hygiene (non-domestic products)
4. Corporate criteria:
Consumer information/user instructions
Information appearing on the ecolabel

25. Flushing Toilets and Urinals
Next steps
Draft EU Ecolabel criteria proposal Spring 2012
2nd EU Ecolabel AHWG meeting working document Spring 2012
2nd Ecolabel criteria AHWG meeting Spring 2012
Website
All documents available at:

26. Windows and Doors Draft Preliminary Report March 2012
1st GPP AG Meeting April 2012
2nd GPP AG Meeting to be agreed

27. Product: Windows and ext doors
Documents produced, meetings held and coming steps
May 2011
Feedback on the 1st AHWG meeting and working documents
Summary of the 1st AHWG for the revision of GPP criteria
April 2012
1st AHWG for the revision of GPP criteria for Windows and external Doors
March 2012
Draft report: Definition and categorization
Draft report: Economic and market analysis
Working document for the 1st AHWG meeting for the revision of GPP criteria
Jan 2012
Questionnaire 2
Background information for Questionnaire 2
Oct 2011
Questionnaire 1
Background information for Questionnaire 1

28. Key environmental impacts:
Thermally efficient glazing
Frames with higher thermal efficiency
Use of appropriate glazing (climatic conditions)
Materials used to construct the window or door
Effective maintenance to extend the useful life
Use of responsible sourcing materials
Use of recycled materials
Impact of the waste, including packaging and end of the life waste
End-life management: re-use and recycling
Materials easily dismantled and recycling
Major difficulties
Windows and external doors shall be developed from a holistic approach considering the location and design of the building they will be part of