1、BSI Standards PublicationGuidance on quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions from the baseline for electrical and electronic products and systemsPD IEC/TR 62726:2014National forewordThis Published Document is the UK implementation of IEC/TR 62726:2014. The UK participation in its preparation
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6、stributor. colourinsidePD IEC/TR 62726:2014 2 IEC TR 62726:2014 IEC 2014 CONTENTS FOREWORD . 4 INTRODUCTION . 6 1 Scope 8 2 Normative references 9 3 Terms and definitions 9 4 Principles 13 4.1 Provisions in existing standards 13 4.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance 14 5 Comparative study on the ex
7、isting relevant documents 14 6 Quantification framework . 14 6.1 General . 14 6.2 Basic steps of GHG reduction study 15 Provisions in existing standards . 15 6.2.1Electrotechnical industry guidance . 15 6.2.26.3 Defining the goal and scope 16 6.4 Defining the EE product-related GHG project 17 Electr
8、otechnical industry guidance . 17 6.4.1Additional guidance for intermediate products . 18 6.4.26.5 Determining the baseline scenario 18 Provisions in existing standards . 18 6.5.1Electrotechnical industry guidance . 19 6.5.2Additional guidance for intermediate products . 21 6.5.36.6 Selecting releva
9、nt GHG sources, sinks and reservoirs (SSRs) 21 Identifying primary effects and significant secondary effects 21 6.6.1Choosing the options to select relevant GHG SSRs . 23 6.6.2Additional guidance for intermediate products . 25 6.6.36.7 Trial estimation and decision on relevant GHG SSRs 25 6.8 Estima
10、ting baseline emissions 25 Baseline procedures 25 6.8.1Performance standard procedure . 26 6.8.2Project-specific procedure . 27 6.8.3Additionality . 29 6.8.46.9 Data collection and quality assessment . 30 Data collection . 30 6.9.1Data quality . 31 6.9.26.10 Estimating GHG reduction . 32 Provisions
11、in existing standards . 32 6.10.1Electrotechnical industry guidance . 32 6.10.2Accumulation method 33 6.10.37 Documentation 34 7.1 Provisions in existing standards 34 7.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance 34 8 Validation, verification and monitoring . 35 8.1 Validation and/or verification . 35 Prov
12、isions in existing standards . 35 8.1.1PD IEC/TR 62726:2014IEC TR 62726:2014 IEC 2014 3 Electrotechnical industry guidance . 35 8.1.28.2 Monitoring . 35 Provisions in existing standards . 35 8.2.1Electrotechnical industry guidance . 36 8.2.29 Communication 38 9.1 Provisions in existing standards 38
13、9.2 Electrotechnical industry guidance 39 (informative) Study results of comparison analysis on selected existing Annex Arelevant documents including International Standards . 40 (informative) Examples of GHG reduction study . 43 Annex BB.1 General . 43 B.2 Example GHG reduction of EE products calcu
14、lated based on carbon footprint (Korea low carbon footprint labelling) 43 (informative) Example of monitoring based on systematic sampling approach. 47 Annex CBibliography 49 Figure 1 Basic steps of GHG reduction study . 16 Figure 2 Illustrated overview of GHG reductions relative to baseline scenari
15、o 18 Figure 3 Two options for accumulation . 34 Figure B.1 Criteria of average carbon emission 44 Figure B.2 Criteria of carbon reduction ratio . 44 Figure B.3 Low carbon footprint labelling . 45 Table 1 An example of EE product-related GHG projects . 8 Table B.1 Korea low carbon footprint labelling
16、 . 44 Table B.2 Relationship of a low carbon footprint product and an EE product-related GHG project 46 PD IEC/TR 62726:2014 4 IEC TR 62726:2014 IEC 2014 INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION _ GUIDANCE ON QUANTIFYING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS FROM THE BASELINE FOR ELECTRICAL AND ELECTR
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33、Electrical and electronic products and systems (hereinafter referred to as EE products) are widely used in our society, hence raising awareness of their environmental impacts. Consequently customers in the market and other stakeholders are requiring, or requesting that the electronics sector takes a
34、ction to address the quantification and reduction of environmental impacts through environmental conscious design during the product development phase. Among those environmental impacts, climate change is an important issue. A number of initiatives at local, national, regional, and international lev
