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EPDs for Reclaimed Building Components: Methodological Review
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Sustainable development, Environmental science and Engineering, Sustainability Assessment and Management.ORCID iD: 0009-0008-2116-0480
KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Sustainable development, Environmental science and Engineering, Sustainability Assessment and Management.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2949-422X
2025 (English)In: Shaping Tomorrow: Systems Thinking in the Built Environment / [ed] Habert G., De Wolf C., Schluter A., Passer A., Saade M.R.M., Lutzkendorf T., Howe L., Belizario-Silva F., Xiong S., Bendiek-Laranjo A., Costalonga V., Kim D.H., Zurich, Switzerland: IOP Publishing , 2025, Vol. 1554, article id 012010Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) play an important role in documenting the environmental impacts of building products, particularly reclaimed components, yet their methodologies for allocating impacts remain unclear. This study evaluates the methodology in EPDs for reclaimed components to support the development of harmonised frameworks in EPDs and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). A systematic analysis of 23 EPDs revealed an increasing trend in EPD publications for reclaimed building products, reflecting a growing industry focus on reuse and transparency in environmental reporting. However, variations in the interpretation of standards, such as EN 15804, were observed, particularly regarding the End-of-Waste (EoW) state and impact allocation for reuse. Current EoW criteria are primarily designed for recycling, creating ambiguity in how reclaimed components are classified and when transitioning into a new product system. The findings underscore the need for harmonised guidelines that explicitly address reuse-specific scenarios and align allocation practices with the modularity and polluter-pays principles to enhance consistency and transparency in environmental reporting. While the observed allocation practices aim to ensure completeness by accounting for all relevant processes, they may inadvertently disadvantage reclaimed elements by making them less competitive than new products. Thus, quantitative analyses of allocation scenarios are recommended to prevent the disadvantageous treatment of reclaimed components, ensuring their competitiveness in the construction sector.

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Zurich, Switzerland: IOP Publishing , 2025. Vol. 1554, article id 012010
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IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science ; 1554
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Building Technologies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-374827DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1554/1/012010Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105027157614OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-374827DiVA, id: diva2:2024302
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Sustainable Built Environment Conference, SBE 2025 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, June 24-27, 2025
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EU, Horizon 2020
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Available from: 2025-12-27 Created: 2025-12-27 Last updated: 2026-01-22Bibliographically approved

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