Le projet européen ECOLABEL
4/02/2015
Agnès JULLIEN (Ifsttar) –WP1 leader (key performance indicators)
ECOLABEL PROJECT
TENt network and similar types of roads.
M1 Before construction M2 After construction M3 During the operation phase. NRAs will fix periodicity.
Technical
Environmental Social
Economical
3 certification moments for new and rehabilitated roads Domains • Planning • Design • Construction • Operation • Maintenance • EOL Phases Certification system Targets
Main concepts
Development of a sustainability certification system for roads: ECOLABEL will be pavements (including foundation/subgrade) focussed. Tunnels, bridges, slopes and embankments excluded.
Intervenant Un – Intervenant Deux – Intervenant Trois 4
QUESTIONS de l’Ifsttar aux ACTEURS Français sur la méthodologie de certification
•Faut-il une « référence » pour appliquer cette certification? •Comment on élabore cette « référence » au niveau du pays? •A quelles routes on l’applique (urbain, interurbain…) ?
•Prise en compte dans les appels d’offres?
•Comment on utilise nos outils d’évaluation actuels (écocomparateurs….)?
Operation
End of Life
MOMENT 1: Before construction
(Planning and design of both new construction and rehabilitation projects) MOMENT 2: After construction
MOMENT 3: During the operation phase.
Planning and design Construction Maintenance
Certification moments
M1 M2 M3Certification scope
Certification requirements (both qualitative and quantitative)
will be defined. A support software tool will be created.
Regional peculiarities (energy mix, regulations, etc), will be
considered by the ECOLABEL methodology
Made for TENt network and
similar roads
Light certificate covering a minimum
range of requirements.
Complete certificate covering the whole
range of requirements
The project will consider the criteria and indicators accepted at international level: Green public procurement critera JRC (EC) and indicators
ISO Standards for LCA (14040-44) & for LCC (15686) indicators
- LCA: GWP (kg eq. CO2); POCP (kg eq. C2H4); AP (kg eq. SO2); EI (kg eq.( PO43-); EP (kg eq. 1.4-eq DCB); TP (kg eq. 1.4-eq DCB)
- LCC: natural resources costs; road construction costs; user costs; small maintenance costs; winter
maintenance costs; deconstruction, landfilling, stock piling, etc. costs Aligned with CEN/TC 350 Sustainability in construction works: - EN 15804 for construction products (EPD)
- CEN/TC 350/WG6 for civil engineering works Others to be developed:
Qualitative indicators, i.e addition of innovative materials, processes or technologies, resilience to climate change,etc.
Indicators (réflexions actuelles du projet)
Economic
Life Cycle Costs (LCC): - natural resources - road construction - user
- small maintenance - winter maintenance
- deconstruction, landfilling, stock piling, etc.
- User cost due to fuel consumption excluded unless we find a good correlations with skid resistance and/or macrotexture or other.
Technical Environmental - Social
- Durability: structural index on a section assessing the state of the road at the time t (cracking, rut depth, etc.). - Skid/rolling resistance (friction, macrotexture, eveness) - Climate Resilience % of budget to consider this issue: o Extreme temperatures o Extreme floods o Sea level increase
(when relevant)
- LCA indicators EN 15804 - Mass of each component
(t) or % of natural resources (primary non-recycled materials) used in road construction
- % of recycled materials used in road construction - % of material that could
be recycled - PED (MJ) - GWP (kg eq. CO2) - POCP (kg eq. C2H4) - AP (kg eq. SO2) - EI (kg eq.( PO43-) - Eco-toxicity ? Toxicity ?
- Noise exposure and annoyance during works and use for habitants:
TP (Noise, den) TP (Noise, %HSD) TP (Noise, Night) TP (Noise, %HA)
- Noise disturbance for wild life (Ha)
- Comfort index (IRI, macrotexture)
- Safety
- Global crash risk (based on accidents rates) Global level of risk (including cross section, curves, slopes, heavy vehicles, etc.)
Scoring and weighting processes
Scoring concept: points from 1-5 will be achieved for each indicator within each domain in accordance with standards (technical-social KPIs) and with literature or experiences (economic &environmental KPIs). Weighting concept: final user can fix weight of each domain (from 0-100%) according to local priorities,
Final scores
and
levels of achievement
Final score per each domain:
Environmental ZEN=∑XEN x WEN Social ZS= ∑XS x WS Economic ZE= ∑XE x WE Technical ZT= ∑XT x WT LIGTH: A minimun list of requirements covered FULL VERSION: A complete list of requirements covered We AGREE ON Wen,Ws, We, Wt
Factor for Xs, Xen, Xt should be discussed- An EU approach is
Main outputs
ECOLABEL certification system guide. The guide will include suggestions and recommendations oriented to the implementation of strategies for greener, safer and cost-effective road infrastructures.
Development of an innovative and friendly software tool based on the ECOLABEL methodology
Study on the implementation strategies and market analysis aiming to a wide deployment around EU and neighboring countries. Fostering Green Public
Procurement .
Pre-normative research activities towards standardisation. Creating a CWA (CEN Workshop Agreement) which is an agreement elaborated and approved in a workshop.
Exploitation plan for the project results. Certification system and authorized entities.
Intervenant Un – Intervenant Deux – Intervenant Trois 12
QUESTIONS de l’Ifsttar aux ACTEURS Français sur les calculs d’Indicateurs
•Applicabilité de la méthode sur tout le cycle de vie d’un projet routier (validation d’études de cas Françaises) , comment on l’évalue??
•La comparaison entre différents outils de calcul d’Indicateurs en France : comment fait-on? •Même question au niveau européen?
•Evaluation des données utilisées pour le calcul des indicateurs (génériques, spécifiques) ? •Comment traite-on des méthodes de calcul différentes pour un même type d’indicateur?
Project Coordinator: Carlos Martin-Portugues Montoliu
Scientific Coordinators: Edith Guedella Bustamante and Rocío Fernández Flores
*Note that the motives of similar stakeholders might vary depending on the country.
Benefits for public bodies such as national and regional road authorities: • To increase the sustainability of the future and existing road
infrastructures
• They will have a system to increase the protection of sensitive or
protected areas (National Parks, certain ecosystems, etc. where the environmental impact of road construction/rehabilitation must be reduced).
• If ECOLABEL is linked to GPP and/or PPI, it might support the
implementation of these type of procurement process. This might also provide alternative funding for the extension or preservation of their road network.
Benefits for the stakeholders
Each stakeholder have its own reason to support ECOLABEL. Some benefits might be for example:
*Note that the motives of similar stakeholders might vary depending on the country.
Benefits for construction companies and operators: to showcase the sustainability performance of their road infrastructure products and projects. However, investing in a certification may be only interesting if major clients (e.g. road authorities) express their interest sustainable infrastructure and ask for proof in the form of (ECOLABEL) certification.
Benefits for certification bodies: will only be beneficial if the revenues (payment for the assessment) outweigh the cost for being able to provide assessments (hiring assessors, education, etc.)
Benefits for the stakeholders
Each stakeholder have its own reason to support ECOLABEL. Some benefits might be for example:
