SIST EN 15942:2022

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-marec-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 15942:2011
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
zwischen Unternehmen
Contribution des ouvrages de construction au développement durable - Déclarations
environnementales des produits - Formats de communication entre professionnels
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 15942:2021
ICS:
13.020.20 Okoljska ekonomija. Environmental economics.
Trajnostnost Sustainability
35.240.67 Uporabniške rešitve IT v IT applications in building
gradbeništvu and construction industry
91.040.01 Stavbe na splošno Buildings in general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN 15942
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
November 2021
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 91.010.99; 91.040.01 Supersedes EN 15942:2011
English Version
Sustainability of construction works - Environmental
product declarations - Communication format business-to-
business
Contribution des ouvrages de construction au Nachhaltigkeit von Bauwerken -
développement durable - Déclarations Umweltproduktdeklarationen -
environnementales des produits - Formats de Kommunikationsformate zwischen Unternehmen
communication entre professionnels
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 20 September 2021.

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. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
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Contents Page
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 General principles . 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 . 35

European foreword
This document (EN 15942:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 350 “Sustainability
of construction works”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2022, and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by May 2022.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 15942:2011.
In comparison with the previous edition, the following technical modifications have been made:
— alignment of the content to the last amendment of EN 15804 (EN 15804:2012+A2:2019);
— revision of the general information table according to the content usually provided in EPDs;
— update of the tables to allow the declaration of more than one scenario per module;
— revision of the text to keep consistency with other CEN/TC 350 complementary standards.
This document has been prepared under a standardization request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body.
A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: 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 the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
The aim of this document is to harmonize the way in which environmental product declarations (EPD)
are communicated in Europe.
It is relevant to the use of the EPD in the building chain where materials and products are assembled into
new products and assemblies, each with their own EPD.
This document will improve handling of the data from EPD at the building level and the assessment of
environmental performance of buildings.
An EPD expressed in a standardized format will facilitate the communication of the product's
environmental performance for business-to-business (B2B).
1 Scope
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
consistent communication of information.
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.
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.
EN 15804:2012+A2:2019, Sustainability of construction works - Environmental product declarations - Core
rules for the product category of construction products
3 Terms and definitions
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:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
consumer
individual member of the general public purchasing or using goods, property or services for private
purposes
[SOURCE: EN ISO 14025:2010]
3.2
business-to-business communication
describing or involving the passage of information between different businesses, rather than between
businesses and the general public and consumers
3.3
Information Transfer Matrix
ITM
generic template to present and transfer environmental information in a structured and consistent way
and in a common format
3.4
significant figures
those digits of a number that carry meaning contributing to its precision
Note 1 to entry: This includes all digits except:
—  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.
4 Symbols and abbreviations
B2B Business-to-business
c-PCR Complementary product category rules
EPD Environmental product declaration
LCA Life cycle assessment
LCI Life cycle inventory analysis
LCIA Life cycle impact assessment
ITM Information Transfer Matrix
ND Not declared
PCR Product category rules
RSL Reference service life
5 Communication principles
5.1 General principles
The ITM presents and allows transfer of environmental information. It
— does not preclude the fact that an EPD can have an individual and unique format;
— is the standardized part of EPD communication according to EN 15804;
— shall contain a statement whether the ITM has been independently verified.
5.2 Types of information addressed
Table 1 describes how ITM addresses the different types of information according to EN 15804.
Table 1 — Types of information and relevant clause in EN 15804:2012+A2:2019
Clause and table in
Type of information
EN 15804:2012+A2:2019
General information Clause 7.1 and Table 2
Core environmental
Clause 7.2.3.1 and Table 3
impact indicators
Additional
Indicators
environmental impact Clause 7.2.3.2 and Table 4
describing
indicators
environmental
impacts based on Disclaimers to the
LCIA declaration of core and
additional Clause 7.2.3.3 and Table 5
environmental impact
Environmental
indicators
indicators derived
from LCA Indicators describing
Clause 7.2.4.2 and Table 6
resource use
Indicators
describing resource Environmental
use and information describing Clause 7.2.4.3 and Table 7
environmental waste categories
information based
Environmental
on LCI
information describing Clause 7.2.4.4 and Table 8
output flows
Information on biogenic carbon content Clause 7.2.5 and Table 9
A4, Transport to the
Clause 7.3.2.1 and Table 10
building site
Construction
process stage
A5, Installation in the
Clause 7.3.2.2 and Table 11
building
B1-B5 use stage related
Clause 7.3.3.1 and Table 12
Scenarios and to the building fabric
technical
B1-B7 use stage Reference service life Clause 7.3.3.2 and Table 13
information
B6, use of energy and
Clause 7.3.3.3 and Table 14
B7, use of water
End of life Clause 7.3.4 and Table 15
Benefits and loads beyond the product system

