Environmental considerations specific to insulated electrical power and control cables (IEC 20/1830/CDV:2018)

This draft standard provides methods for considering and communicating relevant environmental aspects as far as they are typical for cables and wires under operating conditions. It also supports following a clear methodology when considering these aspects and investigating possible interactions between normative requirements and the environment. It includes an environmental checklist for power cables and conductors, the methodology for determining the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and a methodology for conductor size optimization. The results obtained by applying such methods can be used for external communication. Environmental communication can also include other topics, such as material declaration. The responsible body is DKE/K 411 "Power cables and insulated power lines" of the DKE German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies in DIN and VDE. Compared to DIN Technical Report CLC/TR 62125:2009-07, the following changes have been made: a) change of the status of the document from a Technical Report to a standard; b) section 7 "Environmental and energy cost based conductor size optimization - ECSO" newly added; c) section 8 "Environmental communication" newly added; d) annex B with an example for ECSO calculation newly added; e) annex C with an example for environmental communication newly added; f) completely editorially revised.