Call for Applications for BSR/SCS-002-200x
Type III Life-Cycle Impact Profile Declarations for Products and Services
Leonardo Academy invites all interested stakeholders to submit applications to participate on the Standards Committee for BSR/SCS-002-200x, "Type III Life-Cycle Impact Profile Declarations for Products and Services."
As announced in the PINS filing, posted in ANSI’s “Standards Action” on November 9, 2007, a Standards Committee will be formed to developed a standard intended to:
"Specif[y] the life-cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods, scope, metrics and format for declarations. This standard will comply with the requirements of ISO 14044 and ASTM draft standard E06.71.10. This standard is not intended to establish minimum environmental performance requirements or define a preference for one technology relative to another. This standard is intended to develop a uniform and standardized format for properly reporting the environmental life-cycle impacts of any system studied. The standard explicitly excludes weighting factors and interpretation of LCIA results."
The Project Need was described as follows:
"To have verifiable environmental performance data and information in a consistent format, based on a full life-cycle impact assessment."
Industry stakeholders were identified as including: "service industries and their clients, building industry professionals, building owners and operators." Regulators, academicians, environmental representatives, and other interested stakeholders are also invited apply.
Interested parties can download the application form here (Word) (PDF). Applications should be completed and submitted to Leonardo Academy by Monday, November 3, 2008. Notification of selection to the committee will be completed by Friday, November 7, 2008. The first standards committee meeting will take place by teleconference on Friday, November 14, 2008. A meeting agenda will be posted to this webpage soon.
SCS-002 Committee Members Selected - To view a list of the individuals selected for the SCS-002 Standards Committee, click here.
If you are interested in participating in this standard development process, contact Leonardo Academy (amanda@leonardoacademy.org).
Leonardo Academy is a member of the American National Standards Institution (ANSI), an organization that coordinates the development and use of voluntary consensus standards in the United States. Leonardo Academy is an ANSI Accredited standard developer and is actively engaged in consensus standard development. We believe that these national standards are an important tool for teaching sustainability objectives.
