• Benchmarks must be made available in order to ensure that products that are
regarded as true differentiators are considered as such regardless of the country
they are sold into;
• GPP award criteria must be harmonised, in order to ensure there is a consistent
message from the public sector on what the focus areas are supposed to be, and
these should be driven by the European Commission;
• For those organisations that are not in a position to generate LCA data themselves, financial support or publicly available data repositories should be made
available, driven by the public sector.
Truly implementing science-based product or service selection criteria for purchasing materials or services is the single most important element that will drive a
true reduction of the environmental impact of the European construction sector.
Based on today’s assessment methodologies and data availability, LCAs and EPDs
are a critical element in this approach, and should therefore be much more visible in
public and private efforts to drive down the environmental impact.
References
1. Adibi N, Pasquet V, Darul M, Roy A, Salamon A, Challenges to mainstream the use of EPDs in
construction Public Procurement in European context, LCM 2017 conference, Luxembourg, 2017.
2. Fredriksen K-S, O’Born R, Implementing climate emission demands in road construction
contracts: Insights from the KRAKK project and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration,
LCM 2017 conference, Luxembourg, 2017.
3. Ganassali S, Lavagna M, Campioli A, Saporetti S, Green Public Procurement and Construction
Sector: EPD and LCA based benchmarks of the whole-building, LCM 2017 conference,
Luxembourg, 2017.
4. Brankley L, Tugrul A, Anderson J, Knight D, A Manufacturing Sector’s Experience of
integrating EPD alongside product, management system and responsible sourcing certification
for public procurement, LCM 2017 conference, Luxembourg, 2017.
5. Kusche O, Brockmann T, Figl H, How LCA and EPD are used for implementing Green Public
Procurement in the construction sector in Germany, LCM 2017 conference, Luxembourg, 2017.
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing,
adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate
credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and
indicate if changes were made.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative
Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not
included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by
statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from
the copyright holder.
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regarded as true differentiators are considered as such regardless of the country
they are sold into;
• GPP award criteria must be harmonised, in order to ensure there is a consistent
message from the public sector on what the focus areas are supposed to be, and
these should be driven by the European Commission;
• For those organisations that are not in a position to generate LCA data themselves, financial support or publicly available data repositories should be made
available, driven by the public sector.
Truly implementing science-based product or service selection criteria for purchasing materials or services is the single most important element that will drive a
true reduction of the environmental impact of the European construction sector.
Based on today’s assessment methodologies and data availability, LCAs and EPDs
are a critical element in this approach, and should therefore be much more visible in
public and private efforts to drive down the environmental impact.
References
1. Adibi N, Pasquet V, Darul M, Roy A, Salamon A, Challenges to mainstream the use of EPDs in
construction Public Procurement in European context, LCM 2017 conference, Luxembourg, 2017.
2. Fredriksen K-S, O’Born R, Implementing climate emission demands in road construction
contracts: Insights from the KRAKK project and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration,
LCM 2017 conference, Luxembourg, 2017.
3. Ganassali S, Lavagna M, Campioli A, Saporetti S, Green Public Procurement and Construction
Sector: EPD and LCA based benchmarks of the whole-building, LCM 2017 conference,
Luxembourg, 2017.
4. Brankley L, Tugrul A, Anderson J, Knight D, A Manufacturing Sector’s Experience of
integrating EPD alongside product, management system and responsible sourcing certification
for public procurement, LCM 2017 conference, Luxembourg, 2017.
5. Kusche O, Brockmann T, Figl H, How LCA and EPD are used for implementing Green Public
Procurement in the construction sector in Germany, LCM 2017 conference, Luxembourg, 2017.
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing,
adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate
credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and
indicate if changes were made.
The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative
Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not
included in the chapter’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by
statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from
the copyright holder.
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