Ratings & Policy

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Aluminium Stewardship Initiative

Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About Aluminium Stewardship Initiative

Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.

BREEAM International NC v6.0, supersededRating tool

  • Mat 03 criterion 5 (responsible sourcing, Step 1.3); GN18 Table 1

    Status
    Accepted with conditions
    Named as
    'ASI Certified Performance', with 'ASI Certified Chain of Custody'
    Edition named
    Not stated by the tool
    Level
    5 · RSCS summary score level (scale 1 to 10)
    On what basis
    per construction product, entered in the BREEAM International Mat 03 tool
    Products
    aluminium (metal)
    Scope
    In-scope products above the cut-off volume (CN3.3). Downstream organisations without certification must “meet” (BREEAM’s word) the broken chain rules (CN3.4).
    Conditions
    • both ASI Certified Performance and ASI Certified Chain of Custody
    • provisional certification does not count
    • aluminium originates from a casthouse that is a certified ASI Member and/or a subsequent supplier that is a certified ASI Member
    • additional requirement included in project documents and evidence that installed products fulfil it
    • product “compliant” (BREEAM’s word) with broken chain requirements (CN3.4) where downstream organisations lack their own certification
    Source
    BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded · Mat 03 · p. 285, 292, 293 (manual); 2, 3 (GN18)

Not named by: EnviroDevelopment v4.

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EPD Australasia

Where it earns points or counts, rating tool by rating tool. About EPD Australasia

Credit names, credential names and conditions are in each rating tool's or policy's own words, shown where its publisher's terms allow.

EnviroDevelopment v4Rating tool

  • Materials 4.2.5(b), (e), (f) Structure: EPD to EN15804 options for non-structural steel, structural timber and bricks. All ten typology sections.

    Status
    Accepted as a kind of credential
    Named as
    EPD Australasia
    Edition named
    Not stated by the tool
    Products
    non-structural steel; structural timber; bricks
    The rule
    Not recorded
    Source
    EnviroDevelopment v4 · p. 28, 62, 100, 134, 166, 196, 223, 250, 278, 307
  • Materials 4.2.9 Alternative compliance (4.2.8 in Commercial). All ten typology sections.

    Status
    Accepted as a kind of credential
    Named as
    EPD Australasia
    Edition named
    Not stated by the tool
    Products
    procured materials (any)
    The rule
    Not recorded
    Source
    EnviroDevelopment v4 · p. 29, 63, 101, 135, 167, 197, 224, 251, 279, 308

BREEAM International NC v6.0, supersededRating tool

  • Mat 01 Life cycle impacts, criterion 5; CN3.2; Relevant definitions

    Status
    Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
    Named as
    EPD Australasia
    Edition named
    Not stated by the tool
    On what basis
    per product covered by an EPD that BREEAM calls “verified”
    Products
    construction products, classified by Mat 03 Table 46 material categories
    Scope
    Only two EPDs per classification group may be counted.
    The rule
    Not shown under BRE Global Ltd's terms
    Source
    BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded · Mat 01 · p. 277, 278, 279
  • Mat 01 Life cycle impacts, exemplary level criterion 7; CN3.2

    Status
    Accepted as an ISO 14025 Type III EPD programme (own statement)
    Named as
    EPD Australasia
    Edition named
    Not stated by the tool
    On what basis
    per product covered by a manufacturer specific EPD that BREEAM calls “verified”
    Products
    construction products, classified by Mat 03 Table 46 material categories
    Scope
    Exemplary level only. Only two EPDs per classification group may be counted.
    The rule
    Not shown under BRE Global Ltd's terms
    Source
    BREEAM International NC v6.0, superseded · Mat 01 · p. 277, 278, 279

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