SIST EN IEC 63372:2026

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2026
Merjenje in sporočanje ogljičnega odtisa, zmanjšanje in preprečevanje emisij
toplogrednih plinov iz električnih in elektronskih proizvodov in sistemov - Načela,
metode, zahteve in vodila
Quantification and communication of carbon footprint, GHG emission reductions and
avoided emissions from electric and electronic products and systems - Principles,
methodologies, requirements and guidance
Quantifizierung und Kommunikation des Carbon FootPRINT, der Reduzierung und
Vermeidung von THG-Emissionen durch elektrische und elektronische Produkte und
Systeme – Grundsätze, Methoden, Anforderungen und Leitlinien
Quantification et communication de l'empreinte carbone et des réductions d'émissions
de GES/émissions évitées des produits et systèmes électriques et électroniques -
Principes, méthodologies, exigences et recommandations
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 63372:2026
ICS:
13.020.40 Onesnaževanje, nadzor nad Pollution, pollution control
onesnaževanjem in and conservation
ohranjanje
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
31.020 Elektronske komponente na Electronic components in
splošno general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 63372

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM March 2026
ICS 13.020.01; 29.100
English Version
Quantification and communication of carbon footprint, GHG
emission reductions and avoided emissions from electric and
electronic products and systems - Principles, methodologies,
requirements and guidance
(IEC 63372:2026)
Quantification et communication de l'empreinte carbone, Quantifizierung und Kommunikation des Carbon
des reductions d'émissions de GES et des émissions FootPRINT, der Reduzierung und Vermeidung von THG-
évitées des produits et systems électriques et électroniques Emissionen durch elektrische und elektronische Produkte
- Principes, méthodologies, exigences et recommandations und Systeme - Grundsätze, Methoden, Anforderungen und
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The text of document 111/857/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 63372, prepared by TC 111
"Environmental standardization for electrical and electronic products and systems" was submitted to
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The text of the International Standard IEC 63372:2026 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standard indicated:
ISO 14040:2006 NOTE Approved as EN ISO 14040:2006 (not modified)
ISO 14044:2006 NOTE Approved as EN ISO 14044:2006 (not modified)
ISO 14025:2006 NOTE Approved as EN ISO 14025:2010 (not modified)
ISO 14026:2017 NOTE Approved as EN ISO 14026:2018 (not modified)
ISO/TS 14027:2017 NOTE Approved as CEN ISO/TS 14027:2018 (not modified)
ISO 14064-1:2018 NOTE Approved as EN ISO 14064-1:2019 (not modified)
ISO 14064-2:2019 NOTE Approved as EN ISO 14064-2:2019 (not modified)
ISO 14064-3:2019 NOTE Approved as EN ISO 14064-3:2019 (not modified)
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
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.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod),
the relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cencenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 63366 2025 Product category rules for life cycle EN IEC 63366 2025
assessment of electrical and electronic
products and systems
ISO 14067 2018 Greenhouse gases - Carbon footprint of EN ISO 14067 2018
products - Requirements and guidelines for
quantification
IEC 63372 ®
Edition 1.0 2026-01
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Quantification and communication of carbon footprint, GHG emission
reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic products and
systems - Principles, methodologies, requirements and guidance

ICS 13.020.01; 29.100 ISBN 978-2-8327-0998-6

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviated terms . 7
3.1 Terms related to greenhouse gas . 7
3.2 Terms relating to quantification of carbon footprint (GHG emissions and
GHG removals) . 9
3.3 Terms related to quantification of GHG emission reductions and avoided
emissions . 14
3.4 Terms related to life cycle assessment. 17
3.5 Terms related to organizations and interested parties . 18
3.6 Terms related to verification and validation . 18
3.7 Abbreviated terms . 19
4 Principles . 19
4.1 General . 19
4.2 Life cycle thinking (LCT) . 19
4.3 Relevance . 19
4.4 Completeness . 19
4.5 Consistency . 19
4.6 Accuracy . 19
4.7 Transparency . 20
4.8 Conservativeness . 20
4.9 Priority of scientific approach . 20
4.10 Avoidance of double counting . 20
4.11 Separate reporting . 20
5 Strategy to achieving a low-carbon society . 20
5.1 General . 20
5.2 Systematic approach to low carbon society . 21
6 Quantification . 22
6.1 Carbon footprint of a product quantification . 22
6.1.1 General . 22
6.1.2 Step 1 – Goal and scope of CFP quantification . 23
6.1.3 Step 2 – Functional or declared unit . 23
6.1.4 Step 3 – System boundary of the product or system . 23
6.1.5 Step 4 – Decision on processes to be cut-off . 25
6.1.6 Step 5 – Data collection and quality assessment . 25
6.1.7 Step 6 – Development of scenarios. 27
6.1.8 Allocation . 29
