CEN/TS 16524:2013
(Main)Mechanical products - Methodology for reduction of environmental impacts in product design and development
Mechanical products - Methodology for reduction of environmental impacts in product design and development
This Technical Specification describes a methodology for reducing the overall environmental impact through product design and development that is tailored to mechanical products as defined in 2.1.
This methodology is particularly well suited to the redesign of an existing product; it can also be applied for the design of a new product provided the necessary assumptions regarding a (virtual) reference product are taken.
It addresses enterprises which have decided to integrate an eco-design approach to optimise environmental impacts within the product life cycle, in relation to the other product aspects, such as functionality, quality, costs, etc.
NOTE 1 This document targets persons who are directly involved in the design and development of mechanical products, as well as managers responsible for defining corporate policies, and decision-makers. The proposed methodology is intended to kick-start eco-design initiatives within companies as part of a teaching and continuous improvement approach.
This document also includes a template that enterprises may use as part of the communication on their environmental approach.
This document is neither intended nor suitable to compare products (even similar) of other suppliers.
This document is neither intended nor suitable for certification purposes.
NOTE 2 An example of implementation of the methodology is given in Annex D; the basic principles for the establishment of this method are given in Annex E.
Mechanische Produkte - Methodik zur Verminderung der Umweltauswirkungen bei Produktgestaltung und Entwicklung
Diese Technische Spezifikation beschreibt eine Methodik zur Verminderung der Umweltauswirkungen bei Produktgestaltung und Entwicklung, die auf mechanische Produkte, wie unter 2.1 festgelegt, abgestimmt ist.
Diese Methodik ist besonders gut geeignet, ein schon vorhandenes Produkt neu zu gestalten; es kann gleichfalls unter der Voraussetzung, dass die notwendigen Annahmen hinsichtlich eines (virtuellen) Referenzprodukts getroffen wurden, auf die Gestaltung eines neuen Produkts angewandt werden.
Sie richtet sich an Unternehmen, die sich zur Verringerung der Umweltauswirkungen im Verhältnis zu anderen Produkteigenschaften wie Funktionalität, Qualität, Kosten, usw. für die Einbeziehung des Ansatzes der umweltverträglichen Gestaltung für den Produktlebenszyklus entschlossen haben.
ANMERKUNG 1 Dieses Dokument richtet sich sowohl an Personen, die unmittelbar in die Gestaltung und Entwicklung mechanischer Produkte einbezogen sind, als auch an Leitungspersonal, das für die Festlegung der Unternehmens-richtlinien verantwortlich ist, sowie weitere Entscheidungsträger. Die vorgeschlagene Methodik zielt darauf ab, innerhalb von Unternehmen als Teil eines Ansatzes von kontinuierlichem Lernen und Verbessern Initiativen zur umweltverträglichen Produktgestaltung auszulösen.
Dieses Dokument enthält weiterhin eine Dokumentvorlage, die Unternehmen für die Kommunikation ihres Umweltansatzes verwenden können.
Dieses Dokument ist weder für den Vergleich von Produkten anderer Lieferanten (selbst wenn diese ähnlich sind) bestimmt noch geeignet.
Dieses Dokument ist weder für Zertifizierungszwecke bestimmt noch geeignet.
ANMERKUNG 2 Ein Beispiel für die Umsetzung der Methodik ist in Anhang D aufgeführt; die Grundprinzipien für die Umsetzung dieses Verfahrens sind in Anhang E aufgeführt.
Produits mécaniques - Méthodologie de réduction des impacts environnementaux à la conception et au développement des produits
La présente Spécification technique décrit une méthodologie de réduction de l'impact environnemental global d’un produit par le biais de sa conception et de son développement, qui est adaptée aux produits mécaniques, tels que définis en 2.1.
Cette méthodologie est particulièrement adaptée à la re-conception d’un produit existant et peut également s’appliquer à une nouvelle conception sous réserve de formaliser les hypothèses nécessaires concernant le produit de référence (virtuel).
