title: Horizontal environmental assessment of building products in relation to the construction products directive (CPD).
abstract: According to the European Construction Products Directive (89/106/EC), construction products must satisfy specified essential requirements (ER). To comply with ER 3, on hygiene, health and environment, the construction works must be designed and built in such a way that they will not be a threat to the hygiene and health of the occupants and neighbours, nor to the environment. Standardised test methods for the release of substances that are hazardous to health and environment need to be developed at the European level. A horizontal approach is considered the best route for such test development and consists of the development of a test method applicable for different products used in a certain scenario (across the fields of different Technical Committees). The work presented here regards the emission of pollutants towards soil and water and has been carried out on monolith products, based on three types of matrices: concrete, wood and metal (zinc). The aim of the work is to study the parameters (nature of leachant, temperature, liquid-to-solid ratio) that could influence the release behaviour of substances in water. The knowledge acquired from these tests will allow the identification of some parameters needed for the development of a horizontal test.
authors.affiliation: CSTB--Scientific and Technical Centre for the Building Industry, Sustainable Development Department/Environment and Durability (DDD/ED), 24 Rue Joseph Fourier, 38400 Saint Martin d'Hères, France. nicoleta.schiopu@cstb.fr
authors.forename: Nicoleta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schiopu
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jayr
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Méhu
authors.forename: Ligia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barna
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moszkowicz
mesh_terms: D003252:Construction Materials / Q000032:analysis* / Q000145:classification / Q000633:toxicity; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005062:European Union; D005160:Facility Design and Construction / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D006798:Housing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008422:Materials Testing; D008670:Metals; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D008670:Metals