Transcript How to use the NRMCA IndustryWide EPD and Benchmark Report Lionel Lemay, PE, SE, LEED AP Sr.

How to use the NRMCA IndustryWide EPD and Benchmark Report
Lionel Lemay, PE, SE, LEED AP
Sr. VP, Sustainable Development
What are they?
www.nrmca.org/sustainability/EPDprogram
Why do you need them?
Standards
Customers
GREEN BUILDING
LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY
AND ENVIRONMENTAL
DESIGN (LEED V4)
LEED v4 MR Credit
MATERIALS & RESOURCES
POSSIBLE 13
MRp1
Storage and collection of recyclables
REQ
MRp2
Construction and demolition waste management planning
REQ
MRC1
Building life-cycle impact reduction
5
MRc2
Building product disclosure and optimization –
environmental product declarations
2
MRc3
Building product disclosure and optimization – sourcing of
raw materials
2
MRc4
Building product disclosure and optimization – material
ingredients
2
MRc5
Construction and demolition waste management
2
LEED v4 MR Credits
Global warming potential
Depletion of stratospheric ozone layer
Acidification of land and water sources
Eutrophication
Formation of tropospheric ozone
Depletion of nonrenewable energy
Land use
Water use
Biodiversity
Human rights
Noise
Human health (cancer)
Human health (non-cancer)
MRc2: ENVIRONMENTAL
PRODUCT DECLARATIONS
LEED v4 MR Credit EPDs
Option 1 – EPDs (disclosure) (1 point)
 20 Permanently Installed Products with
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Product specific declaration – publicly available
(1/4 product)
Industry average EPD – third party certified Type III
(1/2 product)
Product specific EPD – third party certified Type III
(Full product)
USGBC Approved Program
Each Unique Mix is Considered a Product
Lightweight slabs
Roof slab
Parapets
Shear Walls
Normal weight slabs
Stairs
Lightweight beams
Exterior walls
Normal weight beams
4000 psi columns
Sidewalks
6000 psi columns
Plazas
Basement slabs
Parking areas
Pervious concrete
Grade beams
Driveways
Spread footings
Curbs
Caissons
Piles
What are EPDs?
Environmental
Product
Declarations
Life
Cycle
Assessment
Data:
Life Cycle
Inventory Data,
plant specific
Product
Category
Rule
EPD standards
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Provide quality assured and comparable
information regarding environmental
performance of a product and/or service
3rd party
Type Standard
reviewed
I
ISO 14024
Yes
Endorsement Shorthand
Yes
II
ISO 14021
No
Yes
III
ISO 14025
Yes
No
Eco-label
Selfdeclaration
Nutrition
label
Type III EPD
Product Category Rules (PCR)
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Instructions on how
and what to report via
the EPD
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Product studied
Functional unit
System boundaries
Life cycle stages
included
Impacts reported
PRODUCT Manufactures EPDs
LEED v4 MR Credit EPDs
Option 2 – Multi-Attribute Optimization
(1 point)
 50% by cost of products have
environmental impact reduction below
industry average for 3 impacts:
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GWP
Ozone depletion
Eutrophication
Smog formation
Acidification
Depletion of nonrenewable energy
Environmental Product Declarations
(Locally Sourced still matters)
FINAL PRODUCT VALUE =
(base product value x valuation factor based on
Miles
attribute criteria)*(valuation100
factor
based on location)
(200% Cost)
Structure and enclosure not
more than 30% of the value
500 Miles (LEED 2009)
What’s NRMCA Doing to Help
• Nov 2012
• EPD Program
• 4 companies
• 2000 products
• More coming
• CLF PCR
• v1 Nov 2012
• v1.1 Dec 2013
• Oct 2014
• 70 companies
• 2300 plants
• 50% production
• Baselines
2010-2013
Feb 2011
Satisfying Option 1 (disclosure)
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Product specific declaration – publicly available
(1/4 product)
Industry average EPD – third party certified Type III
(1/2 product)
Product specific EPD – third party certified Type III
(Full product)
NRMCA EPD Program
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Verifies (certifies) EPDs
Reviews LCAs
Develops PCRs
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Consistent with other
EPD Programs
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Third party verifiers
