• ANSI Standard Development Process Announced (PINS):  November 9, 2007
• Standards Committee selected:  November 7, 2008

Objective
The objective of the Type III Life-Cycle Impact Profile Declarations for Products, Services and Systems Standard (SCS-002) is to specify the life-cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods, scope, metrics and format for declarations. The SCS-002 standard will comply with the requirements of ISO 14044 and ASTM draft standard E06.71.10. SCS-002 is intended to develop a uniform and standardized format for properly reporting the environmental life-cycle impacts of any system studied and explicitly excludes weighting factors and interpretation of LCIA results. NOTE:  This standard is not intended to establish minimum environmental performance requirements or define a preference for one technology relative to another.

Need for the Standard
Products, services and systems can have significant environmental impacts. These impacts can vary depending upon facilities and their energy sources, technologies in place, material and energy input sources, and the surrounding environments. Frequently, changes made to improve environmental performance, particularly for one aspect, can result in unintended trade-offs. In order to make informed decisions and minimize trade-offs, it is necessary to have verifiable environmental performance data and information in a consistent format, based on a full life-cycle impact assessment.

Process Stakeholders
Stakeholders include, but are not limited to:

• Service industries and their clients
• Building industry professionals
• Building owners and operators
• Material and product manufacturers, suppliers and retailers
• Energy and utility providers
• Policy makers and government representatives
• Environmental advocacy groups
• Consumer group
• Academics
• Other interested parties