webinar on environmental footprint data requirements in pefcr
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Webinar: Data requirements in PEFCRs In context of EF pilot phase of European Commission DG-ENV 16 June 2015
Pilot phase is work in progress
• One of the pilot’s objectives is to set up and validate the process of the development of Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules – PEFCRs and Organizational Environmental Footprint Sector Rules – OEFSRs, including the development of performance benchmarks
• Lessons learned will be documented and taken into account for further improvement of the PEF/OEF guide
• This webinar aims to support you in applying the first part of the data needs issue paper as approved by the EF Technical Advisory Board on 12 May 2015.
• A second webinar, on the application of the data needs issue paper when implementing the PEFCR ,will be organized within one month from now.
Outline of webinar
• Data quality requirements in PEFCRs • What to do when drafting the PEFCR? • How should pilots proceed?
Development process of PEFCR/OEFSR
Final PEFCR/OEFSR
Confirmation of benchmark(s) and determination of performance classes (if appropriate)
PEFCR/OEFSR supporting studies
Second draft PEFCR/OEFSR
1st virtual consultation
First draft PEFCR/OEFSR
PEF/OEF screening
Define product/organization “model” based on representative product/organization
Define PEF/OEF product category
Focus of this webinar is data quality requirements in drafting a PEFCR
PEFCR sections 0. Introduction
1. General information about the PEFCR
2. Methodological inputs and compliance
3. PEFCR review and background information
4. PEFCR scope
5. Resource use and emissions profile
6. Benchmark and classes of performance
7. Interpretation
8. Reporting, Disclosure and Communication
9. Verification
10. Reference literature
11. Supporting information for the PEFCR
12. List of annexes
Source: PEF Guidance V4.0
• Screening step • Data quality requirements • Requirements regarding foreground
specific data collection • Requirements regarding background
generic data and data gaps • Data gaps • Use stage • Logistics • End-of-life stage • Requirements for multifunctional products
and multiproduct processes allocation
Focus of this webinar
Data quality requirements in PEFCRs
Objectives • Actively promote the provision of time, geography (including site) and process
specific primary data • “Democratise” the use of PEF: accessible for SMEs and developing countries • Implement the materiality principle (focus where it counts) • More transparency and traceability of information • Set up a system that will progressively harmonise the modelling of background
systems • Final simplification can only be delivered by addressing and solving complexity
“behind the scenes” (like a watch). TSs play a master role there.
Constraints • Only “cost free” secondary data can be used in final PEFCRs
Objectives and constraints
Data quality requirements
Six quality criteria are adopted – Five relating to the data – One relating to the methodology
Data quality criteria
1. Technological representativeness 2. Geographical representativeness 3. Time-related representativeness 4. Completeness 5. Parameter uncertainty 6. Methodological Appropriateness and Consistency*
* Only until end of 2015
Three criteria do not have predefined requirements. These are context specific and need to be defined in the PEFCR/OEFSR.
5. Processing plant – Production of the main product
6. Transport and distribution to retail
7. Transport and distribution to consumer homes
8. Product use
1. Raw material acquisition and pre-processing
2. Packaging raw materials sourcing and manufacturing
3. Transport to processing plant 4. Transport to processing plant
Upstream processes
Dowstream processes
9. End of life
Foreground and background in traditional LCA
Foreground processes
Foreground and background in the EF context
Two elements become relevant: 1. Which are the processes that are
driving the environmental profile of the product (most relevant processes)?
2. What is the level of influence that the company performing the study has on them?
1. Impact relevance
2. L
evel
of i
nflu
ence
Materiality approach: Focus where it counts
What to do when drafting the PEFCR?
Disclaimer
• In this webinar, we will use the PEF pilot of hot and cold water pipes as an example. – We would like to thank the TS of the pipes pilot for the willingness to
collaborate.
• For preparing this webinar, the training team relied on
existing information in the draft PEFCR on pipes, e.g. the list of most relevant processes. – Please note that the pipes pilot didn’t implement yet the data needs
paper v1.0 in their draft PEFCR. – Examples used in the webinar were elaborated by the training team;
the TS is by no means bound to them.
