FprEN 15942

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 15942:2020
01-december-2020
Trajnostnost gradbenih objektov - Okoljske deklaracije za proizvode -
Komunikacijski format za medpodjetniško poslovanje
Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations -
Communication format business-to-business

Nachhaltigkeit von Bauwerken - Umweltproduktdeklarationen - Kommunikationsformate

Contribution des ouvrages de construction au développement durable - Déclarations

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

environnementales des produits - Formats de Kommunikationsformate zwischen Unternehmen

This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations

which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other

language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,

Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,

Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without

© 2020 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 15942:2020 E

European foreword ...................................................................................................................................................... 3

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 4

1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................................... 5

2 Normative references .................................................................................................................................... 5

3 Terms and definitions ................................................................................................................................... 5

4 Symbols and abbreviations ......................................................................................................................... 6

5 Communication principles .......................................................................................................................... 6

5.1 Types of information addressed ............................................................................................................... 6

5.2 Types of information addressed ............................................................................................................... 6

6 Requirements for EPD communication format .................................................................................... 8

7 Information Transfer Matrix ...................................................................................................................... 8

7.1 General................................................................................................................................................................ 8

7.2 Modules and scenarios .................................................................................................................................. 8

7.3 Indicators ........................................................................................................................................................... 9

7.4 Aggregation of information ......................................................................................................................... 9

7.5 Scenarios ............................................................................................................................................................ 9

Annex A (normative) Master ITM ........................................................................................................................... 10

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................. 31

This document (prEN 15942:2020) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 350

“Sustainability of construction works”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.

The aim of this document is to harmonize the way in which environmental product declarations (EPD)

It is relevant to the use of the EPD in the building chain where materials and products are assembled

This document will improve handling of the data from EPD at the building level and the assessment of

An EPD expressed in a standardized format will facilitate the communication of the product's

This document is applicable to all construction products and services related to buildings and

construction works. It specifies and describes the communication format for the information defined in

EN 15804 for business-to-business communication to ensure a common understanding through

NOTE This document does not deal with business to consumer communication and is not intended for that

purpose. Business to consumer communication format is planned to be the subject of a future document.

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

EN 15804:2012+A2:2019, Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations -

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN 15804 and the following apply.

ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:

individual member of the general public purchasing or using goods, property or services for private

describing or involving the passage of information between different businesses, rather than between

generic template to present and transfer environmental information in a structured and consistent way

– leading and trailing zeros where they serve merely as placeholders to indicate the scale of the number,

– spurious digits introduced, for example, by calculations carried out to greater accuracy than that of the

original data, or measurements reported to a greater precision than the EPD supports.

— does not preclude the fact that an EPD can have an individual and unique format;

Table 1 describes how ITM addresses the different types of information according to EN 15804.

An EPD shall include an ITM following these formatting requirements (electronic and paper):

— as regards the structure of the EPD, information shall be accurately placed in its unique position

identified in the ITM, according to Annex A, but tables can be transposed from rows to columns and

— quantitative data shall be numerically reported in the appropriate units of measurement as

— no more than three significant figures shall be applied to numerical reporting;

— where text is conveying a qualitative issue or parameter, it shall provide sufficient detail as to give

This clause defines the standardized part of the EPD communication i.e. the generic template.

The content of an EPD shall be communicated at minimum through the ITM as given in Annex A.

Communication of standardised environmental information for construction goods and services

requires a format that provides a location of all elements of information from different sources. The ITM

With reference to EN 15804 the ITM will contain some information, which is mandatory and some

information, which is voluntary. If an indicator or a module is not declared they shall be reported as an

entry of "ND". In case all the cells of a row or a column are not declared, the row or column can be

The general information shall be included in the ITM as described in Table A.1 — Declaration of general

information and Table A.3 — Demonstration of verification. An additional diagram describing the

system boundaries of the product system under study may be included together with the general

The matrix provides the template for communicating this information for each of the modules as

defined in EN 15804:2012+A2:2019, Figure 1. The matrix is also used for communicating the

information for any of the scenarios, which can occur and/or the respective technical information for

these scenarios. The ITM consists of a grid structure in which all items of information according to

The ITM allows reporting of an EPD covering a full life cycle, but also for example, of information

representing single or multiple scenarios for discrete life cycle stages such as production, use or end of

life. Where multiple scenarios for discrete life cycle stages or information modules are to be reported

the ITM shall be separated into sub-ITM-tables, as presented in Annex A. Where there are known

linkages between scenarios of different modules these shall be stated in the scenario description

For EPDs which cover only some modules, only the modules declared shall be provided in the ITM.

All core indicators shall be included in the ITM for the relevant modules as described in Table A.4 —

Declared additional indicators shall be included in the ITM for the relevant modules as described in

Table A.5 — Additional environmental impact indicators. Additional indicators not declared shall be

Disclaimers shall be declared in the EPD with regard to the declaration of the relevant core and

additional environmental impact indicators according to Table 5 of EN 15804:2012+A2:2019.

All indicators describing resource use shall be included in the ITM for the relevant modules as

Other environmental information describing waste category shall be included in the ITM for the

relevant modules as described in Table A.7 — Other environmental information describing waste

Environmental information describing output flows shall be included in the ITM for the relevant

modules as described in Table A.8 — Environmental information describing output flows.

Information describing the biogenic carbon content at the factory gate shall be included in the ITM for

the relevant modules as described in Table A.9 — Information describing the biogenic carbon content at

The indicators declared in the individual information modules of a product life cycle A1 to A5, B1 to B7,

C1 to C4 and module D as described in EN 15804:2012+A2:2019, Figure 1 shall not be added up in any

combination of the individual information modules into a total or sub-total of the life cycle stages A, B, C

When relevant, the information related to scenarios shall be included in the ITM as described in

d reference service life (RSL) see Table A.2 — Technical information for Reference Service Life

simple visual representation of the construction product to which the data relates

background database used for the assessment including version, date and, if applicable, system model

statement that EPD of construction products may not be comparable if they do not comply with

statement about the use of average environmental performance for a number of products

declaration of material content of the product (as a minimum, substances contained in the product

n that are listed in the “Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern for authorisation” when their

Declared product properties (at the gate) and finishes, etc. units as appropriate

Usage conditions, e.g. frequency of use, mechanical exposure units as appropriate

Independent verification of the declaration and data, according to EN ISO 14025:2010