EeBGuide Guidance Document
Part A: PRODUCTS

Table of contents

• 1   Introduction
  • 1.1   Energy-efficient buildings in Europe.
  • 1.2   Basic information about this guidance document
    • 1.2.1   Goal of this guidance.
    • 1.2.2   Scope of this guidance.
    • 1.2.3   Primary audience for EeBGuide.
    • 1.2.4   Secondary audience for EeBGuide.
  • 1.3   Life cycle analysis in the construction sector
    • 1.3.1   Previous European projects on LCA of buildings
    • 1.3.2   European standardization works on LCA of buildings
    • 1.3.3   LCA studies within research projects of the Energy-Efficient Building European Initiative (E2B EI)
  • 1.4   EeBGuide within the European context
• 2   Methodological approach of the EeBGuide.
  • 2.1   Identification of important aspects for product and building LCA studies
  • 2.2   Reference documents for the EeBGuide.
  • 2.3   Procedure for choosing provisions from both CEN TC 350 standards and the ILCD Handbook
    • 2.3.1   EeBGuide provisions for different goal definition: strictness vs. flexibility.
  • 2.4   Use of three study types
    • 2.4.1   Screening LCA.
    • 2.4.2   Simplified LCA.
    • 2.4.3   Complete LCA.
  • 2.5   Use of a baseline scenario.
• 3   How to use this guidance document
  • 3.1   Structure of the guidance document
    • 3.1.1   Implementation of the study type definitions
  • 3.2   How to conduct an LCA study within the field of energy-efficient buildings
    • 3.2.1   How to start and proceed with an LCA study.
    • 3.2.2   LCA study set-up: generic template.
  • 3.3   Compliance with this guidance
  • 3.4   How to proceed with the service life assessment in building and product LCA studies
  • 3.5   Further information and training materials