Pas 2050
PAS 2050:2008
Specification for the assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services
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PAS 2050:2008
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Foreword ................................................................................................................................ ii 0 Introduction...................................................................................................................... iv 1 Scope .................................................................................................................................... 2 Normative references ................................................................................................. 3 Terms and definitions................................................................................................. 4 Principles and implementation ............................................................................. 5 Emission sources, offsetting and unit of analysis ................................... 1 1 2 6 7
6 System boundary.......................................................................................................... 12 7 Data ....................................................................................................................................... 17 8 Allocation of emissions ............................................................................................. 22 9 Calculation of the GHG emissions of products .......................................... 24 10 Claims of conformity................................................................................................ 25 Annexes Annex A Global warming potential (normative) .......................................... 26 Annex B Calculation of the weighted average impact of emissions arising from the use phase and final disposal phase of products (normative)............................................................................................................................ 29 Annex C Calculation of the weighted average impact of carbon storage in products (normative) .............................................................. 30 Annex D Calculation of emissions arising from recyclable material inputs (normative)............................................................................................................ 31 Annex E Default land use change values for selected countries (normative) ............................................................................................................................ 32 Bibliography ......................................................................................................................... 34 Further reading.................................................................................................................. 34
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Foreword
This Publicly Available Specification (PAS) has been prepared by BSI to specify requirements for assessing the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of goods and services. The development of this PAS was co-sponsored by the Carbon Trust and theDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
It has been assumed in the preparation of this PAS that the execution of its provisions will be entrusted to a competent person or persons for whose use it has been produced. Acknowledgement is given to the following organizations and individuals who assisted with the development of this specification: Technical author Dr Graham...
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