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Aspects of Sustainability in UL

Standards

Sustainability in Construction Workshop

Organized by GSO & ASTM

Ann Weeks

Vice President, Global Government Affairs, UL

April 24, 2013

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Safety, Sustainability and Trade

Sustainability Standards

Compliance to Standards

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UL’s work is at the nexus of supporting

regulators’ confidence needs and

manufacturers’ and retailers’ market access

needs.

- Safety science research

- Standards development

- Full complement of conformity assessment

- Consumer education and training

Innovation, Commercialization, Global Trade

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Safety is evolving. Complex issues of

today have subsumed concerns of the past.

And the safety landscape of tomorrow is

yet to be defined.

- Chemicals

- Food and water

- Infrastructure

- Initial adoption of electricity

- Medical devices

- Nanotechnology

- New sustainability breakthroughs

- Renewable energy

- Wireless integration

- Cybersecurity

Safety is Evolving

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Air pollutants

are 2-5X higher inside than outside

Improving Indoor Air Quality: 3 Approaches

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Ventilation Filtration Types of Products

Source Control?

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Sustainability Standards

Compliance to Standards

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Low Toxicity

Reduced Carbon Footprint

Energy Efficient

Recycled Content

Made by “green” company

Typical Product Assortment

There are an infinite variety of

possible definitions for “green.”

What does “Sustainable” mean?

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Typical Aspects Covered by Sustainability

Standards

Recycled Content

Hazardous Substances

Energy, Water, Waste, Material

Corporate Social Responsibility

Life Cycle Assessment

End of Life

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Translating Impact into Standard

Where in the life cycle are the major impacts?

What can be changed about the product that lowers impacts?

Is this material or product being used in the optimum way?

How does the product best fit into other life cycles?

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Standards Development Process

LCA Criteria Balance /

Weigh Impacts

Science Team

Develops Draft

Pilot With Stakeholders

Convert to STP

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Level % Points

Required

# Points

Required

Silver 60% 107

Gold 80% 116

Platinum 90% 126

Draft Lighting Standard :: Attributes | Point

Scale

Standard

UL 106 – Luminaires

Sustainability Achievement Matrix

Attribute Sect. Pts.

(max)

Pts.

(%)

Materials 9 - 13 33 18%

Packaging & Labeling 14 - 20 16 9%

Energy 21 - 23 60 34%

Manufacturing & Ops 24 - 29 46 26%

Health & Environment 30 - 32 17 10%

Product Stewardship 33 6 3%

Product Performance 34 - 38 -

Innovation 39 10

TOTAL POINTS 178 100%

Standards Available

Gypsum Wallboard

Doors and related hardware

Suspended ceiling materials & systems

Thermal Insulation

Roofing systems and materials

Glazing materials and windows

Cleaning products

Stone, ceramic, clay, glass building materials

Plastics

Appliances (Refrigerators)

Mobile Devices

Servers

Organizational Sustainability: Manufacturers

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All released

UL Environment standards

and drafts

can be found at:

Comm 2000:

http://www.comm-2000.com/

CSDS:

http://csds.ul.com/

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Compliance to Standards

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PRODUCTS ACHIEVING THE UL SPC MARK

HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED

A FULL EVALUATION BY AN INDEPENDENT,

3RD PARTY CERTIFICATION BODY TO A

PERFORMANCE-BASED SUSTAINABILITY

STANDARD.

• Project is officially opened with UL Environment

• Introductory phone call and email from Environmental Project Manager (EPM)

• Project kick-off call with your project team, EPM and ULE auditors

• Receive from EPM: Project plan letter and SPC certification results spreadsheet

• Determine delivery and communication plan for the project, options include:

• Regularly scheduled phone calls and document review cycles (i.e. every 1 or 2 weeks)

• Collect and submit documents in bulk to ULE team, then ULE auditor arrives on-site to review documents and complete on-site audit

Project Kick-Off

(2 days)

• ULE team (i.e. EPM and ULE auditor) continuously completes review of documents submitted to confirm compliance with standard

• ULE team to update SPC certification results spreadsheet and provide status updates

• Confirm on-site audit plan

Desktop Certification

(3-4 weeks)

• Pre-audit call for each manufacturing location being audited (optional)

• On-Site audit of manufacturing location(s)

• Received completed on-site audit form via ULE team in the SPC certification results spreadsheet

On-Site Audit

(1 day)

• Receive and review draft SPC letter report and product certificate

• Discuss renewal services and recertification plan

• Publish product(s) on UL Environment database valid for 3 years

• Receive final SPC letter report, product certificate, SPC mark

Product Certification

(2-3 days)

SPC certification results spreadsheet includes detailed document request for each

criteria, summary of mandatory/points achievements, and on-site audit questions.

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• Confirm renewal in the program (90 days before annual anniversary) with EPM

• Receive renewal project plan letter

Renewal Services Kick-Off

• Complete and submit to EPM an annual review declaration to identify any changes over the past 12 months

• Submit requested supporting documents to EPM to confirm compliance with the sustainability standard

• Review audit plan

Desktop Confirmation

• Pre-audit call for each manufacturing location being audited (optional)

• On-Site audit of manufacturing location(s) with ULE auditor

• Received completed on-site audit form via ULE team in the SPC certification results spreadsheet

On-Site Audit

• Receive final SPC annual review letter report • Discuss renewal services and recertification plan • Continue using SPC mark

Annual Review

Letter Report Issued

Project Delivery | Annual Review

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After 3 year certification period,

recertification is required in lieu of annual review

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Enhancing safe living and working

environments for people worldwide

FOCUS:

- Chemical Emission Testing and

Analytics

- Product and Company Certification

and Validation

- Sustainability Services

UL Environment

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INDUSTRIES OF FOCUS

- Appliances and HVAC

- Building Materials

- High Tech

- Household Chemicals

- Lighting

- Furniture and Furnishings

- Janitorial and Sanitation Products

- Toys, Nursery and Children’s Products

CERTIFICATION

- Pre-certification Review

- Low-emitting Product Certification

- Sustainable Product Certification

- Environmental Product Declaration

- Sustainable Company Certification

TESTING

- Product Emissions Testing

AUDITING

- Sustainability Audit

VALIDATION

- Environmental Claim

Validation

ADVISORY AND

EDUCATION

- Sustainability Consulting