Functional versus declared units
Klar Cite’s nameMandatory
Required: must be met for the credential.
Product Carbon Footprint·clause Box 3·p.28
This credential is recognised by Green Building Council of Australia — Green Star Responsible Products.
Original wording
PACT Methodology for calculating and exchanging cradle-to-gate PCFs clause Box 3 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The held copy is a single-user licence and does not extend to republishing its clauses.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
Klar Cite classification — not the standard’s words
Addresses: the difference between functional and declared units in life cycle results, with a detergent example, and why functional units matter for comparing products; connects to clause 3.2.4.
written by a model, checked against the clause
Details
How it is proven
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
Klar Cite’s reading
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- Type of requirement
- Other — the reading did not fit these types
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
Cite this clause
Product Carbon Footprint · PACT Methodology for calculating and exchanging cradle-to-gate PCFs · version v3.0 · clause Box 3 · page 28 · build 2026-10-27-1239 · https://klarcite.com/r/60dca51e194eb896
Record details
Page 28. Read in build 2026-10-27-1239, harvested 2026-10-27.
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