EPD Verification Scheme
Programme Development
Scheme Updates
Green electricity tariffs (GoO’s) in the modelling of EPDs
The BRE Global EN 15804 EPD Scheme does not accept the inclusion and application of Green Electricity Tariff’s (GoO’s) in our clients’ LCA consultancy projects and subsequent verified EPD. This is because the direct supply of green electricity to clients’ manufacturing facilities cannot be guaranteed. Grid electricity supply sources are dictated by the national grid at a given moment in time and are constantly changing. To give the most accurate representation of this in LCA and EPD results, and to avoid any greenwashing claims against our clients and ourselves, the BRE Global EPD Scheme has elected to use Ecoinvent country-specific average electricity datasets (consumption mix) in all our clients’ LCA consultancy projects to model their direct supply of electricity. Only on-site green electricity sources can be accepted (e.g. from on-site PV panels or wind turbines).
Accepting suppliers’ EPDs for use in the modelling of EPD
We can accept supplier EPD if our clients’ wish to use them in their LCA models. Our consultants will review supplier EPD on a case-by-case basis. Supplier EPD must comply with the EN15804+A2 standard, use national grid electricity (consumption mix), include appropriate allocation methods if secondary materials or fuels are used, and the LCA must have been modelled using the Ecoinvent database.
PCR Updates
May 2025
- Various updates to align with latest ECO Platform checklist
November 2023
- Removal of radioactive waste in line with EN15804 A2
- Manufacturer Specific and Collective EPD table with coefficient of variance
- Conditions on Comparability
- Manufacturer Specific and Collective EPD Coefficient of Variance
- Removal of dual reporting and requirement for consumption based electricity calculation only
- Statement on mass balance book and claim method as not acceptable
- Simplified text on allocation
- Addition of Annex D, default values
February 2022
- Clarifications for Module D 100% scenarios in line with ECO Platform requirements.
- Requirements for renewable certificates, residual and consumption mix dual reporting
- Requirements for average and product specific EPD
- Addition of Appendix D Scenario Default Values
February 2021
- Amendments to the Introduction standards referenced, 1 Scope – remove reference to ISO21930 and
- 5.2 Types of EPD: Table update, additional text.
- Text amendments to clauses, 6.3.3, 6.3.4, 6.3.5, 6.3.8, 6.3.11, 6.4.1, 6.6 and 7.6
- Table in 7.2 updated.
- Additional text in Appendix B
- Amended equation and table in Appendix C
January 2018
- Text in clause 6.4.2 and Appendix C3.1 updated.
- Tables in C.1 of Appendix C6 and Table C.2 of Appendix C6 updated
April 2017
- Update to references within PCR (EN 15804:2012+A1:2017 shortened to EN 15804+A1) and
- Inclusion of one new normative reference (PD CEN/TR 16970:2016)
- Text in clauses 3.14, 3.18, 5.4, 5.6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3.5, 6.3.11, 6.4.1, 7.1, 7.6 and 8.2 amended
- Text in Appendix A and Appendix B amended
- Text and Table 7.2 in clause 7.2.1 amended
- Tables and illustrative examples in clause 6.3.4 amended