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Economies
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Efficiencies
NRMCA Verified EPDs
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4 companies
2000 products
4 EPDs verified in
other programs
Product Specific EPD
Industry-Wide EPD
Industry Wide/Average EPD (p. 4-5)
You have 4000 psi
mix, 25% fly ash
Impacts (p. 21)
Satisfies LEED v4 Option 1 of EPD credit (worth 1/2 product)
Satisfying Option 2 (optimization)
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50% by cost of products have
environmental impact reduction below
industry average for 3 impacts:
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GWP
Ozone depletion
Eutrophication
Smog formation
Acidification
Depletion of nonrenewable energy
How to use Benchmark Report
(p. 31)
Lower for 3 impacts? Meets Option 2 of LEED v4 EPD credit
Selecting a product with lower impact
(p. 29)
Developing a Product Specific EPD
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Select PCR
Conduct an LCA
Produce draft EPD from LCA
Submit your LCA report and
draft EPD to NRMCA
NRMCA verifies they meet
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International standards
Selected PCR
EPD Program Operator Instructions
If all requirements met, EPD is certified
Use certified EPD for submittals and marketing
NRMCA Verifiers / LCA Experts
THIRD-PARTY
ERIFICATION
Verification Cost
Level
Service
Fee
(member)
1
Critical Review of LCA
Verification of EPD
$3500*
$5000*
2
Verification of EPD
$1250*
$2000*
* Up to 3 plants and 30 mixes per plant
Fee (nonmember)
LEED v4 MR Credit
MATERIALS & RESOURCES
POSSIBLE 13
MRp1
Storage and collection of recyclables
REQ
MRp2
Construction and demolition waste management planning
REQ
MRC1
Building life-cycle impact reduction
5
MRc2
Building product disclosure and optimization –
environmental product declarations
2
MRc3
Building product disclosure and optimization – sourcing of
raw materials
2
MRc4
Building product disclosure and optimization – material
ingredients
2
MRc5
Construction and demolition waste management
2
Option 4 Whole Building LCA (3 points)
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Impact reduction of 10% from Reference
Building for 3 Impacts:
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Reduce GWP of CO2 (Required)
Reduce ozone depletion (CFC)
Land /water Acidification
Eutrophication (phosphates)
Tropospheric Ozone (NOx)
Non renewable energy
Reference Building
Use Industry Benchmark Impacts
Proposed Building
Use Industry-Wide EPD Impacts
Or Product Specific Impacts
Submittal letter (EPD Credit Option 1)
Dear John:
Please find attached the NRMCA Industry-Wide EPD in support of the
LEED v4 MR credit for EPDs for Green and Clean Tower in Tulsa. Our
company and plants supplying this project are listed in the Industry-Wide
EPD. Our concrete products submitted for the project match the following
product designations in the Industry-Wide EPD:
Rock Hard Concrete
Product Code
PCC-4000-50
BSR-4000-170
LBR-5000-110
SGR-5000-120
WRT-6000-90
WRT-6000-150
Industry-Wide EPD
Product Code
4000-00-FA/SL
4000-20-FA
5000-30-SL
5000-40-SL
6000-50-FA/SL
6000-50-FA/SL
Submittal letter (EPD Credit Option 2)
Dear John:
Please find attached Green Concrete Company’s Product Specific
EPDs and the NRMCA Industry Baseline Report in support of the
LEED v4 MR credit for EPDs for Sustainability Center in Miami. Five
of the seven concrete products submitted for the project have lower
environmental impacts than industry average as listed in the NRMCA
Industry Baseline Report as follows:
Green Concrete
Company Product Code
PCC-4000-50
BSR-4000-170
LBR-5000-110
WRT-6000-90
WRT-6000-100
NRMCA Industry
Benchmark Report
Table E9 - 4000 psi
Table E9 – 4000 psi
Table E9 – 5000 psi
Table E9 – 6000 psi
Table E9 – 6000 psi
Responsible Sourcing (RSS or CSR)
NRMCA
Sustainable
Concrete Plant
Certification
Responsible
Sourcing of
Concrete
BES 6001
ISO 26000
International
Responsible
Sourcing
System
Material Ingredient Disclosure
GUIDE
to Material
Ingredient
Disclosure
for Concrete
NRMCA
member
education
?
NRMCA /
RMCREF
Project
(ARUP)
www.nrmca.org/sustainability