BS EN 16760:2015
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Bio-based products. Life Cycle Assessment
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2015 | 38 |
This European Standard provides specific life cycle assessment (LCA) requirements and guidance for bio-based products, excluding food, feed and energy, based on EN ISO 14040 and EN ISO 14044 .
This European Standard covers bio-based products, derived wholly or partly from biomass.
This European Standard provides guidance and requirements to assess impact over the life cycle of bio-based products with the focus on how to handle the specificities of the bio-based part of the product.
The applications of LCA as such are outside the scope of this European Standard. Clarifications, considerations, practices, simplifications and options for the different applications, are also beyond the scope of this European Standard. In addition, this European Standard may be applied in studies that do not cover the whole life cycle, with justification e.g. in the case of business-to-business information, such as cradle-to-gate studies, gate-to-gate studies, and specific parts of the life cycle (e.g. waste management, components of a product).
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 4 | Contents Page |
| 8 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Methodology for LCA of bio-based products 4.1 General description of an LCA 4.2 General aspects of LCA for bio-based products |
| 9 | 4.3 Goal and Scope of the LCA study 4.3.1 Goal of the LCA study |
| 10 | 4.3.2 Scope of the LCA study 4.3.2.1 General 4.3.2.2 Function, functional unit and reference flows |
| 11 | 4.3.2.3 System boundary 4.3.2.4 Cut-off criteria 4.3.2.5 LCIA methodology and types of impacts |
| 12 | 4.3.2.6 Data quality 4.3.2.7 Comparisons between systems 5 LCI – Life Cycle Inventory 5.1 General |
| 13 | 5.2 Sources of data 5.2.1 General 5.2.2 Geographical data 5.2.3 Temporal data 5.3 Allocation procedure |
| 14 | 5.4 LCI – Collecting data and modelling 5.4.1 Considerations for resource use |
| 15 | 5.4.2 Land use 5.4.2.1 General 5.4.2.2 Considerations for modelling land use in LCI |
| 16 | 5.4.3 Water inventory 5.4.3.1 General 5.4.3.2 Elementary flows |
| 17 | 5.5 Inventory of fossil and biogenic carbon flows |
| 18 | 5.6 Guidance for modelling agriculture, forestry and aquaculture systems 5.6.1 Modelling agricultural systems 5.6.1.1 General 5.6.1.2 Key characteristics |
| 19 | 5.6.1.3 Exchanges with technosphere |
| 20 | 5.6.1.4 Land occupation and transformation flows 5.6.1.5 Water use flows 5.6.1.6 Gaseous emission from agricultural soils |
| 21 | 5.6.1.7 Emissions to water 5.6.1.8 Guidance on allocation for agricultural processes 5.6.2 Modelling forestry systems 5.6.2.1 Inventory net interventions 5.6.2.2 Spatial and temporal boundaries 5.6.2.3 Addressing biogenic carbon |
| 22 | 5.6.2.4 Land occupation and transformation flows 5.6.3 Modelling aquaculture systems 5.6.4 Modelling end-of-life processes in LCAs of bio-based products 5.6.4.1 General 5.6.4.2 End-of-life processes of bio-based products |
| 23 | 6 LCIA – Life Cycle Impacts Assessment 6.1 Impact categories and impact indicators 6.1.1 General 6.1.2 Selection of impact categories 6.1.3 Applicability of methods and data 6.1.4 Weighting and comparative assertions disclosed to the public |
| 24 | 6.2 Guidelines for specific impact indicators 6.2.1 Treatment of biogenic and non-biogenic carbon in assessing climate change 6.2.2 Land use impact on areas of protection 6.2.2.1 General 6.2.2.2 Land use related to Natural Environment / Ecosystem Quality 6.2.2.3 Land use related to Ecosystem Services / Natural Resources |
| 25 | 6.2.3 Impact of water use 7 Interpretation and reporting of LCA 7.1 Interpretation 7.2 Reporting of LCA |
| 26 | 7.3 Critical review |
| 27 | Annex A (informative)Example of allocation on glycerol A.1 Example for the based approach |
| 28 | Annex B (informative)Examples of fossil and biogenic carbon flows accounting and communication B.1 Example of fossil and biogenic carbon flows accounting |
| 29 | B.2 Example of a representation of cradle-to-gate / cradle-to-grave emissions B.3 Temporal accounting B.3.1 ILCD guidance for calculating temporal accounting (CFP = Carbon Footprint) |
| 30 | B.3.2 Example of calculation temporal accounting |
| 31 | Annex C (informative)Examples of impact categories and impact indicators C.1 Indicator of impacts which contribute to Climate change C.2 Indicators of impacts which contribute to the exhaustion of non-renewable resources C.3 Indicators of impacts affecting human health |