Source: Draft PEFCR of pipes pilot
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 1) Identify the most relevant processes for each impact category
2) Provide a list of the activity data to be declared by the applicant for the most relevant
processes that can reasonably be expected to belong to the foreground system
3) Provide a list of process-independent activity data for the other processes belonging to the foreground system
4) Provide default values for process-independent activity data for all most relevant processes belonging to the background system
5) Suggest an optimal level of aggregation for "unit processes" for all most relevant processes
6) Provide for all most relevant processes tables with quality level values to be used by the applicants when rating the DQRs
7) List of secondary datasets to be used when implementing the PEFCR
Source: Issue paper “Data requirements in Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs)” v1.0 – 12 May 2015
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 1) Identify the most relevant processes for each impact category - all processes contributing
cumulatively to more than 80% of the impact, on basis of the screening study Most relevant processes Most relevant processes
(positive impact)
Polyphenylene sulfide Lorry transport raw materials to manufacturers
Tailings of uranium milling Waste incineration of plastics
Electricity mix AC, at consumer (<1kV)
Stainless steel (converter) Electricity mix AC, at consumer (1kV-60kV)
Hardwood site development
Vinyl fluoride Softwood Well for onshore oil exploration and production
Resource correction
HDPE Landfill of spoil from lignite mining
Copper cathode production Hardwood in forest
Production of primary raw materials for copper alloy fittings
Stainless steel (electric) Copper tube production
Aluminium casting, plant Natural gas combustion in industrial furnace
Lorry transport of copper scrap to EoL
Lorry transport to installation site
Primary aluminium Landfill of glass
Landfill of plastic waste Secondary aluminium Van transport to installation site
Source: Draft PEFCR of pipes pilot
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 1) Identify the most relevant processes for each impact category - all processes contributing
cumulatively to more than 80% of the impact, on basis of the screening study Most relevant processes Most relevant processes
(positive impact)
Polyphenylene sulfide Lorry transport raw materials to manufacturers
Tailings of uranium milling Waste incineration of plastics
Electricity mix AC, at consumer (<1kV)
Stainless steel (converter) Electricity mix AC, at consumer (1kV-60kV)
Hardwood site development
Vinyl fluoride Softwood Well for onshore oil exploration and production
Resource correction
HDPE Landfill of spoil from lignite mining
Copper cathode production Hardwood in forest
Production of primary raw materials for copper alloy fittings
Stainless steel (electric) Copper tube production
Aluminium casting, plant Natural gas combustion in industrial furnace
Lorry transport of copper scrap to EoL
Lorry transport to installation site
Primary aluminium Landfill of glass
Landfill of plastic waste Secondary aluminium Van transport to installation site
Source: Draft PEFCR of pipes pilot
I would like to recall that the implementation of the hotspots issue paper is MANDATORY for all pilots. It has to be implemented already in
the draft PEFCR sent for approval to the SC.
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 2) Provide a list of the activity data to be declared by the applicant for the most relevant
processes that can reasonably be expected to belong to the foreground system
Electricity mix AC
Lorry transport of raw materials to pipes manufacturer For each raw material, the following shall be specified:
Activity data Amount Unit Quantity
Electricity consumed from the country grid (further specified per country when more than 1)
kWh Energy
Own electricity production from wind power kWh Energy
Own electricity production from photovoltaic kWh Energy
Other electricity source (specify source) kWh Energy
Activity data Amount Unit Quantity
Weight of raw material kg Mass
Distance between supplier of raw material and manufacturer km Distance
Source: Training team
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 2) Provide a list of the activity data to be declared by the applicant for the most relevant
processes that can reasonably be expected to belong to the foreground system
Bill of materials (BOM) of PEX piping system
The bill of materials (or list of ingredients for food products) shall be considered as activity data.
Activity data Amount Unit Quantity
Length of PEX pipes m Length
Number of PPSU fittings P Amount
Number of PEX compression ring P Amount
Number of PVDF compression ring P Amount
Number of copper alloy fittings P Amount
Number of steel clamps P Amount
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 3) Provide a list of process-independent activity data for the other (not most relevant)
processes belonging to the foreground system
Van transport to installation site
Pipes manufacturing site
Activity data Amount Unit Quantity
Distance travelled from manufacturer to installation site
km Distance
Mass of product transported kg Mass
Activity data Amount Unit Quantity
The number of pipes manufacturing facility needed per reference flow
p Amount
The time the equipment is operated during 1 year h Time
Source: Training team
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 4) Provide default values for process-independent activity data for all most relevant
processes belonging to the background system • Default activity data are average values for activity data and shall reflect as much as possible the reality of the market situation.
Landfill of plastic waste
Well for onshore oil exploration and production
Tip: To simplify the amount of information to be collected, and having in mind the materiality principle, the TS can decide to limit the activity data to those that are known to drive the environmental impacts related to each most relevant process.
Activity data Amount Unit Quantity
Sanitary landfill facility needed per kg of plastic sent to landfill
5∙10-12 p Amount
Amount of waste water treatment plant needed to treat the leachate per kg of plastic sent to landfill
1∙10-13 p Amount
Activity data Amount Unit Quantity
Length of well needed per FU 5 m Length
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 5) Suggest an optimal level of aggregation for "unit processes" for all most relevant processes
Each TS should aim to "disaggregated" as much as possible the existing aggregated dataset in order to identify a level of disaggregation that leads to better process-related information without undermining reliability and protection of (really) confidential information.