6.1.9 Step 7 – Calculating GHG emissions . 29
6.1.10 Step 8 – Impact assessment for CFP or partial CFP . 32
6.1.11 Step 9 – Interpretation of CFP or partial CFP . 32
6.1.12 Extrapolation rules . 32
6.2 GHG emission reductions quantification . 33
6.2.1 Basic steps of GHG reduction study. 33
6.2.2 Step 1 – Defining the goal and scope . 33
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6.2.3 Step 2 – Identifying the product or system related to GHG emission
reductions . 34
6.2.4 Step 3 – Determining the baseline . 35
6.2.5 Step 4 – Selecting relevant GHG sources, sinks and reservoirs (SSRs) . 36
6.2.6 Step 5 – Preliminary estimation and decision on relevant GHG SSRs . 38
6.2.7 Step 6 – Estimating baseline emissions . 38
6.2.8 Step 7 – Data collection and quality assessment . 39
6.2.9 Step 8 – Calculating GHG emission reductions . 39
6.3 Avoided emissions quantification . 40
6.3.1 General . 40
6.3.2 Step 1 – Define the goal and scope . 41
6.3.3 Step 2 – Define the product and system selected for the avoided
emissions study . 41
6.3.4 Step 3 – Determine the functional unit of the assessed product . 42
6.3.5 Step 4 – Estimate the baseline scenario . 42
6.3.6 Step 5 – Determine the system boundaries . 43
6.3.7 Step 6 – Data collection and quality assessment . 43
6.3.8 Step 7 – Calculate avoided emissions . 43
6.3.9 Contribution ratio . 44
6.4 GHG emission reductions or avoided emissions for products at organization
level . 46
7 Documentation . 48
8 Verification and validation . 49
8.1 General . 49
8.2 Guidance on GHG emission reductions or avoided emissions monitoring . 49
9 Communication and disclosure . 51
9.1 General . 51
9.2 Specific guidance for avoided emissions . 51
9.3 Specific guidance for communication of CFP . 51
Annex A (informative) Strategy for application regarding life cycle model . 52
Annex B (informative) Examples of function and functional unit(s) for products and
systems . 53
B.1 Examples of function and performance related to function . 53
B.2 Examples of functional requirements defining functional unit(s) . 53
Annex C (informative) Examples of calculation of GHG emissions . 56
C.1 Example of emission factor . 56
C.2 Examples of CFP calculation . 57
C.3 Example of equivalent energy mix for the manufacturing phase . 57
C.4 Example of equivalent energy mix for the use phase . 58
C.5 Example of total GHG leakage from a product . 59
Annex D (informative) Examples of avoided emissions . 61
D.1 Generic use cases of electrical equipment and system . 61
D.2 Final product . 64
D.3 Intermediate product in a product . 65
D.4 System . 69
D.5 Service . 75
Annex E (informative) Correspondence to GHG protocol's Scope 1, 2 and 3 . 80
Annex F (informative) Rebound effect . 81
Annex G (informative) Example of calculation of contribution ratio . 82
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Bibliography . 83

Figure 1 – GHG emission reductions and avoided emissions . 22
Figure 2 – Illustration of GHG emission reductions relative to the baseline . 35
Figure 3 – Example contribution ratio of avoided emissions among different target
products within a product portfolio . 45
Figure 4 – Example of avoided emission allocation . 45
Figure 5 – Two options for accumulation . 48
Figure A.1 – Life cycle model with some of the possible progressions . 52
Figure C.1 – Example of CFP calculation . 57
Figure D.1 – Continuous comparison of avoided emissions with lifetime extension . 62
Figure D.2 – Avoided emissions of a new product after the replacement . 63

Table 1 – Example of applicable data types . 26
Table 2 – Example of applicable emission factors for activities related to life cycle
stages . 30
Table C.1 – Example of SF leakage from a switchgear . 60
Table D.1 – Example of avoided emissions of electrical equipment . 61
Table D.2 – Example of avoided emissions of electrical equipment in a system . 63
Table D.3 – Avoided emissions of heat pump (HP) heaters . 65
Table D.4 – Example of avoided emissions of DC-DC converter for an EV . 66
Table D.5 – Example of avoided emissions of EV battery . 67
Table D.6 – Example of avoided emissions of a power electronic drive system (PDS)
using an electric motor driven by a variable speed drive . 68
Table D.7 – Example of avoided emissions of insulation products for house . 69
Table D.8 – Example of avoided emissions of storage hybrid cloud solutions . 71
Table D.9 – Example of avoided emissions of renewable energy installation with HVDC
system . 72
Table D.10 – Examples of avoided emissions for cooling technologies for radio base
station (RBS) . 73
Table D.11 – Examples of avoided emissions from energy management systems (EMS)
of buildings with solar energy (PV) and storage of electrical energy . 73
Table D.12 – Example of avoided emissions for image-based infrastructure structure
inspection services . 75
Table D.13 – Example of avoided emissions of virtual desktop services for telework . 76
Table D.14 – Example of avoided emissions of healthcare consultation . 78
Table D.15 – Example of avoided emissions of virtual power purchase agreements
(VPPAs) . 79
Table E.1 – GHG emissions corresponding to GHG protocol's Scope 1, 2 and 3 . 80
Table E.2 – Relationship between CFP and GHG protocol's Scope 1, 2 and 3 . 80

