Standards Development

Scope

This document defines product specific rules (PSR) on how to conduct Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for electrical accessories under the scope of TC23 and Sub Committees, except for CMS in the scope of SC23A.

This document shall be used with the general requirements in IEC 63XXX -1.

Purpose

Increasingly, there is a focus on preserving the natural environment for the good of future generations. This results in the publication of various regulations that require environmental data. Product manufacturers are also faced by requests from their stakeholders (wholesalers, installers, specifiers, authorities.) for environmental data. In addition to reduce product environmental impact, manufacturers need a standardized methodology to quantify and to consequently reduce the environmental impact of the product.

It is necessary to establish product specific rules (PSR) to have standardized science -based methodologies for the data to be evaluated and transmitted.

This document is to be used by manufacturers, customers, authorities, program operators, LCA practitioners and verifiers, whatever the type of environmental data related to life cycle assessment, including extract for one specific impact (carbon footprint) .

This document will also increase the comparability of environmental data.