Elle s’applique aux entreprises qui ont décidé d’intégrer une démarche d’éco-conception en vue d'optimiser les impacts environnementaux de leurs produits pendant leur cycle de vie, en relation avec les autres aspects du produit, tels que la fonctionnalité, la qualité, les coûts, etc.
NOTE 1 Le présent document s’adresse aux personnes directement impliquées dans la conception et le développement de produits mécaniques ainsi qu’aux responsables de la définition des politiques d’entreprise et aux décideurs. La méthodologie proposée a pour but d'initier des démarches d'éco-conception au sein de l'entreprise dans un cadre d'apprentissage et d'amélioration continue.
Le présent document comprend également un modèle que l’entreprise peut utiliser dans le cadre de sa communication sur sa démarche environnementale.
Le présent document n'est pas destiné et n’est pas adapté à la comparaison de produits (même similaires) d’autres fournisseurs.
Le présent document n'est pas destiné et n’est pas adapté à la certification.
NOTE 2 Un exemple de mise en œuvre de la méthodologie est donnée en Annexe D ; les principes de base sur lesquels est basée cette méthode sont donnés en Annexe E.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
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Mechanical products - Methodology for optimising environmental impacts in product
design and development
Mechanische Produkte - Methodik zur Verminderung der umweltrelevanten
Auswirkungen bei Produktgestaltung und Entwicklung
Produits mécaniques - Méthodologie d'optimisation des impacts environnementaux à la
conception et au développement des produits
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TS 16524:2013
ICS:
13.020.30 Ocenjevanje vpliva na okolje Environmental impact
assessment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
CEN/TS 16524
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
September 2013
ICS 13.020.30
English Version
Mechanical products - Methodology for reduction of
environmental impacts in product design and development
Produits mécaniques - Méthodologie de réduction des Mechanische Produkte - Methodik zur Verminderung der
impacts environnementaux à la conception et au Umweltauswirkungen bei Produktgestaltung und
développement des produits Entwicklung
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 8 June 2013 for provisional application.
The period of validity of this CEN/TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN will be requested to submit their
comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard.
CEN members are required to announce the existence of this CEN/TS in the same way as for an EN and to make the CEN/TS available
promptly at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force (in parallel to the CEN/TS)
until the final decision about the possible conversion of the CEN/TS into an EN is reached.
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Kingdom.
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Contents Page
Foreword .3
Introduction .4
1 Scope .6
2 Terms and definitions .6
3 Abbreviated terms .8
4 Requirements .9
4.1 Application of the methodology .9
4.2 Description of the methodology .9
4.2.1 General .9
4.2.2 Step 1: determination of the scoring of the environmental aspects of the reference product . 12
4.2.3 Step 2: selection/ranking of design options . 16
4.2.4 Step 3: choice of suitable DO and EA indicators related to the reference product . 17
4.2.5 Step 4: evaluation of the redesign using DO and EA indicators . 18
4.2.6 Step 5: final assessment and consideration for future activities . 19
5 Environmental claim . 20
Annex A (normative) Environmental Questionnaire . 21
Annex B (normative) Analysis algorithm . 28
Annex C (informative) Examples of design options for environmental improvement of the product,
and associated DO indicators and EA indicators . 33
Annex D (informative) Example of implementation of the methodology . 39
D.1 General .3 9
D.2 Step 1 .3 9
D.2.1 Description of the reference product and the project perimeter . 39
D.2.2 Bill of Materials.3 9
D.2.3 Environmental questionnaire . 42
D.2.4 Analysis algorithm . 48
D.3 Steps 2 and 3 .5 4
Annex E (informative) Background of the algorithm . 57
E.1 Construction of the algorithm . 57
E.1.1 Overview .5 7
E.1.2 Rules for environmental analysis . 57
E.1.3 Consideration of legislation. 66
E.2 Validation of the algorithm . 66
Bibliography.6 7
Foreword
This document (CEN/TS 16524:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 406 “Project
Committee - Mechanical products - Ecodesign methodology”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights.
CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following
countries are bound to announce this Technical Specification: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Introduction
Eco-design methodologies can be divided into three types, depending on whether their purpose is the
environmental assessment of products, the environmental improvement of products or to enable the two phases to
be carried out during the same eco-design project.
The environmental assessment phase of products in the eco-design process can be an impediment for enterprises
(owing to need for expertise, time and resources). Therefore, the methodology discussed in this document has
been developed with the aim of helping designers to identify ways of improving the environmental performance of a
product without carrying out a complete environmental assessment of the product (in terms of LCA).
The approach therefore consists of restricting the scope of analysis to the area defined by the constraints of the
product-enterprise pair, which takes into account the technical factors of the product, economic constraints, the
practices of an enterprise and its development strategies. Secondly, it consists of exploring the potential for
environmental improvement within this restricted field.
This Technical Specification is intended to give enterprises, in particular SMEs, a pragmatic methodology to
consider environmental aspects during their product design. It allows them to:
identify the environmental aspects of a product, including but not limited to energy aspects;
be able to make progress in product design (for environmental impact reduction), taking into account
capabilities of the enterprise;
promote to clients and public authorities the environmental improvement approach on a mechanical product
with this methodology (environmental claim).
The improvement of the environmental impact implies that the intended performance of the product (fitness for use,
durability, etc.) is maintained.
To implement this methodology, it is necessary that the enterprise staff have knowledge and expertise in
environmental issues; if not, external expertise should be available. When applying this methodology, management
of the enterprise may enter a learning process with the aim of defining and/or confirming its strategy for eco-design,
modifying its design process to enable the environmental issue to be taken into account, and creating new
knowledge.
The aim of this Technical Specification is not to measure the actual environmental performance of a product, nor to
conduct a full life cycle assessment according to ISO 14040.
Figure 1 shows the relationship between this document and existing documents from ISO.
NOTE More specific methodologies might exist for specific mechanical products.
Figure 1 - Relationship between this document and existing documents from ISO
This Technical Specification can assist the enterprise to comply with the requirement of EN ISO 14001 and the
recommendations of EN ISO 14006, to establish, implement and maintain a procedure to identify the environmental
aspects of its products.
This Technical Specification is not intended to support any specific product implementing measures of Directive
2009/125/EC (Energy related Products). It may provide methodologies for identifying the more relevant
environmental aspects in order to propose alternative design options to improve the environmental performance of
the product.
This document is not intended for calculation of environmental footprint.
1 Scope
This Technical Specification describes a methodology for reducing the overall environmental impact through
product design and development that is tailored to mechanical products as defined in 2.1.
This methodology is particularly well suited to the redesign of an existing product; it can also be applied for the
design of a new product provided the necessary assumptions regarding a (virtual) reference product are taken.
It addresses enterprises which have decided to integrate an eco-design approach to optimise environmental
impacts within the product life cycle, in relation to the other product aspects, such as functionality, quality, costs,
etc.
NOTE 1 This document targets persons who are directly involved in the design and development of mechanical products, as
well as managers responsible for defining corporate policies, and decision-makers. The proposed methodology is intended to
kick-start eco-design initiatives within companies as part of a teaching and continuous improvement approach.
This document also includes a template that enterprises may use as part of the communication on their
environmental approach.
This document is neither intended nor suitable to compare products (even similar) of other suppliers.
This document is neither intended nor suitable for certification purposes.
NOTE 2 An example of implementation of the methodology is given in Annex D; the basic principles for the establishment of
this method are given in Annex E.
2 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
2.1
mechanical product
product manufactured by enterprises from mechanical engineering and metalworking industry, such as capital
goods (machinery, production systems, components), tools, household goods, optical parts, measuring instruments
2.2
reference product
existing product of the company to be re-designed, with the same intended use
Note 1 to entry: It can be also a similar product existing on the market, or the Technical Specific
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