Electricity
consumption mix
Electricity own production
Own electrcity production source
1 (e.g. wind)
Own electrcity production source
2 (e.g. PV)
Electricity consumption mix
country 1 …
Electricity consumption mix
country n
Source: Training team
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 5) Suggest an optimal level of aggregation for "unit processes" for all most relevant processes
Manufacturing of steel clamps
Metal working machine
operation
Combustion of light fuel oil
Light fuel oil at refinery
Crude oil production
onshore
Well for onshore oil exploration and production
Metal working factory
The TS of the pipes pilot identified well for onshore oil exploration and production as a most relevant process. In the life cycle of piping systems, this process constitutes a background process contained upstream in the manufacturing of steel clamps.
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 6) Provide for all most relevant processes tables with quality level values to be used by the
applicants when rating the DQRs Example: Electricity mix AC, at consumer (50% NL, 30% FR, 16% ES, 4% own PV production)
Quality rating
Time representativeness
Technological representativeness Geographical representativeness
1
0-1.9 years with respect to 2015 (2013-2014)
Representing the ratio between different technologies for electricity consumption mix and incl. conversion losses
The electricity production sources are fully representative for the geography covered (exact consumption mix)
2 2-4.9 years with respect to 2015
Representing the ratio between different technologies for electricity consumption mix and excl. conversion losses
The electricity production sources are well representative for the geography covered (< 5% consumption not covered)
3 5-9.9 years with respect to 2015
Using proxies for a few technologies
The electricity production sources are sufficiently representative for the geography covered (5-20% geography not covered)
4 10-20 years with respect to 2015
Considering production mix, thus excl. import and export
The electricity production sources are only partly representative for the geography covered (only 1 of the countries covered)
5 > 20 years with respect to 2015
Using only one electricity production technology
The electricity production sources are not representative for the geography covered
Source: Training team
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 6) Provide for all most relevant processes tables with quality level values to be used by the
applicants when rating the DQRs Example: Electricity mix AC, at consumer (50% NL, 30% FR, 16% ES, 4% own PV production)
Quality rating
Time representativeness
Technological representativeness Geographical representativeness
1
0-1.9 years with respect to 2015 (2013-2014)
Representing the ratio between different technologies for electricity consumption mix and incl. conversion losses
The electricity production sources are fully representative for the geography covered (exact consumption mix)
2 2-4.9 years with respect to 2015
Representing the ratio between different technologies for electricity consumption mix and excl. conversion losses
The electricity production sources are well representative for the geography covered (< 5% consumption not covered)
3 5-9.9 years with respect to 2015
Using proxies for a few technologies
The electricity production sources are sufficiently representative for the geography covered (5-20% geography not covered)
4 10-20 years with respect to 2015
Considering production mix, thus excl. import and export
The electricity production sources are only partly representative for the geography covered (only 1 of the countries covered)
5 > 20 years with respect to 2015
Using only one electricity production technology
The electricity production sources are not representative for the geography covered
Source: Training team
For the most relevant processes these three criteria shall be re-calculated, by the applicant to get the context-specific DQR. The role of the PEFCR is to provide, for each relevant process, a Table assigning the respective scores according to the different possible situation.
What to do when drafting the PEFCR? 7) List of secondary datasets to be used when implementing the PEFCR
The draft PEFCR of the pipes pilot indicates for each life cycle stage and process which
secondary dataset to be used.
Source: Excel document “Data overview PEF pilot hot and cold-20150609_evening version”
Life cycle stage Process LCI database
Raw material acquisition and pre-processing
LDPE packaging film Plastics Europe (2014)
Raw material acquisition and pre-processing
Aluminium sheet Data from the EAA
Raw material acquisition and pre-processing
Lorry transport ELCD
Manufacturing of fitting Average metal working GaBi/World Steel database for steel manufacturing
End of life Diesel consumption for mechanical operations
Ecoinvent
How should pilots proceed?
How should pilots proceed?
• TSs are not obliged to implement the requirements included in the data needs paper v1.0 already in the first draft PEFCR
• to have the data requirements tested in at least 1 supporting study per pilot
• for supporting studies not implementing the data requirements v1.0 the approach to be used is the baseline one indicated in the PEF method (Table 4, section 5.6)
Contact details Marisa Vieira| [email protected] Ellen Brilhuis-Meijer| [email protected] Annemarie Kerkhof | [email protected]
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