Environmental performance of buildings - Carbon metric of a building -Use stage
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ICS 91.040.01
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Principles. 4.1 General. 54.2 Completeness. 54.3 4.4 Consistency. Relevance. 54.5 4.6 Coherence. Accuracy 5 54.7 Avoidance of Double Counting Transparency.. 54.8 5
Protocol of measuring the carbon metric of a building in the use stage. 6
5.1 System boundary 65.1.1 5.1.2 Types of carbon metrics of a building System boundary for the carbon metrics of abuilding. 6 65.2 Calculation of GHG emissions. Carbon metric and carbon intensity. 65.3 5.3.1 GHG emissions associated with energy use of a building- 6 65.3.3 5.3.2 Measurement of energy carrier. Exported Energy 10 105.3.4 Energy usage GHG emission coeffcients.. 115.3.5 11
Reporting and munication of the carbon metric. 13
6.1 General 136.2 Reporting of the carbon metric. 6.2.1 Mandatory requirements. 13 13Communication of the carbon metric. 6.2.2 Additional information. 196.3 6.3.1 Type of munication 19 196.3.2 Availability of information. Provision of information. 20 216.3.4 Carbon metric disclosure report. Explanatory material.. 216.3.5 22
Verification.7.1 General. 227.2 Procedure for review and independent verification. 7.2.1 Independent verification of data 22 227.2.2 7.2.3 Independence and petence of verifiers. Verification of the carbon metric declaration. 22 227.2.4 Rules for data confidentiality. 23
Annex A (informative)Aim of carbon metric. .24
Annex D (informative) Allocation of emissions related to target energy in bined heat and power generation by VD1 4660 Part 2. .28
Annex E (informative) Status of ISO 16745 and other documents and concepts related to
