scholarly journals EU Product Environmental Footprint—Mid-Term Review of the Pilot Phase

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annekatrin Lehmann ◽  
Vanessa Bach ◽  
Matthias Finkbeiner
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Footprint ◽  
Pilot Phase ◽  
Product Environmental Footprint

scholarly journals Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Pilot Phase—Comparability over Flexibility?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Bach ◽  
Annekatrin Lehmann ◽  
Marcel Görmer ◽  
Matthias Finkbeiner
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Data ◽  
Product Category ◽  
Product Performance ◽  
Environmental Footprint ◽  
Pilot Phase ◽  
Product Environmental Footprint ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
European Product

The main goal of the European product environmental footprint (PEF) method is to increase comparability of environmental impacts of products within certain product categories by decreasing flexibility and therefore achieving reproducibility of results. Comparability is supposed to be further increased by developing product category specific rules (PEFCRs). The aim of this paper is to evaluate if the main goal of the PEF method has been achieved. This is done by a comprehensive analysis of the PEF guide, the current PEFCR guide, the developed PEFCRs, as well as the insights gained from participating in the pilot phase. The analysis reveals that the PEF method as well as its implementation in PEFCRs are not able to guarantee fair comparability due to shortcomings related to the (1) definition of product performance; (2) definition of the product category; (3) definition and determination of the representative product; (4) modeling of electricity; (5) requirements for the use of secondary data; (6) circular footprint formula; (7) life cycle impact assessment methods; and (8) approach to prioritize impact categories. For some of these shortcomings, recommendations for improvement are provided. This paper demonstrates that the PEF method has to be further improved to guarantee fair comparability.

scholarly journals Carbon Footprint Assessment of Construction Waste Packaging Using the Package-to-Product Indicator

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 10094
Author(s):  
Jan Pešta ◽  
Markéta Šerešová ◽  
Vladimír Kočí
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Energy Recovery ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Environmental Footprint ◽  
Product Environmental Footprint ◽  
Material Recovery ◽  
Construction Products ◽  
Tile System ◽  
The Impact

The environmental impacts of buildings are based on the construction products, which together with their packaging can be assessed as one product system. To reduce the environmental impacts of buildings, the products and their packaging need to be optimised and analysed using environmental assessment. The purpose of this study is to assess the packaging related to the product according to the Life Cycle Assessment method. The environmental assessment was performed using the Product Environmental Footprint methodology, version 3.0. To compare the primary, secondary, and tertiary packaging, the results of the climate change indicator were used as a base to calculate the Package-to-Product (PtP) indicator. Among the considered scenarios to handle the waste packaging (landfilling scenario, material recovery scenario, energy recovery scenario, and the mixed scenario), the material recovery scenario is the most preferable and, for most of the packaging materials, the scenario with the lowest impact. Following the PtP result, the secondary packaging in the roof tile system has a significant share of the impact of the whole system (16% for the energy recovery scenario). Moreover, the results confirm the PtP indicator as the appropriate indicator to analyse the environmental impacts of construction products.

Comparing the European Commission product environmental footprint method with other environmental accounting methods

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Manfredi ◽  
Karen Allacker ◽  
Nathan Pelletier ◽  
Erwin Schau ◽  
Kirana Chomkhamsri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Environmental Accounting ◽  
Environmental Footprint ◽  
Product Environmental Footprint

Product environmental footprint of strawberries: Case studies in Estonia and Germany

2017 ◽  
Vol 203 ◽  
pp. 564-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eveli Soode-Schimonsky ◽  
Klaus Richter ◽  
Gabriele Weber-Blaschke
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Environmental Footprint ◽  
Product Environmental Footprint
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