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IEC 63372 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 111: Environmental standardization
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This document has been given the status of a horizontal document in accordance with the
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This first edition of IEC 63372 cancels and replaces IEC TR 62725:2013 and
IEC TR 62726:2014, which have been technically revised.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
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a) updating and enhancing content related to carbon footprint of a product to align with new or
updated reference standards;
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b) including product and system in quantification of GHG emission reductions;
c) adding the content related to avoided emissions including use cases in Annex D.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
Draft Report on voting
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INTRODUCTION
There is a broad understanding that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must be reduced
significantly from current levels in order to keep global warming within acceptable levels.
Electrical and electronic (EE) products and systems play an important part in this by enabling
a transition to more energy-efficient products and systems. However, even though EE products
and systems can contribute to reducing GHG emissions, they lead to GHG emissions.
This document describes methods for quantifying and communicating the GHG emissions
related to products. It covers three related topics: carbon footprint of a product (CFP), emission
reductions, and avoided emissions.
Many governments and intergovernmental organizations are introducing, for example, carbon
taxes or similar carbon pricing to incentivize reducing emissions. In this context, it is important
that there is a horizontal standard to guide the calculating, in a consistent way, of the CFP of
different kinds of products and systems.
Emission reductions is the difference in emissions between a baseline and a target situation,
product, system, or product-related GHG project. The baseline can, for example, be a previous
version of the product. In that case, the emission reductions allow the organization to quantify
how they are contributing to reaching policy goals.
Avoided emissions, finally, are a special case of emission reductions. Frequently, a product or
system produced by one organization can enable another to emit less GHG than it would
otherwise have done. Additionally, it is possible that many EE businesses will increase their
total emissions as a consequence of them expanding to meet future decarbonization needs (in
contrast to, for example, a fossil fuel business that is scaling down and showing reduced
emissions), and many new products will be manufactured, creating emissions that did not exist
before. The concept of avoided emissions provides a way for an EE business to show that it is
still contributing to a net improvement of society, even though the emission reductions occur
outside of its organization and its own emissions are increasing.
Furthermore, the organization operating an EE business needs robust and reliable calculation
methods to establish the amount of avoided emissions achieved by its products and systems.
An important purpose of this document is to define methodologies to assess avoided emissions
from the use of new technologies in a reproducible, repeatable, unambiguous, and transparent
manner.
Nevertheless, avoided emissions are reported separately from GHG emissions and are not
subtracted from the total GHG emissions. Moreover, avoided emissions do not offset the direct
and indirect GHG emissions of an organization.
Through the information disclosure based on this document, an EE business can claim that its
products and systems can reduce or avoid emissions and contribute to solving climate issues
directly or indirectly linked with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13 (UN SDG 13):
Climate Action.
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1 Scope
This document describes principles and methodologies, specifies requirements and provides
guidance for quantification and communication of carbon footprint a product (CFP), emission
reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic (EE) products and systems. This
document is also applicable to product-related GHG projects.
The GHG quantification such as CFP is based on life cycle assessment (LCA) methods.
This document is a basic environment horizontal publication focusing on essential requirements
and is primarily intended for use by committees in the preparation of publications within the
area of environment in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 123. Wherever
applicable, it is the responsibility of committees to make use of environment basic publications
in the preparation of their environment group and product publications. Committees can apply
this document directly to products when they do not develop a product publication in the area
of environment.
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.
