Standard Practice for Minimum Criteria for Comparing Whole Building Life Cycle Assessments for Use with Building Codes and Rating Systems

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 This practice provides criteria that building design teams shall use to compare the environmental impacts associated with a reference building design and a final building design, including additions to existing buildings where applicable.  
5.2 This practice deals specifically with material selection for initial construction, including associated maintenance and replacement cycles over an assumed service life, taking operating energy use into account if required or explicitly allowed under the applicable code or rating system.
SCOPE
1.1 This practice provides criteria to be applied irrespective of the assessment (LCA) tool that is used when LCA is undertaken at the whole building level to compare a final whole building design to a reference building design.  
1.2 The purpose of this practice is to support the use of whole building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in building codes and building rating systems by ensuring that comparative assessments of final whole building designs relative to reference building designs take account of the relevant building features, life cycle stages, and related activities in similar fashion for both the reference and final building designs of the same building.  
1.3 The criteria do not deal with building occupant behavior, possible future changes in building function, building rehabilitation or retrofit, or other matters that cannot be foreseen or reasonably estimated at the design or permitting stage, or both where this practice applies.  
1.4 Only environmental impacts and aspects of sustainability are addressed in this practice. The social and economic impacts and aspects of sustainability are not addressed in this practice.  
1.5 This practice does not deal with basic LCA methodology, calculation methods or related matters that are covered in cited international standards.  
1.6 This practice does not supersede or modify existing ISO standards for the application of LCA at the product level, nor does it address the aggregation of building product Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) at the whole building level.  
1.7 This practice does not specify the impact categories or sustainability aspects to be addressed in building codes or building rating systems and users of this practice conform to the impact category requirements specified in the applicable code or rating system.  
1.8 The text of this standard contains notes that provide explanatory material. These notes shall not be considered as requirements of the standard.  
1.9 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

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Designation: E2921 − 13
StandardPractice for
Minimum Criteria for Comparing Whole Building Life Cycle
Assessments for Use with Building Codes and Rating
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Systems
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2921; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope the impact category requirements specified in the applicable
code or rating system.
1.1 This practice provides criteria to be applied irrespective
of the assessment (LCA) tool that is used when LCA is 1.8 The text of this standard contains notes that provide
undertakenatthewholebuildingleveltocompareafinalwhole explanatory material. These notes shall not be considered as
building design to a reference building design. requirements of the standard.
1.9 This standard does not purport to address all of the
1.2 The purpose of this practice is to support the use of
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
whole building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in building
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
codesandbuildingratingsystemsbyensuringthatcomparative
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
assessments of final whole building designs relative to refer-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
ence building designs take account of the relevant building
features, life cycle stages, and related activities in similar
2. Referenced Documents
fashion for both the reference and final building designs of the
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
same building.
E631 Terminology of Building Constructions
1.3 The criteria do not deal with building occupant
E2114 Terminology for Sustainability Relative to the Perfor-
behavior,possiblefuturechangesinbuildingfunction,building
mance of Buildings
rehabilitation or retrofit, or other matters that cannot be
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2.2 Other Standards:
foreseen or reasonably estimated at the design or permitting
ISO 14040:2006 Environmental Management – Life Cycle
stage, or both where this practice applies.
Assessment – Principles and Framework
1.4 Only environmental impacts and aspects of sustainabil-
ISO 14044:2006 Environmental Management – Life Cycle
ity are addressed in this practice. The social and economic
Assessment – Requirements and Guidelines
impacts and aspects of sustainability are not addressed in this
ISO 14050 Terminology
practice.
3. Terminology
1.5 This practice does not deal with basic LCA
3.1 For terms related to building construction, refer to
methodology, calculation methods or related matters that are
Terminology E631.
covered in cited international standards.
3.2 For terms related to sustainability relative to the perfor-
1.6 This practice does not supersede or modify existing ISO
mance of buildings, refer to Terminology E2114.
standards for the application of LCA at the product level, nor
does it address the aggregation of building product Environ-
3.3 For terms related to LCA(for example, product system,
mental Product Declarations (EPDs) at the whole building
input, output) refer to ISO 14050 Terminology.
level.
3.4 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
1.7 This practice does not specify the impact categories or
3.4.1 building, n—a shelter comprising a partially or totally
sustainability aspects to be addressed in building codes or
enclosed space(s), erected by means of planned forces of
building rating systems and users of this practice conform to
forming and combining materials. E631
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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Sustainability and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E60.01 on Buildings Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
and Construction. the ASTM website.
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Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2013. Published December 2013. DOI: Available from International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1, ch. de
10.1520/E2921-13 la Voie-Creuse, CP 56, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland, http://www.iso.org.
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3.4.2 building, v—the act or process of construction. E631 5. Significance and Use
3.4.3 building product—goods used during the life cycle of
5.1 This practice provides criteria that building design
a building as part of its infrastructure.
teams shall use to compare the environmental impacts associ-
ated with a reference bu
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