35、els are being developed and implemented, aiming to curb the concentration of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions which is understood to be a major causative factor. All industry sectors are trying to reduce GHG emissions in order to meet the national, regional and global reduction targets for the future
36、in order to stabilize atmospheric concentration below the level of triggering catastrophic climate change. For the EE sector, developing and supplying new products that achieve GHG reductions in society compared to other products offers significant opportunities for achieving large scale GHG reducti
37、ons. Among methodologies to quantify products impacts on climate change is carbon footprint of products (CFP), which only covers GHG emissions that occur during the life cycle of the product. Although EE products consume energy, the EE industry is enabling other sectors to reduce large amounts of GH
38、G emission. There are different opportunities for GHG reduction when the EE industry provides the same or similar function as existing products in the marketplace but with significantly less GHG emissions. For example, a manufacturer of renewable energy technologies can be interested not only in tra
39、cking the emissions and reductions that occur during the life cycle of its products, but also in assessing the reduction in societys GHG emissions as a result of using renewable energy technologies compared to generating electricity by combusting fossil fuels. Examples of such products and solutions
40、 include: wind turbines or solar panels, compared to fossil fuel power plants; LED bulbs, compared to incandescent bulbs; online meeting (including software), compared to business travel. For assessing this enabling effect, two scenarios are compared: the situation “with the technology” and “without
41、 or with old technology”. Because the enabling effect is not included in CFP, quantification of such reductions requires a different methodology. Actually many companies are already quantifying or communicating future environmental contribution by this enabling effect through their businesses with n
42、umeric target values, such as “help society to reduce XX million tons by 2025 through our high energy-efficient products”. Currently, various quantifications and claims for such GHG reduction are carried out mainly on a voluntary basis. However, there is no internationally recognized methodology to
43、validate such numerical targets specifically for EE products. There is a business value in establishing an internationally recognized methodology at this time. A basic generic and relevant methodology is provided by ISO 14064-21. This ISO standard also incorporates the idea of “product-related GHG p
44、rojects” and allows GHG projects to be performed as a result of product development. 1Numbers in square brackets refer to the Bibliography PD IEC/TR 62726:2014IEC TR 62726:2014 IEC 2014 7 The idea is related to EE products contributing to GHG emissions reduction such as high energy efficient EE equi
45、pment. The necessity of a sector-specific guidance applicable to the EE sector is recognized by considering specific characteristics of EE. These include their complex and dynamic supply chain, their varying lifespan, sometimes extending over many years, and associated energy consumption. Such chara
46、cteristics underline the significance of the use stage of many EE products. In accordance with ISO 14064-2, this report addresses “EE product-related GHG projects” as activity or activities performed as a result of the development and supply of EE products into the market alter the conditions identi
47、fied in the baseline scenario which cause greenhouse gas emissions reduction, as well as the methodology associated with it. In particular, the objectives of this report are as follows: enable organizations in the EE sector to quantify their contribution to society in reducing GHG emissions through
48、their products and systems; allow EE product-related GHG projects to be evaluated in terms of their GHG emission reductions amount compared to a baseline. In addition to the above purposes, the additional benefits below are also expected: facilitate incorporation of a GHG related target into design
49、and development strategy of EE products; establish consistency and bridging between different product areas in the EE sector; help product-specific technical committees (TCs) with limited amount of expertise or resources to develop their own methodology. The features of this report are as follows: This report contains the study and review of relevant standards, regional initiatives and practices to clarify and compare the differences and similarities in multiple existing met