IEC 63366:2025, Product category rules for life cycle assessment of electrical and electronic
products and systems
ISO 14067:2018, Greenhouse gases - Carbon footprint of products - Requirements and
guidelines for quantification
3 Terms, definitions, and abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
– IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
– ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
3.1 Terms related to greenhouse gas
3.1.1
CO equivalent
CO e
unit for comparing the radiative forcing of a GHG to that of carbon dioxide
Note 1 to entry: Mass of a GHG is converted into CO equivalents by multiplying the mass of the GHG by the
corresponding GWP or GTP of that gas.
Note 2 to entry: In the case of GTP, CO equivalent is the unit for comparing the change in global mean surface
temperature caused by a GHG to the temperature change caused by CO .
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.2.2, modified – The term "carbon dioxide equivalent" has been
deleted.]
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3.1.2
global warming potential
GWP
index, based on radiative properties of GHGs, measuring the radiative forcing following a pulse
emission of a unit mass of a given GHG in the present-day atmosphere integrated over a chosen
time horizon, relative to that of carbon dioxide (CO )
Note 1 to entry: "Index" as used in this document is a "characterization factor" as defined in ISO 14040:2006, 3.37.
Note 2 to entry: A "pulse emission" is an emission at one point in time.
Note 3 to entry: The GWP values of GHG follow those in the latest IPCC assessment report.
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.2.4, modified – Note 3 to entry has been added.]
3.1.3
greenhouse gas
GHG
gaseous constituent of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorbs and emits
radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of infrared radiation emitted by the earth's
surface, the atmosphere, and clouds
Note 1 to entry: For a list of GHGs, see the latest IPCC Assessment Report.
Note 2 to entry: Water vapour and ozone, which are anthropogenic as well as natural GHGs, are not included in the
CFP and partial CFP.
Note 3 to entry: The focus of this document is limited to long-lived GHGs, it therefore excludes climate effects due
to changes in surface reflectivity (albedo) and short-lived radiative forcing agents (e.g. black carbon and aerosols).
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.2.1]
3.1.4
greenhouse gas emission
GHG emission
release of a GHG into the atmosphere
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.2.5]
3.1.5
GHG emission factor
coefficient relating activity data with the GHG emission
Note 1 to entry: Activity data is quantitative measure of activity that results in a greenhouse gas emissions or
greenhouse gas removal.
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.2.7, modified – The term "greenhouse gas emission factor"
has been deleted.]
3.1.6
GHG removal
withdrawal of a GHG from the atmosphere
Note 1 to entry: Examples of ways in which GHG removals can be achieved include carbon sequestration in soils,
direct air capture, carbon capture and storage.
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.2.6, modified – The term "greenhouse gas removal" has been
deleted.]
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3.2 Terms relating to quantification of carbon footprint (GHG emissions and GHG
removals)
3.2.1
allocation
partitioning the input or output flows of a process or a product system, and assigning of the
parts amongst constituent sub-systems
[SOURCE: ISO 14050:2020 3.6.16 modified – In the definition, "flows" has been added and
"between the product system under study and one or more other product systems" has been
replaced with ", and assigning of the parts amongst constituent sub-systems".]
3.2.2
carbon emission intensity
metric expressing the CO equivalent emissions from a specific reference unit
Note 1 to entry: Carbon emission intensity can, for example, be expressed as CO e emissions per kilowatt-hour.
Note 2 to entry: Carbon emission intensity can vary between different activities or locations.
Note 3 to entry: Carbon emission intensity of energy use can be related to electricity generation (renewable energy
production such as photovoltaic, wind turbine) or consumption (electrical loads).
3.2.3
carbon footprint of a product
CFP
sum of GHG emissions and GHG removals in a product system, expressed as CO equivalents
and based on a life cycle assessment using the single impact category of climate change
Note 1 to entry: A CFP can be disaggregated into a set of figures identifying specific GHG emissions and GHG
removals. A CFP can also be disaggregated into the stages of the life cycle.
Note 2 to entry: The results of the quantification of the CFP are documented in the CFP study report expressed in
mass of CO e per functional unit.
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.1.1]
3.2.4
CFP-PCR
set of specific rules, requirements and guidelines for CFP or partial CFP quantification and
communication for one or more product categories
Note 1 to entry: CFP–PCR include quantification rules conforming to ISO 14044.
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.1.10, modified – The term "carbon footprint of a product –
product category rules" and Note 2 to entry have been deleted.]
3.2.5
CFP study
set of all activities that are necessary to quantify and report a CFP or a partial CFP
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.1.4, modified – "set of" has been added at the start of the
definition.]
3.2.6
CFP study report
report that documents the CFP study, presents the CFP or partial CFP, and shows the decisions
taken within the study
Note 1 to entry: The CFP study report demonstrates that the provisions of this document are met.
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[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.1.5, modified – The term "carbon footprint of a product study
report" has been deleted.]
