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‘Go green’ business drivers are market opportunitiesProgram Operator Consortium goals:

To provide more useful environmental product transparency solutions and to reduce complexity in the marketplace by:• Standardizing how LCA-based standards for reporting product

environmental performance get created

• Providing improved reports to help decision-makers specify materials and products

• Combining efforts to improve access to and recognition of manufacturers’ product transparency reports



Agenda• Meet our new program operator member

and affiliate members– Tara Leitan, CSA Group– Nuno da Silva, thinkstep– James Bodgan, NRMCA– Cara Watson, Sustainable Solutions Corp

• New SM Transparency Catalog™

– Terry Swack, Sustainable Minds

• PCR program updates – Kim Lewis, Sustainable Minds• POC Technical Advisory Board• SM Part A 2017• USGBC PCR guidance draft documents• North American PCR Catalog

• Q&A

Christine DeJongASTM International


Introducing the newest member

CSA Group is an independent, not-for-profit member-based association dedicated to advancing safety, sustainability and social good. An internationally accredited standards development and testing & certification organization, they also provide consumer product evaluation and education & training services. Their broad range of knowledge and expertise includes: industrial equipment, plumbing & construction, electro-medical & healthcare, appliances & gas, alternative energy, lighting and sustainability. The CSA mark appears on billions of products around the world.

As a Program Operator, CSA Group brings its expertise as the international secretariat for ISO Technical Committee 207, which is responsible for the development of internationally-adopted environmental standards. This includes ISO 14025, the standard that forms the foundation for the development of PCRs and EPDs.


‘Go green’ business drivers are market opportunities

We enable companies worldwide to recalibrate their strategies and operations for long-term sustainability success with unrivalled data, software technology, and consulting services.


thinkstep – new affiliate member




Why POC affiliate membership?

Value we see in the POC’s work:Streamlining the development and management of product category rules

Why we became a member:To ensure the right balance between quality and speed on environmental transparency

Benefits of aligning with the POC:The right software, data and services to deliver on the guidance and standards developed by the POC



National Ready Mixed Concrete AssociationWe deliver value to our members by responsibly representing and serving the entire ready mixed concrete industry through leadership, promotion, education and partnering to ensure ready mixed concrete is the building material of choice.Profile:

~ 300 of RM producers ~ 7,000 RM plants~ produce on avg. 40,000 yd3 / yr


NRMCA – new affiliate member





NRMCA has successfully encouraged environmental disclosures within the ready mixed concrete industry• IW-EDP• Company-specific EPDs Utilizing POC members who are Consulted & Verified

Value • Member access to experts and practitioners to support

RMC as a leading industry for environmental disclosure• When considering a long-term strategy, provides us

flexibility for ongoing PCR maintenance




Corporate Sustainability• Optimizing manufacturing practices, operations, and

products to improve environmental performance and deliver bottom-line results.

Sustainable Buildings and Operations• Maximizing efficiency to improve building performance

and reduce operating costs.Training and Education • Providing training program development, training

workshops, and education on sustainability and implementation.

Sustainable Solutions Corporation– new affiliate member




• The POC allows for more collaboration during the development of Product Category Rules, aiding in preventing the redundancy in PCRs, which streamlines EPD development and helps our clients meet their transparency reporting goals faster

• SSC is an affiliate member because of our commitment to product transparency and our objective of using consistent LCA data to drive sustainable product innovation and continuous improvement




and affiliate members• New SM Transparency Catalog™

• PCR program updates• POC Technical Advisory Board• SM Part A 2017• USGBC PCR guidance draft documents• North American PCR Catalog

• Q&A


The only source: • Of products with transparency disclosures ever assembled

— in the cloud. 350+ brands at launch and growing.

• To provide BOTH environmental and material disclosures that qualify for LEED v4, Green Globes, Well Building Standard and the Living Building Challenge – from all manufacturers, all program operators and all material disclosure rating systems

• Free access for all, no login required

• Makes your products with transparency disclosures easy to find for AEC professionals — and your employees

• Designed to send users to manufacturers’ websites for more information

Designed to create a virtuous cycle of supply and demand for credibly greener & healthier products — in a ‘carrot’ kind of way

SM Transparency Catalog™

All brands making credibly greener & healthier products for the built environment


Links to manufacturer’s website and EPDs

POC member customers get FREE listings


1. Findable,understandable, meaningful

2. Use & save• Standardized comparisons• Create projects and reports• Map to rating systems• Share content to other platforms

Program Operator Consortium

All brands making credibly greener & healthier products for the built environment

Links to disclosures and Transparency Products

Links to EPDs, material disclosures & SM Transparency Products

SM Transparency Catalog™


Designed to be simple & support 2 use cases:

1. Find all products from a brand

This is the introductionand just the start…

transparencycatalog.com

http://www.transparencycatalog.com/


Designed to be simple & support 2 use cases:

1. Find all products from a brand

2. Find products from all brands in a product category

+ more functionality to create supply & demand for credibly greener and healthier products –in a ‘carrot’ kind of way




Level 3: Featured brandIncluded in yourSM Transparency Productssubscription; listing + graphicMakes your products with transparency info findable and your transparency info understandable & meaningful

Level 2: Standard$2,500 w/ unlimited links to products w/ disclosuresMakes your products with transparency info findable

Level 1: POC EPDsIncluded in verification feesAvailable only from POC MembersMakes your EPDs findable

Level 0: FreemiumFree Indicates the manufacturer has products with transparency information

SM Transparency Catalog™ – Listing typesProviding an increasing amount of integrated product and transparency information


Logo & link to manufacturerwebsite front page

Custom intro text & contacts

Representative image

List of products linking to web site product pages

More custom text

Links to all associated disclosures with key attributes & expiration date

Add your own tracking code!

