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This document provides a general framework for improving the quality and comparability of methods for assessing the environmental, social and economic performance of construction works, and their combination as a basis for the sustainability assessment of buildings.

It identifies and describes issues to be taken into account in the development and use of methods of assessment of the environmental, social and economic characteristics, aspects and impacts of new or existing buildings. These relate to the building’s design, production of construction products, materials and components, construction, operation, maintenance and refurbishment and end-of-life processes.

This document is applicable to the assessment of the building (or part thereof) and the external works within its site (curtilage).

NOTE     The assessment of environmental, social and economic aspects related to the location of the building, such as those resulting from transportation of the users, can extend beyond the area of the building site.

This document does not set benchmarks or levels of performance relative to environmental, social and economic impacts and aspects.

This document describes methods for diagnosing and assessing conditions that can result in moisture damage impacting the building’s energy and durability performance. For the purpose of classifying moisture damage, methods in this document range from basic observation techniques to more complex methods using equipment to more accurately or precisely render a condition assessment and provide data. This document does not ensure that the methods identified will result in the full disclosure of all moisture damage conditions.

This document defines moisture damage and it specifies the moisture sources and the moisture transport mechanisms in buildings.

It includes a method for classification of moisture damage based on the relation of:

— materials and constituent materials,

— phenomena, and

— functionalities that can be affected.

This document deals with:

1) building damage that is induced by (gaseous/liquid/solid) water, and

2) damage to building components, human health, and property contained in the enclosure. This document makes no mention of warranties for building damage.