3.2.7
declared unit
quantity of a product for use as a reference unit in the quantification of a partial CFP
EXAMPLE Mass (1 kg of primary steel), volume (1 m of crude oil).
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2020, 3.1.3.8]
3.2.8
direct GHG emission
greenhouse gas emission from greenhouse gas sources owned or controlled by an organization
[SOURCE: ISO 14050:2020, 3.9.9, modified – The term "direct greenhouse gas emission" has
been deleted.]
3.2.9
energy indirect GHG emission
greenhouse gas emission from the generation of imported electricity, heat, or steam consumed
by an organization
[SOURCE: ISO 14050:2020, 3.9.11, modified – The term "energy indirect greenhouse gas
emission" has been deleted.]
3.2.10
other indirect GHG emission
greenhouse gas emission, other than energy indirect GHG emissions, that is a consequence of
an organization's activities, but arises from greenhouse gas sources that are owned or
controlled by other organizations
[SOURCE: ISO 14050:2020, 3.9.12, modified – The term "other indirect greenhouse gas
emission" has been deleted.]
3.2.11
embodied emissions
life cycle(s) emissions from the following life cycle stages: raw material acquisition, production,
and end-of-life treatment, i.e. all life cycle stages other than the use stage
[SOURCE: Rec. ITU-T L.1410 (11/2024), 3.2.10, modified – In the term and definition,
"environmental impact" has been replaced with "emissions". "i.e. all life cycle stages other than
the use stage" has been added to the definition. Notes 1 and 2 have been deleted.]
3.2.12
functional unit
LCA functional unit
description of main function(s) and associated quantified performance of a product system for
use as a reference unit
Note 1 to entry: As the CFP treats information on a product basis, an additional calculation based on a declared unit
can be presented.
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.3.7, modified – In the definition, "description of main
function(s) and associated" has been added.]
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3.2.13
reference flow
measure of the outputs from processes in a given product system required to fulfil the function
expressed by the functional unit
Note 1 to entry: The reference flows translate the abstract functional unit into specific product systems needed to
fulfil the required function with a required level of performance.
[SOURCE: IEC 63366:2025, 3.1.37]
3.2.14
partial CFP
sum of GHG emissions and GHG removals of one or more selected process(es) in a product
system, expressed as CO equivalents and based on the selected stages or processes within
the life cycle
Note 1 to entry: A partial CFP is based on or compiled from data related to (a) specific process(es) or footprint
information modules, which is (are) part of a product system and can form the basis for quantification of a CFP. More
detailed information on information modules is given in ISO 14025:2006, 5.4.
Note 2 to entry: "Footprint information module" is defined in ISO 14026:2017, 3.1.4: compilation of data to be used
as a basis for a footprint, covering a unit process or a combination of unit processes that are part of the life cycle of
a product.
Note 3 to entry: The results of the quantification of the partial CFP are documented in the CFP study report
expressed in mass of CO e per declared unit.
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.1.2, modified – The term "partial carbon footprint of a product"
has been deleted.]
3.2.15
primary data
quantified value of a process or an activity obtained from a direct measurement or a calculation
based on direct measurements
Note 1 to entry: There is no need for primary data to originate from the product system under study because primary
data can relate to a different but comparable product system to that being studied.
Note 2 to entry: Primary data can include GHG emission factors or GHG activity data (defined in ISO 14064-1:2006,
2.11) or both.
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.6.1, modified – Editorial corrections have been made in the
Notes to entry.]
3.2.16
process
set of interrelated or interacting activities which transform inputs into outputs
[SOURCE: IEC 60050-904:2015, 904-01-05, modified – Note 1 to entry and Note 2 to entry
have been deleted.]
3.2.17
product
goods or service
Note 1 to entry: The product can be categorized as follows:
– service (e.g. transport, implementation of events);
– software (e.g. computer programme);
– hardware (e.g. engine mechanical part);
– processed material (e.g. lubricant, ore, fuel); and
– unprocessed material (e.g. agricultural product).
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Note 2 to entry: Services have tangible and intangible elements. Offering a service can include, among other things,
the following:
– an activity performed on a customer-supplied tangible product (e.g. automobile to be repaired);
– an activity performed on a customer-supplied intangible product (e.g. the income statement needed to prepare
a tax return);
– the delivery of an intangible product (e.g. the delivery of information in the context of knowledge transmission);
– the creation of ambience for the customer (e.g. in hotels and restaurants).
[SOURCE: ISO 14067:2018, 3.1.3.1, modified – In Note 2 to entry, “Provision of a service can
involve, for example, the following
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