Listing level 2:Standard


A transparent approach to an aggregation website

• Your info is yours, your analytics are yours.

• All product and disclosure information is provided and maintained by the manufacturer, the program operator and/or rating system.

• No Internet scraping, selling user info, data or analytics to 3rd parties.

SM Transparency Catalog™All brands making credibly greener & healthier products for the built environment





and affiliate members• New SM Transparency Catalog™ • PCR program updates

• POC Technical Advisory Board• SM Part A 2017• USGBC PCR guidance draft documents• North American PCR Catalog

• Q&A


Introduction:

“Harmonization of general programme instructions and particularly product category rules (PCR) are encouraged between programmes to meet the principle of comparability.

This includes mutual recognition of rules with respect to PCR development, PCR review and verification procedures, administrative procedures and declaration format.”


Introduction:

“It is important to consider the information needs of different purchaser or user groups…

Those responsible for developing Type III environmental declarations and programmes …will need to pay due attention to the level of awareness of the target audience.”


Objectives

“The overall goal of a Type III environmental declaration: encourage the demand for, and supply of, those products that cause less stress on the environment, through communication of verifiable and accurate information that is not misleading, thereby stimulating the potential for market-driven continuous environmental improvement.

• Provide LCA-based & additional information on environmental aspects of products• Assist purchasers and users to make informed comparisons between products• Encourage improvement of environmental performance


‘Go green’ business drivers are market opportunitiesTechnical Advisory Board (TAB)Oversees harmonized implementation of our 2-part PCR program

LCA experts• Nuno da Silva, Director, thinkstep• Joep Meijer, Principal, theRightenvironment, TAB Advisor• Jim Mellentine, Senior Manager, Sustainability, Ramboll Environ, TAB Chair

Industry representatives• Birdie Carpenter, Life Cycle Engineer, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)• Douglas Mazeffa, Environmental Project Manager, The Sherwin-Williams Company• Alex Mlsna, Senior R&D Engineer, Kimball International• Carrie Pearson, Life Cycle Assessment Supervisor, 3M

Program operators• François Charron-Doucet, Scientific Director, Groupe AGÉCO (for CSA)• Jack Geibig, President, Ecoform (for NSF)• Keith Killpack, Manager, LCA Services, SCS Global Services• James Salazar, Principal, Coldstream Consulting (for ICC-ES)• Kimberly Lewis, SM Transparency Report Program Coordinator• Wayne Trusty, President, Wayne B. Trusty & Associates (for ASTM)


‘Go green’ business drivers are market opportunitiesPart A 2017: upcoming changes

Annual review process• Input is collected over the course of the year • At end of each year, the TAB does a full review of Parts A and B.

We evaluate any changes in the standards landscape so we can be current and harmonized with global standards and other programs

• This is the third annual version of Part A

For 2017:• In the update process now – the Q4 TAB meeting is tomorrow• Some of the new draft guidance from USGBC is in

consideration for inclusion in Part A 2017



Based on EN15804+A1 and in compliance with ISO 14040-44 and 14025• ISO 14044 defines how to tell the LCA story• EN15804 defines how to apply LCA to create environmental declarations

EN 15804 defines rules all EPDs issued in Europe must follow • Based on LCA, developed by CEN, European Committee for Standardization

• Includes rules that apply to all building materials, products, systems; all national program operators must follow; can issue additional rules and requirements, cannot conflict

• Used today by all European national program operators for EPDs. All countries have or in process of adopting into respective programs

Backstory: SM/EPD Framework Part A: LCA calculation rules & report requirements


How EN15804 is used in the TR Framework • Describes how to do LCA to create a Transparency Report

for any product, any industry

• Used as basis with modifications for N. American market1) Regional impact assessment method based on TRACI

2) Hazardous and non-hazardous waste categorization governed by U.S. Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA)

• Provides option to do both EU & NA

Framework gives everyone same platform for core-EPD then requiring very few additional rules.

SM Transparency Report/EPD Framework Part A: LCA calculation rules & report requirements


Content requirements – SM TR or EPD


LCA info must pass the test of how to understand the environmental impacts and how to make the product better.

Content requirements – SM TR or EPD

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1. Performance dashboard 2. LCA results & interpretation 3. How we make it greener

SM Transparency Report™

3 pages


Choice of Type III environmental declarations

EPDs and SM Transparency Reports™ (TR)• Developed and externally verified through each POs process

and templates

• Both reporting the same content; just the format is different

• Program Operator Consortium branding

• Available through programoperators.org


Ongoing research & learning

• How much LCA content should be required in an EPD?• When and why is full compliance w. EN 15804 required?• ISO 21930?

