This document, which is a Technical Specification, provides guidance to manufacturers of low-voltage switchgear and controlgear and their assemblies in evaluating and improving the environmental impact of their products, and in enabling effective communication using common references for environmental information throughout the supply chain.<\/p>\n
This document provides:<\/p>\n
guidance on the process and general aspects to implement environmentally-conscious product design principles, as given in IEC 62430, essential for low-voltage switchgear and controlgear and their assemblies;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
the Product Specific Rules (PSR) for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA);<\/p>\n
\nNOTE 1 The general methods and the process to execute the LCA are in accordance with ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 but not addressed in this document.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nNOTE 2 PSR and LCA can be used for quantitative ECD and also apply for some environmental declarations, for example Type III.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n
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standard environmental impact data derived from case studies and a means of using them;<\/p>\n
\nNOTE 3 This is to encourage manufacturers to apply more effective quantitative methods in the ECD process to improve the environmental efficiency of their products.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n
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common rules for communicating information about the presence of regulated substances and the materials contained in the product, according to IEC 62474;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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guidance on communicating information about the end of life treatment of the product.<\/p>\n
\nNOTE 4 This document is intended to replace Annex O and Annex W of IEC 60947-1:2020.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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CONTENTS <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 7<\/td>\n FOREWORD <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9<\/td>\n INTRODUCTION <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10<\/td>\n 1 Scope
2 Normative references <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 11<\/td>\n 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 17<\/td>\n 3.2 Abbreviated terms
4 Environmental aspects of switchgear and controlgear and their assemblies
4.1 Product description and classification <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 18<\/td>\n Figures
Figure 1 \u2013 Overview of the defined product families of low-voltage SG&CG <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 19<\/td>\n 4.2 Environmental aspects
Figure 2 \u2013 ECD considering upstream and downstream product information
Tables
Table 1 \u2013 Overview of the standard structure, the content and the corresponding clauses <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 20<\/td>\n 5 Environmentally conscious design
5.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 21<\/td>\n 5.2 “Cradle to grave” approach <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 22<\/td>\n 5.3 Inputs
Figure 3 \u2013 Conceptual relationship between provisions in product standards and the environmental impacts associated with the product during its life cycle <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 23<\/td>\n 5.4 Outputs
5.5 Qualitative and quantitative assessments
6 PSR for life cycle assessments
6.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 24<\/td>\n 6.2 LCA functional unit
6.2.1 General
6.2.2 LCA FU for low-voltage SG&CG
Table 2 \u2013 LCA FU for low-voltage SG&CG <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 28<\/td>\n 6.2.3 LCA FU for low-voltage SG&CG assemblies
6.3 Basic cut-off rules
6.3.1 Cut-off rules for low-voltage SG&CG <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 29<\/td>\n 6.3.2 Cut-off rules for low-voltage SG&CG assemblies
6.4 System boundaries
7 Material declaration
7.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 30<\/td>\n 7.2 Additional reporting requirements
7.3 Information provision
8 EOL information
8.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 31<\/td>\n 8.2 End of life treatment scenario
Table 3 \u2013 Further explanation of the generic EOL treatment scenario <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 32<\/td>\n 8.3 Calculation of recoverability and recyclability rate <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 33<\/td>\n 8.4 Calculation workflow of recoverability and recyclability rates
8.5 Information provision <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 34<\/td>\n Annex A (informative)Environmental aspects in environmentally conscious design
A.1 General
A.2 Inputs and outputs to be considered <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 35<\/td>\n A.3 Tools for including environmental impacts in product design and development <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 36<\/td>\n Annex B (normative)PSR parameters and default scenarios for LCA
B.1 Common aspects <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 37<\/td>\n B.2 PSR parameters and default scenarios for low-voltage SG&CG <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 38<\/td>\n Table B.1 \u2013 Default use scenarios for switchgear and controlgear <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 39<\/td>\n B.3 PSR parameters and default scenarios for assemblies
Table B.2 \u2013 Use scenarios for calculating impacts of assemblies
Table B.3 \u2013 Default load conditions for typical circuits in assemblies <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 41<\/td>\n Annex C (normative)LCA of low-voltage SC&CG and their assembliesthrough use of standard impact indicators
C.1 General
C.2 Calculation rules <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 42<\/td>\n C.3 Explanations for large mean deviations in standard life-cycle indicators
C.4 Standard life-cycle impact indicators for low-voltage SG&CG
Table C.1 \u2013 Standard life-cycle impact indicators for low-voltage SG&CG <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 43<\/td>\n C.5 Recommendations for use of LCA impact indicators <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 44<\/td>\n Annex D (informative)Example of material declaration
Table D.1 \u2013 Main and business information (tabular form) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 45<\/td>\n Figure D.1 \u2013 Main and business information (graphical representation of the XML code)
Table D.2 \u2013 Product information (tabular form) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 46<\/td>\n Figure D.2 \u2013 Product information (graphical representation of the XML code)
Table D.3 \u2013 Declarable substances information (tabular form) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 47<\/td>\n Figure D.3 \u2013 Declarable substances information (graphical representation of the XML code) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 48<\/td>\n Figure D.4 \u2013 Material classes information (graphical representation of the XML code)
Table D.4 \u2013 Material classes information (tabular form) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 49<\/td>\n Annex E (informative)Brief introduction to life cycle assessment
E.1 General
E.2 Definition of the goal and scope of the LCA
E.3 Inventory analysis <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 50<\/td>\n E.4 Impact assessment
E.5 Interpretation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n 51<\/td>\n Bibliography <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Switchgear and controlgear and their assemblies for low voltage. Environmental aspects<\/b><\/p>\n
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