marco del borghi standardisation - workshop on 02 december 2005, brussels, belgium the challenge of...
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MARCO DEL BORGHIMARCO DEL BORGHI
Standardisation - Workshop on 02 Standardisation - Workshop on 02 December 2005, Brussels, BelgiumDecember 2005, Brussels, Belgium
The challenge of stakeholder involvement The challenge of stakeholder involvement in order to integrate environmental in order to integrate environmental
aspects into European standardisationaspects into European standardisation
How can academics and How can academics and research access research access
standardisation and standardisation and promote their concepts promote their concepts
and innovationand innovation
Faculty of Faculty of Engineering Engineering
University of University of GenoaGenoa
DICheP - DICheP - University of Genoa
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
Standards are documented, voluntary agreements establishing important criteria, for product, services and processes.
Standards help to make sure that products and services are fit for their purposes, comparable and compatible.
StandardsStandards
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation, is contributing to the objectives of EU and E.E. areas with voluntary technical standards promoting:
free trade, safety of workers and consumers, interoperability of networks, exploitation of research and development
programmes, environmental protection, public procurement.
CENCEN
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
COMPOSITION OF CENMEMBERS
National standard bodies of the European Union and some Eastern European Countries.One of their activities is making up the delegates to the technical committees by finding expertise in each country.
ASSOCIATES
Broad-based European organisations representing particular sectors of:
industry; consumers; environmentalist; workers; small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
CENCEN
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
The experts should be representative and come from a variety of backgrounds including:
industry, government, academic, special interest groups.
ExpertsExperts
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
Academia could be an important input/stakeholder for participation in the standardisation process for two reasons:
AcademiaAcademia
because of its innovative-technical expertise as a guide for the standardisation development;
diffusion-teaching of the standardisation contents.
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
GUIDE FOR THE STANDARDISATION PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
The standardisation processThe standardisation process
In the University fundamental and applied research is performed and future developments of technologies and processes are traced.
The science and the academy have ever been considered “super partes”. The presence of the academia into the standardisation committees guarantees equanimity in the normation development among producers and producers and producers and consumers.
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
GUIDE FOR THE STANDARDISATION PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
The standardisation processThe standardisation process
The standardisation process has to be an added value for a firm a not to be a constraint. The academia guarantee a standardisation capable to adapt to innovation and growth exigencies of the enterprises and markets.
The research centres open to the business are able to be observation points of the innovation processes and contributing to the standardisation processes.
The universities can be filters in respect to the enterprises privacy.
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
GUIDE FOR THE STANDARDISATION PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
The standardisation processThe standardisation process
To bring this role to the end in effective way, some exigencies have to be taken in account:
a) time and methods of consultation have to allow the technical evaluation of the single standardisation;
b) creating a structure informing universities and research centres about standardisation processes in each research field may be interesting;
c) an internet network or a forum where the researches results that interest standardisation processes would be advisable;
d) possibility of the activation of specific and dedicated research or investigations;
e) possibility of carrying on consultations at different levels.
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
DIFFUSION-TEACHING OF THE STANDARDISATION CONTENTS
The standardisation processThe standardisation process
One of the institutional aims of academia is teaching.Students are the end-users of standards and their knowledge of standardisation systems could be helpful.The comprehension interpretation of the standardisation contents represents one of its main difficulties.The academia, by its instruments and languages, could simplify the normation language, making the comprehension of the normation applicability to specific situations easier.
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
The standardisation processThe standardisation process
To bring this role to the end in effective way, some exigencies have to be taken in
account
It is necessary to revise the normation drawing up processes and to provide intermediate/final phases of the text simplification that could be prepared by experts not participating the normation process
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
The standardisation processThe standardisation process
The integration of environmental aspects into European standardisation
PUBLIC CONSULTATION60 written participation on the website by stakeholder from 10 EU Countries and China
Type of Stakeholders
61%
2%
10%
8%
18%2%
Business
Academic
NGO
Public Authorities
Standard Organisations
Individuals
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
The standardisation processThe standardisation process
Catalogue of academic institutions involved in research and training related to standardisation
Country Number Economic Technical Research Teaching
Germany 7 3 4 7 4
Greece 2 0 2 1 1
Lithuania 2 2 0 2 2
Malta 1 0 1 1 1
Sweden 1 0 1 1 1
The Nederlands
4 0 4 4 3
U.K. 4 3 1 3 2
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
INTEND ProjectINTEND Project
INTEND Project
Definition of an Environmental Product Definition of an Environmental Product
Declaration system that can be applied Declaration system that can be applied
atat international level and its international level and its
implementation in two pilot countries implementation in two pilot countries
(Sweden and Italy).(Sweden and Italy).
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
INTEND ProjectINTEND Project
ObjectivesTo identify and experiment an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) system, according to ISO TR 14025, structured with an international scheme framework, defined by identification of coordination and harmonisation rules among national schemes. To test the EPD international system in two pilot countries (Sweden and Italy). To diffuse the main characteristics at European and international level, also to candidate countries. To give the opportunity and the tools to Member States and candidate countries to cooperate in the implementation of an international system composed by national sub-systems.To diffuse the knowledge of type III Environmental Claims and to educate technicians on them.To increase people’s knowledge and sensitiveness on products (goods and services) environmental aspects.
