ISO 13315-3:2023

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 13315-3
First edition
2023-11
Environmental management for
concrete and concrete structures —
Part 3:
Production of concrete constituents
and concrete
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Symbols . 2
5 Principles and procedure for environmental management related to production of
concrete constituents and concrete . 2
5.1 General . 2
5.2 Principles . 2
5.3 Procedure . 2
5.4 Setting of environmental performance requirements. 4
5.4.1 General . 4
5.4.2 Selection of impact categories . 4
5.4.3 Setting of indicators . 4
5.4.4 Setting of environmental performance requirements for indicators . 4
5.5 Production design . 5
5.5.1 General . 5
5.5.2 Methods of environmental consideration . 5
5.6 Estimation . 5
5.7 Verification . . 6
5.8 Production and related works . 6
5.9 Inspection . 6
5.10 Documentation . 6
Annex A (informative) Example of indicators for the environmental management .7
Annex B (informative) Examples of the methods of environmental consideration in
production of concrete constituents and concrete .11
Bibliography .14
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Foreword
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Introduction
Concrete, a material essential for constructing buildings and civil structures forming infrastructure, is
extensively used worldwide, requiring huge amounts of natural resources for its production, including
the production of its constituents. A variety of byproducts from other industries are also used for
their production. Moreover, the production of concrete constituents and concrete causes emissions of
global warming gases including CO and air pollutants such as NOx and SOx, water pollutants, as well
as discharges of waste such as concrete rubble. Cement, one of the primary constituents of concrete,
causes a large amount of CO emissions during its production. Extraction of mineral resources, which
are materials for concrete constituents, can also change the land use and alter the habitats of flora and
fauna.
In this context, when producing concrete constituents and concrete, environmental consideration is
necessary from every aspect including effective use of resources and prevention of global warming.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 13315-3:2023(E)
Environmental management for concrete and concrete
structures —
Part 3:
Production of concrete constituents and concrete
1 Scope
This document provides the principles and procedures for environmental management related to
production of concrete constituents and concrete. This document covers the following:
— concrete constituents: cement, admixtures, additions, aggregate and mixing water;
— concrete and precast concrete.
2 Normative references
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.
ISO 13315-1, Environmental management for concrete and concrete structures — Part 1: General principles
ISO 13315-2, Environmental management for concrete and concrete structures — Part 2: System boundary
and inventory data
ISO 13315-4, Environmental management for concrete and concrete structures — Part 4: Environmental
design of concrete structures
ISO 13315-6, Environmental management for concrete and concrete structures — Part 6: Use of concrete
structures
ISO 13315-8, Environmental management for concrete and concrete structures — Part 8: Environmental
labels and declarations
ISO 14040, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles and framework
ISO 14044, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines
ISO 14050, Environmental management — Vocabulary
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 13315-1, ISO 13315-2,
ISO 13315-4, ISO 13315-6, ISO 13315-8, ISO 14040 and ISO 14050 and the following apply.
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3.1
target product
product for which environmental consideration is given
3.2
reference product
standard product, having the same function as a target product, or a product prior to environmental
improvement, to be used for comparison in the environmental management related to production of
concrete constituents and concrete
4 Symbols
Symbols used in this document are as follows:
Pi()
expected or attained environmental performance of the target product expressed as
tpr
a function of indicator i;
e
expected environmental performance of the target product expressed as a function
Pi()
tpr
of indicator i;
a
attained environmental performance of the target product expressed as a function of
Pi()
tpr
indicator i;
Pi()
environmental performance of the reference product expressed as a function of indicator i;
rpr
Si()
environmental performance requirement of the product expressed as a function of
pr
indicator i;
a
reduction amount of environmental impact of the target product in comparison with
Ri()
tpr
reference product;
r
reduction rate of environmental impact of the target product in comparison with ref-
Ri()
tpr
erence product.
5 Principles and procedure for environmental management related to
production of concrete constituents and concrete
5.1 General
This clause provides the principles and procedures to appropriately carry out environmental
management related to production of concrete constituents and concrete.
NOTE ISO 22965-2 serves as a reference for the specification of constituent materials, production of concrete
and compliance of concrete.
5.2 Principles
In the production of concrete constituents and concrete, environmental management shall be carried
out to reduce the environmental impacts of these products.
5.3 Procedure
Environmental management for the production of concrete constituents and concrete shall be
conducted in accordance with ISO 14040, ISO 14044, and with the following procedure:
a) setting of the environmental performance requirements (see 5.4);
b) production design (see 5.5);
c) estimation (see 5.6);
d) verification (see 5.7);
e) production and related works (see 5.8);
f) inspection (see 5.9);
g) documentation (see 5.10).
Figure 1 shows the flow chart of the procedure.
Figure 1 — Procedure for environmental management of production of concrete constituents
and concrete
5.4 Setting of environmental performance requirements
5.4.1 General
The producer shall collect information on environmental, social and economic aspects necessary for the
setting of environmental performance requirements. The environmental performance requirements
can be set either based on the goals set by the producer or based on requests from users of the
products. The producer shall select impact categories suitable for the performance requirements and
set necessary indicators.
5.4.2 Selection of impact categories
Impact categories to be considered shall be selected from the following items:
— global climate change;
— natural resources use (materials, water and fuel);
— stratospheric ozone level;
— land use/habitat alteration;
— eutrophication;
— acidification;
— air pollution;
— photochemical oxidant creation,
— particulate matter air pollution,
— other air pollution (toxics, etc.),
— indoor air pollution;
— water pollution;
— soil contamination;
— pollution due to radioactive substances;
— impacts due to waste generation;
— noise/vibration.
NOTE Mandatory impact categories are specified for an environmental product declaration in ISO 21930.
5.4.3 Setting of indicators
Appropriate indicators shall be set for each category selected.
The reduction amount of environmental impact or the reduction rate of environmental impact of
the target execution activity in comparison with the reference execution activity may be used as an
indicator. The environmental performance of the reference execution activity shall be appropriately
estimated.
NOTE Annex A serves as a reference for setting indicators.
5.4.4 Setting of environmental performance requirements for indicators
An environmental performance requirement shall be set for each indicator.
The environmental performance requirements shall be quantitatively set in the form of upper limits,
lower limits, or ranges, when the indicators are expressible in numerals.
a
NOTE The reduction amount of environmental impact of the target product, Ri() , refers to the difference
tpr
between the environmental performance of the reference product and the expected or attained environmental
performance of the target product. It is defined as Formula (1).
a
Ri()=−Pi() Pi() (1)
tpr rprtpr
r
The reduction rate of environmental impact of the target product, Ri() , refers to the ratio of the reduction of
tpr
a
the environmental impact, Ri() , to the environmental performance of the reference product. It is defined as
tpr
Formula (2).
Pi()−Pi()
rprtpr
r
Ri()= (2)
tpr
Pi()
rpr
5.5 Production design
5.5.1 General
Production design shall be conducted to meet the environmental performance requirements set in 5.4.
5.5.2 Methods of environmental consideration
Methods to ensure the require
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