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Which document types close BREEAM deviations

Last Updated: February 10, 2025

Below you can find a list of which document types can close your deviations with regard to BREEAM documentation.

1. If your filter is set in accordance with the BREEAM NOR 6.0/6.1.1 manual:

Mat02 Life cycle impacts: Absence of environmental toxins

In the following document types, the content of substances that are harmful to health and the environment is pre-assessed – they automatically close documentation requirements:

  • EU Ecolabel
  • National technical approval
  • Svanen
  • SINTEF Environmental Certificate
  • BREEAM 6.0/6.1.1 Mat 02 Self-declaration – you can find our templates here 

The following document types can be used to get an overview of substances content – they do not close documentation requirements automatically and must be evaluated first:

  • EPD – Environmental Product Declaration
  • Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
  • EU Declaration of Conformity
  • ECOproduct method 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 – The Mat 02 requirement is fulfilled if the product has a green symbol in the field “Content of substances hazardous to health and the environment”.

Hea02 Indoor Air Quality: Emissions from building products

The emission and content requirements from various construction products are functional requirements and can be documented in several ways. The following document types close documentation requirements automatically:

  • BREEAM 6.0/6.1.1 Hea 02 Self-declaration – you can find our templates here 
  • BREEAM 6.0/6.1.1 Hea 02 Self-declaration exemplary level – you can find our templates here 
  • Indoor Air Comfort Gold

The following document types are either approved or can be accepted if they contain information about indoor air emissions according to the criteria in Hea 02 – but they do not close documentation requirements automatically and must be evaluated first:

  • EU Ecolabel
  • Blue Angel
  • Danish Indoor Climate Labelling
  • EPD – Environmental Product Declaration
  • M1 – Emission Classification of Building Materials
  • EMICODE EC1 PLUS
  • ECOproduct method 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 – The Hea 02 requirement is fulfilled if the product has a green symbol in the field “Emissions to indoor environment”
  • GUT label for textile floorings
  • EMICODE EC1
  • EMICODE EC2
  • National technical approval
  • Svanen
  • SINTEF Environmental Certificate

2. If your filter is set in accordance with the BREEAM-NOR 2016 manual:

Absence of environmental toxins from Checklist A20 can be documented by:

  • Nordic Swan Ecolabel
  • EU Ecolabel
  • EPD – Environmental Product Declaration
  • National technical approval
  • BREEAM A20 self-declaration – 2016 – you can find our templates here
  • BREEAM 6.0/6.1.1 Mat 02 Self-declaration
  • Building product declaration
  • BASTA
  • Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
  • SINTEF – Technical approval of 1.1.10
  • ECOproduct – If the product has a green or white symbol in the environmental area «Content of substances that are hazardous to health and the environment», the requirements for A20 are met.

For product types covered by HEA02, emission levels can be documented by:

  • BREEAM HEA 02 self-declaration – you can find our templates here
  • BREEAM 6.0/6.1.1 Hea 02 Self-declaration – you can find our templates here 
  • BREEAM 6.0/6.1.1 Hea 02 Self-declaration exemplary level
  • EPD – Environmental Product Declaration – The EPD will only be approved as documentation if it contains information of indoor air emissions compliant with the required levels in BREEAM-NOR Hea 02.
  • ECOproduct – If the product has a green symbol in the environmental area «Emissions to the indoor environment», the requirements for HEA02 are met.
  • M1 – Emission Classification of Building Materials
  • EMICODE EC1 Plus
  • EMICODE EC1
  • Nordic Swan Ecolabel
  • National technical approval
  • GUT – label for textile floorings
  • SINTEF – Technical approval of 1.1.10

3. If your filter is set in accordance with the BREEAM-NOR 2012 manual:

Absence of environmental toxins from Checklist A20 can be documented by:

  • Nordic Swan Ecolabel
  • EU Ecolabel
  • EPD – Environmental Product Declaration
  • National technical approval
  • BREEAM A20 self-declaration – 2012
  • SDS – Safety Data Sheet
  • ECOproduct

For product types covered by HEA9, emission levels can be documented by:

  • BREEAM HEA 9 self-declaration
  • M1 – Emission Classification of Building Materials
  • EMICODE EC1 Plus
  • EMICODE EC1
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