GSO ASTM E2921:2024
Gulf Standard
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Approved on
25 April 2024
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Standard Practice for Minimum Criteria for Comparing Whole Building Life Cycle Assessments for Use with Building Codes, Standards, and Rating Systems
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GSO ASTM E2921:2024 Scope
1.1 This practice provides criteria to be applied irrespective
of the assessment (LCA) tool that is used when LCA is
undertaken at the whole building level to compare a final whole
building design to a reference building design.
1.2 The purpose of this practice is to support the use of
whole building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in building
codes, standards, and building rating systems by ensuring that
comparative assessments of final whole building designs relative to reference building designs take account of the relevant
building features, life cycle stages, and related activities in
similar fashion for both the reference and final building designs
of the same building.
1.3 The criteria do not deal with building occupant
behavior, possible future changes in building function, building
rehabilitation or retrofit, or other matters that cannot be
foreseen or reasonably estimated at the design or permitting
stage, or both where this practice applies.
1.4 Only environmental impacts and aspects of sustainability are addressed in this practice. The social and economic
impacts and aspects of sustainability are not addressed in this
practice.
1.5 This practice does not deal with basic LCA
methodology, calculation methods or related matters that are
covered in cited international standards.
1.6 This practice does not supersede or modify existing ISO
standards for the application of LCA at the product level, nor
does it address any of the following related applications:
1.6.1 Aggregation of building products Environmental
Product Declarations (EPD) at the whole building level;
1.6.2 Rules for applying EPDs in a building code, standard,
or rating system; and
1.6.3 Comparability of building product EPDs.
NOTE 1—ISO 14025 and ISO 21930 provide guidance on use and
comparability of building products EPDs.
1.7 This practice does not specify the impact categories or
sustainability aspects to be addressed in building codes,
standards, or building rating systems and users of this practice
conform to the impact category requirements specified in the
applicable code, standard, or rating system.
1.8 The text of this standard contains notes that provide
explanatory material. These notes shall not be considered as
requirements of the standard.
1.9 This standard does not purport to address all of the
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety, health, and environmental practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
1.10 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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