Sustainable development
Building construction
The building construction industry is recognized as a sector that is responsible for generating a large amount of waste and pollution. It is estimated that the building sector is responsible for approximately 40 % of the waste in European countries.
ISO 21930:2007 is one of a number of ISO standards addressing aspects of sustainable development in relation the building sector. It describes the principles and framework for environmental declaration of building products, taking into consideration the complete life cycle of a building and will help to ensure that urbanization develops in an environmentally friendly manner.
The overall goal of environmental declarations in this sector is to encourage the demand for, and supply of, building products that cause less stress on the environment, through communication of verifiable and accurate information on environmental aspects of those building products that is not misleading, thereby stimulating the potential for market-driven, continual environmental improvement.
Because the users of these products expect non-biased information, it is essential to establish uniformity and consistency in the way environmental product declarations are made. ISO 21930 has been developed provide this consistency and to ensure the transparency of the methodology applied for developing environmental product declarations for building products.