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
INTEND ProjectINTEND Project
INTEND Project
The INTEND project has been The INTEND project has been
chosen for the 2003 LIFE funding chosen for the 2003 LIFE funding
by the European Commission.by the European Commission.
Ref. N. LIFE03 ENV/IT/000324 Ref. N. LIFE03 ENV/IT/000324
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
PCR – Product Category Rules
PCRPCR
Parts of EPD information usually differ somewhat for various product groups and service types, due to variations in their inherent environmental performance, so-called product-category rules (PCR) may have to be prepared from case to case to ensure comparability between declarations within specific product groups and service types.
The PCR shall define the criteria according to which a product belongs to a specific category, for which parameters are set out to prepare the EPDs.
PCRPCR
The PCR document for a product shall include the following arguments:
1. Choice and definition of the product category,2. A lists of materials or substances contained in the product, to be
indicated in the declaration (content declaration),3. Choice and definition of functional unit,4. Choice and description of system boundaries,5. Choice of specific cut-off criteria,6. Choice of allocation rules,7. Choice of underlying data, to indicate specific and generic data,8. Choice of selected parameters for description of environmental
performance (additional to the ones to be included in the general format),
9. Description of the type of information to be included in the use and end-of-life phases,
10. Choice of quantities and units in which the results are to be expressed,
11. Additional environmental parameters and information relevant for describing the environmental performance of the product category, as appropriate.
If any of these issues are not considered, this shall be justified.
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
INTEND ProjectINTEND Project
Product Company Experts Certification Bodies
Transformer ABB DNV
Low voltage swithgears ABB RINA
Urban Waste landfill disposal
ACAM DICheP RINA
Portable Chain Saw EMAK Consulta DNV
Wind Energy ENEL Ecobilancio Certiquality
Particle board SAIB FEBE Ecologic Certiquality
Ceramic tiles Coop. Ceramica Imola
Centro Ceramico
ICMQ
Copying Paper Cartiera Favini Ecobilancio DNV
Cement Buzzi Unicem IGEAM ICMQ
TDM Switch Italtel LCE RINA
Evaluation of the EPD system applicability in Italy - PILOT PROJECTS
INTEND ProjectINTEND Project
EPD international system application in Italy
Product Company Expert Certification Body
Geothermal energy ENEL Ecobilancio Certiquality
Expanded clay Laterlite EHS Gestione DNV
Electrical energy distribution AEM EHS Gestione RINA
TDM Switch ITALTEL LCE RINA
Wastewater treatment service
Consorzio Depurazione Acque Savona
DICheP RINA
Low voltage electrical apparatus
ABB - RINA
Low Voltage circuit breakers ABB - RINA
Plastic material Novamont Macroscopio Certiquality
Product in plastic Euro3Plast Ecobilancio DNV
Active principle Bracco EHS Gestione Certiquality
Transport with electrical engine
Micro-Vett Macroscopio RINA
Cork stopper Company Cork EHS Gestione RINA
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
CE.SI.SP.CE.SI.SP.
CE.SI.SPCE.SI.SP
Centro per lo SiIluppo della Centro per lo SiIluppo della Sostenibilità dei ProdottiSostenibilità dei Prodotti
Centre for the development Centre for the development of products sustainabilityof products sustainability
University of GenoaUniversity of Genoa
Polytechnic of TurinPolytechnic of Turin
S. Anna Advanced S. Anna Advanced School of PisaSchool of Pisa
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
CE.SI.SP.CE.SI.SP.Centre for the Development of Products Sustainability Centre for the Development of Products Sustainability
OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVESExclusive tasks of the Centre are:• Research • Training • Scientific collaboration in the product sustainability sectorParticularly:
Promoting and e coordinating research methodological activities and applied to following fields:
Environmental Product Declarations (EPD, ISO 14025), LCA and ECO-DesignIntegrated Product PoliciesSustainability Innovation and Marketing
Promoting activities targeting to forming researchers in this sectorsupporting information and knowledge trade between researchers, also with collaboration with others Institutes and University Departments, with national and international research bodies
Prof. Eng. Marco Del Borghi – Chemical and Process Engineering Department “G.B. Bonino”
CE.SI.SP.CE.SI.SP.
Centre for the Development of Products Centre for the Development of Products Sustainability Sustainability OBJECTIVESOBJECTIVES
Promoting potential external diffusion of the acknowledgment of the Centre with scientific spreading actions, meetings, workshops, symposiums, schools and collaborations in research and development activities
Carrying out scientific support and research activities towards Public bodies and/or private structures for sector development
Promoting diffusion and strengthening in Italy of International System for EPD management, provisionally acting as ACB (Auxiliary Competent Body) with scientific support role.