• What content is useful to AEC professionals to make better informed decisions; how to use; whole building LCA

• Challenges for manufacturers to deliver LCAs to comply with different programs, standards and guidance

• Difficulties for people doing LCAs“There's a lot in that PCR that is difficult. It's difficult to know if we are satisfying all the requirements.”

• Difficulties for verifiers when LCAs / EPDs not consistent


POC response to USGBC guidance v1 2015

The Program Operator Consortium members reviewed the Part A Enhancement put out for public comment by USGBC

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Results: A lot of additional content

We put all the additional content not required by Appendix C on its own page.


Scenarios

Environmentalparameters perEN 15804

Scenarios


Data age

Dataquality

Allocation

Life cycleinformation

Scenarios


EN 15804 ULE A & B Combined

ULE A & B

Both

EN 15804

DisaggregatedImpact categoriesper EN 15804

DisaggregatedImpact categoriesper EN 15804

Data age

Dataquality

Allocation

Life cycleinformation

Content required by:


POC response to USGBC guidance v2 2016

The Program Operator Consortium members reviewed the Part A Enhancement and Part B Guidance put out for public comment by USGBC


POC response to USGBC guidance: Intents aligned

• Objectives and intent are aligned• Provide more tailored PCR guidance• Increase the number of product-specific EPDs• Improve data quality and transparency• Develop tools for designers and manufacturers• Develop industry-wide benchmarking guidance

• Impressed by the benchmarking work and considering adopting some of it for Part A 2017


USGBC guidance POC response & recommendationRequires the use of UL Environment’s program along with its Part B and EPD template.

Write Part A Enhancement to be an ‘overlay’ to all Part As, not requiring Part A from one specific program operator.

Write Part B Guidance as specific information requirements without prescribing a format, so a program operator can use its own format for both Part Bs and EPDs.

Requires the same EPD content for all regions regardless of usefulness, and not all content requirements are based on supporting users’ needs.

The content requirements for a Type III environmental declaration should be based on supporting users’ needs.

There is only one active program operator being represented on the USGBC TAP.

We invite USGBC to participate in the POC TAB; or conversely have several POC members join the USGBC TAP.

POC response to USGBC guidance: Key feedback


POC response to USGBC guidance: Current status

• POC is in process reviewing comments with USGBC and discussing how to further develop some of the ideas presented

• We will integrate guidance we find additional and valuable, such as benchmarking guidance

• The POC only includes updates to Parts A & B that help meet our goals



and affiliate members• New SM Transparency Catalog™ • PCR program updates

• POC Technical Advisory Board• SM Part A 2017• USGBC PCR guidance draft documents• North American PCR Catalog

• Q&A


‘Go green’ business drivers are market opportunitiesNorth American PCR CatalogCreated for 2 reasons:1. Increasing need for a centralized, curated source2. To inventory & benchmark state of PCR development



‘Go green’ business drivers are market opportunitiesNorth American PCR CatalogCreated for 2 reasons:1. Increasing need for a centralized, curated source2. To inventory & benchmark state of PCR development

• What is the current state of PCR development?• What does the future of PCR development look like?




Recap of the past six months:• What changed?

– The number of PCRs in North America has increased:

51 PCRs 61 PCRsJune 2016 December 2016

ASTM: 4 new, NSF: 1 new, SCS: 2 new, ULE: 4 new

• What stayed the same?– PCRs are from nine different program operators & programs– 13 are addenda to European PCRs; they are not NA PCRs– 35 MasterFormat® Divisions, only 15 have PCRs


What is the current state of PCR development?



• Expiring PCRs means more opportunity for standardized updates• 12 PCRs expired in 2016 and were not renewed• 10 more will expire in 2017, 2 are addenda to European PCRs

• 4 PCRs are currently in development by POC members

• Number in development by non-POC members?• UL Environment’s list is unclear – ‘update planned’ vs. ‘update

initiated’

• More PCRs from the Consortium are being planned for 2017


What does the future of PCR development look like?


Becoming an affiliate member

What kinds of organizations can be affiliate members?

We offer affiliate membership and benefits to:

• Industry membership associations

• Government agencies

• Data providers

• Standards developers

• Consultants



Affiliate member benefits

Get exposure as a proponent of simpler, standardized and more useful solutions.

PLUS:

• Discounted rates for working with POC members

• Access to expertise from a like-minded community

• Education for members on product transparency

• Contribute to creating uniformity across environmental reporting format, data requirements, and communication



Q&ABecome a member! We invite you to be a proponent of simplification and standardization delivering more useful and valuable environmental reporting tools to the marketplace.Manufacturers:Create a new, or renew an expiring PCR using the Consortium structured and aligned PCR development model.

Program operators: We welcome any active program operators to become members.

Thank you.Contact us @ http://programoperators.org/contact/.


http://programoperators.org/contact/

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