boundary
Additional
Indoor air Clause 7.4.1
information on
release of
dangerous
substances to
indoor air, soil and Soil and water Clause 7.4.2
water during the
use stage
6 Requirements for EPD communication format
An EPD shall include an ITM following these formatting requirements (electronic and paper):
— the information in the ITM shall not be misleading;
— 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
vice versa;
— quantitative data shall be numerically reported in the appropriate units of measurement as
prescribed in EN 15804;
— no more than three significant figures shall be applied to numerical reporting;
— text shall be clearly written adopting a single language throughout;
— where text is conveying a qualitative issue or parameter, it shall provide sufficient detail as to give
transparency and precise and accurate understanding of that issue or parameter.
NOTE prEN ISO 22057 addresses the data templates for the use of EPDs for construction products in BIM.
7 Information Transfer Matrix
7.1 General
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 standardized environmental information for construction goods and services requires
a format that provides a location of all elements of information from different sources. The ITM provides
a unique and consistent reference position in a grid.
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
removed.
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 shall be included together with the general information.
Information about the Reference Service Life is listed in Table A.2 — Technical information for Reference
Service Life.
7.2 Modules and scenarios
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
realistic 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 EN 15804 shall be
presented.
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.
7.3 Indicators
All core indicators shall be included in the ITM for the relevant modules as described in Table A.4 — Core
environmental impact indicators.
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
mentioned in the EPD, e.g. as an entry of “ND” to the table or as text.
Disclaimers shall be declared in the EPD with regard to the declaration of the relevant core and additional
environmental impact indicators according to EN 15804:2012+A2:2019, Table 5.
All indicators describing resource use shall be included in the ITM for the relevant modules as described
in Table A.6 — Indicators describing resource use.
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 category.
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 factory gate.
7.4 Aggregation of information
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
or D. As an exception, information modules A1, A2, and A3 may be aggregated.
7.5 Scenarios
When relevant, the information related to scenarios shall be included in the ITM as described in
Tables A.10 to A.24.
Annex A
(normative)
Master ITM
Table A.1 — Declaration of general information
General information
a
manufacturer's name
manufacturer's address
a
manufacturer's website
manufacturer's logo
b
b relevant c-PCR (Complementary product category rules)
a
description of the construction product's use
c functional unit
c
declared unit
b
d reference service life (RSL) see Table A.2 — Technical information for Reference Service Life
a
construction product identification by name (including any product code)
e
simple visual representation of the construction product to which the data relates
a
f description of the main product components and/or materials
a
programme operator name
programme operator address
g
programme operator logo
programme operator website
a
date of the declaration
h
a
date of the end of validity
b
information on which stages are not considered
i
d
justification for the exemption to declare modules C1, C2, C3, C4 and D
software used for the assessment including version and date
background database used for the assessment including version, date and, if applicable, system
j
model
cut-off rules and allocation approach
statement that EPD of construction products may not be comparable if they do not comply with
k
a
EN 15804
e
statement about the use of average environmental performance for a number of products
l
e
description of the range/variability of the LCIA results if significant
a
m site/manufacturer/group of manufacturers/representatives of the manufacturers
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
e
their content exceeds the limits for registration with the European Chemicals Agency)
o information on where explanatory material may be obtained
a
Compulsory declaration
b
Compulsory declaration if relevant
c
Compulsory declaration if functional unit is not declared
d
Compulsory declaration if exemption applies
e
Compulsory declaration if applicable

Table A.2 — Technical information for Reference Service Life
Results expressed per
Parameter Units/comments functional or declared
unit
Reference Service Life years
units as
Declared product properties (at the gate) and finishes, etc.
appropriate
Design application parameters (if instructed by the
units as
manufacturer), including the references to the appropriate
appropriate
practices and application codes
An assumed quality of work, when installed in accordance units as

with the manufacturer’s instructions appropriate
Outdoor environment, (for outdoor applications), e.g.
units as
weathering, pollutants, UV and wind exposure, building
appropriate
orientation, shading, temperature
Indoor environment (for indoor applications), e.g. units as

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

exposure appropriate
Maintenance, e.g. required frequency, type and quality and units as

replacement of components appropriate

Table A.3 — Demonstration of verification
a
CEN standard EN 15804:2012+A2:2019 serves as the c-PCR
Independent verification of the declaration and data, according to EN ISO 14025:2010
⬜ internal ⬜ external
b
(Where appropriate ) Third party verifier:
< Name of the third party verifier >
a
Product category rules
b
Optional
Table A.4 — Core environmental impact indicators
Indicator
Unit
Module A1
Module A2
Module A3
Modules A1-A3
scenario A4.1
Module
…
A4
scenario A4.n
scenario A5.1
Module
…
A5
scenario A5.n
scenario B1.1
Module
…
B1
scenario B1.n
scenario B2.1
Module
…
B2
scenario B2.n
scenario B3.1
Module
…
B3
scenario B3.n
scenario B4.1
Module
…
B4
scenario B4.n
scenario B5.1
Module
…
B5
scenario B5.n
kg CO eq. GWP-total
kg CO eq. GWP-fossil
kg CO eq. GWP-biogenic
kg CO eq. GWP-luluc
kg CFC 11 eq. ODP
+
mol H eq. AP
kg PO eq. EP-freshwater
kg N eq. EP-marine
mol N eq. EP-terrestrial
kg NMVOC eq. POCP
kg Sb eq. ADP-minerals&metals
MJ,
ADP-fossil
net calorific value
m world eq.
WDP
deprived
Indicator
Unit
scenario B6.1
Module
…
B6
scenario B6.n
scenario B7.1
Module
…
B7
scenario B7.n
scenario C1.1
Module
…
C1
scenario C1.n
scenario C2.1
Module
…
C2
scenario C2.n
scenario C3.1
Module
…
C3
scenario C3.n
scenario C4.1
Module
…
C4
scenario C4.n
scenario D.1
Module D …
scenario D.n
kg CO eq. GWP-total
kg CO eq. GWP-fossil
kg CO eq. G
...